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Carbon trade or carbon con?
In the carbon market, a good deal for the environment needs to also be a good deal for the bottom line. Vouching for environmental credibility isn't easy: Who verifies the verifiers? Daily Climate. 9 September 2010.
Mining the truth on coal supplies.
A new study seeks to shake up the assumption that use of coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, is bound to continue its inexorable rise. In fact, the authors predict that world coal production may reach its peak as early as next year, and then begin a permanent decline. National Geographic News. 9 September 2010.
Global mining companies are forceful about exporting coal through Northwest ports to China.
While Oregon works to shut its only coal-fired electricity plant and reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions, global mining companies are increasingly bullish about exporting that very same coal through Northwest ports to China. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. 9 September 2010.
China takes lead in clean energy, with aggressive state aid.
Until very recently, Hunan Province was known mainly for lip-searing spicy food, smoggy cities and destitute pig farmers. Now, Changsha and two adjacent cities are emerging as a center of clean energy manufacturing. New York Times. 9 September 2010.
Canada helps create an oil sands world.
Huge unconventional fuel reserves, like oil sands and oil shale, lie untapped worldwide. These emit much more carbon than regular oil, causing green groups to call them climate killers. Most countries lack the necessary capital, technology and expertise to tap them. But Canada is helping to change that. Vancouver Tyee, British Columbia. 9 September 2010.
Shun oilsands, save 'billions': Greenpeace.
Canadians could save billions of dollars while reducing greenhousegas emissions and creating thousands of jobs if the country plots a new energy strategy that turns away from the oilsands industry, says a new report to be released today. Postmedia News. 9 September 2010.
Offshore drilling agency overwhelmed, says report.
The federal agency that regulates offshore drilling rarely conducted unannounced inspections, allowed oil-rig operators to shop around for favorable decisions and gave its inspectors financial incentives for speeding up application approvals, according to an Interior Department report. Wall Street Journal. 9 September 2010.
Fires flare up as Russia pledges better forest protection.
Fresh fires destroyed more than 400 houses in the Siberian region of Altai, officials said, as flames spread across the region's border with the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan. Agence France-Presse. 9 September 2010.
Fighting dirty water is world's new ecological battle.
A primary topic of discussion at a weeklong international water conference here can best be summed up in two words: "dirty water". Inter Press Service. 9 September 2010.
Arctic melt extreme in 2010, again.
The extent of Arctic sea ice is reaching the third-lowest point ever recorded, as the annual summer melt slows. Both the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Route are open, and ships are navigating the once ice-locked channels. Daily Green. 9 September 2010.
Obama's climate image blurs as he nears last half of term.
Nearly two years into Barack Obama's term, the president's climate image has changed. He is no longer a champion to some, and others are astonished at his administration's unenthusiastic support of a climate bill in the Senate this year. It failed without a vote. ClimateWire. 9 September 2010.
Chevron sits out Big Oil's Prop. 23 fight.
In California, big business groups - and even bigger oil companies - are keeping their distance from the Yes on 23 Campaign. For an oil company like Chevron, Prop. 23 might just be bad for the company's image. San Francisco Bay Citizen, California. 9 September 2010.
Calgary scientist develops controversial tools aimed at reducing climate change.
A Calgary researcher has developed two new approaches to the controversial science of geoengineering – a tool its proponents say could one day prevent global warming, but which some environmental groups dismiss as a coverup of political inaction. Postmedia News. 9 September 2010.
Kyoto Protocol to continue past 2012: UN climate chief.
As hopes for any deal on global warming dim at the Cancun meet later this year, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres today made it clear that the Kyoto Protocol will continue post 2012 as a second protocol since it does not have a "sunset" clause. Bombay Economic Times, India. 9 September 2010.
Analyst says carbon market would work here.
The cap-and-trade system of reining in greenhouse gas emissions is working in Europe and would work in Canada as well, says a London-based carbon trading research analyst. Calgary Herald, Alberta. 9 September 2010.
Chu says carbon capture 'will save coal.'
Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Wednesday urged West Virginians not to fear the Obama administration's energy policies and to embrace carbon capture and storage technology as the way to continue burning coal while fighting global warming. Charleston Gazette, West Virginia. 9 September 2010.
'Climate wars' claims disputed.
New research challenges idea that global warming will drive civil unrest. Nature. 9 September 2010.
Extreme weather offers glimpse of future.
Some like it hot, and those who do can stay put in New Jersey. Newsroom Jersey, New Jersey. 9 September 2010.
Study: Irrigation masking global warming.
An important question: How much warming is being hidden by irrigation? United Press International. 9 September 2010.
Report links extreme weather to global heating.
An environmental group pushing clean energy released a report Wednesday connecting 2010's bumper crop of extreme weather events to global warming from greenhouse gases. Those include wildfires in the West, drought-driven smog in Russia and historic floods in Pakistan and the U.S. Minneapolis KARE TV, Minnesota. 9 September 2010.
Greenhouse gases seen leading to more bad weather.
A nonprofit environmental group warned Wednesday that the severe weather that broke through dams and levees and flooded areas in Iowa the past couple of years could be visiting more often because of climate change. Des Moines Register, Iowa. 9 September 2010.
Climate change resulting in wild weather in China.
China has suffered extremely abnormal weather this year as a result of climate change, weather researchers said. Research has also shown that in the past 50 to 60 years, China has experienced more high-temperature-related weather events such as droughts and heavier rainfalls. China Daily. 9 September 2010.
The imperative of battling climate change.
To the rural community, the change in the climate is a matter of life and death, as most still depend on farming and fishing for survival – industries which are very vulnerable to shifts in the weather. Manila Times, Philippines. 9 September 2010.
Civil war in Africa has no link to climate change.
The idea that global warming will increase the incidence of civil conflict in Africa is wrong, according to a new study. What's more, the researchers who previously made the claim now concede that civil conflict has been on the wane in Africa since 2002, as prosperity has increased. New Scientist. 9 September 2010.
NJ weather experts say heat, drought linked to global warming.
It's so dry that frogs and honeybees forage for moisture in the few mud patches left at John Headley's cranberry bog in Eagleswood. Asbury Park Press, New Jersey. 9 September 2010.
Arctic ice melt threatens the iconic narwhal.
The ongoing disintegration of Arctic sea ice cover is posing a particular hazard for the narwhal according to a new U.S. study that details how the slow-moving whale with the spiralled tusk is increasingly threatened by the proliferation of giant ice floes and other changes to the Arctic seascape. Postmedia News. 9 September 2010.
Place turbines in rural areas.
Wind farms could be built in the countryside to “offset” the growth of Cambridge. Cambridge Evening News, United Kingdom. 9 September 2010.
Ikea buys six German wind farms.
Ikea has bought six German wind farms from Gamesa, the Spanish wind turbine group, as part of efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of its worldwide chain of flat-pack furniture stores. London Financial Times, United Kingdom. 9 September 2010.
State OKs big solar project in San Bernardino County.
California energy officials on Wednesday approved the first large-scale solar project in San Bernardino or Riverside counties since the state adopted mandates to reduce global warming. Riverside Press-Enterprise, California. 9 September 2010.
U.N. climate body urged to take lead in gender focus.
Two weeks before the 2010 Millennium Development Goals review summit at the United Nations, concerns are being raised that gender equality is still largely divorced from efforts to address climate change, even though women have a critical role to play in solving – and are often most affected by – the problem. Inter Press Service. 9 September 2010.
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