The Global Warming Learning Curve [archive]
by Bill Tancer, TIME Magazine, 10/17/2007
A piece from TIME Magazine arguing that, when it comes to public opinion on global warming, "What we say (in surveys) and how we act (in this case, by searching on the Internet) show a very different story."

Scientists: Climate Change Could Affect World Food Supply [archive]
by Jeff Swicord, Voice of America, 10/15/2007
A study released by the Center for Global Development shows that climate change could cause global food production to decline from 5 to 20 percent by the year 2080, and even higher in some countries. Includes video reports.

Science

Oceans Absorbing Less Greenhouse Gases [archive]
from UPI/EarthTimes, 10/20/2007
20 The levels of CO2 uptake in the North Atlantic have dropped by half suggesting an increase in the effects of global climate change, a recent study finds

Scientists Gauge Greenhouse Gases Above San Francisco in Global Warming Experiment [archive]
by Jane Kay, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/15/2007
In a first-of-its kind experiment, a group of university and government scientists has begun to monitor greenhouse gases in the air above San Francisco.

Scientists Testing Iron as Possible Global Warming Fix [archive]
by Aaron Gouveia, Cape Cod Times, 10/22/2007
Coverage of the public forum on ocean iron fertilization held by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Carbon Market

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Are Carbon Offsets a Copout? [archive]
by David Roberts, Fast Company, 10/13/2007
A writer from grist.org writes in defense of carbon offsets, arguing that "The amount of emissions for which you are personally responsible is irrelevant...what matters is the aggregate amount of emissions."

Carbon Sciences Announces Product Development Plan [archive]
from Marketwire/CNNMoney, 10/18/2007
The Company's technology, GreenCarbon, is a patent pending carbon transformation technology that supposedly can convert harmful carbon dioxide into useful carbonate products.

Politics/Legislation

Global Warming Starts to Divide GOP Contenders  [archive]
by Marc Santora, New York Times, 10/17/2007
While many conservative commentators and editorialists have mocked concerns about climate change, a different reality is emerging among Republican presidential contenders. It is a near-unanimous recognition among the leaders of the threat posed by global warming.

Power Plant Rejected over Carbon Dioxide for First Time  [archive]
by Steven Mufson, Washington Post, 10/19/2007
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant, saying that the greenhouse gas threatens public health and the environment.

Clinton Summit Pledge on Climate  [archive]
by Edward Luce, Financial Times/MSNBC, 10/15/2007
Senator Barack Obama presented a plan on Monday to create an auction system requiring power companies and other industries to pay for their pollution. By the year 2020, he said, emissions would be reduced to levels from 1990.

Obama: Emissions Cuts Come with Tab  [archive]
by Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 10/15/2007
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that Americans would pay higher costs for electricity if his environmental program to vastly reduce greenhouse gas emissions is successful.