Biodiesel in the Berkshires: $50 mil investment.

Berkshire Biodiesel LLC, the Massachusetts-based subsidiary of NorthWinds Biodiesel LLC, announced this morning its intent to construct a 50 million gallon per year biodiesel production facility in Pittsfield and Dalton at Ashuelot Park, which is owned by Crane & Co., Inc..

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Corning makes new diesel deal. Corning Inc. said Wednesday it has reached a long-term agreement to supply diesel pollution control products to Detroit Diesel Corp., one of the nation's top manufacturers of diesel engines. [News Source]

Defense begins in emissions trial in Vermont. A trial that automobile industry lawyers claim could alter the future of the car in America has reached its midpoint. [News Source]

New Mexico coal plant set back. A proposed 'dirty' power plant loses support in New Mexico – for now. [News Source]

Mayor won’t sign climate pact. Environmentalism is in the air in San Mateo County, and local cities are rushing to clean up their acts with "green" policies and resolutions. [News Source]

New UN climate report at odds with Tory policy. The expected recommendations of a forthcoming report on fighting global climate change are at odds with parts of the new Conservative government's policy. [News Source]

Tory emissions plan a lot like Liberals’ option. Economists who endorsed a recent government report assessing the economic impact of achieving Canada's international Kyoto protocol commitments are cautious about the new Conservative approach to reducing carbon emissions, a survey by CanWest News Service has revealed. [News Source]

Nuclear storm gathers as climate change experts meet.

Few issues are as divisive as nuclear power, and the furore over its use threatens to resurface as leading scientists meet in Thailand to thrash out a plan to reduce the impact of climate change.

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Poor nations brake greenhouse gas rise-UN draft. Developing nations that are fast industrialising, such as China and India, have braked their rising greenhouse gas emissions by more than the total cuts demanded of rich nations by the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]

China to act on pollution, warming gases. Premier Wen Jiabao pledged Friday to help clean China‘s air and water and combat global warming by phasing out tax breaks and discounts on land and electricity for highly polluting industries. [News Source]

Shining a light on a deadly lung disorder. Globally COPD is the fifth-largest cause of death; in the U.S. it is the fourth-ranked killer behind heart disease, cancer and stroke, and is projected to move to third place by 2020. [News Source]