FEATURED ARTICLE:
Warmest January Ever Recorded Worldwide in 2007: US Scientists  [archive]
from AFP Newsire, 2/16/2007
World temperatures in January were the highest ever recorded for that month of the year, US government scientists said.

Environmentalist Shareholders Criticize 10 Companies  [archive]
by Alan Zibel, AP Business Writer, 2/13/2007
Shareholder activists named 10 U.S. companies as the top laggards in their industries in responding to global warming, arguing they have failed to plan for the possibility of new greenhouse gas regulations that could cost them money.

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Gore Sets Global Warming Concerts on Seven Continents  [archive]
by Kim Chapman and Alan Ohnsman, Bloomberg, 2/15/2007
A group headed by former Vice President Al Gore is planning a single day of concerts on seven continents featuring more than 100 performers, to be called "Live Earth."

A Cool $25 Million for a Climate Backup Plan  [archive]
by John Tierney, New York Times, 2/13/2007
In a hopeful editorial, John Tierney claims that if governments and other moguls throw in more money, the new Virgin Earth Challenge may be the start of competitions that ultimately yield nanobots or microbes capable of gobbling up carbon dioxide.

Science

Oceanic 'Internet' to Track Global Marine Life [archive]
from NewScientist.com News Service, 2/13/2007
Up to one million marine creatures will be tagged to track their movements around the world. The aim is to reveal more about the lives of fish in order to help protect them from overfishing, as well as monitor climate change in the oceans.

CO2 Being Pushed Deep into the Oceans [archive]
from NewScientist.com News Service, 2/12/2007
Atmospheric carbon dioxide is being pushed deeper into the oceans than previously thought, according to researchers. The findings mean the oceans may continue to absorb human emissions of the greenhouse gas more rapidly and for longer.

Carbon Market

Climate Change Drive Interest in Carbon Trading [archive]
from Canadian Press, 2/17/2007
Recent discussion in Canadian government highlight the fact that a carbon market is not too far in the future for North America.

Democratic Candidate Will Try to Cancel Greenhouse Gas Emissions [archive]
from AP, 2/13/2007
Democratic presidential candidate Tom Vilsack will seek to cancel out his campaign's contribution to global warming through investments in "clean" energy. To offset that carbon dioxide production, the campaign will pay a Vermont company, Native Energy, that invests in renewable fuels such as wind power.

Politics/Legislation

Gov. Blagojevich Sets Goal to Dramatically Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissiosn in Illinois  [archive]
from Illinois Government News Network, 2/13/2007
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has announced a statewide goal to slash the production of heat-trapping greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020 and 60 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.

'Testing Time' for EU Climate Policy  [archive]
by David Miliband, Cristina Narbona and Janez Podobnik, 2/18/2007
Written by the Environment Ministers of the UK, Spain and Slovenia, this piece highlights the importance of next Tuesday's meeting of Environment Ministers to coming up with an effective post-Kyoto deal.

Blair, Merkel Call for Climate-Change Summit in May  [archive]
from AP, 2/14/2007
At a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, Angela Merkel and Tony Blair said they agreed to convene an international meeting on climate change in May to prepare for the G8 summit on June 6-8.