Backers and foes of a controversial initiative that would require California utilities to procure half of their electricity from renewable resources by 2025 hit the airwaves with campaign ads timed wi... (more) 

Republicans rallied in Minneapolis-St. Paul around a market-based energy policy that would end restrictions on offshore and Alaskan oil and gas drilling and roll back the federal mandate for ethanol. ... (more) 

The unprecedented budget standoff at the State Capital is wreaking havoc not only on the state’s reputation, schools, students and vendors, but also on numerous bills, many of which were waylaid... (more) 

The California Energy Commission is revising its draft $120 million annual spending plan to promote greater use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and other alternative fueled cars to cut greenhouse ... (more) 

Ground breaking legislation by the incoming head of the California Senate, Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), tying state funds given to local agencies for transportation and housing to reducin... (more) 

The California Energy Commission is preparing a research program aimed at understanding the impacts of global warming on the state’s energy system, population, economy, and environment. The new ... (more) 

Documents from the meeting can be found at: http://www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session29.htm... (more) 

Washington, September 4, 2008 -It marks the final leg of a historic road trip as the Solar Taxi arrives in Washington D.C. on September 3: The Solar Taxi is about to become the first car ever to drive... (more) 

London, September 3, 2008 - WWF has welcomed the news that a pioneering expedition to deliver the most accurate measurements yet of the arctic ocean ice sheet has secured the funding it needs for the ... (more) 

Dakar, September 3, 2008 – Africa is the continent hardest hit by climate change yet benefits least from the current international climate change regime, a situation which cries out for concerte... (more) 

Brussels, September 3, 2008 - The European Commission welcomes today’s support of the European Parliament for its proposal to simplify the approval of hydrogen powered vehicles. This will mark a... (more) 

Madison, Wisconsin, September 2, 2008 - If the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a me... (more)