Alternative Energy News - January 23, 2006

• GM places bets on alternative fuel vehicles.


• Wind power capacity in U.S. increased 27% in 2006.


• A partnership announced today between Sam's Club, Kärcher USA, and TerraPass aims to include for the first time the cost of offsetting carbon emissions with the purchase of a retail product.


• A spate of corporations flaunting their environmental credentials, and especially their concern about climate change, says as much or more about a shifting commercial landscape as the planet's future.


• Gov. Martin O'Malley embraced legislation yesterday to reduce automobile emissions in Maryland.