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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.
Food crisis worsens in central Africa.
Torrential rains and flash floods that swept through cities and villages in Central Africa in late August have intensified a food crisis in the region, leaving upwards of 10 million people suffering from severe food shortages, the United Nations and relief organizations warned last week. New York Times. 8 September 2010.
Climate change threatens slow swimming narwhals.
Narwhals are one of the sea's slowest swimmers. That places them at high risk from climate change, as narwhals will not be able to cope with shifting, highly mobile ice floes caused by warmer seas. BBC. 8 September 2010.
Protect corals with reef networks, U.N. study says.
The world should safeguard coral reefs with networks of small no-fishing zones to confront threats such as climate change, and shift from favoring single, big protected areas, a U.N. study showed. Reuters. 8 September 2010.
Monitoring climate change in the ocean's 'most studied spot.'
Research being conducted at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) is fundamental to our ability to model the ocean's role in climate change, among other areas. BIOS is one of just a handful of institutes worldwide that regularly monitor the ocean for physical and chemical changes. Time Magazine. 8 September 2010.
Bees, flowers wilted by climate change, study shows.
New Canadian research suggests that climate change may be causing some flowers to open before bees wake up from hibernation. Vancouver Province, British Columbia. 8 September 2010.
Decline in bee pollination linked to climate change, study says.
Scientists have been buzzing for years about the dwindling number of bees and linking that to less pollination, but a new Canadian study suggests the decline could also be blamed on climate change. Canadian Press. 8 September 2010.
Climate change tied to bee pollination decline.
A 17-year study in a pristine mountain environment has found a 50 per cent decline in bee pollination, and suggests climate change may be to blame. CBC Canada. 8 September 2010.
Climate change may add to disaster death tolls.
Natural disasters are tending to kill fewer people but climate change may add to the toll by unleashing more extreme weather and causing after-effects such as disease and malnutrition, experts say. Reuters Health. 8 September 2010.
Deadly flood threat hangs over French alpine village.
In the core of the Tête-Rousse glacier lies a silent threat that could, without warning, destroy the village of Saint-Gervais below. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 8 September 2010.
Big emitters team up.
China and the United States have taken a small but significant step together towards reducing their energy consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions. Nature. 8 September 2010.
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