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"Chamber Head in Climate Bill Conflict"

"Environmentalists and others are concerned over whether the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce can be an unbiased party on a big climate change debate because of his affiliation with Union Pacific."

Source: NPR, 09/28/2009

"Religious Groups Push for Climate Change Legislation"

Many religious groups are going to be pushing congress for legislation to slow climate change this fall -- for reasons ranging from the moral to the practical.

Source: U.S. News, 09/28/2009

Harkin Backs Off on Biofuels Amendment

"Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) yesterday backed off efforts to block EPA from weighing contested ethanol emissions after Administrator Lisa Jackson pledged that biofuels rules will reflect uncertainty around international indirect land-use change emissions."

Source: NYTimes, 09/25/2009

"Obama Admin Releases Initial 'Smart Grid' Standards"

"The Commerce Department unveiled the first 77 'smart grid' standards today aimed at removing a major barrier to the implementation of digital grid technologies."

Source: NYTimes, 09/25/2009

REDD: "A Plan to Save Rainforests Gains International Momentum"

"REDD -- A plan to save the world's rainforests looks like it could carry the day at the international climate talks in Copenhagen in December."

Source: ClimateWire, 09/25/2009

"A123's Smash-Hit IPO Could Herald More Green Debuts"

"A 50 percent leap in the shares of lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc on their first day of trading looks likely to jumpstart the market for clean-tech share offerings."

Source: Reuters, 09/25/2009

"Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill Expected Next Wednesday"

"After weeks of waiting, it now looks like the Senate will see a climate bill next week after all. At an event in Pittsburgh ahead of the G20 summit, bill cosponsor John Kerry (D-Mass.) announced that the bill will be released next Wednesday."

Source: Mother Jones, 09/25/2009

"Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper"

Environmentalists are criticizing paper companies for making ultra-soft toilet paper out of cut trees instead of recycled fiber.

Source: Wash Post, 09/25/2009

"New Analysis Brings Dire Forecast Of 6.3-Degree Temperature Increase"

"Climate researchers now predict the planet will warm by 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century even if the world's leaders fulfill their most ambitious climate pledges, a much faster and broader scale of change than forecast just two years ago, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Program."

Source: Wash Post, 09/25/2009

"Behind the Furor Over a Climate Change Skeptic"

Alan Carlin, a 72-year-old analyst and economist made a splash in June with his contrarian views on global warming. He -- and conservative commentators and Congressional Repuplicans -- claimed EPA had muzzled him. But documents disclosed in response to a FOIA request show that scientists challenged his views, that his scholarship was shoddy, that he had no academic qualifications on climate, and that he was free to talk to the press.

Source: NYTimes, 09/25/2009

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