Image credit: Good Passing a strong climate bill, Good tells us in a recent editorial, is a necessity. Such a bill, they write, must be defined by what is good for the country, not what is easy for the Senate to agree upon....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Distributed generation for utilities is part of the mandate. Photo: Solar Dave via flickr. Now this is getting somewhere... Climate Progress reports that the Colorado House of Representatives has passed an increase in the state's Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image credit: Grist After months of debate, Lindsey Graham is reportedly set to unveil a climate bill to the Senate. That bill, he has said, will be a moderate one. But what ever happened to the American Clean Energy & Security Act (ACES), better known as the Waxman-Markey bill?...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo via NeoSpire Microsoft has stepped outside of the box when thinking about smart, cheap, efficient data center design. The company is testing out a whole new type of modular data center that boasts recyclable materials, efficient cooling and a LEGO-like method of scaling up as demand requires. The testing is going well, and if it continues, we just might have small-stature data centers dotting cool climate landscapes as a smarter solution to data centers and their environmental footprints. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image credit: Grist There are few climate skeptics more outspoken than Republican Senator James Inhofe. Recently, Grist had the opportunity to speak with the senator and asked him to explain his climate-hoax theory....Read the full story on TreeHugger