Financial crisis has lessons for climate fight

Reuters reports that, according to a top carbon expert, 'the world still has the funds and ability to fight climate change and nations should not use the financial crisis to delay policies on tackling global warming' (Photo: New York Times).

"Carbon army" hopes to grab slice of New Deal cash

Reuters reports that 'A growing "carbon army" of environmentalists, bankers and investors has seized on official backing last week for major public spending announced in Britain and the United States' (Photo: Reuters).

China wants rich to pay for cleanup

The Wall Street Journal reports that 'China issued a major policy on climate change Wednesday, acknowledging its own growing contribution to the problem and its increased vulnerability to a warming planet, but arguing that rich nations should pay poorer countries for the giant costs of cleaning up' (Photo: Reuters).

How parked cars could power the future

LiveScience reports that before too long you might actually earn money from parking your car, as stationary electric vehicles could provide electrical storage for the nation's power grid (Photo: CNET).

Bush to loosen power plant pollution controls

"The Bush administration is moving to adopt rules that would loosen pollution controls on power plants, by judging the plants on their hourly rate of emissions rather than their total annual output, people familiar with the matter said," the Wall Street Journal reports.

Risk of disease rises with water temperatures

The Washington Post reports that scientists now believe 'it is a near-certainty that global warming will drive significant increases in waterborne diseases around the world' (Photo: Reuters)

European Nations Seek to Revise Agreement on Emissions Cuts

The New York Times reports that the rising fears 'of a sharp worldwide economic slowdown are threatening a hard-won European plan on climate change that European leaders hoped would set an example for the rest of the world' (Photo: New York Times).

EU steps up battle to halt deforestation by 2030

Reuters reports that 'EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said he wanted to reduce gross tropical deforestation by at least 50 percent by 2020 and halt global forest cover loss by 2030 at the latest'.

Doubt, Anger Over Brazil Dams

The Washington Post reports that 'Brazil's plan to build dams in order to create a new energy source for the growing population is being widely criticized by social and environmental groups for its potential damage to the environment, river residents and nearby indigenous tribes' (Photo: Washington Post).

Green credits potential boon for emissions markets

Reuters reports that, according to the head of a New Zealand-based carbon trading market, 'tradeable credits from saving forests, wetlands and endangered species is set to be a growth area for investors seeking to fight climate change' (Photo: Reuters).

EPA Places Stricter Regulations on Airborne Lead

The Washington Post reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has 'tightened the regulatory limit on airborne lead for the first time in 30 years, lowering the legal maximum to a tenth of what it was on the grounds that it poses a more serious threat to young children than officials had realized' (Photo: Washington Post)

Arctic air temperatures climb to record levels

Reuters reports that 'fall air temperatures have climbed to record levels in the Arctic due to major losses of sea ice as the region suffers more effects from a warming trend dating back decades' (Photo: Reuters).

Regional alliances enlist cap-and-trade approach to curtail greenhouse gases

The Chicago Tribune reports that 'clusters of states on the East and West Coasts and in the Midwest are setting up marketplaces for electric utilities and other companies to buy and sell credits to emit carbon dioxide and other gases responsible for global warming' - an effort that will likely serve as 'blueprints for a national effort to fight climate change'. (Photo: Associated Press)

Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power

The New York Times reports that Native American tribes like the Rosebud Sioux in South Dakota are seeking to claim the wind as their inheritance by 'building turbine farms to harness some of the country’s strongest and most reliable winds' - creating in the process 'a new economic underpinning for the 29,000 tribal members whose per capita annual income is about $7,700, less than a third the national average'. (Photo: New York Times)

Pint-Size Eco-Police

The New York Times reports that, according to experts, there is 'a growing army of “eco-kids” — steeped in environmentalism at school, in houses of worship, through scouting and even via popular culture — who try to hold their parents accountable at home'. (Photo: New York Times)

Economic woes may give planet a breather

Reuters reports that, according to Nobel Prize winning atmospheric scientist Paul J Crutzen, 'a slowdown in the world economy may give the planet a breather from the excessively high carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions responsible for climate change'. (Photo: Reuters)

25% of Wild Mammal Species Face Extinction

The Washington Post reports that, according to a new comprehensive global assessment by '1,700 experts in 130 countries,' 'at least a quarter of the world's wild mammal species are at risk of extinction.' (Photo: Washington Post)

Studies Lift Hopes for Great Lakes Wind Turbine Farms

The Washington Post reports that we may soon see '100,000 wind turbines rising from the Great Lakes off Michigan's shores...producing electricity for the entire Upper Midwest', as 'wind power advocates think a new study by the 'Michigan State University Land Policy Institute' might be 'a starting point for development of the world's first freshwater, offshore wind farms.' (Photo: Reuters)

Feds to mark out polar bear area

USA Today reports that 'the federal government will designate 'critical habitat' for polar bears off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling,' as 'Federal law prohibits agencies from taking actions that may adversely modify critical habitat and interfere with polar bear recovery.' (Photo: Reuters)

Google search for cleaner energy unveiled

Reuters reports that Google 'aims to do for the power grid what it did for the Web' by 'funding green technology and using its brand power to lobby for policy change'. (Photo: Reuters)

U.S. could create 4.2 million green jobs by 2038

Reuters reports that 'the U.S. economy could generate 4.2 million new "green" jobs in the next 30 years, about 10 percent of all the jobs created'. (Photo: Reuters)

Bush's environment program draws fire

Reuters reports that loose regulation, which has been blamed for 'ills ranging from the U.S. financial crisis to imports of tainted Chinese goods, is drawing increasing fire from opponents of the Bush administration's environment program'. (Photo: Reuters)