The Center For Economic Policy reports that media coverage of the oil drilling debate largely ignored Energy Information Agency data that shows new offshore oil drilling would have almost no impact on gas prices.

The Republican Party’s national platform calls for an end to ethanol mandates.

According to the Daily Green, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin “spent roughly 15% of her words on energy issues” in her speech at the Republican National Convention.

Business Week examines why the Gang of 10 energy compromise might not be a good political move for Republicans.

BCC Research asserts that the U.S. wind turbine market will reach over $60 billion by 2013.

The E.P.A. set emissions standards for lawn mowers and other small gasoline engines.

Local Green:  US Airways Center - home of the Phoenix Suns - is going solar.

Clean Energy Fuels Corporation will supply the Los Angeles Sanitation Bureau’s vehicles with natural gas and alternative fuel.

State regulators approved a deal that will double New York’s wind energy capacity.

An Amish man from Indiana is the first in his county to apply for permission to build a wind-driven generator.

Carver, Massachusetts wants a state highway to host a solar energy project that would power the town’s water supply system.

Boston’s entire taxi fleet will be 100 percent hybrid by 2015.

–Christopher Greenspan

Tags: Boston, emissions standards, Energy Information Agency, EPA, Ethanol, Gang of 10, natural gas, New York State, offshore drilling, offshore oil drilling, Phoenix Suns, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Wind Turbines

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