Carbon capture no ’silver bullet’ for climate change. The theory is simple, the debate divisive: To survive global warming, simply insert billions of dollars, suck, and blow. It's called carbon capture and storage, and Canada is ponying up to support what is effectively big-ticket enviro liposuction. [News Source]

EU seen meeting renewable fuel targets with blends. The European Union is likely to achieve its target of generating 10 percent of transport fuels from renewable sources by 2020 by blending biofuels with fossil fuels, a leading EU researcher said. [News Source]

‘Green revolution’ could create 400,000 jobs, claim ministers. A "green revolution" that should create 400,000 jobs is to be launched by ministers later this month in the most ambitious ever bid to transform the British economy, industry and sources of energy. [News Source]

Wyoming research effort could help fuel West. A public-private effort to research cleaner ways of using Wyoming coal could be key in addressing the growing energy needs of the West, a coal gasification industry official said. [News Source]

Carbon technology to play a ‘critical role’ in Alberta’s emissions fight. If a province were to be set up specifically for carbon capture and storage, it would look a lot like Alberta. That's a good thing, because if there's one province that desperately needs carbon capture and storage to work, it is Alberta. [News Source]

A year on, a test for police as protest returns to Kingsnorth. Hundreds of climate protesters will form a human chain at Kingsnorth power station in what will be the biggest test of Kent police tactics since its controversial handling of last year's demonstrations. [News Source]

Arctic oil, gas kept on hold by lawsuits, economy. The global recession and lawsuits from environmental groups have slowed the scramble for previously unattainable oil and gas reserves and shipping routes in the Arctic caused by climate change, providing a window to resolve complicated ecological concerns, specialists say. [News Source]

Value of Maine beaches to be explored. Maine's sand beaches bring about $500 million of new money into the state each year and support some 8,000 jobs, but the beach economy could be put in jeopardy because of the rising sea level. [News Source]

El Niño is changing for the stormier. According to a study published in Science, El Niño is changing — and that could mean more hurricanes for the already battered western Atlantic coast. [News Source]

A new type of El Niño could mean more hurricanes. There's a new El Niño, but it's not exactly improved. The new form of the weather phenomenon could potentially cause more hurricanes, according to climatologists at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. [News Source]

An electrifying dream. Pure Electric Vehicle sounds like just the thing for a world anxious about global warming. Albert Lam of Detroit Electric Holdings has no doubt his company’s PEVs in partnership with Proton will change the world. [News Source]