China says unreasonable to set CO2 peak yet | Reuters

TIANJIN, China Oct 6 (Reuters) - China's top climate negotiator on Wednesday said it was unreasonable to expect his country to set a peak for its greenhouse gas emissions while rich economies fail cut theirs.

Xie Zhenhua also said China would not budge from its commitment to making the Kyoto Protocol -- the current climate change pact that does not set mandatory caps on poorer countries' emissions -- the basis of any new climate deal.

"A rise in greenhouse gases is necessary and, it should be said, reasonable," he said of China and other developing countries. "The key is that we must adopt effective measures to control the rate of growth, so it won't be unfettered," he told reporters at climate talks in the north Chinese city of Tianjin.

Vermonter Bill McKibben praises White House solar panels | The Burlington Free Press | Burlington, Vermont

What was unclear Tuesday was how much the White House solar project will cost, and how much fossil-fuel-based electricity it would displace, because the system is not yet designed, and the White House will not disclose how much energy is needed to keep the president's lights turned on.
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But the White House is far from a typical house, noted Danny Kennedy, the founder of California-based solar energy provider Sungevity, which offered to put solar panels on the White House for free earlier this year as part of a campaign called SolarontheWhiteHouse.

Kennedy estimates that outfitting Obama's pad with solar would cost about $100,000 if paid out of pocket. But the money would be earned back with savings on the electric bill in the first five years, he said in an interview from the Maldives, where he is installing 48 solar panels on President Mohammed Nasheed's private residence.

E2 Morning Roundup: White House shifts from oil to renewables

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar – who rolled out new oil drilling rig safeguards last week – will appear in Atlantic City Wednesday for a speech on offshore wind power.

Salazar believes Atlantic Coast wind can become a major power source, and projects are in the planning in stages in federal waters off several states.

Clinton under pressure on climate [scam] - The Hill's E2-Wire

Senior Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are urging Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to press for an independent “global climate fund” that helps developing countries.
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The House Democrats’ letter says that helping to establish the fund will re-assert U.S. credibility on climate change in the absence of a U.S. emissions law.