Online Interest in Global Warming Heats Up  [archive]
from Reuters, 2/22/2007
Internet interest in global warming hit an all-time high in mid February and the volume of searches rose 173 percent compared to last year.

Environment: Prioritizing Global Warming  [archive]
by Marie Horrigan, New York Times, 2/23/2007
Whether an Oscar or two graces Gore’s mantle as a result of the movie, it’s clear that his efforts have contributed to a shift of the global warming discussion into the nation’s political, social and economic mainstream.

New Effort Launched in NYC to Fight Climate Change  [archive]
by Jeff Berardelli, CBS, 2/21/2007
Comprised of more than 90 major international companies and organizations, the Global Roundtable on Climate Change has released a joint statement endorsing a bold framework to deal with the world's changing climate.

Global Warming? Never Heard of It  [archive]
by Mark Morford, 2/23/2007
This column explores a mysterious demographic: the 13% of adult Americans who have never heard of global warming.

Science

Iron Seeding Gathers Momentum [archive]
by Darin Anderson, Editorial in Minnesota Daily, 2/20/2007
This opinion piece argues that of all geoengineering possibilities, only iron fertilization harnesses life to do the work for us, and that this possible solution to global warming is simply too feasible to be ignored.

FEATURED ARTICLE:
Global Warming: The Quick Fix Is In  [archive]
by Pat Mooney, Foreign Policy in Focus, 2/20/2007
Geoengineering measures, particularly ocean fertilization, are gaining momentum as possible solutions to global warming, as industrialized states are confronted with the true difficulty of policy and consumption change.

Interview: Southern Ocean Being 'Strangled' by Greenhouse Gases  [archive]
by Michael Byrnes, Reuters, 2/20/2007
The Southern Ocean's unique wind and storm conditions make it the world's greatest carbon "sink"; the earth's oceans absorb a third of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and the Southern Ocean absorbs a third of that.

Artificial Trees: A Green Solution?  [archive]
from BBC, 2/20/2007
A synthetic tree, a construction that mimics the function of natural trees whereby leaves pull carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air as it flows over them. is an interesting new idea for GHG mitigation.

Carbon Market

Offset Pollution with Carbon-Neutral Life  [archive]
from CBS, 2/22/2007
For part of The Early Show's week-long series "Going Green," co-anchor Russ Mitchell examined what it means to be carbon neutral. The idea seems to be catching on with the consumer.

Barclays Taps into Demand for Global Carbon Market  [archive]
by Jane Merriman, Reuters, 2/19/2007
Barclays Capitalis to launch what it says is the first global investment tool to tap investors' growing appetite for exposure to trading in greenhouse gases. It illustrates the growing diversity and sophistication of commodity and energy investment products.

Carbon Trading Market Could Be Worth $3 Trillion  [archive]
by Padraic Cassidy, 2/22/2007
Peter Fusaro, chairman of Global Change Associates, said a carbon trading market could be worth $3 trillion and provide investments for private equity, hedge funds, venture capitalists and investment banks.

BASF Slates Carbon Trading Scheme  [archive]
by Theo Leggett, BBC, 2/20/2007
A look at BASF in Germany shows that a company's standing in Europe's carbon trading scheme might not necessarily reflect to what degree it has invested in clean technology.

TXU Buyout May Include Environmental Deal  [archive]
from Reuters, 2/25/2007
A proposed buyout of TXU Corp. , Texas' largest electric company, may include an agreement with an environmental group for the Dallas-based firm to scrap plans to build eight of 11 coal plants in the state, the Natural Resources Defense Council said Saturday.

Politics/Legislation

EU Backs Bold Climate Change Goals  [archive]
by Jeff Mason, Reuters, 2/20/2007
Environment ministers from the 27 nations of the EU supported a binding commitment to cut the bloc's emissions unilaterally by at least 20 percent by 2020 compared to 1990 levels.

Climate Change Key Issue for This Year's G8 Summit  [archive]
from Environment News Service, 2/21/2007
Climate Change will be a topic of heavy discussion at this year's G8 Summit in June.

Schwarzenegger, McCain Back Low Carbon Fuel  [archive]
from Reuters, 2/21/2007
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arizona Sen. John McCain on Wednesday called for a nationwide roll-out of California's new low carbon fuel standard.

Feinstein Tactic on Her First Bill to Affect Climate: Start Small  [archive]
from the San Francisco Chronicle, 2/24/2007
Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., introduced a bill last month that would force the country's electricity companies to cap greenhouse gas production at 2006 levels by 2011 and ratchet that down to 2001 levels by 2015, a 16 percent drop from anticipated levels.