Fuel-economy guidelines raised. Tougher fuel-economy standards for light trucks announced by the federal government Wednesday will affect a batch of large sport-utility vehicles being built by General Motors in Arlington. [News Source]

More MPG for your SUV. The government raised fuel economy standards for light trucks such as sport-utility vehicles 11 percent over four years starting in 2008 and for the first time included the biggest SUVs. [News Source]

Feds raise trucks’ mileage standards. The federal government Wednesday raised fuel-economy standards for trucks, including big sport-utility vehicles, following a recent surge in gas prices and President Bush's vow to end America's oil addiction. [News Source]

Audubon: turbines won’t harm birds. Claiming three years of fieldwork yielded no evidence of a major threat to birds, the Massachusetts Audubon Society announced Tuesday preliminary support for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm. [News Source]

Plans for £59m windfarm which may boost Ulster grid. Plans are afoot for a £59m offshore windfarm at Clogherhead in Co Louth which could feed into the Northern Ireland grid. [News Source]

Blair demands green ‘revolution.’ Tony Blair has called for a "technological revolution comparable to the internet" to slow global warming. [News Source]

New safety fear as British nuclear plant set for sale to private company. The move to privatise the plant will spark major new concerns that private owners of Sellafield will put profit before safety. [News Source]

Villagers pushed between the sea and a rock. Ngomeni is practically being submerged by the Indian Ocean in an aggressive inch by inch war of attrition. [News Source]

Nuclear climate. Both of North Carolina's giant electric utilities now are enlisted in the fight against global warming, and that's good news. [News Source]

Energy policy. Why oppose oil and gas drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico? Let us count the reasons. [News Source]

New fuel rules draw fire from California. The federal government rolled out higher gas mileage standards Wednesday that swiftly drew fire from California's attorney general and others who said the rules will harm the state's drive to cut air pollution. [News Source]