AAP: Two carbon trade projects proposed for Papua New Guinea have been hammered by critics…
Month: August 2010
United States: Pressure Building on Future of 2 Coal-Burning Power Plants
New York Times: Mayor Richard M. Daley has repeatedly billed himself as a green mayor…
Ecuador’s ‘Amazon bonds’: How to raise $3.6bn for doing nothing
Telegraph: The unusual deal is part of a new United Nations initiative to persuade energy-rich…
Canada: Biofuels’ impact hard to gauge, report warns
Canadian Press: The biofuels industry leaves behind a hazy ecological footprint because each facility measures…
Protected ocean areas can’t save coral reefs from climate change, new research shows
Vancouver Sun: The conventional wisdom that marine reserves can save coral reefs from climate change…
Texas to break power use record again due heat: ERCOT
Reuters: After setting an all-time electric use record on Wednesday, the Texas power grid operator…
U.N. climate pact could be three treaties: Mexico
Reuters: A U.N. climate pact to extend or replace the Kyoto Protocol could be a…
Forest carbon needs climate deal: Study
Carbon Positive: Afforestation and reforestation (A/R) activity to restore tree cover, a key component of…
Russia wildfires still spreading – 50 dead
BBC: Russia is still fighting to extinguish nearly 600 wildfires in an emergency that has…
California asks Holder to investigate climate change rollback donor
Associated Press: State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker John Perez have…