Copenhagen dominated the environmental news again this past week, so here are some stories you may have missed.

One lawmaker wants the Postal Service to go green (Washington Post).  A new energy plan in New York seeks to make the state more energy-efficient (New York Times).

The L.A. Times has a Q&A with the author of After the Ice and reports that Sweden has shifted course on nuclear power. seeing it as necessary in the face of climate change.

Dedham, Mass has doubled its recycling volume by switching to single stream (Boston Globe).  The Globe also notes that the two candidates for the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat differ sharply on climate change.

An MSNBC article wonders when plug-in cars will pay off, while this one notes that the debate over mountaintop mining has turned ugly.