U.S. Suburbs Start to Watch Their Carbon   [archive]
by Alex Williams, International Herald Tribune, 2/10/2008
Since 2005, the mayors of hundreds of suburban communities across America have pledged to meet or even beat the emissions goals set by the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty to reduce greenhouse emissions.

New Report Warns of Runaway Climate Change   [archive]
by Pip Hinman, GreenLeft, 2/9/2008
A new report published by Friends of the Earth (FoE), Climate Code Red: The case for a sustainability emergency, warns that human-induced climate change is dangerously impacting on the planet and its people, and calls on the Rudd government to take real action to avert disaster from global warming.

Study Suggests That, Unlike in the 70's, Energy Lessons Will Last   [archive]
by Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 2/5/2008
The oil shocks of the 1970s produced a flurry of attention to alternative sources of energy, but it faded once prices dropped in the mid-1980s. Now, with oil prices again high and climate change moving up the list of public concerns, interest in alternative energy is once again at fever pitch. Is history about to repeat itself? Not likely, according to a leading energy consulting firm.

Science

Biofuels Worse that Fossil Fuels, Studies Find [archive]
by Stephen Leahy, IPS, 2/8/2008
Biofuels are making climate change worse, not better, according to two new studies which found that total greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels are far higher than those from burning gasoline because biofuel production is pushing up food prices and resulting in deforestation and loss of grasslands.

Scientists Identify 'Tipping Points' of Climate Change [archive]
by Steve Connor, The Independent, 2/5/2008
Nine ways in which the Earth could be tipped into a potentially dangerous state that could last for many centuries have been identified by scientists investigating how quickly global warming could run out of control.

Carbon Market

Climate Change Billions Not Going to Best Use [archive]
by Gerard Wynn, Reuters, 2/5/2008
Private sector billions being spent on the fight against climate change may be leaving a stocks boom-and-bust legacy as money pours into listed companies but leaves private entrepreneurs starved of cash.

All About: Forests and Carbon Trading [archive]
by Rachel Oliver, CNN, 2/7/2008
Cutting down trees is pretty much one of the worst things you can do when it comes to climate change. Deforestation, by varying accounts, contributes anywhere from 20 percent to 30 percent of all carbon dioxide (C02) emissions -- around 1.6 billion tons.

Politics/Legislation

G7 Calls for Investment to Fight Climate Change  [archive]
from AFP, 2/9/2008
Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven rich nations called Saturday for investment in developing countries to help them fight climate change and worked on plans for a World Bank-style fund.

The Climate May be Right for a Global Warming Bill  [archive]
from the Lost Angeles Times, 2/6/2008
Scores of climate change bills are stacking up in the legislative queue. Numerous hearings, the most recent on the polar bear, are highlighting the issue. And some regulation-averse corporate executives have even called on Congress to step in.

Lawmakers Push for "Green-Collar" Jobs as Climate Change Looms  [archive]
by Richard La Corte, AP, 2/9/2008
The executive director of the Center for Excellence for Energy Technology at Centralia College hopes her graduates will be part of an emerging "green collar" work force envisioned by state lawmakers, who want to spark the creation of 25,000 such jobs in Washington state by 2020.

Court Rejects Bush's Mercury Emissions Trading Plan  [archive]
by Judy Pasternak, Los Angeles Times, 2/9/2008
New coal-fired power plants could have to include strict controls to keep mercury out of the air in the wake of a federal court ruling Friday. A three-judge appeals panel struck down a market-based effort by the Bush administration that would have allowed some generators of electricity to buy their way out of meeting their pollution-reduction targets.