The Christian Coalition, which boasts 2.5 million largely conservative members, released a new radio ad defending Senator Lindsey Graham’s efforts to free America from its “addiction to foreign oil.”

Senators John Kerry, D-Mass., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., released an 8-page draft of their proposed clean energy and climate bill to a group of industry representatives yesterday.

Just weeks after announcing that this past January’s land and sea temperatures were some of the hottest ever recorded, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that February 2010 was the second-hottest on record.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood spoke at last week’s National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. The Transportation Department recently announced that walking and cycling would become top policy priorities within the Department.

Renewable energy investment could rise by 23 percent this year, predicts Bloomberg New Energy Finance CEO Michael Liebreich.

Despite climate change-deniers’ attempts to frame it as such, the scientifically observable reality of climate change is not amenable to political debate, writes Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances Beinecke.

AT&T will begin selling a cell phone charger that stops drawing an electrical charge when not attached to a phone.

Local Green: U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo, will introduce a bill that extends home solar tax credits to community-based projects.

Ted Turner’s new Southern Turner Renewable Energy firm is investing in a 30-megawatt First Solar project in New Mexico.

–Christopher Greenspan

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