Alternative Energy News - December 14, 2006

• 80 members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter this week to President Bush seeking substantially higher funding levels for renewable energy and energy efficiency.


• What's the hottest way to counteract global warming? Invest.


• New York City must take aggressive action now to meet increased demand for energy, housing and transportation as America's largest city faces population growth of nearly 1 million over the next 25 years.


• Eritrea aims to become the first country in the world to turn its entire coast into an environmentally protected zone to ensure balanced and sustainable development, officials have said.


• Wind-power companies received an early Christmas gift over the weekend when Congress tucked a provision that extended tax credits for green power inside a year-end spending bill.