Warming is Major Threat to Humans, EPA Warns  [archive]
by David A. Fahrenthold and Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 7/20/2008
Climate change will pose "substantial" threats to human health in the coming decades, the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday -- issuing its warnings about heat waves, hurricanes and pathogens just days after the agency declined to regulate the pollutants blamed for warming.

Greenhouse Gases Could Spark Fires in West   [archive]
by James Kay, San Francisco Chronicle, 7/20/2008
California has been hit by 2,000 fires this year, and climate scientists are predicting that the situation will worsen as temperatures rise.

Gore Sets Energy Goal for 2018   [archive]
from AP/The Boston Globe, 7/18/2008
Former Vice President Al Gore challenged Americans yesterday to switch all of the nation's electricity production to wind, solar, and other carbon-free sources within 10 years, a goal that he said would solve global warming as well as economic and natural security crises caused by dependence on fossil fuels.

Science

Wetlands Could Unleash "Carbon Bomb"   [archive]
by Deborah Zaborenko, 7/20/2008
The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming "carbon bomb" if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said on Sunday.

Sun Could Cause 15% to 20% of Climate Change, Researcher Says  [archive]
from ScienceDaily, 7/18/2008
Global warming is mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activities; however, current climatic variations may be affected “around 15% or 20%” by solar activity, according to Manuel Vázquez, a researcher from the Canary Islands’ Astrophysics Institute.

Fragile Antarctic Marine Life Pounded by Icebergs: Biodiversity Suffering  [archive]
from ScienceDaily, 7/18/2008
Antarctic worms, sea spiders, urchins and other marine creatures living in near-shore shallow habitats are regularly pounded by icebergs. New data suggests this environment along the Antarctic Peninsula is going to get hit more frequently. This is due to an increase in the number of icebergs scouring the seabed as a result of shrinking winter sea ice.

Carbon Market

Texas Approves a $4.93 Billion Wind-Power Project [archive]
by Kate Galbraith, New York Times, 7/19/2008
Texas regulators have approved a $4.93 billion wind-power transmission project, providing a major lift to the development of wind energy in the state. The planned web of transmission lines will carry electricity from remote western parts of the state to major population centers like Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio.

New York's Yellow Cabs to Go Green [archive]
from Reuters, 7/16/2008
New York City's yellow taxi fleet now will go green at the rate of 300 new hybrid cars a month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday, citing an agreement with car-makers to supply the fuel-light cabs.

Politics/Legislation

California Raises Standards for Green Buildinggs  [archive]
by Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times, 7/18/2008
California issued new building standards Thursday, which state officials said would push developers to reduce the energy use of buildings by 15% and target a 50% reduction in water for landscaping.

Britain Admist It Will Miss 2010 C02 Target  [archive]
by Jeremy Lovell, Reuters, 7/18/2008
The British government admitted on Thursday what experts have been saying for some time -- that it will miss by a large margin its own target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent from 1990 levels by 2010.

U.S. Unveils Plan to Bury Climate-Warming Carbon  [archive]
by Deborah Zaborenko, Reuters, 7/15/2008
The United States unveiled plans on Tuesday to bury climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions deep underground to keep the greenhouse gas from further heating up the atmosphere.