Verizon Wireless criticized by green groups for backing event. A Verizon Wireless sales team in West Virginia agreed to co-sponsor a Labor Day event called "Friends of America" that environmental groups say was designed to bash the climate legislation that Congress is considering. [News Source]

How best to tackle climate change. While nations tussle over the size of the pot to combat climate change at their international gathering in Copenhagen in December, a panel of leading economists has drawn up priorities for how the contents of any pot should be spent. [News Source]

Manure could be turned into a clean alternative energy source. With its enormous potential for biogas production, Argentina is gearing up for this clean energy alternative — which has already seen good results on ranches that transform manure into energy. [News Source]

Protestors who targeted Drax power station escape jail. A group of environmental protesters who ambushed a freight train as it took fuel to the largest coal-fired power station in Europe cheered in court as they escaped jail. [News Source]

Portland General Electric power plan includes keeping Boardman coal plant open. PGE announced plans late today to build two new natural gas power plants by 2015 and spend more than $500 million to keep its controversial Boardman coal-fired power plant burning for three more decades. [News Source]

The rich cheating Africa on climate. The developed countries are engaging in rough play against Africa on the issue of climate change, but there is no referee to blow the whistle. As a result, Africans are increasingly crying foul. [News Source]

Cornucopia blues. It is always easier, to identify a problem than to solve it, but after raising awareness about the ills of the industrial food chain, the good-food revolution feels stuck, unsure how to move beyond its evangelical phase. [News Source]

Seeking rapid change in human behavior. Frustrated by society's inability to tackle pressing environmental dilemmas, Stanford ecologist Paul Ehrlich on Friday announced a new endeavor aimed at rapidly turning human behavior toward a more sustainable future. [News Source]

How best to tackle climate change. While nations tussle over the size of the pot to combat climate change at their international gathering in Copenhagen in December, a panel of leading economists has drawn up priorities for how the contents of any pot should be spent. [News Source]

Verizon Wireless criticized by green groups for backing event. A Verizon Wireless sales team in West Virginia agreed to co-sponsor a Labor Day event called "Friends of America" that environmental groups say was designed to bash the climate legislation that Congress is considering. [News Source]

Manure could be turned into a clean alternative energy source. With its enormous potential for biogas production, Argentina is gearing up for this clean energy alternative — which has already seen good results on ranches that transform manure into energy. [News Source]