A new report by the National Research Council of the National Academies concludes that federal agencies like NOAA and the EPA should develop close ties to the scientists who research climate-change information and the practitioners who use that data, including state and federal policymakers. Details on the report's key findings are inside. Read more.

The EPA has proposed a comprehensive national system for reporting GHG emissions that would mandate major U.S.-based producers of GHG emissions, including carbon dioxide, to report their emissions. Read more.

Cape Wind, which seeks to operate as the United States' first off-shore wind farm, has gotten another regulatory boost that could eventually mean the proposed 130 wind turbines stretching 24 square miles across Nantucket Sound will become a reality. Read more.

Japan will establish a $5 billion loan fund to assist developing nations that have been hit hard by the global credit crisis to build environmental infrastructure, including running water and solar power systems. Read more.

 Social Responsibility

In an effort to provide 2 million or more Africans with clean water and sanitation by 2015, the Coca-Cola Company is committing $30 million to clean water projects across Africa. Read more.

An unprecedented program in California that will help underprivileged youth learn skills that will make them viable candidates for green jobs is being launched. Read more.

 Energy Concerns

Power generation, transmission, and investment company LS Power is shelving its plan indefinitely to build the controversial White Pine Energy Station coal-fired plant in Ely, Nev. Read more.

Biofuel makers in the United States are fearful that the European Union's anti-dumping tariffs could mean they won't be able to ship their alternative fuels there and instead will have to focus on domestic and other global markets. Read more.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said yesterday that increasing the ethanol blend-rate from 12 to 13 percent could be achieved without a lot of scientific review. Read more.

 Science

The sea level on the northeastern U.S. coast could rise nearly twice as fast as global sea levels due to global warming, which could spell big problems for New York City, one researcher at Florida State University has concluded. Read more.

Given the current population, a 1.4 meter sea-level rise due to global warming would put nearly a half a million people in California at risk of a 100-year flood event if no adaptive measures are taken, the Pacific Institute concluded in a new report. Read more.