Global Warming Talks Leave Few Concrete Goals  [archive]
by Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, 7/10/2008
But behind the congratulatory speeches on Wednesday, some experts said, was a more sobering reality. The documents issued by the participating countries had very few of the concrete goals needed to keep greenhouse gases from growing at their torrid pace, they said.

Why Climate Change Affects Women More Than Men   [archive]
by Rob Edwards, Sunday Herald, 7/14/2008
An international aid agency is highlighting how women around the world are hardest hit by storms, floods and droughts caused by global warming. And it is stepping up pressure on the Scottish government to agree on tough targets to cut the pollution causing the problems.

Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse 'Imminent'   [archive]
by Geoffrey Lean, The Independent 7/13/2008
Scientists are warning that an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Northern Ireland is on the verge of disintegration, even though it is now the middle of the southern hemisphere's winter.

Science

Biofuels and Biodiversity Don't Mix, Ecologists Warn [archive]
from ScienceDaily, 7/10/2008
Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible, ecologists have warned. A new study of the potential ecological impact of various management strategies found that very little can be done to make palm oil plantations more hospitable for local birds and butterflies.

Coral Reefs Face Extinction [archive]
by Bryan Walsh, TIME, 7/11/2008
According to a comprehensive survey by the Global Marine Species Assessment (GMSA) published Thursday in Science, one-third of the more than 700 species of reef-building corals are threatened with extinction. Compare that to a decade ago, when only 2% of corals were endangered.

Carbon Market

Is Carbon Offsetting Pie in the Sky?  [archive]
by Paul Willis, CNN, 7/10/2008
How much real impact can offsetting have on tackling climate change? Or is it just a convenient way for people to assuage their guilt while not having to change their lifestyles? The latter view is shared by many environmentalists, who have compared the growth of offsets with the Catholic Church's practice in the Middle Ages of selling indulgences to get to heaven.

Toyota to Build Prius in US, Slash Truck Output  [archive]
by Soyoung Kim and Poornima Gupta, Reuters, 7/11/2008
Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would start building its Prius hybrid in the United States in 2010 and suspend production of slow-selling big trucks for three months in a sharp reversal of strategy forced by slumping sales and high gas prices.

Big Business Shows Politicians How the Planet Can Be Saved  [archive]
by David King, The Observer, 7/13/2008
As governments haver over the best ways to tackle global warming, private enterprise is forging ahead - and making money.

Politics/Legislation

EPA Seeks Comment on Emissions Rules, Then Discredits Effort  [archive]
by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 7/12/2008
The Bush administration yesterday unveiled but immediately disparaged a proposal to seek public comment on whether the government should regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, declaring at the outset that the proposed approach would be unworkable.

EPA Refuses to Regulate Greenhouse Gases  [archive]
by Felicity Barringer, New York Times, 7/11/2008
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday disavowed any obligation to regulate greenhouse gases under existing law, saying that to do so would involve an “unprecedented expansion” of the agency’s authority that would have “a profound effect on virtually every sector of the economy.”

Hungary Links to Kyoto Emissions Trading Scheme  [archive]
by Michael Szabo, Reuters, 7/11/2008
Hungary successfully linked to a carbon trading scheme under the Kyoto Protocol on Friday, allowing the country to sell government-level emissions permits, a Hungarian ministry spokesperson said.