College Station, Texas, reins in green projects. College Station City Council opted to go green in 2008. But last week, after four years, the city toned down those ambitions. It removed the word "leader" from its policy statement and added a note about fiscal responsibility. [News Source]

New zones alter what can be planted on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. For more than four decades, Lin-I-Farms has sold its share of dusty millers, a plant known to grow only from May to September. But in recent years, farm owner Linda Shockley has noticed that they have started surviving year-round. [News Source]

Carbon tax only a good start for Australia, report says. A carbon price alone will not be enough for Australia to meet its target of a dramatic cut in greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, an analysis by the Grattan Institute has found. [News Source]

Car deal criticized as hurting green sales. When California’s air regulators approved new car-pollution rules to cut down on smog and global warming, they included a provision that critics described as a loophole that could substantially reduce the number of electric vehicles sold in the state in coming years. [News Source]

Scots told: Insulate your homes or pay more in tax. Scots who do not insulate their homes should be forced to pay higher council tax or face increased stamp duty on their property, according to a leading figure in the sector. [News Source]

Height of wind turbine questioned in Quincy, MA. Some residents of Quincy, MA are concerned that a planned Moon Island turbine would mar the view from their homes. But city officials point out that the turbine would be more than a mile away from the nearest residence. [News Source]

Chris Huhne’s successor faces clash as Tories attack wind farms spending. The challenge facing the new Liberal Democrat energy secretary, Ed Davey, has been laid bare by the revelation that 101 Tory MPs are demanding drastic cuts to the £400m-a-year government subsidies for wind farms. [News Source]

Nuclear waste plan abandoned. A multi-million pound project that would have led to radioactive waste being buried along the North Ayrshire coastline has been abandoned in the face of protests by local residents and environmentalists. [News Source]

No plague of jellyfish seen by Australian researcher. A new study has found claims of a jellyfish plague are scientifically unsubstantiated. Carlos Duarte, of the University of Western Australia, said researchers had assembled a database of more than 500,000 records of jellyfish abundance dating back more than 200 years. [News Source]

Global warming alarmists chilled. The Earth's temperature hasn't increased significantly in about 15 years, which wouldn't be big news except global warming extremists had predicted temperatures would soar during that time because of manmade greenhouse-gas emissions. [News Source]

Lack of climate justice puts world at risk. Deep diplomatic despondency seems to characterize our time, and we need books that are brutally honest about what is at risk. Such a book is Praful Bidwai’s The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis. The book asks how India will combine the task of fighting poverty with promoting global justice. [News Source]