STUFF

Air conditioning runs on HCFC-22 and, in newer units, 410a. Both have global warming effects ~2K times CO2.

Study: obesity has climate change factor. More E needed to cool, nourish and transport all that fat.

51 countries, 86 biz execs and investors pledged to measure wealth by health of natural resources. Spearheaded by World Bank. "Green accounting."

Comps planning major solar plants in Spain without subsidies.

French prez vows to push for stronger world enviro agency.

Aruba plans to elim fossil fuel use.

3M growing product lines around E efficiency.

UK will force large comps to report emissions.

Scotland agency says climate change affecting plants.

Study: climate change threatening Antarctica penguins.

Supreme Court ruled (6-3) jury should decide criminal fines in case about NG distribution comp illegally storing mercury at Rhode Island facility.

Fed govt falling far short of projected savings on property disposal.

House Appropriations likely to OK fund shift to bail out NOAA.

Hydropower 65% of elgen in Latin Am. 153GW at end of '10.

Chinese polysilicon makers pressing China to impose duties on US imports.

Uruguay boosted their wind power target to 1GW by '15.

Valero idled Neb ethanol plant. 110M gal/y. Shrinking margins.

US Office of Naval Research awarded $2M for research to model biofuel performance.

Cargill to expand Netherlands ethanol prod 100M gal/y.