Reid Reneging on Climate Legislation?: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, “who’s facing a potentially difficult reelection campaign and known for announcing legislative timetables that he can’t deliver on –- told reporters Tuesday that the Senate might wait until next year” to vote on the climate bill. — WSJ’s Environmental Capital
World Bank Weighs in on Climate Change, Cleantech: The World Bank’s just-released biennial global economic assessment “estimates that nations will need nearly $500 billion annually by 2030 to both develop clean energy technologies across the world and cope with natural disasters.” — ClimateWire via NYT
VW’s E-Up, People’s Car?: Volkswagen unveiled an electric city car concept called the E-Up in Frankfurt yesterday. It goes light on extra features (no DVD screens or lane departure warning systems) in an effort to make it accessible to average drivers. — Christian Science Monitor
Renewable Energy by Governator Decree: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an executive order to require utilities to get at least a third of their power from wind, solar and other renewable sources by 2020 — and said he will veto two bills working their way through the legislature because of limits on importing energy from out of state. — Los Angeles Times
A Lower-Carbon Ford Focus ECOnetic: Ford unveiled an updated version of its Focus ECOnetic with a new auto-start-stop system that helps reduce carbon emissions to just 99 g/km, down from 104 g/km in the earlier edition. — AutoblogGreen
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