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Lights were going out across the world on Saturday as millions of homes and businesses in major cities went dark for one hour in a symbolic gesture to highlight concerns over climate change.

Piaggio plans to sell a plug-in hybrid scooter to the United States in 2010.

The president's chief of staff criticized U.S. car companies Sunday for relying too long and gas guzzlers and not investing enough in alternative energy vehicles.

Six months after Utah became the first state government in the nation to adopt a four-day workweek, the money-saving experiment is attracting interest from other states trying to ease their financial problems.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chinese officials agreed Saturday to focus their governments' efforts on stabilizing the battered global economy and combating climate change.

The world is still far away from practical alternative energy solutions, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu tells the New York Times. Chu says the world needs nobel prize level breakthroughs in science, but he is optimistic they could happen at any moment. “I think science and technology can generate much better choices,” Dr. Chu said.

Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the government's Sustainable Development Commission, says curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming.

The findings were announced as President Barack Obama ordered reviews that could lead to greater fuel efficiency and cleaner air, saying the Earth's future depends on cutting air pollution.

President to announce change to Bush policy, tightening auto emissions rules and letting states set emission standards.

Students have begun making bio diesel fuel by converting used cooking oil from the dining hall.