Alternative Energy Daily News - May 25, 2007

• Solar power should become a mainstream energy choice in three or four years as companies raise output of a key ingredient used in solar panels and as China emerges as a producer of them.

• The California Energy Commission voted on Wednesday to set a greenhouse gas emissions standard for municipally owned electric utilities as the state moves ahead to attack global warming and climate change.

• Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal joined representatives of nearly a dozen states Tuesday who urged federal regulators to allow them to impose tougher carbon dioxide pollution standards on automobiles.

• Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders are urging President George W. Bush and Congress to take action against global warming, declaring that the changing climate is a "moral and spiritual issue."

• Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will start selling two vehicles that can run entirely on ethanol in Brazil.

• A group of Norwegian lawmakers are drafting a proposal that would eventually lead to a ban on the sale of gasoline-only fueled cars by 2015 or 2020.