Former Rep. Inglis to Launch Conservative Coalition to Address Climate Change - NYTimes.com

A former Republican congressman who is an advocate for action to address climate change plans to launch a new conservative coalition this fall made up of Republicans who, like him, believe that human emissions are triggering global warming and that steps should be taken to stop it.

Light Bulb Repeal Bill Stalls in Congress

"A bill to repeal the banning of ordinary incandescent light bulbs is bottled up in a congressional committee despite Americans’ apparent distaste for the more expensive bulbs that would replace them.

Report: Solyndra Loan Guarantee ‘Cut Corners’ - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

We’ve been writing about the shadiness of government-funded solar company Solyndra for years now. Congress needs to investigate.

Why Cape Wind is bound to fail | CapeCodOnline.com

For millions of Massachusetts residents worried about soaring electric bills, the destruction of Nantucket Sound, the loss of commercial fishing and tourism, and the desecration of tribal land — in other words, all of us opposed to Cape Wind — the tide is turning.

New Insights on How Solar Minimums Affect Earth - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Since 1611, humans have recorded the comings and goings of black spots on the sun. The number of these sunspots waxes and wanes over approximately an 11-year cycle -- more sunspots generally mean more activity and eruptions on the sun and vice versa. The number of sunspots can change from cycle to cycle, and 2008 saw the longest and weakest solar minimum since scientists have been monitoring the sun with space-based instruments.