Gore says China-US cooperation crucial in tackling climate change crisis

BEIJING — Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday that cooperation between China and the U.S., the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, is crucial to tackling the climate change crisis.

With climate bill looming, a Colorado city’s stench starts smelling like a fresh opportunity

GREELEY, Colo. — The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century.

Future German government to cut subsidies for solar, other renewable industries

BERLIN — Germany’s next government is considering slashing subsidies to renewable energy industries, particularly solar, an energy expert with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats said Tuesday.

Hawaii tests ways to get more sun, wind power to more efficiently run electric grid

HONOLULU — A 4-square-mile patch of Maui in the nation’s most fossil-fuel dependent state soon will be home to a new kind of power grid, one that saves energy by turning off household appliances when electricity is expensive and makes better use of wind and solar power.

Executives urge senators to pass climate bill, argue it will spur new energy technologies

WASHINGTON — Executives from about 150 companies, many involved in renewable energy technologies, heard a pep talk at the White House and then combed the halls of Congress on Wednesday to argue for passage of a climate bill that is facing an uphill fight in the Senate.

Obama directs federal agencies to set targets to reduce their global warming pollution

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is putting the federal government on a greenhouse-gas diet.

New research shows cleantech sector mired in difficult overall financing environment

DENVER — A London-based research firm says third-quarter overall investment dipped for the clean technology sector which was hampered by a lack of access to credit markets.

Rolls-Royce expanding fuel cell research in Ohio, move expected to create about 60 jobs

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Rolls-Royce says it is expanding its fuel cell research division in Ohio.

GM rolls past 1 million miles in fuel cell demo; Confident it’s on right track

BUFFALO, N.Y. — General Motors Co. is now 1 million miles into its fuel cell experiment and company officials say having everyday people drive a test fleet of pollution-free cars has convinced them they are on the right track.

Study says wind could meet half of China power needs by 2030, cutting emissions by 30 percent

BEIJING — China could cut its emissions by 30 percent in the next two decades if it switches to wind power to meet about half of its electricity demands, a U.S. study published Thursday said.

China could be $1 trillion a year market for green technologies, report says

SHANGHAI — China potentially could be a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable “green technologies,” a group of businesses and experts said in a report Thursday that urges governments to ease the way for such initiatives.

Nissan plant in Tenn. switches to methanol to power parts-hauling vehicles, cut costs

SMYRNA, Tenn. — In another cost-cutting move that also makes its car and truck production a little greener, Nissan North America said Tuesday it will use methanol fuel cells on some vehicles used to haul parts to assembly lines, starting at its plant in central Tennessee.

Report says early costs of climate bill will be modest, with prices rising 20 percent by 2030

WASHINGTON — Climate change legislation before Congress would boost electricity prices by about 20 percent by 2030, although most of the increases wouldn’t begin until after 2020, a government analysis concluded Tuesday.

Report concludes only broad action on climate will achieve required pollution cuts

WASHINGTON — If global warming is to be addressed without breaking people’s pocketbooks, no single answer will do the job, a research group tied to the electric utility industry says in a new study that concludes the problem must be attacked from many directions.

NM company plans to build utility-scale, zero-emissions hydrogen plant

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico-based energy technology company announced plans Wednesday to develop in southern New Mexico what it calls the world’s first utility-scale, zero-emissions hydrogen power plant.

Brazil launches Latin America’s first passenger bus using hydrogen fuel cell technology

SAO PAULO — Sao Paulo state officials have launched what they say is Latin America’s first passenger bus with an electric engine powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

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.

New government council will help auto workers transition to new manufacturing jobs, Biden says

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — A new government council will help auto industry workers transition to new manufacturing opportunities, including jobs in alternative energy, Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday.