Study Looks at Transportation's Effect on Global Warming   [archive]
by Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1/9/2008
A new study released Monday reports that 15% of the manmade carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere comes from cars, trucks, airplanes, trains, and ships. This is the first study to specifically measure the impact of transportation on global greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Change Contest Launched   [archive]
from the BBC, 1/9/2008
The Big Green Challenge is looking for people's best "Eureka moments" for reducing carbon emissions. The top 10 finalists will be given funding to help to turn their ideas into reality

Last Year Among Hottest on Record, Say Scientists   [archive]
by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 1/12/2008
Data collected from around the globe indicate that 2007 ranks as the second-warmest year on record, according to a new analysis from climatologists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

Science

Ocean Iron Fertilization--Moving Forward in a Sea of Uncertainty [archive]
by Ken O. Buesseler et al, Science, 1/11/2008
A new paper argues that it is premature to sell carbon offsets from ocean iron fertilization unless research provides the scientific foundation to evaluate risks and benefits.

Sending Carbon Dioxide to Sea [archive]
from ScienceDaily, 1/13/2008
An article discussing the Science paper above, stating that its authors did not intend to assert that ocean iron fertilization is a bad idea, but but rather that it requires more proof, both as a general idea and each time it is tried in experiments.

Carbon Market

FTC Asks if Carbon-Offset Money is Well Spent  [archive]
by Louise Story, New York Times, 1/9/2008
Where exactly is carbon offset money going? The Federal Trade Commission, which regulates advertising claims, raised the question Tuesday in its first hearing in a series on green marketing, this one focusing on carbon offsets.

Banks Begin to Address Global Warming: Study  [archive]
by James Kanter, International Herald Tribune, 1/2/2008
Four years ago, it was almost impossible to get financial institutions to attend an investor summit on climate risk. Today, some of the world's largest banks have embraced the issue by focusing on research on the impact of global warming on investments, cutting their own greenhouse emissions and funding clean energy projects.

EU States Agree on Airline Emissions Trading Plan  [archive]
from Flight International, 1/7/2008
Europe's environment chiefs have, as predicted, delivered a politically charged salvo to the world's airlines over plans to wrap international flights into the European Union emissions trading scheme.

Politics/Legislation

Democratic Candidates and the Carbon Tax  [archive]
by Travis Pantin, 1/6/2008
An overview of the Democratic presidential candidates' differences on the issue of a carbon tax.

EU Ponders Carbon Tariff on Imports  [archive]
From Business Week, 1/8/2008
Brussels is considering a policy to charge companies that import goods into Europe for the CO2 they emitted during production.

Global Warming or Free Trade  [archive]
by Greg Mastel, Forbes, 1/8/2008
A commentary suggesting that the ideal response to global warming would be a truly global policy response, but in the real world, that may not be achievable.