Government Reports Warn Planners on Sea-Rise Threat to U.S. Coasts
A rise in sea levels and other changes fueled by global warming threaten roads, rail lines, ports, airports and other important infrastructure, and policy makers and planners should be acting now to avoid or mitigate their effects, according to new government reports.

Climate refugees in political pass-the-parcel
LONDON (Reuters) - The islanders of Tuvalu could lose their homes and much of their land in the coming decades. But the world has yet to figure out how it will deal with them, and millions of others, who may be displaced by climate change. “It’s a game of political pass-the-parcel,” said Andrew Simms, policy director at British think-tank New Economics Foundation. “No one wants to be left holding the problem of climate refugees.”

Guide Urges Businesses to Address Ecosystem Changes
MONTREUX, Switzerland, March 12, 2008 — “The Corporate Ecosystem Services Review” makes the case for business to be aware of how ecosystem changes can help or hurt them.

China/EU alliance ‘could be key to low-carbon energy’
[BEIJING] China and the European Union (EU) can significantly advance low-carbon technologies if they cooperate closely on technological development and market access, according to a new report. ‘Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe’, outlines common challenges faced by the China and the EU in dealing with the impact of climate change on energy security — despite differences in their economic development.

GE CEO says U.S. moving too slowly on clean energy
GOLETA, California (Reuters) - The United States is in danger of falling behind other nations in reducing greenhouse gas emissions if both the federal government and Corporate America do not move quickly to support sources of clean energy, General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt said on Wednesday.
Of course, the kind of “clean” energy HE wants is nuclear, since GE builds nuclear power plants.

Closer Toward High-yield Fusion Reactor: Revolutionary Circuit Fires Thousands Of Times Without Flaw
ScienceDaily (Apr. 26, 2007) An electrical circuit that should carry enough power to produce the long-sought goal of controlled high-yield nuclear fusion and, equally important, do it every 10 seconds, has undergone extensive preliminary experiments and computer simulations at Sandia National Laboratories’ Z machine facility.

$6 million research lab will produce ethanol and other biofuels from grasses and biomass
A former agricultural engineering, power and machinery lab at Cornell is being gutted to make way for a state-of-the art Biofuels Research Laboratory that will convert perennial grasses and woody biomass into cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels

World’s First Wave Powered Boat
Ken-ichi Horie, a 69 year old Japanese sailor, is planning a solo 4,350 mile trip from Hawaii to Japan using an innovative wave powered boat. If successful, the trip would earn him a Guinness record while simultaneously proving the viability of wave powered propulsion. His boat, the Suntory Mermaid II, turns wave energy into thrust using two fins mounted beneath the bow. These fins move up and down with the waves and use them to generate “kicks” that propel the boat forward. Another green element of the journey: all of the radios and electrical equipment are solar powered.

Canada to Release Green Advertising Guidelines
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, March 13, 2008 — Two federal groups are working on guidelines for green claims, hoping to force businesses to strip their products of vague and misleading environmental statements.

U.K. Green Budget Hits Gas Guzzlers and Plastic Bags
LONDON, March 13, 2008 — Wide range of environmental taxes and targets increase pressure on firms to cut emissions from transport and buildings, but renewables and green investment sectors left disappointed

Smog rule tightened; 345 counties fail
WASHINGTON - The air in hundreds of U.S. counties is simply too dirty to breathe, the government said Wednesday, ordering a multibillion-dollar expansion of efforts to clean up smog in cities and towns nationwide.

Rivers Great And Small Can Fight Pollution, If Given Chance
ScienceDaily (Mar. 13, 2008) — Big rivers typically get the credit for being powerful and mighty, but a sweeping national study shows that when it comes to pollution control, even little streams can pack a punch.

European Commission seeks stricter rules against polluting ships
Brussels - The European Commission on Tuesday moved to safeguard Europe’s seas by asking all member states to treat pollution by ships as a criminal offence.

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