Climate Change Threatens World Food Production, Says New Study  [archive]
by Rosanne Skirble, Voice of America, 9/13/2007
Experts say that if industrial emissions continue to rise as predicted, the warming temperatures, increased rainfall, droughts and floods resulting from global warming threaten to disrupt farming systems around the world, with developing nations expected to fare the worst.

Tuvalu About to Disappear into the Ocean  [archive]
from Reuters, 9/13/2007
The tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu on Thursday urged the rest of the world to do more to combat global warming before it sinks beneath the ocean.

Ancient Records Help Test Climate Change  [archive]
by Bradley S. Klapper, AP, 9/16/2007
Diaries of day-to-day weather details from the age before 19th-century standardized thermometers are proving of great value to scientists who study today's climate.

Science

Ancient Shells Harden Link Between Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases  [archive]
by David Biello, Scientific American, 9/12/2007
The effects of burning fossil fuels today will extend long beyond the next couple of hundred years, possibly delaying the onset of Earth's next ice age, more properly called a glacial period, says researcher Toby Tyrrell of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.

Mathematics of Ice to Aid Global Warming Forecasts  [archive]
from ScienceDaily, 9/11/2007
Mathematicians have arrived at a new understanding of how salt-saturated ocean water flows through sea ice, discovery that promises to improve forecasts of how global warming will affect polar icepacks.

Climate Change at the Bottom of the Sea  [archive]
by Brandon Keim, WIRED News, 9/10/2007
A changing climate is going to affect many animals, but aren't creatures living at the bottom of the ocean in volcanically superheated waters immune to what happens above? Maybe not, say scientists.

Carbon Market

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Refinery, State Agree on Greenhouse Gas Offsets  [archive]
by Steve Geissinger, Mercury News, 9/12/2007
Attorney General Jerry Brown and ConocoPhillips officials said Tuesday that they had agreed to a precedent-setting global warming reduction plan to offset greenhouse gases that would result from expanding an East Bay oil refinery.

UK Trials Personal Carbon Trading  [archive]
from CarbonPositive, 9/12/2007
Five thousand Britons will trial a personal carbon trading scheme on energy use for households and individuals starting in November. They will each be assigned a personal carbon dioxide cap and associated credits based on personal emissions data now being compiled in a database.

Japan CO2 Emissions Credits Trade at Average $10.60/T  [archive]
from Reuters, 9/12/2007
Carbon dioxide emission credits traded in Japan at an average of 1,212 yen ($10.61) per tonne in the 17 months ended Aug. 31, the Environment Ministry said. This was the first time Japan has announced detailed prices of these trades.

Norway Government Enters Carbon Credit Market with 200 Million nkr of Funds  [archive]
from AFX News/Forbes, 9/12/2007
The Norwegian government said it will enter the carbon trading markets for the first time and has dedicated up to 200 mln nkr in funds to acquire credits this year.

Politics/Legislation

Waiting for the EPA  [archive]
from the Washington Post, 9/16/2007
A federal judge in Vermont has decided in favor of that state's emissions standards, which are modeled on California's. But none of this will mean a thing unless the EPA grants California a waiver, which the agency seems in no rush to do.

Climate Change's Great Divide  [archive]
by Deborah Solomon, 9/12/2007
A summary of the debate over whether to institute a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system:"Lawmakers Favor Carbon Caps, Trading; Economists Prefer a Tax."

U.S. Resource Management Agencies Unprepared for Climate Change  [archive]
from Environment News Service (ENS), 9/10/2007
Federal agencies have not made climate change a priority, and the agencies' strategic plans do not address climate change, according to a new report by the investigative branch of the U.S. Congress.

Governors Seek Action on Global Warming  [archive]
from AP, 9/13/2007
Governors want to expand state regulation of greenhouse gases in hopes of increasing pressure for federal action on global warming, the chairman of the National Governors Association said Wednesday.