Victim of Climate Change, a Town Seeks a Lifeline  [archive]
by William Yardley, New York Times, 5/27/2007
Alaska's permanently frozen subsoil, known as permafrost, is melting, yielding to warming air temperatures and a warming ocean. Sea ice that would normally protect coastal villages is forming later in the year, allowing fall storms to pound away at the shoreline.

Study: Worldwide Carbon Dioxide Emissions Soar  [archive]
by Dan Vergano, USA Today, 5/21/2007
CO2 emission from industrial sources increased from 2000 to 2004 "at a rate that is over three times the rate during the 1990s," says a report released by the journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

U.S. Carbon Emissions Fell 1.3% in 2006  [archive]
by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 5/24/2007
The drop marks the first time that U.S. pollution linked to global warming has declined in absolute terms since 2001, and the first time it has gone down since 1990 while the economy was thriving.

Science

Fertilizing Oceans for Fun and Profit  [archive]
by Melanie Haiken, Business 2.0
Business 2.0 on the three "startups" exploring ocean fertilization: Planktos, GreenSea Ventures, and Climos.

Climate Change Could Spark Spread of Disease  [archive]
by Anita Manning, USA Today, 5/22/2007
Scientists of the American Society for Microbiology won't make predictions, but they say changes in the environment are sure to have ripple effects that pose new concerns for future outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Scientists to Fight Global Warming with Plankton  [archive]
from The Australian, 5/21/2007
A largely neutral article, but ends on a questioning note: "But experiments on a much smaller scale have already been carried out and their findings cast doubt on the likely success of bigger carbon-removal projects."

Global Warming-Hurricane Link Spurs Controversy  [archive]
by Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, 5/27/2007
With the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season about to begin, the controversy over the role of climate change in boosting hurricane intensity is a matter for debate among the researchers who watch the water and the clouds and work to figure out what makes the worst storms so furious.

Carbon Market

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GE CEO Sees 'Green' Unit Growing Faster   [archive]
from Reuters, 5/25/2007
General Electric Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt said his "green" ecomagination unit is on track to "blow away" its 2010 sales target of $20 billion as demand for environmental products and services surges.

Do You Have That in Green?  [archive]
by Angela Moore, MarketWatch, 5/25/2007
The environment is a growing concern for retailers across the country as they feel pressure to cut energy use, curb carbon emissions and slash waste.

Mayor Plans an All-Hybrid Taxi Fleet  [archive]
by Ray Rivera, New York Times, 5/23/2007
Replacing the New York City’s 13,000 yellow cabs, more than 90 percent of which are Crown Victorias, with hybrid vehicles would have the same impact on air quality as removing 32,000 privately owned vehicles from the road.

Carbon Offset Market Raises Questions  [archive]
by Allison Linn, MSNBC, 5/22/2007
The growing retail market for carbon offsets, which is largely unregulated, also is raising questions among environmentalists who say not all offsets are created equal.

Politics/Legislation

US 'Opposes' G8 Climate Proposals  [archive]
from BBC, 5/26/2007
The US appears to have rejected draft proposals by Germany for G8 members to agree tough measures in greenhouse gas emissions, leaked documents have shown.

U.S. House Speaker Embarks on 4 Days of Climate Talks in Europe  [archive]
from AP, 5/26/2007
Pelosi, a California Democrat, and seven other House members left Saturday for meetings with scientists and politicians in Greenland, Germany and Belgium on ways to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

A Carbon-Neutral House?  [archive]
by Lindsey Layton, Washington Post, 5/25/2007
A plan by the House to become carbon-neutral by the end of this Congress calls for dropping coal from the fuel mix burned at the Capitol Power Plant to heat and cool House buildings.

Sprawl Clashes with Warming in California  [archive]
by Mark Martin, San Francisco Chronicle, 5/27/2007
California's pioneering push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is colliding with one of the state's most ingrained legacies: urban sprawl.