Frances Beinecke offers extensive comments to Environment News Service on President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress and what this means for legislation limiting carbon pollution, clean energy, and breaking our dependence on oil.

On the New York Times' new energy and environment webpage, which will pick up some online content from Climate Wire, Jake Schmidt talks about the importance of China and the United States coming together on global warming... David Doniger explains to USA Today why repurposing carbon dioxide from the environment would be better than burning fossil fuels, but is still not a final solution... Sheryl Carter supports PG&E's plans to have distributed solar power production on already disturbed land in an interview with CNET.

Fortune Magazine cites the work NRDC did in convincing Wal-Mart to include a automatic power-down switch in digital converter boxes, a move that not only helps the environment but will also save $900 million over the life of the boxes.