Green Power An Easy Win For Australia:

Australia's new leader should ramp up renewable energy use and enshrine tougher energy efficiency standards to fight global warming, leading climate scientists said on Tuesday, describing them as easy policy wins. Shelving the scheme in April led in part to a plunge in the popularity of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ahead of an election later this year. His deputy Julia Gillard took over as prime minister last week, pledging greater consensus on setting a price on carbon. Read more:

Arise Technologies Forms Joint Venture With Sky Solar (Canada)

Sky Solar (Canada) will provide operating funding to the joint venture, said Arise, which provides turnkey PV solutions for solar farms and rooftop installations.
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Mandating Solar Power In New York Will Generate Jobs ;

A bill before the legislature that would require energy providers to invest in solar power would create thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity over a 14-year period, advocates said on Wednesday.

The bill would require the New York Power Authority, the Long Island Power Authority and New York retail electric suppliers to procure solar electricity each year, equal to a percentage of their sales through 2025.
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Exxon Explores Algae Biofuels As Alternative Energy:

Exxon Mobil Corp is testing the commercial viability of algae biofuel as an alternative energy source to supplement oil and natural gas, a senior executive said on Monday. “We are testing the hypothesis that algae biofuels could become commercially viable and achieve sufficient scale to make meaningful contribution to the future energy mix,” he told the Asia Oil and Gas Conference in the Malaysian capital. Sunlight and carbon dioxide used to grow the algae could also mitigate the effect of greenhouse gases, while algae has the potential to produce large volumes of oils that can be processed in existing refineries to make fuels compatible with existing transportation technology and infrastructure. Story continues:

Ecosystems vulnerable to vegetation shifts:

"Approximately one billion people now live in areas that are highly vulnerable to future vegetation shifts," says specialist. "Ecosystems provide important services to people, so we must reduce the emissions that cause climate change, then adapt to major changes that might occur." Story continues: