Site Ranks Power-Plant Polluters

(NEWSER) - The California government is preparing to enter into the "forest bank" business in a bid to save woodlands and battle carbon pollution and climate change, reports the Los Angeles Times. The state is expected to roll out a California "cabon market" that may be expanded elsewhere in the West if it works. The program will allow forest owners to sell "carbon credits" saved when they don't log their land. The credits will help offset carbon pollution in upcoming development. More»

No word from Bono on whether or not he's offsetting his emissions

(NEWSER) - U2 is all about “looking after our planet,” as frontman Bono once said—but they’re not practicing what they preach, according to Carbonfootprint.com: The band’s 44 concerts this year are the equivalent of “the four band members traveling the 34.125 million miles from Earth to Mars in a passenger plane” when it comes to carbon emissions, a consultant tells the Belfast Telegraph. More»

EPA brands livestock odor air pollution

(NEWSER) - Farmers' noses are out of joint over proposed regulations that would fine them for their livestock's flatulence, reports AP. Operations with herds over a certain size would be charged per animal to offset the amount of greenhouse gasses contained in their rather voluminous belching and farting, according to the EPA proposal. It could cost an average-sized operation up to $40,000 a year. "Who comes up with this kind of stuff?" asked a spokesman for a farmers association. More»

Activists fight to clean things up

(NEWSER) - Texas—the land of big oil, big agriculture, pickup trucks, wide-open spaces, and little mass transit—not only is the biggest emitter of CO2 among states, it ranks eighth in the world, a new study says. It’s also one of the few states without any climate plan in the works. "Oil companies run the show,” an activist tells Newsweek. More»

Auto advertising to carry warning labels about emissions

(NEWSER) - Carbon health warnings for cars are coming to Europe. Under a European Parliament plan expected to be approved this week, 20% of the space in print car advertising will have to be devoted to cigarette-style warnings about vehicles' carbon emissions and fuel efficiency. The most polluting vehicles will also face penalties of up to $10,000, the Times of London reports. More»