It’s the economy vs. the environment at hearing for Iron Range power plant.

Opponents of a proposed coal gasification power plant lined up at a public hearing in Taconite on Wednesday to air their concerns.

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Navajo group protests proposed power plant. The leader of the nation's largest American Indian reservation says a proposed $3 billion coal-fired power plant that would be built on tribal land in northwestern New Mexico is desperately needed. [News Source]

With warmer weather, different decisions to make. It's not that I don’t like 60-degree days and eating fresh spinach right out of my garden in December. But the extended growing season is one of the signs of global warming. [News Source]

Glenwood considers acting cool. A "Cool Communities" group plans to ask Glenwood Springs City Council tonight to have the city take steps to fight global warming. [News Source]

This christmas, you can give the hard-to-shop-for the gift of a greener planet. For a unique gift that won't take up space in your friend's closet, try offsetting their carbon emissions. [News Source]

Day told to clean up website, critics say. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day was ordered to remove an embarrassing comical commentary that ridiculed the science behind global warming from his personal website. [News Source]

Europe’s carbon trading scheme. Europe's Emissions Trading Scheme unites the 25 states of the European Union in an attempt to cut emissions of the gases fuelling climate change. [News Source]

Finnair sees CO2 costs from 2011. Finnish national carrier Finnair said on Wednesday it may face costs of tens of millions of euros from 2011 onwards, when aviation is included in the European Commission's emissions trading system. [News Source]

EU green tax could add £100 to air ticket prices. Air passengers are to be hit with a 'green' tax as part of controversial EU plans to force airlines to pay for the cost of their pollution. [News Source]

Greens attack EU’s ‘weak’ flight emissions trading plan. Air travel will be included in the European Union's carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) from 2011 under plans announced by Brussels today. [News Source]

Test Shows Birmingham Violates Air Pollution Rule on First Day (WSFA Montgomery) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Air pollution continues to be a major problem in Jefferson and Shelby counties. A test Tuesday in north Birmingham showed the area in violation of a new air pollution standard on the first day it was being enforced. [News Source]