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

photo: D'Arcy Norman via flickr. Walmart today announced a major supply chain greenhouse gas reduction commitment of removing 20 million metric tons of emissions by 2015. Very good, but what does that actually mean for the company's overall emissions, what areas of the supply chain will actually see reductions, and what's Walmart's motivation in doing this? I had a chance to ask Walmart's SVP of Sustainability Matt Kistler for a b...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Images by B.Alter Vancouver gets a medal for being the greenest Olympics; the question is: which one? The David Suzuki Foundation has given it a bronze because under half of Games-related emissions will not be off-set and they "failed to reach out to Canadians or even Vancouverites about climate solutions". But from a tourist's perspective there are lots of medal opportunities. Everyone is unanimous in their praise of the Richmond O...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo: Sierra Club The Power Stations are in Violation of Clean Air Regulations Sadly, sometimes it seems like it takes a lawsuit to make things happen. In 2007, the Sierra Club brought the state of Wisconsin to court over emissions from some state-run coal plants used to provide heat and power to some university buildings and a hospital (UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-River Falls and Mendota Mental Health Institute). The Department of Natural Resources sided with the Sierra Club, and the state now has a choice between installing pollution-control equipment to greatly reduce emis...Read the full story on TreeHugger