The nuclear option. If we're to get into step with the world effort to reduce greenhouse gases, we are going to need to rely more, not less, on carbon-free nuclear energy. [News Source]

Make warming a taxing matter. A modest tax on greenhouse-gas emissions would put industry on notice that emissions are a cost item and create an incentive to alter production techniques. [News Source]

Chernobyl overshadows nuclear energy debate. Tonday is the 20th anniversary of the explosion and fire in the Chernobyl-4 nuclear reactor, so the long-running dispute over how many people actually died as a result of the accident is back. [News Source]

Not in his sound. Until now, a senator and representative from Alaska have been taking the blame for a sneak amendment to a Coast Guard authorization bill that would give Governor Romney a veto over the Cape Wind project, which he has vociferously opposed. [News Source]

Gore’s global warning. Next month, a filmed version of Gore's eco-evangelical speech opens in movie theaters everywhere. [News Source]

Wildfire officials foresee trouble. Swaths of beetle-killed trees and forecasts for a hot summer have forest officials predicting another volatile fire season, one that threatens homes on the foothills around Anchorage and portions of the Kenai Peninsula. [News Source]

Turning trash into energy. The owner of Novato's Redwood Landfill wants to build a plant that would turn gas from decomposing garbage into electricity. [News Source]

FutureGen could be the economic future of east-central Illinois, and the Illinois coal industry. The future never looked brighter for Clark County, Illinois than the possibility of a billion dollar energy -generating plant that could land in cornfields northeast of the city. [News Source]

Environment gets mixed report card. According to a Pollution Control Agency report, rising population and consumption are taking a toll on the land, air and water in Minnesota. [News Source]

WPPI coal plant deal faces suit. The Sierra Club and an Indiana-based environmental group are suing to overturn Wisconsin Public Power Inc.'s plan to buy electricity from a new coal-fired power plant planned in Illinois. [News Source]

Govt, private sector to fuel case for using bioethanol. The Japanese government and the private sector have started to get serious about using bioethanol, made from corn and other plants, as an alternative fuel for automobiles. [News Source]