Global Warming Washing Away Entire Communities [archive]
by Lee Dye, ABC News Commentary, 9/20/2006
Kivalina, Alaska is one of an estimated 200 villages in the far North that are fighting for survival, and at least three, including this historic community, may be lost within the next decade. The reasons are many, but a growing body of research suggests that global warming is at least partly to blame. There is less ice along the Arctic coastline because of warming ocean temperatures, and thus, less protection from relentless winter storms that undermine the coastal area.

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2006: The Year of Climate Change [archive]
by Rob Davis, Voice of San Diego, 9/18/2006
This editorial calls the year 2006 as the turning point in history at which the global denial regarding climate change is finally crumbling, and global warming is moving toward the forefront of our global conscience.

Science

Earth Headed for Warmest Temps in a Million Years [archive]
by Clayton Sandell and Bill Blakemore, ABC News, 9/25/2006
In a recently released report, the U.S. government's top climate scientist claims that in about 45 years, temperatures on Earth will be hotter than at anytime during the past one million years.

Carbon Market

California Climate Registry Seeks National Expansion [archive]
by Timothy Gardner, Reuters, 9/18/2006
The California Climate Action Registry, which companies use to attempt to secure credit for voluntarily cutting greenhouse gas emissions ahead of laws limiting them, is seeking to expand in the United States.

Carbon Credit Exchange Opens in Asia, (ACT) Asian Carbon Trade Exchange [archive]
Press Release from Asian Carbon Trade, 9/19/2006
After months of extensive research and development the Asian Carbon Trade Exchange (ACT) has announced that they have finalized the structuring of their Trading Participation Platform membership plans. Investors, SME's and individuals who enroll by purchasing a TPP Membership Plan are enabled to buy and sell carbon, environmental, energy and resource credits in the fast growing global markets.

Climate Exchange Merges with Chicago Exchange [archive]
Chicago Climate Exchange Press Release, 8/22/2006
Climate Exchange PLC said it will acquire the 60 % of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc (CCX) that it does not already own for $6.2 million cash plus shares.

AIG Exec: Carbon Tax Coming [archive]
by Steve Hargreaves, CNN Money, 9/21/2006
An executive at American International Group has said that he believes a tax on carbon emissions is coming to the U.S.--and that it's time to start making investment decisions with this prediction in mind.

Politics/Legislation

Gore Calls for Immediate Freeze on Heat-Trapping Gas Emissions [archive]
by Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, 9/19/2006
Former Vice President Al Gore has called for a popular movement in the United States to seek an “immediate freeze” in heat-trapping smokestack and tailpipe gases linked by most scientists to global warming.

White House Outlines Global Warming Fight [archive]
by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 9/21/2006
The Bush administration has laid out a long-term "strategic plan" for using technology to curb the impact of global warming, reiterating its position that basic scientific research and voluntary actions can curb greenhouse gases linked to climate change. Critics are not satisfied.

California AG Sues Automakers over Vehicle Emissions [archive]
from San Jose Mercury News, 9/20/2006
California's attorney general is suing the six largest U.S. and Japanese automakers for damages related to greenhouse gas emissions.

Schwarzenegger, Bloomberg to Work Together on Global Warming [archive]
Associated Press, 9/21/2006
Saying they can't wait for Washington to act on global warming, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday they will collaborate on efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.