Mexico yet to cross clean energy threshold. Despite its great potential for energy from the sun, wind and water, Mexico has not taken advantage of the Clean Development Mechanism laid out in the Kyoto Protocol on climate change to develop renewable energy resources to replace fossil fuels and improve energy efficiency. [News Source]

A solar energy milestone for Hawaii. Hawaii has reached a major milestone in reducing global warming and saving electricity, all, one hot shower at a time. Fifty thousand residents have now received rebates for installing solar hot water systems. More than 80,000 homes in Hawaii have solar water heaters. [News Source]

In bid to stem global warming, future of foreign aid is green. Pressure on rich countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions could mean government-branded sacks of food aid could take a back seat to Clean Development Mechanism projects, like more efficient wood-burning cooking stoves for rural Mexicans. [News Source]

Progress slow but sure at talks on climate change. Arctic summer sea ice is probably melting faster than the glacial pace of climate talks in Bonn this week, but those involved in the latest round of negotiations insist progress is being made – if slowly. [News Source]

Green boost in European elections may trigger nuclear fight. The coalition of green parties, unanimous in their anti-nuclear position, increased their presence in the European Parliament by 52 seats. Although not enough to force any changes, experts anticipate a major battle on the issue in the next legislature. [News Source]

Perry says carbon dioxide limits would destroy state’s economy. Flanked by captains of Texas industry, Gov. Rick Perry again lashed out at the federal government on Tuesday for considering limits of carbon dioxide emissions which he said would wreck the state's economy and raise utility bills for Texans. [News Source]

Don’t rush into climate change accord: Knight. Alberta Energy Minister Mel Knight is demanding more consultation with the federal government before it signs international agreements on climate change and greenhouse gas reductions. [News Source]

Not so windy: Research suggests winds dying down. The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming — the very problem wind power seeks to address. [News Source]

Web site is environmental watchdog in rural Alaska. Fish with strange spots. Sinkholes in the tundra. Crumbling river banks. The scenes appear in a handful of photos posted at www.nunat.net, a fledgling Web site created to provide a record of changes linked to global warming, subsistence resources and village life. [News Source]

House Republicans draft energy bill with heavy focus on nuclear power. Badly outnumbered and months behind in the debate on energy and climate change, House Republicans will introduce an energy bill--focusing primarily on nuclear power--as an alternative to the Democratic plan. [News Source]

Freeman Dyson takes on the climate establishment. Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson has been criticized for insisting global warming is not an urgent problem--with many dismissing him as woefully ill-informed. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Dyson explains why he believes they have stirred such controversy. [News Source]