Debate over global warming (BBC News) How cities can combat climate change is discussed at the annual State of London Debate. [News Source]

New Jersey’s offshore windmills. New Jersey's coast could soon host up to 80 offshore windmills generating electricity for a power-hungry population. [News Source]

The greening of nuclear power. Not so many years ago, nuclear energy was a hobgoblin to environmentalists, who feared the potential for catastrophic accidents and long-term radiation contamination. [News Source]

For a sane energy policy. There is no piecemeal solution to the gas price crisis. It's a systemic sickness that goes to the root of the American way of life: big cars, big oil, big business and sprawl. [News Source]

21st-century energy: Fossil thinking. The old fossil-fuel energy arguments are no longer logical. Increased production vs. enhanced conservation. Environmental protection vs. energy consumption. Cars vs. transit. [News Source]

Biomass power plant in offing. One day, forest overgrowth and residential waste, instead of natural gas or coal, could power Tallahassee's energy plants in Florida. [News Source]

Nuclear renaissance. The U.S. nuclear energy industry is making a big push to expand with new reactors in the Southeast, despite concerns of cost and what to do with all that radioactive waste. [News Source]

Officials urge early preparation. Thousands of emergency managers, officials and volunteers were asked to take home one message from this week's annual state hurricane conference -- the need to push personal preparedness. [News Source]

Short winter driving season gets even shorter. This past winter, warmer than usual temperatures kept the ice on frozen lakes too thin to support full transportation loads to the Northwest Territories. [News Source]

Alliant defends plans for coal plant. Alliant Energy Corp. Chairman gave a spirited defense of its planned new coal plant in Cassville, Wisconsin, responding to calls from environmental groups to deploy an emerging form of technology that pollutes far less than those under construction today. [News Source]

Science’s battle against elements. A Norfolk stately home is at the forefront of the battle between Mother Nature and man - as scientists use the house to develop ways of protecting it against the onslaught of moss, mould and flash floods. [News Source]