1. White House Report: U.S. Primed to Achieve Major Breakthroughs in Renewable Energy - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has released a report which shows the country is on-track for three major innovation breakthroughs in the renewable energy and cleantech industries.
2. Blame Coal for Eleven Day China Traffic Jam - According to the Christian Science Monitor, the root cause for China's two week long traffic jam might be the trade of illegal coal mined in Northern China.
3. The UK Wind Farm and the Mystery of the Seal 'Corkscrew' Deaths - At least 50 dead seals have washed up on Britain's east coast over the past year and half, all of them with a brutal corkscrew-shaped mutilation running from their head to tail. Reports indicate the deaths may have been caused by construction of an offshore wind farm.
4. Al Gore: Climate Bill Failure Costing U.S. Billions - Former Vice President Al Gore claims in a recent blog post that the failure of the U.S. Senate to pass legislation to curb greenhouse gases (like the American Power Act) is already costing the country billions of dollars.
5. Finland to Set World Standard with Proposed Green Highway - Finland's comprehensive "green highway" proposal will likely set a world standard for efficient,renewable energy travel. Not just an electrified highway, the focus is to turn a 130 km (81 mile) stretch of road into an ecological route.
6. BP Warning Clean-Up Crews That a 200-Foot, 2-Mile Oil Slick is About to Hit Grand Isle - Journalist Mac McClelland has reported that oil clean-up supervisors in the Gulf of Mexico have been informed by British Petroleum that "a 200-foot-by-2-mile swath of oil is going to make landfall on Grand Isle in the next couple of days."
7. EBoom Capital: Solar Sector Contrasts Spectacular Winners and Hapless Losers - The overall market indices and the sector ETFs tell a mildly depressing and boring story of solar companies under-performing the overall equity markets so far this year, but a closer look reveals a dramatic contrast between spectacular winners and hapless losers.
8. Burgeoning Renewable Chemical Industry Set for Record Year of Venture Capital Investment - The production of renewable chemicals does not receive a lot media attention; yet, it is an emerging cleantech industry that could have a record year for venture capital investment in 2010.
9. Let There Be Light: LED, That Is - LED lighting is inching closer towards a takeover of the lighting market. Evidence of this lies in Cree Lighting's new LED kitchen downlight, which features several advantages over other light bulbs.
10. The Solar Incentive Report Card is an Essential Guide for Residential Solar Consumers - Solar Power Rocks, an online solar power resource has released its 2010 Report Card which is the first comprehensive assessment of the status of residential solar energy in the United States.
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