China holding out hand for “developed” world funds to meet emission cutting goals… US says not so fast

China says U.S. envoy irresponsible on climate aid | Reuters.

Carbon Price Insufficient for Green Revolution, Group Warns — NYT

Carbon Price Insufficient for Green Revolution, Group Warns – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com.

RECs versus carbon offsets… not the same thing. — Reuters

Renewables credits are not CO2 offsets: U.S. expert | Green Business | Reuters .

Where will it go? Nature Conservancy warns of renewable “energy sprawl” — NYT

Study Warns of ‘Energy Sprawl’ – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com.

Enterprise Carbon Accounting (ECA) software market growing rapidly

http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/06-02-2009/0005036900&EDATE=

Kinder: “To think we’re going to solve this with solar and wind power is ludicrous.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalEnergy09/idUSTRE5516LP20090602

5/26: Big business says needs cash to cut CO2 emissions

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE54N0GZ20090525?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

Renewable Myths, Agnosticism and Chinese Depression

Capgemini highlights some of the key misperceptions associated with renewable energy in the latest smartgridnews.com.  The common theme is that efficiently and effectively incorporating newer technologies (plug-ins, location constrained renewables, etc) is more complicated than policy makers lead on. The writers emphasize that the most effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are to: 1) [...]

Key Takeaways and What Wasn’t Said: RETECH 2009

The 3 day conference covered a broad range of topics across the renewable energy spectrum.  Wind, solar, biomass, green power, funding, smart grid, geothermal and storage were covered in 60+ sessions presented by more than 200 speakers.
Main Takeaways:

The magnitude and extent of renewable energy incentive provisions are unprecedented.
While extraordinary gains have been made in funding [...]

EPA CO2 Registry: 30,000 to Assess, 13,000 to Report

The EPA has recently developed an extensive draft (1400 pages) on a proposed rule to require reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from all sectors of the economy.  Public comments are now being accepted from to-be affected companies and other interested parties.  Importantly, this rule does NOT control the levels of GHG emissions, but instead [...]