Moving Beyond Kyoto  [archive]
by Al Gore in the New York Times, 7/1/2007
In this Op-Ed, Al Gore delivers his now well-known global warming wake-up call. He offers much the same analysis as viewers of "An Inconvenient Truth" will remember, with some updates (including summaries of recent studies).

British Army Chief: Climate Change Could Fuel Conflict and Terror  [archive]
from AP, 6/26/2007
Climate change will increase competition for scarce resources and plunge many into desperate poverty, fanning conflict and terrorism across the world, says Britain's army chief.

Death Rates Will Rise Because of Global Warming  [archive]
from the British Medical Journal on Newswise, 6/26/2007
Global warming will cause more deaths in summer because of higher temperatures but these will not be offset by fewer deaths in milder winters, finds an analysis.

UN Issues Desertification Warning  [archive]
from BBC, 6/28/2007
Tens of millions of people could be driven from their homes by encroaching deserts, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia, a report says.

Science

Sequestering Carbon by Land and Sea [archive]
by Alex Lowe, WorldChanging, 6/25/2007
A short piece calling for further research into geoengineering options, with particular focus on "synthetic trees." Ocean fertilization is mentioned as well.

Greenhouse Gas Burial [archive]
from InderScience, 6/26/2007
Deep coal seams that are not commercially viable for coal production could be used for permanent underground storage of CO2, according to two studies published in Inderscience's International Journal of Environment and Pollution.

Carbon Market

Business Sees Green in Going Green  [archive]
by Kevin Voigt, CNN, 6/30/2007
More companies are leading the charge to develop and invest in environmentally friendly technology -- not just because its good for nature, but it's also good for the bottom line.

EcoSecurities Deal Creates Carbon Millionaire  [archive]
by Chris Wills, Reuters, 6/25/2007
Credit Suisse has taken a 10 percent stake in carbon project developer EcoSecurities Group for 44 million euros, and in so doing has created a carbon millionaire: Pedro Costa.

Why the Market Cannot Solve the Environment Crisis  [archive]
by Tony Iltis, GreenLeft (Australia), 6/29/2007
A critique of carbon markets from an Australian perspective: "the 'solutions' being promoted by the establishment define what is realistic for capitalism, so the need' for big business to remain profitable sets the parameters of what is 'possible.'

Politics/Legislation

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House Passes Bill Affirming Global Warming Exists  [archive]
by Richard Cowan, ABC News, 6/27/2007
By a vote of 272-155, the House approved an environmental funding bill for the fiscal year starting October 1 that would increase federal investments in basic research on climate change and establish a new commission to review scientific questions that need to be addressed.

Treaty Amended to Allow Carbon Burial Off Europe  [archive]
by Alister Doyle, Reuters, 6/28/2007
Governments changed the so-called 1992 OSPAR Convention at a meeting in Ostend, Belgium, so that a ban on "dumping" at sea will not apply to greenhouse gases captured from power plants or factories and then pumped into porous rocks below the seabed.

Feds Working Against CA Emissions Law  [archive]
by Erica Werner, AP, 6/29/2007
EPA employees reportedly called lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans, and said letting California implement its own emissions controls on automakers could create "a patchwork of regulations on vehicle emissions which would have significant impacts on the light truck and car industry."

Poll: Most Americans Want Government to Set Low Carbon Standards  [archive]
from Environment News Service, June 2007
A new national public opinion poll on how to curb climate change shows a majority of Americans prefer to have the government impose standards on energy and fuel companies rather than other policies to reduce the greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.