Blog Post: President urges the country to draw on its traditions of innovation and adventure to transform its energy system and address climate concerns

Blog Post: Denmark sets example not only for countries with a lot of sea coast but also for those with large inland lakes

Blog Post: China's wind energy potential is massive. Only the challenge of connecting it to the country's power grids stands in the way of a coal and nuclear-free future.

Podcast: Cloud seeding is partly a science, partly a black art.

Blog Post: And I do care: The bold T Boone scheme to radically boost wind and cut oil consumption has much to be said for it, even if the details aren't quite right

Article: It's too costly to build turbines in deep water, where the winds are better. Two companies think floating windmills are the answer

Blog Post: Without a fast push to get its clean tech house in order the next surge of export led growth will make it more difficult for Taiwan to meet its carbon reduction targets.

Blog Post: President Obama gathered auto executives, auto workers, environmentalists, and top federal and California officials at the White House this week to unveil a new consensus on fuel economy standards. His plan will harmonize the federal government's Corporate Average Fuel Economy or CAFE standards with tougher tailpipe standards for CO2 poised to take effect in California and 17 other states. Obama traded up, according to close Detroit observer Jim Motavalli, who writes in the New York Times' Wheels blog that the new-and-improved CAFE is "roughly equivalent to those proposed under Californiaâ¿¿s tailpipe greenhouse-gas program." …

Blog Post: The time is ripe to use some of the Economic Recovery Act monies for conversion of trails back to their original mass transit use.

Blog Post: Prospects for a "cash-for-clunkers" bill to stimulate new car sales in the U.S. are dimming amid dissatisfaction with the law's slim environmental benefits. As Energywise reported, representatives in the House led by Michigan Democrat John Dingell converged on an automotive scrappage bill earlier this month that would provide cash vouchers worth up to $4,500 to buyers of new cars and trucks that get at least 22 miles to the gallon if they scrap an …