photo via flickr There's a lot of jostling right now in the Senate for lead position on energy reform. Just which Senator will catch the eye of President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Reid and get their bill picked is anyone's guess. Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) received welcome news today when the Congressional Budget Office scored their bill and said that it would cut the deficit by $19 billion over the next decade. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

New turbines on Maine's Kibby Mountain. Image credit:Wikipedia. Kennebec Maine Journal covered a recent anti-wind power protest, which involved several arrests and someone chaining herself by the neck "to a truck carrying a turbine blade.". A sort of a Green Tea Party, it sounds like. Go EF! Between this and Joe Barton apologizing to BP for the Obama Administration making BP pu...Read the full story on TreeHugger

US stock market rallied on coming earnings season forecast China Vesting (blog) (press release) Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (YGE) [11.60, 0.65, +5.94%] a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated ...

Tata Power to commission its 3 MW grid connected Solar Photo Voltaic power ... Webnewswire.com (press release) In the former class of technologies, the method of conversion to power is direct; solar energy hitting the surface of PV material to generate power. ... and more »

Brisbane Times

Day and night solar flight Brisbane Times The first manned day and night flight by a plane powered exclusively by solar energy begins in Switzerland. 08/07/10 Please wait while we detect your ... and more »

Our View: Chrysler project latest bit of good economic news Rockford Register Star Recently, 56 solar panels were fired up, another sign of good things to come. There is good economic news in the Rock River Valley. We need more of it. and more »

News 8 Austin

Austin Energy expected to get full weatherization funding News 8 Austin So far, Austin Energy has been spending an average of almost $5500 per home for things like appliances, solar screens, insulation and caulking.

Radio New Zealand International

Tonga to resume watermelon exports to NZ Radio New Zealand International Matangi Tonga reports that the Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele, made the announcement during a news conference with the New Zealand Foreign Minister, ... and more »

Solar industry powers up slowly in Washington Seattle Times Newport also saw a quality product in Silicon Energy's solar modules — one particularly suited for northern climates. A 300-pound man can jump up and down ... and more »

Bonita council votes to provide half of money for Bonita Beach Road widening The News-Press Authorized city staff to request bids from vendors to install a solar energy/thermal hot water system at the city's recreation center. ... and more »