Clean technology in the downturn. With oil prices having fallen by more than half, T. Boone Pickens recently stated that the boom he had foreseen in wind energy would be “put off." But Mr. Pickens is not the only clean-tech investor affected by the credit crunch. [News Source]

Can a chauffeur company ever be green? If you think about chauffeur services, you tend to summon up an image of huge gas guzzling limos rather than something environmentally friendly. Yet that may be about to change thanks to Ecochauffeur. [News Source]

World looks to us for help. Owing to South Australia's challenging set of climatic and environmental conditions, local companies have gained a worldwide reputation for being water smart. [News Source]

Lights out: activists are showing the darker side of Paris. Le Clan du Néon, an increasingly popular environmental movement, wants to make the City of Lights a little darker by turning off neon shop signs at night. [News Source]

Forest Service unveils plan to fight climate change. U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell unveiled on Friday a new agencywide effort to tackle the problem of climate change, saying it poses the greatest danger yet to the nation's woodlands. [News Source]

Straub an unlikely climate protector. It's not often you hear senior oil company executives calling for more government regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

World needs emergency backup plan to stabilize climate. Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution said that while steep cuts in carbon emissions are essential to stabilizing global climate, the world also needs an emergency backup plan. [News Source]

Cedar research nothing to sneeze at. The shrubby tree, commonly known as cedar or mountain cedar, might be useful in combating climate change. [News Source]

Soft landing a big challenge. Australia's power industry is grappling not only the fall-out from the global credit crunch but also a local challenge of surging consumption, ageing asset replacement needs and policy moves to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint from current levels. [News Source]

China tells rich states to change. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said developed countries should change their "unsustainable lifestyles" to tackle global warming. [News Source]

Internet revolution that elected Obama could save Earth: Gore. Former US vice president Al Gore said Friday that an Internet revolution carrying Barack Obama to the White House should now focus its power on stopping Earth's climate crisis. [News Source]