• Barack Obama may ask Al Gore to be a top climate adviser.

• Partisan bickering rages over energy-efficient lighting for the Capitol.

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• Australia puts its kangaroo-killing plans on hold.

• Malaysia scraps a coal plant over environmental concerns.

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• European greenhouse-gas emissions continue to rise.