by Sarah Laskow. Hurricane Rina is heading towards Cancun. The U.S. wants to start trade wars all over the place. First, the solar industry goes toe to toe with China, and now the House of Representatives is mixing it up by trying to exempt U.S. airlines from the EU emissions scheme. Multinational energy companies who want to exploit Indonesia's geothermal resources are annoyed that Indonesia's government wants to regulate the process, and citizens have some concerns about the whole thing. Environmentalists in Bellingham, Wash. , are fighting against a new terminal that would ship coal to China. Venture capitalists are shying away from investing in traditional clean energy projects, like wind and solar, and focusing on software-driven projects. Wildflowers are disappearing from France.

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Critical List: Rina heads to Cancun; French wildflowers are disappearing

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