Tobacco’s new wonder use: Biofuels; Global Oil Depletion Atlas; 2010: The hottest year on record?; Europeans work on transmission lines; CIA shares data with climate scientists; Japanese whaling ship conflict

Michigan community college’s Wind Turbine Technician Academy receives $550,000 in federal stimulus funds.

Researchers successfully test genetically modified tobacco plants for increased oil to be use in biofuels.

Xcel Energy won battle for a $128.3M rate increase, …

Canada’s oil sands, if extracted with green technology, provide the answer to a large portion of needed stable and long-term energy sources.

Boulder, Colorado is deciding if they will accept $1.18M in federal stimulus funding to …

China Post – Five reasons for the world to become greener in 2010: 1) high oil prices; 2) cheap natural gas (cleaner tech); 3) increased research & subsidies; 4) threat of carbon taxes on imports; …

Scotland working to upgrade transmission lines between the Highlands and central Scotland for renewable energy transport.

German official says that the $43B project linking Northern European renewable energy projects is crucial to Europe’s energy goals.

Nine European …

About half of U.S. states have plans to cut carbon emissions with specific regulations; total cuts would reach 7% reductions by 2020.

Environmental lobbying in Washington State, legislature faces a $2.6B budget deficit, is set to …

Sea Shepherd releases video of their new anti-whaling speedboat being rammed by Japanese whaling ship.