What’s the buzz on the latest issues in the Green Community? Check out what you may have missed last week:

EarthTalk: Energy efficiency tax incentives for 2011 – It is true that some federal tax credits for energy efficiency upgrades expired at the end of 2010, but there is legislative effort afoot to extend some of those credits—and there are plenty of other ways to defray the costs of turning over a new green leaf or two this year and beyond.

Temple Terrace history highlighted in new book – Creative Loafing contributor Grant Rimbey explores the history of Temple Terrace in a new book.

Donate your old auto batteries to benefit Friends of Clean City Tampa – If you have a battery from an old car, boat, RV, or any type of lead acid battery, College Hunks Hauling Junk will pick them up for free! They'll then take them to Exide Batteries who will pay for the old batteries and recycle them. The money will then go to Friends of Clean City to help them further their green efforts in Tampa Bay.

10/100/1000 Update: Shakespeare, Sweetwater, Friendship Trail Bridge proposals and more — vote now or submit your own great ideas for Tampa Bay – A Florida Shakespeare Festival, a course in pet care for kids, a community farm for The Children's Home — all these and more are proposals up for vote at 10/100/1000.

Mission (NOT) accomplished on climate change: Carol Browner departs the White House – Browner was most visible in her tenure in the Obama White House at a low moment when it comes to the environment: the months-long Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a disaster in which the ultimate damage to our coast still has yet to be determined.

This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2011.