Emissions Fell Slightly in the EU During '05  [archive]
by Elisabeth Rosenthal, International Herald Tribune, 6/13/2007
Greenhouse gas emissions from the European Union dropped slightly in 2005, the latest year for which full data is available, the European Environment Agency is reporting.

College Leaders Push for Carbon Neutrality  [archive]
by Claudia H. Deutsch, New York Times, 6/13/2007
The list of universities and colleges putting up green buildings, buying alternative energy and otherwise shelling out money to green their campuses gets longer every day. And at a recent press conference in Washington, many of them put their mouths where their money is.

A Sacred River Endangered by Global Warming  [archive]
by Emily Wax, Washington Post, 6/17/2007
In India, climate change could throw into turmoil something many devout Hindus thought was immutable: their most intimate religious traditions. The Gangotri glacier is shrinking at a rate of 40 yards a year.

A Climate Culprit in Darfur  [archive]
by Ban Ki Moon in the Washington Post, 6/17/2007
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s op-ed article tracing the vicious ethnic conflict in Darfur to a drought that was caused “at least in part from climate change.”

Science

Warming in the Arctic? Blame the Snow. The Dirty Snow, That Is.  [archive]
by Henry Fountain, New York Times, 6/12/2007
Building on research from earlier in the decade, scientists at the University of California, Irvine, have calculated the warming effect of soot falling on Arctic snow. And the result may come as a surprise: in the Arctic, dirty snow may be responsible for more warming than greenhouse gases.

Global Warming is Speeding Up Ocean Waves  [archive]
from NewScientist, 6/12/2007
Gigantic ocean waves, spanning hundreds of kilometres from crest to crest, have been speeding up thanks to global warming, a new model suggests.

Carbon Capture and Storage to Combat Global Warming Examined  [archive]
from ScienceDaily, 6/12/2007
While solar power and hybrid cars have become popular symbols of green technology, Stanford researchers are exploring another path for cutting emissions of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas that causes global warming.

Carbon Market

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U.S. Demand for Voluntary C02 Credits Grows: Investor  [archive]
by Neil Chatterjee, Boston Globe, 6/14/2007
Demand has grown in the United States from companies looking to buy greenhouse gas credits, either to look greener or ahead of potential emissions caps, said an executive at carbon project developer Ecosecurities.

The Inconvenient Truth About the Carbon Offset Industry  [archive]
by Nick Davies, The Guardian (UK), 6/17/2007
In the concluding part of a major investigation, Nick Davies claims that greenhouse gas credits "do little or nothing to combat global warming."

AEP to Support Largest Agricultural Carbon Offset Program in U.S.   [archive]
AEP News Release, 6/14/2007
American Electric Power announced an agreement with an affiliate of Environmental Credit Corp. (ECC) to purchase approximately 4.6 million carbon credits between 2010 and 2017 generated from capturing methane on livestock farms.

Only Action Will Save Carbon Markets  [archive]
by Chris Huhne, Financial News Online US, 6/18/2007
Environmentalists are sceptical about whether emissions trading schemes can deliver.

Politics/Legislation

Reinventing Kyoto  [archive]
Opinion from the Los Angeles Times, 6/11/2007
This piece from the LA Times argues that rather than developing a completely new international treaty, the better approach is to "fix what's really wrong with Kyoto."

Hot Air is Not Enough  [archive]
by David G. Victor, Newsweek, June 2007
Pessimism about stopping global warming is leading some scientists to wonder out loud if it is possible through "geoengineering" to force the Earth to cool.

Southern Baptists Take on Global Warming  [archive]
by Eric Gorski, AP, 6/13/2007
Southern Baptists weighed a resolution on global warming Wednesday that questions the prevailing scientific belief that humans are largely to blame for the phenomenon and also warns that increased regulation of greenhouse gases will hurt the poor.

Norway, UK Subsea C02 Storage Plans Gain Momentum  [archive]
by Wojciecj Moskwa, Reuters, 6/15/2007
Britain and Norway said on Friday their efforts to bury carbon dioxide emissions under the North Sea have gained momentum, although progress is hampered by rules on marine waste dumping and EU limits on state aid.