Democrats in the US House of Representatives neared an agreement on a climate-change bill on Tuesday and said they expected to approve it soon.

"Our goal is to finish this bill by the close of business next week on the House floor," Representative Edward Markey, chairman of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, told reporters.

Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday vowed to push for major changes to a climate change bill that could move through a key committee next week, including a proposal to count nuclear power as a clean energy alternative.

E.ON UK, Dong Energy and Masdar have agreed to push ahead with the London Array wind farm, giving a boost to the UK plan to build up massive offshore wind farms to meet its carbon reduction target.

The global recession and tight credit conditions have cast a chill on the solar-power industry after years of breakneck growth, and could usher in long-term changes in the industry.

China

Using switchgrass and other biomass to power electric cars is three times more efficient and more environmentally friendly than using ethanol to power traditional gasoline cars, US scientists have found.

The proposal to generate nearly 20,000 megawatts of power by building new power plants on a narrow strip of the Konkan coast is a recipe for an ecological and social disaster. The government should learn from the past experience of such coal-based power plants, reassess the true demands for energy and encourage ecologically sustainable planning, which will also benefit the local people.

Simply replacing the chulha won't help, we have to help the poor use clean renewable energy.

The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed rules to limit emissions of climate-changing gases from the manufacture of ethanol, a step that would probably curtail the expansion of corn ethanol production.

NEW evidence confirms that global warming is now a reality and should be taken seriously. The report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that man's actions have contributed substantially to the observed warming over the last 50 years.

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