Marshall one step closer to receiving clean power plant. Marshall city, Illinois, could be one step closer to advancing cost-effective, clean coal technology. [News Source]

Ohio awaits list of clean coal plant sites. A short list of potential sites for a $1 billion zero-pollution experimental coal-burning power plant will be released on Tuesday. [News Source]

Coal power will be around for a long time, says Eskom. They belch hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, but South Africa's coal-fired power stations will remain the major suppliers of the country's energy needs for years to come. [News Source]

Camp aims to turn off the power. Thousands of environmental activists are to descend on a Yorkshire power station for a week of action and protests over global warming and climate change. [News Source]

Toyota planning ‘plug-in’ hybrids. Toyota Motor Corp., the largest seller of hybrid autos, may produce gasoline-electric models that can be recharged at any outlet to reduce the use of fuel, the company's North American chief said. [News Source]

Politics won’t have role in FutureGen site selection. The industry-government coalition planning to build a revolutionary clean-coal power plant will announce its short list of potential sites next week, FutureGen Alliance executive said Wednesday. [News Source]

Ky. biodiesel maker looking to expand. For more than six years, Northern Kentucky-based Griffin Industries has been a pioneer in the production of biodiesel fuel at its plant in Butler, Ky. [News Source]

City forms global warming task force. The city council in Napa Valley's St. Helena, CA, voted last week to form a global warming task force. [News Source]

Futuregen to reveal site finalists. A consortium that includes various coal and electric companies working with the Department of Energy in developing FutureGen will reveal Tuesday the handful of sites that will move on to further scrutiny, officials with the alliance told reporters Wednesday. [News Source]

Gorbachev urges Australia to sign Kyoto. Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has urged Australia to sign the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and set targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Europe gasps as heatwave temperatures soar. Much of western Europe sweltered under tropical temperatures Wednesday, as a heatwave claimed its seventh victim since the start of the week. [News Source]