Japan Airlines plans biofuel test flight. Japan Airlines said today it plans a test flight of a Boeing 747 partially powered by biofuel by early next year as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Australian carbon trade to boost affordable energy. Australia's emissions trading scheme starting in 2010 should make energy more affordable in the long-term, but short-term price hikes could see the government facing an A$1.8 billion (US$1.7 billion) a year compensation bill. [News Source]

Technology could combat energy challenges: IEA. Leveraging new and existing technologies can help curb carbon emissions and slow global warming, part of a transformation needed for a more sustainable energy future, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. [News Source]

Adverts urge world to axe CO2 to 1980s levels. The world should cut the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to below that of 20 years ago, more deeply than most government plans, to avoid the worst of climate change, a group of 150 advocates said on Monday. [News Source]

California to roll out road map to green future. Hoping to avert a future marked by recurring coastal floods and backcountry wildfires, state regulators are poised to roll out a plan to reverse climate change. [News Source]

World body seeks deal on cutting CO2 from ships. The International Maritime Organisation aims to agree this week on steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the global shipping industry by making vessels more energy-efficient, officials said. [News Source]

Court’s £½m solar power system sees light of day. Scotland's biggest solar panel system has been completed, promising to slash hundreds of thousand of pounds from the cost of running Europe's busiest court. [News Source]

United Steelworkers Union pushing for green jobs. The United Steelworkers union is working to create new jobs in the "green" industry for its members, many of whom have been laid off or fired from manufacturing jobs. [News Source]

Conservation and banking groups team up for rainforest project. The world's oldest conservation group has teamed up with a major banking group in a rainforest protection project. [News Source]

Big emitters can’t agree on CO2 cuts. Major carbon dioxide emitters failed Monday at a conference to reach agreement on a target to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050, sources said. [News Source]

Not in our backyard! A bill that threatens historic right to protest. More than 60 Labour MPs are threatening to derail plans to weaken people's long-standing right to oppose the building of new nuclear power stations and airport runways in their own "backyards". [News Source]