The Environmental Protection Agency's Inspector General's Office said industry's unwillingness to participate and unreliable data that casts doubt on claimed reductions are hindering efforts to control some of the most potent greenhouse gases from aluminum smelters, landfills, coal mines and large farms. At best, the 11 different programs, all but one of which were launched during the Clinton administration, would achieve a 19 percent reduction in methane, sulfur hexafluoride and other non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases projected to come from those industries in 2010, the EPA IG's office said in a report Thursday.

Building cars powered by alternative fuels but that still use oil is “unsustainable,” [Ghosn] said. “I want a pure electric car. I don’t want a range extender. I don’t want another hybrid,” Mr. Ghosn told reporters after a ceremony to dedicate Nissan’s new North American headquarters. “It’s not going to be zero emissions in certain conditions. It’s going to be zero emissions.”

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans next week to slash the pay of more than 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum of $6.55 per hour to help ease the state's budget crisis, according to a draft executive order obtained by The Chronicle on Wednesday. The governor also will order an end to overtime pay for all but critical services, a freeze on state hiring and the immediate layoff of nearly 22,000 temporary, seasonal and student workers.

I would love to do something like this in my town next year, BUT, How do I know what day is Park(ing) Day?? Someone care to give me dates?
Thanks, Anna

As debate over U.S. energy policy stalls on whether or not we should drill for more oil, it's heartening to see states taking the lead on real energy solutions.

And it's not just California anymore. From Texas's multi-billion dollar wind projects to Pennsylvania's rust-belt renewal, states across the country are realizing the many benefits of developing a green economy.

The latest state to join the fray: Indiana.

Today this country consumes about 20,000,000 barrels of oil daily or 7.3 billion barrels of oil annually. We import about half that - 9.9 million barrels per day or 3.6 billion barrels annually. A Bureau of Land Management Study, incorporating data from the Energy Information Administration, The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Minerals Management Service, The Study, indicates that this country has undiscovered oil resources of 139 billion barrels of which 86 billion barrels are offshore under the outer continental shelf... ...A true energy plan will help us securely transition from fossil fuel to new forms of energy. We must transition and not make a wild jump before the new fuels are fully ready. If you do not want this country thrust into energy chaos, both financially and physically, tell your Representatives to get smart, drill, plan, and do it now.

I say let the oil prices go sky high. let people take a real good look at their consumption, their pollution and their future. its time to open our eyes and drilling for more oil will only put us back to sleep.

Congress could relieve consumers and food producers alike with a comprehensive food-safety bill that would require a system for tracing food, better oversight of food-safety plans by producers and more authority for the F.D.A. to investigate and recall tainted products.