Drive less? Politicians won’t ask. Republicans and Democrats rail against oil companies for the high price of gasoline -- but they don't dare suggest we change our ways. [News Source]

Wyoming leads race for high-tech coal. Colorado could get left in the dust - the coal dust - now that Wyoming and California have inked a deal that could put the first high-tech, high-altitude clean coal plant in the Cowboy State. [News Source]

From 0 to 60 in 40 watts. Gas prices may be going through the roof, but it hasn't fazed car buyers yet. [News Source]

Federal bill may aid sensitive shoreline. A federal initiative to help preserve land around Long Island Sound would set aside $25 million a year to buy property and development rights and fund other environmentally oriented projects. [News Source]

$1 billion power plant might be built in Kentucky. Henderson might be proposed next week as a site for a landmark $1 billion federal-industrial project that would be the first coal-fired power plant in the world to have near-zero pollution emissions. [News Source]

Pedal to save the planet. If everyone replaced half of their short-distance auto trips with a bike or their feet, the country would save more than 20 billion gallons of gas a year, and hundreds of billions of pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. [News Source]

Auto industry could face more changes to gas mileage requirements. Automakers and environmental groups said Friday they would closely monitor a Bush administration request to upgrade fuel economy rules for passenger cars. [News Source]

EPA under attack from 10 states. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is under legal attack from 10 states for allegedly refusing to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. [News Source]

Pollution slowly choking North China’s largest lake to death. When a slick of pollution in north China's biggest freshwater lake left fish farms decimated in early March, locals and environmentalists were little surprised. [News Source]

Eurocrats could sink the Severn Barrage. An ambitious scheme to build a £650m Severn Barrage between South Wales and Somerset is almost certain to break European law, a Welsh Euro-MP warned last night. [News Source]

Costello enters nuclear energy debate. Treasurer Peter Costello says Australia must do more to fight global warming, saying nuclear power may be the best way to go. [News Source]