Climate-Driven Pest Devours Canada's Forests  [archive]
by Am Johal, IPS/IFEJ, 7/31/2007
Environmentalists and researchers say that climate change is a significant factor in the pine beetle epidemic that has ravaged forests in the western Canadian provinces of British Columbia (BC) and Alberta.

The Truth About Denial  [archive]
by Sharon Begley, Newsweek, August 2007 Issue
The global warming denial machine is running at full throttle—and continuing to shape both government policy and public opinion. Since the late 1980s, this well-coordinated, well-funded campaign by contrarian scientists, free-market think tanks and industry has created a paralyzing fog of doubt around climate change.

Food That Travels Well  [archive]
by James McWilliams, New York Times, 8/6/2007
As far as food miles are concerned, eating local joins recycling, biking to work and driving a hybrid as a realistic way that we can, as individuals, shrink our carbon footprint and be good stewards of the environment.

Science

Visualization of the Global Distribution of Greenhouse Gases Using Satellite Measurements  [archive]
from the Encyclopedia of Earth, 7/31/2007
Thanks to the SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY), onboard the European environmental satellite ENVISAT, information on greenhouse gas concentration is will no longer be limited to large regions.

'Brown Cloud' Particulate Pollution Amplifies Global Warming  [archive]
from the National Science Foundation, 8/1/2007
A new analysis of pollution-filled "brown clouds" over south Asia by researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography offers hope that the region may be able to arrest some of the alarming retreat of such glaciers by reducing its air pollution.

The Shield of Ra: Could Solar Reflection Save the Planet?  [archive]
by Paul Sussman, CNN, 7/31/2007
Part of CNN's "Planet in Peril" series, this piece offers brief takes on the geoengineering options that are being considered.

Frequency of Atlantic Hurricanes Doubled Over Last Century  [archive]
from the National Center for Atmospheric Research/ScienceDaily, 8/1/2007
About twice as many Atlantic hurricanes form each year on average than a century ago, according to a new statistical analysis of hurricanes and tropical storms in the north Atlantic. The study concludes that warmer sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and altered wind patterns associated with global climate change are fueling much of the increase.

Carbon Market

Voluntary Carbon: Volumes Surge, Standards Emerge  [archive]
from Carbon Positive, 7/30/2007
A new report estimates that in 2006 the voluntary carbon market was valued at around $US91 million across its two broad segments. There were 10.3 million tonnes of emission reductions on the Chicago Climate Exchange, the premier marketplace for voluntary carbon trading, and 13.4 mt in direct or ‘over the counter’ (OTC) market.

Carbon Offsets: Four Questions to Ask  [archive]
by Caitlin O'Neil, CNN/Budget Travel, 7/31/2007
A set of questions that one might ask when purchasing air travel offsets: "How are donations used," "are results guaranteed," "is there a seal of approval," and "do you have a pet cause?"

U.S. Tries to Avoid EU's Carbon-Trading Woes  [archive]
by Erica Herrero-Martinez, 7/31/2007
European officials are urging air-pollution authorities in several U.S. states to avoid the problems that have plagued Europe's system for trading carbon-emissions credits since it was set up 2½ years ago.

Jack Bauer's Next Mission: Fighting Global Warming  [archive]
by Eviana Hartman, Washington Post, 8/5/2007
Cool Change, Fox's company-wide program to reduce the network's impact on global warming. As part of that effort, the seventh season of "24" will take steps to reduce and offset the carbon emissions from the show's production, with the goal of having the season finale be entirely carbon-neutral.

Politics/Legislation

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Bush Calls Meeting on Global Warming  [archive]
by Matt Spetalnick, Reuters, 8/3/2007
Bush has invited the European Union, the United Nations and 11 industrial and developing countries to a September 27-28 meeting in Washington to work toward setting a long-term goal by 2008 to cut emissions.

Russian Crew Begins its Deep Arctic Dive  [archive]
by David Holley, Los Angeles Times, 8/2/2007
The Russian expedition, which would be the first to reach the polar sea bottom 2.6 miles below the Arctic Ocean surface, is seen as part of an effort to bolster Russian claims to about 460,000 square miles of sea floor believed to hold lucrative deposits of oil and natural gas.

Senators Map New Plan for Climate Bill  [archive]
by John Heilprin, AP/Washington Post, 8/2/2007
Senators are lining up behind a carbon trading plan to slow global warming, with the aim of cutting 70 percent of U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 2050.

Brazil, Alarmed, Reconsiders Policy on Climate Change  [archive]
by Larry Rohter, New York Times, 7/31/2007
Alarmed at recent indications of climate change here in the Amazon and in other regions of Brazil, the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has begun showing signs of new flexibility in the tangled, politically volatile international negotiations to limit human-caused global warming.

Better Late than Never  [archive]
from The Economist, 7/30/2007
Whatever the reason, India has decided to formulate a policy on climate change. On July 13th Manmohan Singh, the prime minister, chaired the first meeting of a committee picked for the task.

The Power in the Carbon Tax  [archive]
by John Dingell, Washington Post, 8/2/2007
The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Argues for a carbon tax: "This Congress may be able to enact a cap-and-trade system, and other policies to address climate change, only without a carbon fee. Ultimately, though, we're going to have to be more ambitious."