China Sees Climate Accord, Without Strict Limits - NYTimes.com

BEIJING — China’s envoy to global negotiations on climate change expressed optimism on Wednesday that a new agreement to reduce greenhouse gases would be reached this year, and said that his nation’s efforts to curb carbon pollution already had produced results that he called “second to none.”

But the envoy, Yu Qingtai, also underscored China’s opposition to placing a ceiling on its emissions of greenhouse gases, a step that some experts have called crucial to efforts to slow global warming.

Obama says Indiana 'factories coming back to life'

WAKARUSA, Ind. (AP) - President Barack Obama says Indiana factories "are coming back to life," earning cheers as he returned to an economically struggling region to sell his costly stimulus plan.

Obama announced Wednesday in Indiana that the stimulus is now providing $2.4 billion in taxpayer grants to create electric cars—and tens of thousands of jobs. He said Indiana is the second-largest recipient of these grants.

Report Dissidents to the White House | Coyote Blog

Several people have emailed me this: Apparently the White House web site is asking that you report anyone writing things on health care that don’t match the Administration position so the White House can “keep track”.

Battery Sweepstakes: And the Winner Is…General Motors - Environmental Capital - WSJ

The Obama administration unveiled today the 48 winners in its $2.4 billion plan to kick-start U.S. production of batteries needed for the next generation of electric vehicles. Not surprisingly, the biggest winner is General Motors and its much-hyped Chevy Volt.