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Will Environmental Regulations Kill the Exxon-XTO Merger?: “Buried deeply in the 76 pages of legalese that is the Exxon Mobil-XTO $31 billion merger is a clause that basically says: If Congress regulates hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, Exxon gets to back out of the deal.” — WSJ’s […] Read more »

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Trade Tension at Copenhagen: “China is demanding that a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gases prohibit nations from imposing trade sanctions, further pitting the world’s No. 1 emitter against U.S. lawmakers.” — Bloomberg How Fisker Ended Up in Delaware: Reporter Neil King Jr. details California startup […] Read more »

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Matter of Degree: Until recently, the goal of the Copenhagen climate agreement was expected to be to limit global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius. “That’s still the goal of the big polluters…Science, however, increasingly indicates that this would not save low-lying island nations […] Read more »

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Obama Nobel Speech: Climate Action Needed for Peace: “In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo today, President Obama touched briefly on the issue of climate change, lumping it in with a laundry list of ‘soft’ issues like economic security, food security, and education.” — Grist […] Read more »

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EPA Finalizes Endangerment Finding: The EPA said today “that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat,” paving the way for the agency to regulate emissions rather than […] Read more »

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Calling Dibs on Cleantech: “Just as the rise of the Internet spawned battles over technology rights and patents, the clean tech revolution has the industry hunkered down behind armies of lawyers fighting over intellectual property rights.” Now UC Berkeley has released a report on the battle […] Read more »

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Definite GOP Votes for Climate Bill: “There are definite Republican votes,” for the Senate’s climate legislation, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said today, “and we hope to grow that over the next weeks and months.” — The Hill’s E2-Wire Lockheed Martin Backs MIT Greentech Research: Lockheed Martin […] Read more »

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Constant Feedback for Better Driving: If you had a gadget in your car that was monitoring your behavior, would it change the way you act the way smart metering systems are supposed to change the way we use electricity? — Slate EPA Puts Off Ethanol Blend […] Read more »

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It has been a long time coming. Google’s Chrome web browser has been available on Windows for over a year, while Mac users have been left with three options — take their chances with a nightly build of the open-source fork of Chrome (dubbed Chromium), use […] Read more »

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New Data Center to Help Heat Helsinki Homes: Finland’s Helsngen Energia plans to build a “relatively efficient” data center underneath a cathedral and channel the waste heat into water pipes that snake through homes around Helsinki. — Greentech Media Nissan Aims to Double Battery Capacity by […] Read more »

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I’m still futzing with the latest Android x86 build on my UMPC, so maybe this Android MID from Inbrics is the way to go. Actually, there’s not much information to go on other than the video and some specs that jkkmobile has from a translated press […] Read more »

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Obama Heading to Copenhagen: The White House announced today that President Obama will attend the UN climate talks next month in Copenhagen “and commit the U.S. to a short-term emission reduction target ‘in the range of 17 percent’ below 2005 levels, providing new momentum for negotiations […] Read more »

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Best Parts of the New Smart Grid Stimulus Awards: Smart grid analyst Jesse Berst sees three high points in the latest round of stimulus funding awards for smart grid projects: roughly 30 percent of the money went to long-overlooked utility-scale energy storage, much of the money […] Read more »

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Time for Contingent Climate Commitments: Should the Obama administration get out ahead of Congress, pledging to set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets that 67 senators may not be willing to ratify? — Grist GM Marketing Volt to…Middle Schoolers?: “On November 30th, hundreds of middle school students […] Read more »

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Selling the Smart Grid to Average Joe: Smart grid analyst Jesse Berst examines how the Electrification Roadmap released this week by a coalition of heavyweight CEOs could be an inflection point for the smart grid. “Electric transportation is something the public wants; it will take a […] Read more »

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Dutch to Try Road Tax Alternative: The Dutch government has approved a plan to replace the annual road tax on cars with mileage fees in an effort to reduce traffic congestion and vehicle emissions. Starting in 2012, GPS devices will be used to monitor vehicles, tracking […] Read more »

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Army Orders Recycled-Plastic Bridge: “Axion International Holdings has won a $957,000 contract to provide the U.S. Army with two bridges made from a thermoplastic composite and recycled plastic.” — CNET’s Planetary Gear Reinventing the Interstate: Op-ed contributor Karrie Jacobs argues for invention of new uses for […] Read more »

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Texas Homebuyers Go for Efficiency: “Texas is a national leader in the number of Energy Star qualified homes in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Four Texas markets earned spots on the top 20 list.” — San Antonio Business Journal Winners and Losers […] Read more »

