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U.S. Car Fleet Shrank by 4 million in 2009
 by Grist.org’s Lester Brown: America’s century-old love affair with the automobile may be coming to an end. The U.S. fleet has apparently peaked and started to decline. In 2009, the 14 million cars scrapped exceeded the 10 million new cars sold, shrinking the U.S. fleet by 4 million, or nearly 2 percent in one year. While this is widely associated with the recession, it is in fact caused by several converging forces. For the full story click here:
Bolivia to Host Alternative
Climate Change Conference
Jan 5, AP: Bolivian president Evo Morales yesterday announced that his country will  hold an alternative climate conference on issues the recent summit in Copenhagen failed to address. At Copenhagen, Morales blamed climate change on industrialized nations' failure to respect the rights of nature and indigenous peoples. The April meeting, to be held in Cochabamba, will focus on technology transfer and work toward the creation of an international court on environmental crimes. It also will aim to bring industrialized nations' "climate debt" to poor countries to light, Morales said. The Bolivian conference will include indigenous groups, social movements, environmentalists, scientists and governments from around the world. For the full story, click here:
Obama Seizes the Energy Opportunity
 During President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition, the Center for American Progress proposed a 10-point clean-energy agenda for the president and Congress that would speed the economic transformation to a clean energy economy. A review of these items today finds that all were adopted or are working their way through the process. This is a startling achievement amidst the worst economy in 70 years, two wars, and an opposition party disinterested in cooperation. President Obama did much of what he promised, and he can do more in 2010 by cajoling Congress to do its part. For the full story, click here:
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