Obama's First Meal as President: Were these items all carefully selected for low carbon footprint?

According to an Associated Press report, the pheasant meal [also featured] seafood stew, duck, sponge cake and California wines.

Chrysler (again) works to design itself a miracle - Los Angeles Times

The company has a long history of pulling itself out of deep trouble. This time, it's counting on electric cars to save it.

Coal Will Still Be King - Reason Magazine

Why the opposition to coal? After all, the U.S. is energy independent with respect to this resource, with 275 billion tons in proven reserves, which is more than enough to meet our energy needs for hundreds of years. The chief problem is that burning coal produces carbon dioxide emissions which are warming the planet. Burning coal emits 10 percent more carbon dioxide than oil and 60 percent more than natural gas.

Currently, coal-fired plants produce just under 50 percent of America's electricity. Renewables, other than hydroelectric, produce 3.4 percent of our electric power. So are coal's days numbered? Not at all...coal will still be fueling civilization for the next couple of generations.

Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Clean Energy: How Do You Jumpstart It?

The bigger problem with tax credits is that even when they work, they don’t always work. That is, they can actually distort the electricity market, as in Texas, where wind-power producers beholden to the production tax credit had to keep their turbines spinning even when they were churning out power that was less than worthless.