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Coal makes USA Today

Plans for at least 8 clean coal plants hit snagsBy Paul Davidson, USA TODAYClean coal-fired power plants have been touted as a remedy for an environmentally challenged age, offering the promise of turning cheap but dirty coal into a pollution-free energy source.

Don't turn off those wind turbines yet.  ...read more »

Sept. 12, 2007: New Hybrid Metro Buses Set to Hit Campus Streets Soon

As part of the Mayor's plan to reduce CO2 emissions, the city of Madison will now offer public transportation on hybrid buses.

The Badger Herald
New Hybrid Metro Buses Set to Hit Campus Streets Soon
By Bridget Roby
Sept. 12, 2007
http://badgerherald.com/news/2007/09/12/new_hybrid_metro_bus.php  ...read more »

Aug. 29, 2007: Meeting Today on Power Plants

Environmental advocates gather to express concerns over the pollution of a power plant in southern Illinois.

Naperville Sun
Meeting Today on Power Plants
By Kate R. Houlihan
Aug. 29, 2007
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/532913%2Cna29_powe...  ...read more »

Gary Serio

Title:
Vice President
Company:
Entergy Corp.
Date:
11/13/2006
Article name:
Coal: Could Be The End Of The Line
Media outlet:
BusinessWeek

It's very likely the investment decisions many are making, to build long-lived high-carbon-dioxide-emitting power plants, are decisions we'll all live to regret.

Notes:
published before election

John Browne

Title:
CEO
Company:
BP
Date:
08/01/2004
Article name:
Beyond Kyoto
Media outlet:
Foreign Affairs

Harnessing business potential requires fair and credible incentives to drive the process of innovation and change. In responding to global warming, that role must fall to the government. ...  ...read more »

CERES

Title:
CERES Consensus Statement
Company:
Calpine, Con Edison, Keyspan, NE Utilities, PG&E, PPL, Public Service Enterprise Group, & WI Energy
Date:
09/01/2003
Article name:
CERES Consensus Statement
Media outlet:
CERES Report

Greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide emissions, will be regulated in the U.S. sometime in the future....The issue is not whether the U.S. government will regulate these emissions, but when and how. (pages 8-9) A climate change program to limit emissions is required to create certainty for both electric utilities and investors.  ...read more »

Sept. 6, 2006: Minnesota Eyes California Global Warming Move

A California plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is getting lots of attention in Minnesota.

Minnesota News Connection
Sept. 6, 2006

Minnesota Eyes California Global Warming Move  ...read more »