Clinton says India, US can devise breakthrough plan to fight climate change

NEW DELHI — India and the United States can jointly devise a breakthrough plan for fighting climate change that will generate massive new investments and millions of jobs, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.

AP Sources: GM to assemble Volt battery packs at new factory south of Detroit

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. will assemble battery packs for its new rechargeable electric car at a facility south of Detroit, creating about 100 jobs, two people briefed on the plans said Friday.

Niners’ plan for $937 million stadium south of San Francisco includes green roof, solar panels

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco 49ers have unveiled design details on their proposed $937 million stadium south of San Francisco that would seat 68,500 and include solar panels and a green roof, as they move forward with plans to relocate to the South Bay city of Santa Clara.

States awash in weatherization money scramble to spend it; 10 times the usual amount allotted

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Ready or not, states are getting a tenfold boost in federal money to weatherize drafty homes, an increase so huge it has raised fears of waste and fraud and set off a scramble to find workers and houses for them to repair.

US, China announce clean energy research center; US calls on Beijing to avoid trade barriers

BEIJING — The United States and China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters, announced plans for a joint clean energy research center Wednesday as the American commerce secretary appealed to Beijing to avoid imposing trade barriers on green technology.

LA Fire Department: Warehouse worker killed after becoming entangled in shredder

LOS ANGELES — A warehouse worker has died after getting entangled in a cardboard recycling shredder in Los Angeles.

Environmental group calling for moratorium in Utah on disposing of depleted uranium

SALT LAKE CITY — State regulators will consider whether federal rules for disposing of depleted uranium are adequate to protect health and safety in Utah or if the waste should be banned until more stringent procedures are put in place.

Abu Dhabi’s state-run Aabar buys 40 percent of Daimler’s stake in electric car maker Tesla

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Abu Dhabi investment fund that is Daimler’s largest shareholder has bought about 4 percent of electric car producer Tesla Motors, deepening the oil-rich Arab state’s push into green technology.

Honda president pushes founder’s energy, hybrid technology to ride out hard times

TOKYO — Honda’s new president promised to draw inspiration from the legacy of the company’s founder to ride out hard times while pushing an aggressive strategy built around hybrid green technology.

The keys to General Motors’ success: What the automaker must do after emerging from Chapter 11

DETROIT — Even after emerging from bankruptcy protection, the new General Motors still faces some of the same troubles that haunted the old one, which piled up more than $80 billion in losses during the past four years and still needs government aid to survive.

Rich and poor divide at G-8 climate talks shows tough road to cut carbon emissions

L’AQUILA, Italy — The chasm between rich and poor on how to address climate change burst into the open at the G-8 summit Thursday, showing how difficult it will be to persuade the world to make lifestyle and economic sacrifices needed to save the planet from global warming.

Mount Rushmore may change security procedures after Greenpeace demonstration

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Officials at Mount Rushmore may change their security measures after environmentalists were able to hang a banner warning about global warming from atop the national monument, a spokesman said.

11 environmentalists charged with trespassing after unfurling banner on Mount Rushmore

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Environmentalists who hung a banner on Mount Rushmore National Memorial calling for a stop to global warming have been arrested.

Protesters climb smokestacks, stage climate change protests as G-8 summit starts in Italy

ROME — Environmentalists broke into power stations across Italy and shed their clothes in downtown Rome on Wednesday as world leaders discussed a new deal to combat global warming.

Farming with Oxen 101: VT college students learn old-fashioned, sustainable agriculture

POULTNEY, Vt. — Devin Lyons typically starts his days this summer cooking breakfast with fresh eggs from the farm’s chicken coop. Then, depending on the weather, he and a dozen other college students might cut hay in the field using a team of oxen, turn compost or weed vegetable beds.

Surfers, environmentalists, Native Hawaiians trying to shut down shark tours in Hawaii

HALEIWA, Hawaii — Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu’s North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed into the water by a tour company.

Iconic skyscrapers losing their luster have found the fountain of youth in green technology

NEW YORK — When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy. They also needed tenants.

Hitachi to supply lithium-ion batteries to GM for hybrids, sharply boost output capacity

TOKYO — Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it will supply lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles to General Motors Corp. in 2010 and sharply raise production capacity to meet surging demand for gas-electric cars.

After a yearlong free fall in the American car market, sales declines slow in June

DETROIT — After a yearlong free fall in the American car market, the decline of sales slowed in June, offering hope to automakers that the bottom has been reached and more shoppers may slowly start returning to showrooms soon.

Tuna commissions meet amid fears that overfishing could drive some to extinction

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — It’s no secret that overfishing has driven many tuna species including the iconic blue fin to the brink of extinction.

Washington state farmers sue to stop proposed feedlot’s plan to access well water

YAKIMA, Wash. — A group of Washington state farmers have joined two environmental groups in filing a lawsuit to block a proposed feedlot from using a well that is exempt from requiring state permits to water up to 30,000 cattle.

Campgrounds, RV parks spend green to go ‘green’

HOPKINS TOWNSHIP, Mich. — There’s a lot about Clay’s Park Resort that appeals to Janet Durtschi, including its ongoing effort to get “greener.”

Portugal sets up recharging sites in anticipation of electric car mass market

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal announced a plan Monday to install about 1,300 recharging sites for electric vehicles over the next two years, part of an effort to create a mass market for environmentally friendly electric cars expected to go on sale next year.

Photo of NKorea’s Kim released in June may be recycled, sign of worsening health, report says

SEOUL, South Korea — A photo of the North Korean leader recently shown on Pyongyang’s state TV appears to be a doctored version of one published in April by the country’s official news agency — a possible sign his health is worsening — South Korean media reported Monday.

Hailing House vote, Obama calls on Senate to pass climate, energy bill

WASHINGTON — Hours after the House passed landmark legislation meant to curb greenhouse gas emissions and create an energy-efficient economy, President Barack Obama on Saturday urged senators to show courage and follow suit.

Brazil president signs controversial Amazon land tenure law

BRASILIA, Brazil — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a law that could legalize landholdings by some 1 million squatters occupying a Texas-sized chunk of the Amazon rain forest, despite environmentalist fears it will accelerate deforestation.

Navy says sonar impact on endangered whales negligible at planned training site off Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Navy believes sonar in a planned training range for submarine warfare off the coast of north Florida will not disturb calving by endangered North Atlantic right whales, it said in an environmental impact statement Friday.

Calif. senator sides with oyster farmer over Park Service, environmental activists

WASHINGTON — A powerful Senate Democrat is backing an oyster farmer over the National Park Service in a northern California controversy that has environmentalists seething.

House begins debate over climate change bill; votes expected to be close

WASHINGTON — The House has begun debating a historic and hotly contested global warming bill.

Farmers worry as once-booming organic industry expects 1st sales drop in years; some want out

The organic dairy industry was thriving when Allen and Jean Moody bought a 200-acre Wisconsin dairy farm in 2006 and joined the ranks of farmers churning out milk raised without growth hormones, pesticides or other chemicals.