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Carbon trade or carbon con?
In the carbon market, a good deal for the environment needs to also be a good deal for the bottom line. Vouching for environmental credibility isn't easy: Who verifies the verifiers? Daily Climate. 9 September 2010.
Mining the truth on coal supplies.
A new study seeks to shake up the assumption that use of coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, is bound to continue its inexorable rise. In fact, the authors predict that world coal production may reach its peak as early as next year, and then begin a permanent decline. National Geographic News. 9 September 2010.
Global mining companies are forceful about exporting coal through Northwest ports to China.
While Oregon works to shut its only coal-fired electricity plant and reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions, global mining companies are increasingly bullish about exporting that very same coal through Northwest ports to China. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. 9 September 2010.
China takes lead in clean energy, with aggressive state aid.
Until very recently, Hunan Province was known mainly for lip-searing spicy food, smoggy cities and destitute pig farmers. Now, Changsha and two adjacent cities are emerging as a center of clean energy manufacturing. New York Times. 9 September 2010.
Mexico, Central America struggle through deadly rainy season.
Heavy seasonal rainfall has set off deadly mudslides and widespread flooding across Central America and Mexico's southeast, killing more than 50 people and displacing more than half a million. Los Angeles Times, California. 9 September 2010.
Oil-sands protest greets Nancy Pelosi on Parliament Hill.
Environmental groups are demanding that Alberta’s Premier apologize for misleading Canadians over his province’s environmental record on the oil sands. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. 9 September 2010.
Environmental groups target Canadian oil sands ahead of Pelosi meeting.
U.S. environmental groups are highlighting their objections to importing Canadian tar sands-based oil as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) meets Wednesday evening with Canadian officials on the topic. Washington Hill, District of Columbia. 9 September 2010.
Canada on the defensive over oilsands.
Officials from the federal and Alberta governments found themselves on the defensive Wednesday as they headed into a dinner with a senior U.S. official who arrived for a series of meetings with key stakeholders on the climate and energy files. Postmedia News. 9 September 2010.
BP's report on the gulf oil spill spreads blame.
BP, the company whose CEO accepted full responsibility for the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, spent four months investigating the cause of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. St. Petersburg Times, Florida. 9 September 2010.
5 eco issues that could cripple India.
On the tip of the iceberg of environmental issues facing India today are impacts of climate change, land degradation, water pollution, forest degradation and rapid unplanned urbanisation. These are the five most pressing challenges that India is facing and that will hamper its rush for growth. CNN. Opinion, 9 September 2010.
Selling the blue sky.
The market for greenhouse gas emissions is a bazaar - dependent entirely on government regulation - selling various types of pollution. But can it reduce emissions? The answer so far: Not yet. Second of three parts. Daily Climate. 8 September 2010.
Disaster plan: cities need to adapt for climate change.
Playing out simulations of disaster-movie scenarios such as terrorist attacks, earthquakes and hurricanes is something many governments do periodically to test the capabilities of their emergency response teams. In the past few years, the list of possible disasters has been expanded to include a new one: climate change. London Financial Times, United Kingdom. 8 September 2010.
Disasters drive mass migration to Dhaka.
Bangladesh sits on one of the largest river deltas on earth, where cyclones and rising sea levels drive people from coastal hamlets every year. As global temperatures inch upward, the frequency of cyclones, the intensity of seasonal flooding and the salinity of Bangladesh’s coastal river mouths are all on the rise. GlobalPost. 8 September 2010.
Green vision: The search for the ideal eco-city.
If we want to be “greener”, we should live in cities. This statement may seem counterintuitive. But in developed countries, and increasingly in emerging markets, city dwellers are able to be more environmentally friendly than those in the countryside. London Financial Times, United Kingdom. 8 September 2010.
How innovation killed the lights.
The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s. Washington Post. 8 September 2010.
Global warming bill a lose-lose issue for GOP candidates.
A November ballot measure that would rescind California's landmark global warming bill until unemployment drops significantly has become an albatross for the Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate. Los Angeles Times, California. 8 September 2010.
Australia's Greens: 'We don't want to be just a coal mine for China.'
Australia's new minority government must balance the economic benefits of a booming coal industry with an electorate calling for climate action. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 8 September 2010.
Can 'cap and trade' ever be the issue 'Obamacare' is?
Conservative Republicans around the country are using cap and trade – a way to limit global-warming pollution – as a political weapon to attack GOP moderates as well as Democrats. McClatchy Newspapers. 8 September 2010.
Once-lowly charcoal emerges as 'major tool' for curbing carbon.
Charcoal is taking root on the farm. Scientists are probing the limits of how high-grade charcoal, dubbed biochar, can be formed from plant and animal waste to squirrel away the atmosphere's carbon for centuries, or even millennia. Greenwire. 8 September 2010.
China trumps US in race for renewable energy investors.
China has surged ahead of the United States in the race to become the most attractive place for renewable energy investment, according to a report today from Ernst & Young. London Business Green, United Kingdom. 8 September 2010.
A lot of hot air.
In one end goes wood chips, garbage, tar-soaked railroad ties, lignite, grass, twigs, the meaty yuckiness that's left over from a poultry processing plant, and out the other end comes a substance not unlike natural gas. Grand Forks Herald, North Dakota. 8 September 2010.
China blacks out towns to meet energy goal.
Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving targets set by Beijing. Associated Press. 8 September 2010.
Tiny 'flying saucers' could save earth from global warming.
Using a trick of sunlight itself, tiny metallic disks could be levitated to the stratosphere where they would shade Earth's surface and counteract the effects of global warming, a new paper proposes. Science. 8 September 2010.
New carbon markets may pose 'serious challenge' to UN program.
Lack of progress at global climate talks may prompt nations to consider new programs that could fracture the world’s second-largest emissions market, a top envoy at the United Nations said. Bloomberg News. 8 September 2010.
Green grades for cars rankle auto industry.
When federal agencies proposed new ways of labeling fuel economy last week, they set the stage for a debate: As Americans shop for cars, how will they consider the climate change impact? Nissan Motor Co. has thrown its support behind the letter-grade idea. The response from the rest of the auto industry has been less approving. ClimateWire. 8 September 2010.
Military girds for climate change battles; expect conflict as supplies run short.
A navy planner says the Canadian Forces must be ready to be called to the front lines in the battle against the effects of climate change. Canadian Press. 8 September 2010.
Wad of DOE cash doesn't make FutureGen 2.0 a sure bet.
FutureGen 2.0 will be at least three years behind its predecessor's original timeline, and it's unclear if it will be able to push the United States to the forefront of carbon capture and sequestration technology. There are 178 CCS demonstration projects around the world. Greenwire. 8 September 2010.
Nonprofit pits AmeriCorps interns against climate change.
A new AmeriCorps program will place 30 interns for one year in local governments, public agencies and nonprofits throughout the Bay Area to assist in implementing greenhouse gas emissions reduction programs. Marin Independent Journal, California. 8 September 2010.
European wind farm strikes a blow for green energy.
It is already Europe's largest onshore wind farm and creates enough electricity to power 180,000 homes. But now Whitelee is set for a massive expansion, which will see it almost double its power-generation capacity over the next two years to become one of the biggest wind farms in the world. Edinburgh Scotsman, United Kingdom. 8 September 2010.
Squeezing solar juice from jellyfish.
Silicon solar cells are so, well, dead. Living cells – from jellyfish to algae - produce cheaper power. New Scientist. 8 September 2010.
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