photo via flickr California has the most ambitious climate plan in the country, known as AB 32, which aims to cut emissions and increase the use of renewable energy to 30 percent by 2020. The bill's ambition certainly would upset the status quo. Perhaps that's why polluters and some politicians are lining up against the bill's implementation. U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock and state Assemblyman Dan Logu...Read the full story on TreeHugger

photo via flickr There's a lot of grim climate news, of course, but the EU keeps moving forward. On Friday, the European Commission announced that the EU, which is made up 27 member countries, is on track to meet its goal of generating 20 percent of its energy from renewable resources by 2020. The Commission also says the EU will meet its other two goals of increasing energy efficiency by 20 percent and decreasing emissions by 20 percent of 1990 levels....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo via Guardian Most cap and trade schemes proposed by governments include provisions that allow polluting companies to buy carbon offsets--initiatives that pay for tree planting in South America or solar panel installation in India and so forth--instead of cutting emissions exclusively from their own operations. So, surprise, surprise, a recent report from the AP in the Huffpo Green has revealed that companies pa...Read the full story on TreeHugger

photo via flickr Sarah Palin went to heart of Canada's oil and gas development sector this past week to congratulate Canada on finding the right balance between economic growth and energy security. She also touted her peculiar recipe for energy independence, which is, of course, Drill, Baby, Drill....Read the full story on TreeHugger

photo via flickr The great hope of those who want coal to remain at the center of our energy mix--CCS--received special attention this week from Mike Morris, head of American Electric Power, the nation's largest utility. At a conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, Morris touted the progress of AEP's test carbon capture and sequestration project in West Virginia. The project, which is backed by Department of Energy funding, is now capturing and storing about 2 percent of the emissions from the New Haven coal-f...Read the full story on TreeHugger