Pension funds seek meeting with Exxon over global warming (Scranton Times-Tribune) Pension fund trustees from seven states and New York City on Thursday demanded to meet with Exxon Mobil Corp.'s independent directors to discuss what they called the oil company's failure to consider how concern over global warming could affect energy companies. [News Source]

Is more coal a wise idea for TXU? NO: TXU Energy can expect tough questions from investors at today's annual shareholder meeting in Dallas about its plan to build 11 coal-fired power plants in Texas at a cost of $10 billion. [News Source]

Blair’s nuclear posturing is a red herring - other choices matter more. To launch a political hot potato like a new nuclear energy policy at a CBI dinner was no way for Tony Blair to start this debate. [News Source]

Activists challenge garbage burning. The "Usina Verde" project seeks to generate energy in Brazil while eliminating urban waste and helping to curb global warming. [News Source]

Three Gorges dam is environmental catastrophe: Friends of the Earth. FoE said the dam, which it costed at 25 billion dollars, was 50-percent more expensive than originally estimated and the project was stained by corruption. [News Source]

Under fire, Exxon Mobil touts environmental record. Exxon Mobil Corp. in a report said it cut oil and other spills by 20 percent last year to the lowest level in its history, touting its environmental record as it works to shake off its corporate villain image. [News Source]

Livermore lab’s ‘nanotube’ work could help curb plant emissions. Microscopic tubes made of carbon could provide a cheaper way to remove salt from sea water and to separate carbon dioxide from power plant emissions, one small step toward curbing global warming. [News Source]

Gov. Rendell helps celebrate opening of alternative gas source in Lititz. Pennsylvania gas station is first in the northeastern United States to offer E85 and biodiesel for automobiles. [News Source]

House votes to keep offshore drilling ban . The House rejected an attempt late Thursday to end a quarter-century ban on oil and natural gas drilling in 85 percent of the country's coastal waters despite arguments that the new supplies are needed to lower energy costs. [News Source]

Texas has edge in FutureGen project. Texas, one of the seven states competing for the $1 billion FutureGen clean coal demonstration project, is willing to take legal responsibility for the carbon dioxide produced by the plant. [News Source]

Nuclear energy officials see hope for industry. Bush says he aims for new nuclear power facilities to be built by the end of the decade, but radioactive waste disposal remains a problem. [News Source]