LOS ANGELES, Colo. -- California Senator Barbara Boxer predicted on Tuesday Congress will draft greenhouse gas cap-and-trade legislation before the international climate change negotiation in Copenhagen in December.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Nearly two dozen companies surpassed or set greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals as part of the EPA's Climate Leaders program. 3M, Pfizer, Hasbro, Caterpillar, FPL Group, Sun Microsystems and Mack Trucks received top honors.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Developed by Business for Social Responsibility and the U.S. EPA, the guide aims to be a one-stop resource for helping navigate and choose the most appropriate of the EPA's 35 climate-related partnership programs.

These days, green marketers are challenged to efficiently reach consumers and effectively impact their attitudes and behaviors. There are many reasons for this of course: consumer attitudes are still evolving, familiarity with green products is just emerging and purchase behavior is inconsistent within and across categories. As such, marketers tend to look for targetable demographic groups or behaviors that have a higher propensity for green.

Last week, I had the opportunity to witness a milestone being reached in the effort to fight global warming: officials from 18 states - representing a majority of the US population - signed an agreement at Yale University that committed their states to action on global warming.

TEMPE -- BP is tapping yet another university to help it on its quest of developing cost-effective ways of transforming low-carbon feedstocks into biofuel.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The cement industry, which is responsible for 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, discussed the ways -- limited though they may be -- to improve its environmental performance at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, last week.

SEATTLE, Wash. -- Recreational Equipment Inc. will open a new store today that will serve as a green building prototype for future retail construction.

NORTHBROOK -- Donlen Corp. will join the Sierra Club to honor a company that boosts industry standards for reducing carbon emissions in the fleet industry.

LONDON -- U.K. businesses have cut more than 10 million tons of C02 emissions since 2001 because of work with the Carbon Trust, according to the government-funded organization.

LONDON -- The latest research from the environmental research organization looks at the carbon footprint of 185 investment funds in the United Kingdom. Three SRI funds take the top spots, and three-quarters of all SRI funds have smaller than average carbon footprints.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A broad-based group of CEOs acknowledged the reality of climate change Tuesday with the release of a policy statement urging collective action.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Albuquerque and Fayetteville, Ark., received the top honors in the first annual award ceremony, which celebrates cities that adopt innovative practices to increase energy efficiency to help curb global warming.