"A House committee began work Wednesday on a comprehensive overhaul of food safety rules that includes more inspections and new fees on producers to pay for them."
"The United States wants to forge a partnership with China, bringing the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases together to address global warming, Washington's top climate diplomat said on Wednesday."
"A Raleigh County [WV] judge has issued a preliminary injunction to block anti-mountaintop removal activists from further peaceful protests on certain Massey Energy mining sites."
Various House committees will try to remake the climate bill in a shape favored by the interests they represent, before it faces more amendments on the floor this summer.
"A federal judge in Indianapolis has ordered Duke Energy Corp. to shut down nearly 40 percent of an Indiana power plant's capacity as part of an enforcement case that dates back to the Clinton administration."
A new technology called LED lighting promises more savings in greenhouse emissions and longer appliance life than compact fluorescent bulbs -- at a price.
Energy Secretary Chu and CA Gov. Schwarzenegger today will dedicate the National Ignition Facility, a mammoth laser device designed to explore fusion energy.