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Clean Energy Funding Trumps Fossil Fuels

"Global investors spent about $250 billion building new power capacity in 2008, and for the first time the lion’s share of that money went to renewable sources, according to the United Nations Environment Program.  Renewable sources accounted for 56 percent of investment dollars, worth $140 billion, while investment in fossil fuel technologies was $110 billion, the U.N. program said in a report" [Green, Inc. - New York Times]

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Feds Cut Water to California

"Farmers and urban users will see about a 5% to 7% annual reduction from actions intended to help salmon and other fish...Warning that salmon and other fish species are in danger of extinction, a federal agency Thursday issued directives that will guide the way dams, pumps, canals and other waterworks in California operate to help ease pressure on the Pacific coast's collapsing salmon fishery." [Los Angeles Times]

Greening the Herds: A New Diet to Cap Gas

"Since January, cows at 15 farms across Vermont have had their grain feed adjusted to include more plants like alfalfa and flaxseed — substances that, unlike corn or soy, mimic the spring grasses that the animals evolved long ago to eat...the heart of an experiment to determine whether a change in diet will help them belch less methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that has been linked to climate change." [New York Times]

Everything you always wanted to know about the Waxman-Markey energy/climate bill—in bullet points

"You keep hearing about the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill—aka the American Clean Energy and Security Act, ACES, H.R. 2454—but what’s actually in it?  We combed through the 946-page beast so you don’t have to." [Grist]