Thursday's Reads

Posted By Tiffany Clements
Posted: 02/04/10

NYT: President Obama offered some insight into his plans Wednesday for the U.S. renewable fuel portfolio. Thanks to newly-released rules from the EPA, the nation's plans are likely to rely heavily on corn-based ethanol, from WaPo. But, according to GreenWire via NYT, those rules could face some opposition on Capitol Hill.

GreenWire via NYT: EPA officials say they're on pace to release their emissions tailoring rules for automobiles as early as next month.

FT: Is cap and trade doomed in the U.S.? Not so fast, Sen. Lindsey Graham says (from TNR).

Reuters: A pair of powerful House committee chairmen say it's Congress, not "unelected bureaucrats," who should be responsible for designing rules to keep greenhouse emissions in check and have introduced legislation to prevent the EPA from regulating GHGs.

JakartaGlobe: Despite being positioned to reap great benefits from international emissions offset programs, Indonesia is struggling to capitalize.

GreenWire via NYT: The Federal Trade Commission is expected to make some changes to its environmental marketing guidelines, updating the rules for the first time since 1998 to crack down on so-called "greenwashing".

And, in a snapshot from the future, physicists have figured out how to teleport energy.

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