• ASHRAE President to Testify Before Congress
• Los Angeles Approves an Aggressive Green Building Ordinance
• Maryland Approves Wide-Ranging Clean Energy Bills
• Ohio Requires 25% Renewable or Advanced Energy by 2025

• DOE Solicits Input to Develop Loan Guarantees
• A New Green Building Strategy for EPA
• President Bush Sets Goals for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• EPA: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Dropped 1.1% in 2006
• Maine is First State to Regulate Power Plant CO₂ Emissions

• Vermont Approves Wide-Ranging Clean Energy Bill
• DOE Selects 12 Solar America Cities to Receive up to $2.4 Million
• Report: Buildings Easiest Source for Reduced CO2
• ASHRAE and USGBC Cosponsor Washington Fellowship

• Renewable Energy Continues Rapid Global Growth in 2007
• Funding Available for State Energy Programs
• Trends in ODS Emissions and Ozone Layer Recovery Open for Review
• Washington State Approves Bill Cutting Greenhouse Emissions
• EIA: New Energy Act to Yield More Renewable Energy by 2020
• EPA Establishes ODS Electronic Reporting

• ACEEE Profiles Energy Efficiency Programs from Across U.S. 
• New York Launches Clean Energy & Workforce Training Initiative
• European Commission Launches Court Proceedings on Building Energy
• DOE Releases Representative Average Energy Costs
• New Mexico Act Requires Utilities to Save Energy 
• ASHRAE, Others Call on Senate to Pass Tax Package 
• EPA Seeks Comments on GHG Emissions and Sinks

• Europe Falling Short of Renewable Energy Goals for 2010
• California Holds Workshop on High-GWP GHGs
• 21 Century's Grand Engineering Challenges Unveiled
• DOE Funding Opportunity on Windows
• Congress Recognizes African-American HVAC Engineer
• Energy Star Commercial Buildings and Plants on the Rise

• New International Clean Energy Fund to Battle Climate Change
• DOE offers Solar Technical Assistance
• Natural Resources Canada Releases Modeling and Compliance Software
• President Bush Requests $1.255 Billion for EERE in FY 2009
• California Approves Feed-In Tariffs, Rewards Energy Efficiency

• Energy Efficiency in New Federal Buildings to Increase by 30%
• Most DOE-EERE Programs See Increased Funding
• Building Community Launches Net Zero Energy Initiative
• Western Governors Push Energy-Efficient Building
• CFL Sales Jump to 20% of the Market
• U.S. Wind Power Capacity Surged Up 45% in 2007
• NIST Announces Available Grants

• CARB Schedules AB32 Workshops on Refrigerants
• Appropriations Act Boosts DOE Funding for Renewables and Efficiency
• HUD, USDA Required to Reference Standard 90.1 under New Energy Bill
• ASHRAE Provides Technical Guidance on Proposed Depreciation Bill
• ASHRAE Supports Strengthened Building Code Enforcement

• Study Reveals How U.S. Could Cut Greenhouse Gases by 28%
• Green Building Programs Up 400% in U.S. Cities 
• RFP on Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems Program 
• Negotiators in Bali Agree to Work Toward New Climate Agreement 
• Report: States Falling Short on Interconnection and Net Metering 
• DOE Adopts Final Rule for Energy Conservation in Federal Buildings 

• EPA Launches GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership
• U.N. Sees Near-Record Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2005
• U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Declined 1.5 Percent in 2006
• NYC Council Sets Greenhouse Reduction Targets
• Portland Region Launches Green Building Hotline
• DOE Provides $5.2 Million for Concentrating Solar Power
• DOE Creates $7.2 Million Clean Energy Commercialization Fund
• ASHRAE Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing

• Utility Energy Efficiency Vision Can Save Billions, Fight Climate Change
• Portland Considers Carbon Tax Plan on Buildings
• Report Finds Major Economic Benefits to Efficiency, Renewables
• NREL Report Sees Near-Term Supply Shortage for Renewable Power
• Midwestern Governors Sign Climate and Energy Pacts
• Final Climate Change Report Raises Red Flags for the Future
• ASHRAE Solicits Applicants for Washington Fellowship, Internship

• U.S. Lead in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research Challenged
• DOE Announces Solicitation for 2008 Solar America Cities
• DOE Seeks Energy Entrepreneurs to Work at National Labs
• Berkeley Plan Pays Upfront Cost of Solar and Efficiency Improvements
• Fifteen States Require Utility Energy Savings Targets
• Representatives Form Green Schools Caucus

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• DOE Launches New K-12 Energy Curriculum Web Site
• New California Energy Acts Include Incentives for Solar Water Heating
• Canada Energy Ministers Publish Energy Efficiency Report
• DOE Announces $44 Million to Provide Net-Zero-Energy Homes
• Report: Climate Change Could Boost U.S. Electricity Demand
• U.S. Capitol Dome Looking for New Efficient Lighting

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• Montreal Protocol Parties Agree to Reduction of HCFC Production, Consumption
• EPA Programs Prevent Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Save Dollars
• New Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Units Created
• Eight U.S. Utilities to Seek Greater Efficiency Investments
• EPA Announces Acceptable ODS Substitutes
• ASHRAE Washington Fellow Placed in Senator Sanders’ Office