Automotive blog Jalopnik has details on the new proposal on fuel economy window stickers from the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the automotive industry’s reaction.
The New York Times looks at the independent review that found flaws in U.N. climate panel structure.
Reuters has information on Mauritania’s tree-planting program aimed at protecting their capital from the encroaching desert and coastal erosion.
Green reports on a coal plant in Wyoming that has overexposed its workers to radiation.
Greenwire reports federal regulators are nearing approval of the world’s largest solar power plant.
The Wall Street Journal looks at damage claims in places not directly affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
CNN reports on BP’s plan to permanently seal the Deepwater Horizon oil well.
Reuters has information on a concept vehicle made of hemp that will debut at the Canadian auto show next month.
Green reports that the BP oil spill has had little impact on global drilling.
According to Reuters Vice President Joe Biden says the United States is on track to double renewable energy capacity by 2012.
The Wall Street Journal has information on a study that indicates that the Gulf of Mexico is recovering faster than expected from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Ecocentric explains how IKEA, purveyor of cheap furniture and delicious meatballs, will be working with the U.S. Deptarment of Energy to use geothermal heat pumps to regulate temperatures in their new store set to open in Denver next year.
The New York Times has a feature on finding new ways to fill the gas tank.
Reuters reports BP is planning to kill their ruptured oil well the first week in September.
Green has a post on the back and forth between scientists in regards to the numbers released earlier this month by the administration on the Gulf oil spill.
And finally, Michael Levi has a list of good environmental policy reads to ponder while he’s on vacation.
The New York Times has a report on the new procedures that would require more environmental reviews before approving offshore drilling permits.
With the first shrimp season opening up in the Gulf since the Deepwater Horizon spill, The New York Times has a feature on consumer confidence and the shrimp industry.
According to a study by German renewable energy institute IWR highlighted by Reuters, world CO2 emissions fell 1.3 percent last year in the first year-to-year decline this decade.
Ecocentric tackles the idea of letting your lawn die and it’s not worth the cost of routine yard work.
Reuters reports President Obama swam in the Gulf this weekend, declaring the Gulf area’s beaches “open for business.”
The New York Times has a feature on people who run their air-conditioner 24/7 in “utilities included” apartments and the building managers that worry it might break the bank.
Science Magazine published a special news section on the alternative energy challenge and the opportunities and difficulties of leaving behind fossil fuels and scaling up green power.
Green has a list of the nation’s 100 greenest colleges from the Sierra Club.
A new report from President Obama’s interagency task force on carbon capture and sequestration called the absence of a comprehensive plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions, “the key barrier to CCS deployment.” (from ClimateWire via NYT)
Geoff Styles worries about the paradigm being established as executive powers fill the space left by non-existent climate legislation.
And, Michael Levi muses on an important, and sometimes overlooked, component of climate diplomacy.
Politico’s Darren Samuelsohn pens this assessment of the future of state and regional climate mitigation pacts in the wake of this week’s primary elections.
Germany is considering a tax on coal, from Reuters.
And finally, our push to catch Perez Hilton’s attention. Reuters reports Hollywood is making it easier for filmmakers to be eco-conscious on the set and AP has this look at an oil-spill-inspired Italian Vogue photo spread making waves around the world.
Will exceptionally high temperatures lead to exceptional action to curb climate change in Russia? (from ClimateWire via NYT)
CFR’s Michael Levi pokes some holes in the comparison of Europe’s fuel tax to a possible tax on power plant carbon emissions.
FT’s Energy Source has this (snarky) snapshot of a new UN panel designed to tackle big-picture sustainability and environment issues.
And NYT has this report on farmland soon to turn to solar farmland.
In the absence of a federal clean energy plan, will states save the day? (Climate Compass)
Energy Outlook’s Geoff Styles has been doing some thinking about ethanol on his road trip.
Renewableenergworld.com, offers a case for Smart Grid technology.
And, a duo of reports on the social impacts of a changing climate from the World Bank. First, a look at climate change through a trade policy spectrum. Then, this report on equitably achieving global emissions reductions. (H/T RFF Library Blog)