State in multimillion-dollar bid for coal-fueled plant. To attract a $1 billion coal-fueled electric plant touted as better for the environment, Illinois is offering a $17 million direct grant, $15 million in sales tax exemptions and $50 million in below-market-rate loans. [News Source]

Pump it up. A battle for a new energy standard in Louisiana is heating up in the Capitol, where oil and gas interests are lobbying Gov. Kathleen Blanco to veto an ethanol bill. [News Source]

Industry sails into headwinds. Wind power is becoming a full-fledged electric source, but faces two big problems: wind turbines are becoming scarce and some environmentalists say wind is as bad as coal. [News Source]

Work starts on world’s largest solar power plant. Construction of the world's largest solar energy plant, expected to cut greenhouse gases in Portugal, started on Tuesday in the nation's southern Alentejo region. [News Source]

B of A offering hybrid incentive. Bank of America Corp. today will announce a pilot program that reimburses employees in Charlotte, Boston and Los Angeles $3,000 when they purchase a hybrid vehicle. [News Source]

Taking a lead in green lifestyles. An international initiative to tackle global warming through changes to everyday lifestyles is to be led from Cambridgeshire. [News Source]

It’s cool to pool cars in metros. In the wake of steep price hike of petrol and diesel, India's first carpool matching website has become a big hit with commuters burdened by high fuel prices. [News Source]

Alberta’s gift to culture. Environmental groups are accusing the Alberta government of subverting the intent of the Folklife Festival in promoting its oil-sands development while ignoring the project's ecological damage and impact on global climate change. [News Source]

To cool globe, warm up to ‘Truth’. When "An Inconvenient Truth," spotlighting former Vice President Al Gore's crusade to raise public awareness about global warming opens this weekend a campaign to sow disinformation and doubt over this issue will be competing for top billing. [News Source]

Color him green. Henry Paulson is President George W. Bush's nominee to become secretary of the U.S. Treasury. [News Source]

So who’s really to blame for bird flu? According to experts, wild birds are spreading the deadly H5N1 virus that's wiping out poultry worldwide. But are they really to blame? Or is the disease being spread by the intensive farming? [News Source]