Climate change will bring big opportunities as well as dangers (Financial Times) There are two ways to look at the expenditures that will be required if the world is to make a serious attempt to curb global warming. Pessimists see a huge cost: one that some think means it is not even worth trying to take on the challenge. [News Source]

Solar panels producing clean power in Brockton. In Brockton, a brand new state-of-the-art solar power station is now producing environmentally friendly electricity. [News Source]

U-turn on solar cuts after heat from voters. The Federal Government's recent acknowledgment of the dangers posed by global warming continued yesterday when the Treasurer, Peter Costello, reversed a plan to abolish consumer rebates for solar energy. [News Source]

Vic govt approves biggest wind farm yet. The Victorian Government has approved plans for a huge wind farm near Macarthur in the state's south-west. [News Source]

A cellulosic ethanol plant may be coming to Idaho Falls. According the Ottawa Sun, Iogen an Ottawa biotech firm who specializes in Cellulosic Ethanol is hoping to build a $350-million factory in Canada or Idaho Falls, next year. [News Source]

Opportunities to clean up our acts. It looks like vegetable oil. It smells like vegetable oil. But sometimes sights and smells can be deceiving. [News Source]

Investing in clean tech. Venture capitalists — the daredevils who invest in promising start-up companies for profit — are investing heavily in cleantech companies. [News Source]

Germany considering revival of atomic power. Germany will rethink its energy mix, including a possible revival of its nuclear programme which the previous government decided to phase out, a senior government official said on Thursday. [News Source]

Animals moving north as Canada heats up. The effects of climate change, which not long ago was looked upon as little more than an abstract concept lingering in the distant future, are now an inescapable reality. [News Source]

Climate change also brings opportunities. Pessimists see a huge cost: one that some think means it is not even worth trying to take on the challenge. Optimists see perhaps the greatest business opportunity of the century. [News Source]

Wachovia aims for new kind of green. Wachovia Corp. announced commitments Thursday to reduce its own impact on the environment, refuse loans to companies that log rainforests and consider more lending to projects "that have a positive impact on climate change." [News Source]