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Meet the Tesla Roadster Sport: Model updates to the Tesla Roadster for 2010, including push button controls and a touch screen for checking battery statistics, make “the previous generation car seem like something hacked together in a garage.” — CNET’s Car Tech China Solar Snaps Up […] Read more »

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Green Consumer Habits in the Recession: American consumers, with their tendency to make green purchasing choices based on personal self-interest, have more in common with their counterparts in developing economies than one might ever have imagined. — Joel Makower’s Two Steps Forward Building the EV Ecosystem: […] Read more »

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Say what? Did you read that headline correctly? I believe that you did, and it is befuddling to say the least. Microsoft has signed an agreement with BSquare giving them the international rights to distribute and support Windows Mobile products, including Windows Mobile 6.5. “Microsoft is […] Read more »

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Senate Panel Green Lights Climate Bill, Sans GOP: Sen. Barbara Boxer has moved the energy and climate bill out of the Environment and Public Works Committee and onto the Senate floor, despite a Republican boycott of the debate. But that doesn’t get the bill any closer […] Read more »

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Terms Set for Panasonic’s Sanyo Takeover: Panasonic said today it plans to make a tender offer for a majority stake in smaller rival Sanyo after negotiating with regulators for approval of a $4.45 billion deal that would transform Panasonic into a cleantech powerhouse with business in […] Read more »

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Fisker Automotive Picks EU Distributor: Plug-in hybrid car startup Fisker Automotive has picked a large distributor to sell its vehicles in Europe and is looking for similar deals in China. The European retailer will be announced tomorrow. — Reuters Ampulse Raises $8M: Ampulse Corp., which is […] Read more »

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Welcome to the Technosphere: “Having mastered indoor ski slopes and mass desalination, Dubai just unveiled its massive Technosphere, a biological bubble oddly similar to Disney’s Epcot Center (or the Death Star), meant to simulate future climates and test sustainable technology.” — VentureBeat Winners and Losers of […] Read more »

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Business Models in the Electric Motorcycle Revolution: What electric motorcycle startups are “trying to do with the motorized two-wheeler is more revolutionary than evolutionary and so their approach to the market must be distinct, perhaps diametric to that of the companies that currently occupy the landscape.” […] Read more »

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Feds Open Another Spigot for Clean Energy: The Treasury Department has announced that it’s allocating $2.2 billion in bonds to support the efforts of 805 small-scale clean and renewable energy projects across the country. Most of the bond money will be used to support solar, wind […] Read more »

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Game On for Climate Policy: The Obama administration today presented “an energetic unified front on behalf of climate change,” in Congressional testimony and two stimulus funding announcements. Obama will need to bring more of that A-game in order “to make good on his promise to act […] Read more »

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Cap and Trade’s Biggest Losers: A new report by energy consultants Wood Mackenzie finds “cap-and-trade legislation will cost U.S. refiners about $100 billion a year by 2015 and put them at a competitive disadvantage to refiners in Europe.” — WSJ’s Environemental Capital Bright Automotive Bags $1.4M […] Read more »

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MoTR 187 is 33:05 minutes long and is a 30.4 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Windows 7 is here, and so is the Windows […] Read more »

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Yes Men Take It to the Hill: The climate-minded Yes Men stunt group offered up another prank today, just a day after punking the Chamber of Commerce with a fake press announcement — this time showing up on Capitol Hill in Survivaball suits to hector Sen. […] Read more »

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Climate-Security Connection: National security fears loom large for politicians who might otherwise oppose carbon legislation. That’s why John Kerry, rather than Barbara Boxer, has become the face of the Senate climate bill and why environmentalists are hitching up with veterans groups. — TNR’s The Vine Redox […] Read more »

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TiVo Gets Blockbuster On Demand; users can rent popular new release movies a la carte. (release) GlideTV Launches the “Couch Mouse;” combines keyboard, mouse and AV remote functionality into a small handheld device for those connecting their PCs or PC-like devices to their TV. (GlideTV) ViVu […] Read more »

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Utilities, Startups Weigh in on Cali Car Charging Rules: As the California Public Utilities Commission drafts rules related to the integration of battery-powered cars into the state’s electrical grid, one of the biggest questions is whether the commission should regulate Better Place, Coulomb Technologies and other […] Read more »

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EU Clean Energy Growth, Now Tracked Online: “The European Commission this week launched an open-access online tool to monitor the development of about a dozen low-carbon technologies in the trade bloc.” — NYT’s Green Inc. Chamber Credits/Blames Environmentalists for Resignations: Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue […] Read more »

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