NASA Study: Eastern U.S. to Get Hotter  [archive]
by Seth Borenstein, AP, 5/10/2007
Future eastern United States summers look much hotter than originally predicted with daily highs about 10 degrees warmer than in recent years by the mid-2080s, a new NASA study says.

China Warns Over Climate Change  [archive]
By Daniel Griffiths, BBC, 5/10/2007
The Chinese authorities have announced that the country is likely to be hit by more adverse weather this year than at any time in the past decade.

How to Cool the World  [archive]
from The Economist, 5/10/2007
Analysis from The Economist of the the IPCC's fourth assessment report, with particular regard to the most likely "solutions," including taxes.

Science

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Seeding the Ocean to Capture Carbon [archive]
by Martin LaMonica, Cnet, 5/10/2007
Later this month, a crew from a company called Planktos will head for waters near the Galapagos Islands to see whether lowly plankton have a role in mitigating climate change.

Carbon Market

Sale of Carbon Credits Helping Land-Rich, but Cash-Poor, Tribes   [archive]
by Jim Robbins, New York Times, 5/8/2007
The market for carbon credits promises to be a boon for some land-rich but cash-poor tribes. Selling carbon sequestration credits early in the growth of a forest lets the tribe realize some money more quickly, rather than waiting for decades for the harvest.

New Zealand Has New Carbon Trading Plan  [archive]
by Ray Lilley, AP, 5/8/2007
New Zealand will introduce a carbon emissions trading system by mid-2008 that will have a "negligible" impact on economic growth, the government announced Tuesday.

Clean Power that Reaps a Whirlwind  [archive]
by Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 5/9/2007
The Clean Development Mechanism has raised billions of dollars from rich countries and transferring them to poor countries to curb the emission of global warming gases. However, some of the poorest countries are being left out.

Green-tech Pros Eye Cash in Carbon  [archive]
by Martin LaMonica, 5/9/2007
The first electric vehicles to roll off Phoenix Motorcars' manufacturing lines will have a hidden, but potentially lucrative, asset embedded in them: they will generate "zero-emission credits" from the state of California that could add up to serious money for the start-up if it can sell those credits to bigger automakers.

Politics/Legislation

U.N. Urges Climate Action  [archive]
by Alister Doyle, Reuters, 5/9/2007
The United Nations urged far tougher action to fight global warming on Monday at a 166-nation conference split over how far to trumpet bleak U.N. climate reports that outline rising risks.

Kyoto: The Next Generation  [archive]
by Paul Sussman, CNN, 5/9/2007
This week marks the start of a two-week meeting in Bonn, Germany, of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate, where 1700 diplomats, scientists and NGOs from 166 countries will attempt to start hammering out draft proposals for moving Kyoto forward into a second commitment period.

GM Joins Climate Group Calling for U.S. Carbon Cap  [archive]
by Kim Chapman, Bloomberg, 5/8/2007
General Motors Corp. will become the first U.S. automaker to join a coalition of companies calling on Congress and President George W. Bush to support a mandatory nationwide cap on global-warming pollution.

Global Warming Issue Heats up on Capitol Hill  [archive]
from Reuters, 5/10/2007
The topic has been a top-tier issue in Congress since Democratic leaders took over in January, including members of a new committee dedicated to energy independence and climate change.

Japan Pledges $100 Million to Fight Global Warming  [archive]
from AP, 5/7/2007
Japan pledged $100 million in grants to the Asian Development Bank on Sunday to combat global warming and promote greener investment in the region and called for a stronger international agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions.