FEATURED ARTICLE:
The Hidden Life of Paper and its Effect on the Environment  [archive]
by Louise Story, New York Times, 10/25/2006
Media companies have published numerous articles on global warming and greenhouse emissions in recent years. Now, a couple of large publishers are starting to think about their own impact on the environment.

Global Warming: Here Come the Lawyers  [archive]
from BusinessWeek Online, 10/29/2006
It's the next wave of litigation -- after tobacco, guns, and junk food. Why Detroit, Big Oil, and utilities should worry

Bill McKibben: How Close to Catastrophe?  [archive]
by Bill McKibben, 10/22/2006
A new essay by Bill McKibben, addressing -- in the context of reviewing five new books -- just how close we are to ecological catastrophe, and what reasons there are for hope.

Science

Cosmic Rays Linked to Global Warming [archive]
from Fox News, 10/24/2006
Earth's recent warming trend might in part be due to a lack of starlight reaching our planet, a new study suggests. But other scientists are not so sure.

Global Warming Fungus Wiping Out Frogs [archive]
from Life Style Extra (UK), 10/25/2006
A type of fungus spread by global warming is wiping out frogs, according to scientists. It infects amphibians' skin and is believed to cause disease by interfering with their ability to absorb water.

Carbon Market

Morgan Stanley to Invest in $3 Billion of Emissions Reduction Credits and Other Related Initiatives  [archive]
Morgan Stanley Press Release, 10/26/2006
Morgan Stanley has announced that it plans to invest in approximately $3 billion of carbon/emissions credits, projects and other initiatives related to greenhouse gas emissions reduction over the next five years.

Sales of Greenhouse Gas-Credits May Top $3 Billion  [archive]
by Lee Spears and Wing-Gar Cheng, Bloomberg News, 10/26/2006
Sales of new greenhouse gas credits will rise to more than $3 billion this year from $2.7 billion in 2005, as developing countries sell more of them to industrialized nations, according to the World Bank.

Carbon Trade 'to Save' Rainforest  [archive]
from BBC News, 10/23/2006
Carbon trading can be used to protect endangered rainforests by compensating nations that avoid deforestation, the World Bank has said.

Politics/Legislation

Kyoto Carbon Capture Projects Possible Before 2012  [archive]
from Planet Ark, 10/27/2006
Projects to bury greenhouse gases underground could get financial backing within a couple of years under a Kyoto Protocol scheme where rich nations fund pollution cuts in developing countries, a UN official said on Thursday

FEATURED ARTICLE:
Schwarzenegger Complains to Bush about Global Warming Policy  [archive]
from AP, 10/25/2006
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who recently signed a sweeping law to cut greenhouse gas emissions in California, complained in a letter to President Bush that there is no coherent federal policy to stop global warming.

Mayors Pick Up Where Washington Failed on Kyoto  [archive]
by Matt Sedensky, AP, 10/23/2006
Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle launched the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement initiative last year and Pompano Beach (FL) Mayor John Rayson and more than 300 other mayors have followed his lead, promising to strive to meet Kyoto targets in their own communities.

Supreme Court Tackles Global Warming  [archive]
by Marc Gunther, Fortune, 10/27/2006
The case before the high court, known as Massachusetts v. EPA, turns on a question that, surprisingly, remains unanswered after seven years of legal wrangling: Does the U.S. EPA have the authority under the 36-year-old Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide as an air pollutant?