UA prepares for two-year Arctic study program. The University of Alaska has hired 13 budding scientists in advance of the International Polar Year, with a focus on climate change. [News Source]

Nuclear renaissance? There hasn't been a nuclear power plant built in 30 years, and the disaster at Three-Mile Island all but sealed the industry's fate. Now there are serious moves underway to bring nuclear back, beginning in the South. [News Source]

Massive venture funding for ethanol. The alternative energy start-up Cilion has snared an additional $160 million in funding, one of the biggest venture capital investments ever in the ``clean tech'' field. [News Source]

From fryer to fuel injector? An Elgin man is looking to get in on what some say could be the future of energy in America by setting up a small-scale biodiesel production facility in Genoa. [News Source]

Northeast Kingdom wind farm project rejected again.

The Vermont Public Service Board has confirmed its rejection of a commercial wind farm atop East Mountain in the Northeast Kingdom.

Climate-change consensus, scientific inquiry, and a gadfly (Boston Globe)

I’M SORRY that such global warming activists as Al Gore have given Alex Beam the impression that climate change is an orthodoxy not to be questioned, and even sorrier if he heard that message from Stephen Schneider, a climate scientist who should know better (“ MIT’s inconvenient scientist ,” Living/Arts, Aug. 30). No reputable scientist would ever tell you not …

Vermont Demonstrators March Against Global Warming (WCAX 3) Global warming and its impact on climate change are high profile issues in Vermont this week. Advocates of strong controls on carbon dioxide emissions are holding a five-day walk to demand action on the national level. [News Source]

Schwarzenegger unveils plans to fight global warming (NDTV) California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been defending plans for the state to lead the fight against global warming. Comparing climate change to "a cancer", he said it was important to show leadership in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]