Global Crisis Grows as Food Prices Soar   [archive]
by Laurie Goering, Chicago Tribune, 4/13/2008
Worldwide, food prices have soared 45 percent over the past year as surging oil prices make growing and transporting food more expensive and as economic growth in emerging giants such as China and India leads to rising demand for food, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.

Gore Launches Climate Change Ad Campaign   [archive]
by Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor, 4/9/2008
Many have emphasized the market-based approach. But now, with recent data showing an unexpected rise in global emissions and a decline in energy efficiency, a growing chorus of economists, scientists and students of energy policy are saying that whatever benefits the cap approach yields, it will be too little and come too late.

Extended Forecast: Bloodshed   [archive]
by Nicholas Kristof, New York Times, 4/13/2008
As we pump out greenhouse gases, most of the discussion focuses on direct consequences like rising seas or aggravated hurricanes. But the indirect social and political impact in poor countries may be even more far-reaching, including upheavals and civil wars — and even more witches hacked to death with machetes.

Science

Unlocking the Warming Arctic's Secrets [archive]
by Peter Calamai, The Toronto Star, 4/13/2008
They're gathering it, analyzing it, even playing hockey on it. How face time and time on the ice are helping scientists in their climate change research.

Impact of Climate Change on Marine Algae [archive]
from European Commission's European Research Headlines, 4/14/2008
With climate change looming large, countries around the world are mobilising their top scientists in an effort to measure its impact on the environment and society. One such scientist is the young Dr Björn Rost. His research will focus on the impact of climate change on micro algae in the oceans.

Carbon Market

Saving Trees Can Earn $13.5 Billion in Carbon Market  [archive]
by Jim Efstathiou, Bloomberg, 4/7/08
Using carbon trading to help save trees could generate billions of dollars a year for tropical forest conservation, said Johannes Ebeling, a senior consultant with emissions-credit developer EcoSecurities Group Plc.

Two Carbon Market Millionaires Take a Hit as U.N. Clamps Down  [archive]
by Jeffery Ball, Wall Street Journal, 4/14/2008
The market's anything-goes early days now appear to be ending. United Nations officials who regulate the trade have started questioning scores of proposed projects, from hydroelectric plants in China to wind farms in India. The issue: whether they provide real environmental gains, or are just padding the pockets of middlemen like EcoSecurities.

EU Tells US Airlines to Pay for Their Carbon Emissions or Lose Flights to Europe  [archive]
from WIRED, 4/13/2008
In order to reduce aviation-generated carbon emissions in Europe, the EU is requiring airlines to join a carbon cap and trade program no later than 2012. It's a European plan, but its not just for European airlines. Jacques Barrot, the EU transport commissioner, announced that all airlines with European service must participate, and those which don't may see access to lucrative European destinations chopped.

Politics/Legislation

California OKs Think Tank on Global Warming  [archive]
from AP, 4/11/2008
A conference in Brazil drew leaders of hundreds of indigenous groups in 11 Latin American countries and observers from Indonesia and Congo. They came to build a consensus for a plan in which wealthier countries would compensate developing countries for conserving tropical forests like the Amazon.

New York Anti-Traffic Fees Wither Without a Vote  [archive]
from Reuters, 4/8/2008
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to free Manhattan from traffic gridlock by charging rush-hour drivers withered as state lawmakers did not vote ahead of Monday's midnight deadline.

White House Hopefuls Woo Gore, Focus on Climate  [archive]
from Reuters, 4/9/2008
Democratic White House hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama speak often about green jobs, emissions cuts and renewable energy. But they have more than global warming on their minds when they talk of environmental policy.