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Floating Arctic Ice Shrinking at Record Rate  [archive]
by Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, 8/9/2007
The area of floating ice in the Arctic has shrunk more than in any summer since satellite tracking began in 1979, and it has reached that record point a month before the annual ice pullback typically peaks, experts said.

World's First Carbon-Free City  [archive]
by Susanna Hammer, Business 2.0/CNN, 8/6/2007
The 3.7-square-mile city, called Masdar, will cut its electricity bill by harnessing wind, solar, and geothermal energy, while a total ban on cars within city walls will reduce smog.

It Takes Deep Pockets to Fight Global Warming  [archive]
by Michael Fitzgerald, New York Times, 8/12/2007
This piece explores the various sources and likelihoods of different types of funding that might go to global warming mitigation projects in the coming years.

Earth Headed for Record-Setting Heat After 2009, Study Says  [archive]
by John Lauerman, Bloomberg, 8/9/2007
The Earth is headed for a record- setting heat wave after 2009, a team of U.K. climate experts said in the first such report based on observations from recent years.

Science

New Technology Would Store Carbon Underground  [archive]
by James Kanter, International Herald Tribune, 8/6/2007
In Germany, a team of researchers is attempting to store carbon dioxide in a half-mile-deep sandstone shaft.

Soot Added to Arctic Warming, Report Says  [archive]
by Alison Williams, Los Angeles Times, 8/11/2007
Soot from coal-burning factories in northeastern United States may have been the most important factor in the warming of the Arctic region during the first half of the 20th century, U.S. researchers reported Friday.

Researchers Work to Track North American Climate Change  [archive]
from Iowa State University/ScienceDaily, 8/7/2007
Gene Takle is working with Bill Gutowski, an Iowa State professor of geological and atmospheric sciences, and Ray Arritt, an Iowa State professor of agronomy, to find some answers about regional climate change.

1934 and All That  [archive]
from RealClimate, 8/10/2007
A blog posting discussing the repercussions of slight data inconsistencies in NASA's GISTEMP analysis.

Carbon Market

EU Carbon Price Could Crash Again: Report  [archive]
from Reuters, 8/9/2007
The price to emit the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide faces a repeat of its price crash last year on the European Union's carbon trading scheme, said a report by a London-based group opposed to closer EU political integration. The report was attacked by some carbon market participants and lobbyists.

EU Carbon Settles After Volatile Run  [archive]
from Carbon Positive, 8/9/2007
Benchmark EUA prices are hovering around the €20 mark in early August, with little driving the market as a volatile run ends and the summer-holiday lull arrives.

Rural Biogas, Global Carbon Market  [archive]
from WorldChanging, 8/8/2007
A renewable energy project in the North Kolar district of Karnataka, South India, has helped villagers adopt clean energy solutions while also generating emissions credits.

Indonesian Proposal: Pay Us Not to Chop Down Our Trees  [archive]
by Tom Wright, Wall Street Journal, 8/10/2007
By setting aside a portion of the earmarked land for conservation, Barnabas Suebu--the governor of Papua--believes Papua could attract companies who wish to gain carbon credits.

Survey: 84% of Travellers Will Consider Offsetting Emissions  [archive]
from Travel Daily News, 8/9/2007
Lonely Planet’s annual Travellers’ Pulse survey, which polled over 24,500 people worldwide, showed 84% said they would consider offsetting their emissions, where only 31 percent had done so in the past.

Politics/Legislation

Warming Draws Evangelicals Into Environmentalist Fold  [archive]
by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 8/8/2007
The conversion to environmentalism of many Evangelists is the result of a years-long international campaign by British bishops and leaders of major U.S. environmental groups to bridge a long-standing divide between global-warming activists and American evangelicals.

The Crisis Under the Ice  [archive]
by Jeremy Rifkin, Los Angeles Times, 8/9/2007
Geologists think that 25% of Earth's undiscovered oil and gas may be embedded in the rock under the Arctic Ocean. No wonder Norway, Canada and Denmark are all using the continental-shelf argument to claim the Arctic seabed as an extension of their own sovereign territories.

Smart Metering Could Throttle Carbon  [archive]
by Natasha Lomas, Business Week, 8/6/2007
The British government hopes to save energy with utility meters that give automatic real-time readings of consumer use.