Growth in Carbon Emissions Slows  [archive]
by Gerard Wynn, Reuters, 9/4/2007
Growth in global emissions of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas carbon dioxide slowed slightly last year, preliminary data from the U.S. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (the primary source of climate-change data for the U.S. Department of Energy) suggest.

NOAA Scientists Say Arctic Ice Melting Faster Than Expected  [archive]
by Doug Struck, Washington Post, 9/7/2007
The Arctic ice cap is melting faster than scientists had expected and will shrink 40 percent by 2050 in most regions, with grim consequences for polar bears, walruses and other marine animals, according to government researchers.

Warming Is Seen as Wiping Out Most Polar Bears  [archive]
by John M. Broder and Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, 9/7/2007
Two-thirds of the world’s polar bears will disappear by 2050, even under moderate projections for shrinking summer sea ice caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, government scientists reported on Friday.

Science

Global Warming May Cancel Next Ice Age [archive]
by Angrea Thompson, LiveScience/FOX News, 9/10/2007
The effects of burning fossil fuels today will extend long beyond the next couple of hundred years, possibly delaying the onset of Earth's next ice age, more properly called a glacial period, says researcher Toby Tyrrell of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.

Carbon Market

EU Carbon Price Forecast Remains Elusive  [archive]
by Gerard Wynn, Reuters, 9/6/2007
Policymakers and industry view carbon prices as a vital weapon against climate change, by penalizing greenhouse gas emissions, but for all that analysts are struggling to agree on what the price will be next year.

Vatican Agrees to a Carbon Offset Scheme  [archive]
by Elisabeth Rosenthal, International Herald Tribune, 9/3/2007
The Vatican, which has recently made an effort to go green on its own by installing solar panels, has decided to set an example by offsetting its carbon emissions.

Can You Buy a Greener Conscience?  [archive]
by Alan Zarembo, Los Angeles Times, 9/2/2007
An investigative piece providing an overview of the carbon offsets markets, looking into the doubts about whether it has any effect.

Prices Diverge in Nascent VER Trade  [archive]
from CarbonPositive, 9/7/2007
Trading of standardised Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs) on voluntary carbon market exchanges continues to expand with recent records set on the leading Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and new exchanges opening up around the world.

Politics/Legislation

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Can the World Improve on Kyoto?  [archive]
by Bryan Walsh, TIME, 9/5/2007
APEC — made up of 21 nations bordering the Pacific, including big carbon emitters like the U.S., China, Russia and Japan — will consider long-term "aspirational goals" on reducing carbon emissions.

New Forecast for Climate Debate  [archive]
by Jeffrey Ball, Wall Street Journal, 9/4/2007
A consensus that the world should pursue vastly bigger cuts in fossil-fuel emissions is likely to emerge from a flurry of global-warming diplomacy in coming weeks.

Pacific Rim Nations Adopt Nonbinding Emissions Targets  [archive]
by Tim Johnston, New York Times, 9/9/2007
At the top of the agenda at this year’s meeting of the Pacific Rim group — whose 21 countries include the United States, China, Russia, Australia and Indonesia — were global warming and the stalemate that has paralyzed the trade talks that began in Doha, Qatar, in 2001. On both fronts, there was only limited success.

Carbon Dating  [archive]
by Brian Wingfield, Forbes, 9/6/2007
Companies that emit greenhouse gases, listen up. While policymakers won't say if or when a tax on carbon emissions might take effect, the market has a date in mind: 2012.

German Environment Minister Aims to Penalise Car-Makers for High C02 Emissions  [archive]
from AFX News/Forbes, 9/3/2007
German environment minister Sigmar Gabriel has threatened to penalise car-makers from 2012 onwards if they do not lower their vehicles' carbon dioxide emissions to future EU-wide limits.