BusinessGreen.com Most Read – 3 July

US cap-and-trade bill moves forward following House victory

Waxman-Markey bill secures narrow House victory and prepares for battle in the Senate

UK firm lays claim to world solar record

QuantaSol claims to have independently tested single-junction solar cell with conversion efficiency of more than 28 per cent

Round-the-world solar flight taxis towards the runway

First solar-powered test flight expected before the end of the year

Anti-wind group plunged into PR crisis

Senior PR exec resigns as chairman of new anti-wind group after sending out press release from his Weber Shandwick email account

China unveils $140bn plan to build seven giant wind farms by 2020

Government claims wind farms will contribute eight per cent of country's total power capacity

BP closes Alternative Energy HQ

Dismisses suggestions that the move demonstrates a watering-down of commitment to green energy

Louisiana coast will be underwater by 2100

New research warns rising sea levels and changing sediment patterns have made inundation of much of the Mississippi Delta inevitable

China's first clean coal plant under way

Tianjin SynGas facility expected to be operational by 2011

Brown puts green at heart of government's relaunch

Low-carbon technologies, high-speed rail and cycling the big winners in the government's new legislative agenda

Abu Dhabi wins tussle for Irena HQ

Bonn loses out as Masdar City is chosen as site for renewables agency headquarters