Delhi’s green rickshaws need a kickstart. There is a widening gap between the elite, who express aspirations for India to be a leading global player in tackling climate change, and those who have to deal with the day-to-day realities of a developing nation. [News Source]

EU biofuels significantly harming food production in developing countries. EU companies have taken millions of acres of land out of food production in Africa, central America and Asia to grow biofuels for transport, according to development campaigners. [News Source]

British Airways to fly jets on green fuel made from London’s rubbish by 2014. British Airways and the US bioenergy company Solena are to establish Europe's first green jet fuel plant in the East End of London. [News Source]

5th District candidates united against cap and trade. Republicans campaigning for the 5th Congressional District at a recent debate appeared unified on at least one topic — they described man-made global warming as a myth. [News Source]

Hampton Roads in ‘dire straits’ because of global warming predictions, says expert. Sobering evidence of how storms will have an increasingly devastating effect on the Peninsula as the century progresses is outlined in a new model by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. [News Source]

Indonesia may open more forests to palm oil. As Indonesia looks for ways to meet its ambitious emissions-reduction targets, the Ministry of Forestry yesterday said it plans to issue a new regulation that would allow commercial forestry companies to plant crops such as palm oil in new concession areas. [News Source]

Science blogger finds errors in Met Office climate change records. A science blogger has uncovered a catalogue of errors in Met Office records that form a central part of the scientific evidence for global warming. [News Source]

Hacked climate emails: Phil Jones admits loss of weather data was ‘not acceptable.’ The climate expert at the centre of a media storm over the release of emails onto the internet has admitted that he did not follow correct procedures over a key scientific paper. [News Source]

Business challenges how gases to be curbed. The Chamber of Commerce is mounting a legal challenge to the Obama administration's bid to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through the Clean Air Act. [News Source]

Google Earth boosts deforestation monitoring capabilities. Google has taken a step towards boosting the deforestation monitoring capabilities the Google Earth Engine by contracting Massachusetts-based Clark Labs to develop an online version of its Land Change Modeler application. [News Source]

Trump, citing snow, says Al Gore should lose Nobel. Tycoon Donald Trump, citing the East Coast's massive snowstorms, says Gore should be stripped of his Nobel Peace Prize, but did not mention Vancouver's lack of snow, which has prompted truckloads of snow to be carried to Olympic skiing and snowboarding venues. [News Source]