Plant’s system rejected by TXU. Officials say the technology of a proposed clean coal plant in Colorado would virtually eliminate emissions of carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas linked to global-warming concerns. [News Source]

Wind helps lift port prospects. Windfarm projects in Liverpool Bay have opened up a new line of business for a port on the Dee Estuary. [News Source]

Windmill plan stirs up controversy. The wind energy company that convinced many local towns, businesses and individuals to subsidize the electricity produced from Central New York wind turbines is seeking approvals to build its first wind farm in New York. [News Source]

College campuses go green. Going green to shape a world where energy sources, homes and most material goods would be earth friendly is spreading through colleges like kudzu vine. [News Source]

Rich and poor countries alike face water crisis. Rich countries have to make drastic changes to policies if they are to avoid the water crisis that is facing poorer nations, the WWF environmental organisation said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Drop in sales signals end of the road for the Chelsea tractor. Britain's love affair with gas-guzzling 4x4 cars may be finally evaporating in a cloud of fumes. [News Source]

Investment in ‘cleantech’ soars. Canadian venture capitalists dramatically increased their investment in alternative-energy and environmental technologies during the second quarter of 2006. [News Source]

Plan to curb pollution moves forward. Officials from Maine and six other northeastern states announced Tuesday that they had completed another step in their regional plan to curb emissions of greenhouse gases from power plants. [News Source]

Critics say TXU must address emissions. A Minneapolis-based energy company announced plans Tuesday to build a power plant in Colorado that will use clean-coal technology that was rejected by TXU as unproven. [News Source]

Xcel mulls building ‘clean coal’ plant. Xcel Energy Inc. said Tuesday it is committing $3.5 million through 2007 to study the development of a so-called "clean coal" plant in Colorado. [News Source]

Officials warn of dangerous algae levels in the Charles River. Explosive growth of algae that can be highly toxic to humans and animals has streaked the Charles River with fluorescent green filaments. [News Source]