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• 03/15/2007 -- MIT provides blueprint for future use of coal
  Leading academics from an interdisciplinary MIT panel issued a report today that examines how the world can continue to use coal in a way that mitigates, instead of worsens, the global warming crisis.
• 03/15/2007 -- AEP to install carbon capture on two existing power plants
  American Electric Power will install carbon capture on two coal-fired power plants in what it says will be the first commercial use of technologies to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing plants.
• 03/14/2007 -- UK climate bill targets 60 per cent carbon reduction by 2050
  The UK has become the first country to propose legislation setting binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions as it stepped up its campaign for a new global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
• 03/09/2007 -- Shanghai firms ordered to report monthly power usage
  Major industrial and commercial firms in Shanghai will be required to report their monthly power usage this year, according to a report by the official Xinhua news agency.
• 03/08/2007 -- Canadian wind power capacity to grow tenfold by 2015
  Canada's installed wind power capacity is expected to grow nearly tenfold to 14 100 MW by 2015, according to a new study by Emerging Energy Research (EER).
• 03/05/2007 -- EU to set carbon capture deadline
  All coal-fired power stations built in the European Union (EU) after 2020 could be forced to capture their carbon dioxide emissions under proposals that EU leaders are likely to adopt at this week's summit in Brussels.
• 02/27/2007 -- US notches record year for wind turbines
  More wind turbines were installed in the US than any other country in 2006, bringing its total wind generating capacity to 11,600 MW, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
• 02/26/2007 -- Western governors form Climate Action Initiative
  Governors of five Western states announced the formation of the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative to implement a joint strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• 02/26/2007 -- TXU slashes build plans in acquisition
  TXU has agreed to take eight coal-fired plants out of its future generation plans in an agreement with investment companies for a $45 billion buyout of the utility.
• 02/21/2007 -- EU agrees to 20% cut in carbon dioxide by 2020
  European Union (EU) environment ministers made a legally binding agreement on Tuesday to cut overall carbon dioxide emissions 20 per cent by 2020, and they are ready to go to 30 per cent if other industrialized nations match European efforts to curb global warming.