Company seeks $7M for algae fuel test in Holland, Michigan. Algae grown from sewage could be used to produce biofuels, says a company seeking a $7 million state grant to help prove it. [News Source]

Japan to promote solar power for households. The Japanese government will come up with measures on Tuesday to promote the household use of solar power systems by introducing subsidies and tax breaks from next year, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday. [News Source]

California to unveil ambitious plan to battle global warming . California's air board, for years an obscure state agency, will take center stage this week when it unveils a blueprint for the nation's most aggressive fight against global warming, a newspaper report said on Sunday. [News Source]

Put oil firm chiefs on trial, says leading climate change scientist. NASA scientist James Hansen will today call for the Big Oil's chief executives to be put on trial for spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that Big Tobacco blurred the links between smoking and cancer. [News Source]

Global business leaders’ climate change plan. Detailed climate change recommendations to the G8 leaders, backed by an influential group of CEOs from many of the world's largest companies, were delivered to Prime Minister Fukuda, who will host the G8's annual summit next month. [News Source]

Kofi Annan’s new forum to hold ‘climate justice’ jamboree. Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan will host the first high-level meeting of his new humanitarian forum here this week with the focus on "climate justice" for the developing world. [News Source]

Business chiefs call for G8 climate leadership. Chief executives from 99 of the world's largest corporations called on Friday for Group of Eight nations to take the lead on climate change and agree a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]

Turning up the heat on climate issue. NASA climatologist James Hansen will repeat his message to Congress from two decades ago: The US must wean itself almost totally off fossil fuels, and do it as quickly as possible, to stave off the most catastrophic consequences of warming. [News Source]

John McCain to push new measures to lower auto emissions. John McCain will push on Monday for car makers to build more environmentally friendly vehicles, threatening new legislation if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy "cleaner" cars. [News Source]

Environmental group helping with emissions plan. An organization helping the state develop a plan to reduce carbon emissions is being criticized for what opponents say are its ties to "alarmist" environmentalist groups. [News Source]

Tibet prepares plan to fight environmental hazards. Tibet is planning an "ecological security" plan to counter threats from global warming and rapid development to glaciers and grasslands on the roof of the world, its top environmental official said. [News Source]