Alternative Energy News - February 5, 2007

• Ecotourism goes urban: Hotels vary in steps to shrink their carbon footprint.


• California Attorney General Jerry Brown, elected last November, has requested a meeting with automakers to discuss a resolution of the litigation currently in federal court between California and the automakers over greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.


• Jon Anda, Vice Chairman at Morgan Stanley, has agreed to serve as President of the new Environmental Markets Network, a collaboration designed to enlist top leaders of America's financial community to serve as advocates for market-based economic solutions to global environmental and climate issues.


• The San Gabriel Valley is on the cutting edge of advancing alternative fuel technology, which has received additional attention due to new regulations.


• Mayors attending the 75th Winter Meeting of The US Conference of Mayors have called for $4 billion in an Energy and Environmental Block Grant to help cities combat global warming.


• By requiring everything from using smaller cars to embedding energy conservation into new college buildings, an executive directive by Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will change the way Kansas state government operates.


• EPA staff scientists are recommending tightening the nation’s ground-level (tropospheric) ozone standards.