Religions Join Warming Debate [archive]
by Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, 6/8/2007
Some religious leaders have agreed on the need to confront global warming, while others still question the climate change threat.

Crumbling Colusseum? Study Says Climate Change Threatens Europe's Monuments [archive]
by Ariel David, AP/USA Today, 6/7/2007
Increased rains in northern Europe could wash away layer after layer of ancient stone, while rising heat in southern and central Europe could lead age-old monuments to crack and disintegrate, says the EU-funded study by research institutes in seven European countries.

Science

Greening-up the Ocean  [archive]
by Peter Sergo, Scienceline, 6/8/2007
On Planktos voyage: "Environmental business sets sail with hopes of creating a new frontier of ocean carbon storage."

Iron Fertilization of Oceans: A Real Option for Carbon Dioxide Reductions?  [archive]
from ScienceDaily, 6/10/2007
Over the last weeks, commercial efforts have been launched to manipulate a portion of the Pacific Ocean to increase the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by artificially enhancing phytoplankton activity.

Solar Shield Could be Quick Fix for Global Warming  [archive]
by Catherine Brahic, NewScientist, 6/5/2007
A solar shield that reflects some of the Sun's radiation back into space would cool the climate within a decade and could be a quick-fix solution to climate change, researchers say.

Carbon Market

Carbon Trade Scheme 'Is Failing'  [archive]
from BBC, 6/5/2007
The EU's carbon trading scheme has increased electricity bills, given a windfall to power companies and failed to cut greenhouse gases, it is claimed.

Energy Heads Back Carbon Market  [archive]
from BBC, 6/4/2007
Business leaders from the Energy industry have called for global carbon markets to help tackle climate change.

Airlines' Long-Term Goal is Zero Emissions  [archive]
by David Armstrong, San Francisco Chronicle, 6/9/2007
The aviation industry is taking heat from regulators and politicians for its contributions to global warming, and this has created a sense of urgency. Climate change dominated last week's annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association in Vancouver.

Offset Offerings: A Breakdown  [archive]
from The Washington Post, 6/10/2007
A primer on the offset program connected with each of the three major online travel services.

Politics/Legislation

FEATURED ARTICLE:
G8 Climate Deal Signals a Breakthrough  [archive]
by Roger Harrabin, BBC, 6/7/2007
It is full of political wriggle-room, it does not send clear signals for business investment and it offers no certainty that the climate will be saved from irreversible damage - but for all these failings, the G8 summit looks like a breakthrough in the long Euro-American stand-off over climate policy.

Europe vs. Bush on Global Warming  [archive]
by Andrew Purvis, TIME Magazine, 6/4/2007
When it comes to addressing climate change, the U.S. and Europe are like two cars racing toward each other in a game of chicken, according to Hans Joachim Schnellhuber, an adviser on climate issues to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

China Issues Plan on Global Warming, Rejecting Mandatory caps on Greenhouse Gases  [archive]
by Jim Yardley and Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, 6/5/2007
With global warming high on the agenda for the G8, China staked out its position by releasing its first national strategy on climate change, a plan that promises to improve energy efficiency but rejects any mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions.

Democratic Dispute Over Global Warming  [archive]
by Erica Weiner, AP, 6/6/2007
The lawmaker whose bill would block California and other states from regulating tailpipe emissions, Rick Boucher, is standing firm despite opposition from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.