Skeptics on Human Climate Impact Seize on Cold Spell   [archive]
by Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, 3/2/2008
Some scientists, opinion writers, political operatives and other people who challenge warnings about dangerous human-caused global warming have jumped on recent weather patterns as a teachable moment.

Top Water Utilities to Study Climate Change   [archive]
from Reuters, 2/26/2008
Eight of the top U.S. water utilities are joining forces to study how rising sea levels, droughts and other effects of global warming are taking a toll on supplies of drinking water, they said on Tuesday.

Eco-Protestors Climb on Plane at British Airport   [archive]
from AP, 2/25/2008
Five environmental activists were arrested after they climbed onto a plane at London's Heathrow Airport on Monday to protest plans to build a third runway there.

Science

Coral Reefs and What Ruins Them [archive]
by Cornelia Dean, New York Times, 2/26/2008
Researchers who studied a string of Pacific Ocean atolls are painting the first detailed picture of pristine coral reefs and how they can be disrupted by people — particularly, they said, by fishing.

Carbon Market

New York City's Black Taxis Going Green  [archive]
from Reuters, 2/27/2008
New York City unveiled new fuel emissions standards for the city's 10,000 black taxis on Wednesday that will compel the town car owners to switch to hybrid technology within five years.

Japan May Invest $1.93 bln in Climate Fund  [archive]
from Reuters, 3/1/2008
Japan is planning to invest up to $1.93 billion in an international fund aimed at encouraging the use of renewable energy technology in developing countries, the Nikkei financial daily said on Sunday.

Reducing Deforestation Rates 10% Could Generates $13B in Carbon Credits  [archive]
from Mongabay.com, 2/25/2008
Cutting global deforestation rates 10 percent could generate up to $13.5 billion in carbon credits under a reducing emissions from deforestation ("REDD") initiative approved at the U.N. climate talks in Bali this past December, estimate researchers.

Politics/Legislation

EPA Justifies Denial of Emissions Waiver  [archive]
by Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times, 3/1/2008
California's states'-rights battle against the Bush administration over global warming was freed to move forward in federal court Friday, after the Environmental Protection Agency issued its long-delayed for blocking the state's 2002 law curbing greenhouse emissions from cars and trucks.

UN Panel Mulls Carbon Rule Tweak to Curb Profits  [archive]
from Reuters
A UN panel which supervises trade in carbon offsets under the Kyoto Protocol is probing tweaks to the rules as there is evidence of attempts to make excessive profits, its vice-chair Lex de Jonge said.

U.S. Remains Cool to Warming Pack  [archive]
by Bryan Walsh, TIME Magazine, 2/26/2008
Read quickly, the latest White House statement on climate change may have sounded like news — good news. But as is so often the case with the Bush Administration's environmental policies, the devil is in the details.

Clinton's Efforts on Ethanol Overlap Her Husband's Interests  [archive]
by Mike McIntire, New York Times, 2/28/2008
Bill Clinton started the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006, and its interests may overlap to an extent with those of an influential public official who has also taken an active interest in renewable sources of fuel: Hillary Clinton.