Manufacturer bemoans demise of incandescent light bulb. According to McKay, replacements for incandescent bulbs on the market do not quite work, many cannot be dimmed and are extraordinarily expensive. [News Source]

California clean up. Smaller carriers and shippers in California are bracing for a one-two regulatory punch that could raise shipping costs in the Golden State and have repercussions for the rest of the country. [News Source]

United flight saves fuel using green technology. United Airlines Flight 870 flew from Sydney to San Francisco on Friday, saving 1,664 gallons of fuel and 32,656 pounds of carbon emissions by using new technologies and more accommodating air traffic control procedures. [News Source]

Optimistic Suzuki sees better way to inform. Denmark realized during the oil embargo of the 1970s that they could not continue to import 98 per cent of their energy from other countries and embarked on a program to reduce their dependency on oil. [News Source]

Nobel Prize winner advocates ’social businesses’. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus urged Stanford students to use their talents to develop "social businesses" to solve pressing problems such as global warming, unemployment and poverty. [News Source]

Islanders target £1m prize with plan to make 2009 a green year. An eco-project aimed at converting Eigg into Scotland's first completely green island was launched yesterday. The project, which will see islanders invest in energy saving for an entire year, is part of a national initiative tackling climate change. [News Source]

Coal edict not of big concern. The rejection of a federal permit for a proposed Utah coal-fired power plant over carbon dioxide emissions should not affect a coal mining industry in Wyoming that supplies many such power plants around the nation, a state mining industry representative said Friday. [News Source]

Setback for carbon-trapping technology in EU talks. Plans to put billions of euros of public funds behind cutting-edge technology to trap and bury global warming gases suffered at setback in European Union talks on Friday. [News Source]

Ruling possible hurdle for plant. Santee Cooper's plan to build a new coal-fired power plant on the Great Pee Dee River may have hit a new hurdle Thursday when a federal panel in Utah rejected a permit for a plant in that state because of its carbon dioxide emissions. [News Source]

Decision by obscure agency may prevent new coal plants. The EPA's Environmental Appeals Board has sided with the Sierra Club, which argued that the EPA should not permit a Utah power plant without first considering its carbon dioxide output. [News Source]

Clean air champ challenges Motor City maven. Michigan Congressman John Dingell has long looked out for Detroit's carmakers on Capitol Hill fighting fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions standards. But now he faces a challenge from one of the greenest Democrats who wants to knock Dingell from his perch. [News Source]