An ill wind from Congress. The country's most important renewable energy project is in danger of being sandbagged in Congress. [News Source]

Report: Progress among top power company polluters. The "Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States 2004," a study of U.S. power plant pollutants that indicates that while certain harmful emissions fell between 1990 and 2004, global warming emissions climbed during the same period. [News Source]

Residents offered ‘Clean Choice’ New Jersey's electric consumers are invited to enroll in the state's Clean Power Choice Program. [News Source]

‘Green’ electrical bills will cost more green. New Jersey's electric consumers will find something extra in their April bill: an insert asking if they want to enroll in the state's Clean Power Choice Program. [News Source]

Greenpeace: McDonald’s harming the Amazon. Greenpeace on Thursday said McDonald's was fueling Amazon rainforest destruction by using soybeans grown in the region as feed for chickens that end up served in the fast-food chain's European restaurants. [News Source]

Gov. Ehrlich signs healthy air act into law. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed a bill into law this morning requiring dramatic pollution reductions at Maryland power plants, thrilling lawmakers and activists who've pushed the measure for years. [News Source]

Stem cell, clean air measures signed by Ehrlich. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed legislation yesterday intended to impose some of the nation's toughest air pollution standards for coal-fired power plants. [News Source]

Md. governor signs air pollution bill. Gov. Robert Ehrlich unexpectedly signed into law a bill requiring cleanups at power plants, after saying last year that Maryland did not need such a law. [News Source]

Ehrlich signs Healthy Air Act into law. Governor Robert Ehrlich signed a bill to enact the nation’s strongest controls on power plant emissions, which would require the seven dirtiest power plants in Maryland to reduce emissions of the pollutants that cause smog, soot, and mercury contamination of fish. [News Source]

Ehrlich signs stem cell, pollution bills. Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich has signed a bill to fund stem-cell research and, in a surprise move, signed legislation to limit air pollution from the state's power plants. [News Source]

City isn’t idle. The Williams Lake manager of shared services, Danny Moxie, isn't idle when it comes to taking a stand on global warming. [News Source]