Environment News

China passed US as world’s biggest CO2 emitter 6 MONTHS AGO: guardian.co.uk — 20 June, 2007 – China surpassed the United States, becoming the biggest emitter of the greenhouse gas CO2. I wonder why no one in the US media wanted to talk about this inconvenient truth?

Wind & Solar Incentives Stripped From Energy Bill: sustainablog.org — The Senate version of the energy bill that passed last week includes great things, like boosting vehicles’ average fuel efficiency to 35 miles per gallon, increasing the use of biofuels & updating efficiency standards for federal buildings. But the glaring gaps include the absence of renewable energy incentives.