Alternative Energy Daily News - February 20, 2007

• 'Green' building policies growing in San Mateo, California.

• U.S. policy on global warming seems headed for a tipping point, with politicians, business leaders and economists joining environmentalists to call for new laws to limit greenhouse gases that spur climate change.

• Australia has announced plans to ban incandescent light bulbs and replace them with more energy efficient fluorescent bulbs.

• Researchers at MIT are building a prototype of a lightweight electric vehicle that can be cheaply mass-produced, rented by commuters under a shared-use business model, and folded and stacked like grocery carts at subway stations or other central sites.