State utilities to miss energy deadline. California's electrical utilities probably will miss the state's 2010 deadline for increasing their use of renewable power and could face a serious obstacle if Congress does not extend tax credits for wind farms and solar plants, according to a report issued Friday. [News Source]

Global Warming Solutions Act passes legislature. Massachusetts passed a bill that will make it a national leader in implementing global-warming solutions and commit the state to making the pollution reductions that scientists say are necessary to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. [News Source]

State caps CO2. Massachusetts has taken a major step toward capping carbon emissions in an effort to combat climate change. [News Source]

Governor Doyle says no to coal for power plants. Gov. Jim Doyle's announcement Friday that Wisconsin will stop using coal at its power plants in Madison was hailed as a pivotal victory for the environment. [News Source]

Wis. governor says no to coal for power plants. Gov. Jim Doyle's announcement Friday that Wisconsin will stop using coal at its power plants in Madison was hailed as a pivotal victory that makes the state a leader in seeking clean energy alternatives. [News Source]

Activists in power station threat. Climate change activists are gathering for a week-long protest camp at the proposed site of a new coal-fired power station. [News Source]

Doyle says “no” to coal plant. Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday that the state will not permit a coal-fired heating plant for government and university buildings in downtown Madison. [News Source]

Brazil launches rainforest fund. Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has launched an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest and help combat climate change, but Brazil will not accept foreign interference in its Amazon policy. [News Source]

Sudden past European chill shows climate volatility. A drastic cooling of the climate in western Europe happened exactly 12,679 years ago, apparently after a shift to icy winds over the Atlantic, scientists have said, giving a hint of how abruptly the climate can change. [News Source]

Tory greenhouse-gas claims challenged by advisory panel. The Harper government might be overestimating how much its climate-change plan will lower greenhouse gases, says a federal advisory panel. [News Source]

Climate chill came exactly 12,679 years ago. The findings of a study of pollens, minerals and other matter deposited in annual layers at the bottom of Lake Meerfelder Maar in Germany adds to evidence about conditions needed for abrupt climate shifts. [News Source]