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Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) have introduced legislation aimed at extending the Production Tax Credit, or PTC. 

In a hopeful start to 2011 the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) announced that it expects the European Union to surpass its target of sourcing 20% of its energy from renewable sources.

In 2008, the UK’s Guardian newspaper called Freiburg, Germany the world’s greenest city.

Bhutan, the still somewhat reclusive mountainous nation landlocked between China and India in South Asia, has long been known as a hermetic Buddhist kingdom whose citizens have a reputation for being among the happiest in the world.

When people search the medal count at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada they will not find General Electric (NYSE:GE) listed. 

Australia, the world’s largest exporter of coal, relies on the inefficient and dirty resource to supply over 80% of its own electricity. But the cheap and plentiful sedimentary rock's high carbon output happens to be a major contributor to climate change, something that hasn't gone unnoticed by the government (Australia emits more greenhouse gases per capita than any other country).