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  • December 2007

    • Brown Orders Britons to Think Green

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 22, 07 1:43 PM CST

      Brown Orders Britons to Think Green

      (Newser) - British PM Gordon Brown has told his ministers to count the cost of global warming—literally. For each ton of carbon a new project emits, the UK will tack on a “carbon price" to account for climate costs. The move will prove a boon to carbon-free energy sources like nuclear power, and affect policies ranging from housing to new roads to airport expansions, the Guardian reports.  More »

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      Great Britain  • climate change  • global warming  • Gordon Brown  • carbon emissions  • nuclear power

    • Bali Eco Summit Nears Collapse

      Reuters  |  Dec 13, 07 4:00 AM CST

      Bali Eco Summit Nears Collapse

      (Newser) - A face-off between American and European environment officials has pushed the Bali climate change talks to the breaking point, with United Nations officials warning that the summit could collapse "like a house of cards." Delegates in Bali are sharply divided over the guidelines for the next two years of formal talks on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which will establish new carbon caps for industrial nations. More »

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      climate change  • United Nations  • United States  • European Union  • carbon emissions  • Portugal  • Kyoto Protocol  • Bali

    • UN Chief Issues Urgent Plea for Warming Battle Plan

      Reuters  |  Dec 12, 07 3:55 AM CST

      UN Chief Issues Urgent Plea for Warming Battle Plan

      (Newser) - Citing a "desperate urgency," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon environmental ministers from over 120 nations to forge a new battle plan against climate change by 2009. The new treaty would attempt to improve on the Kyoto Protocol by including every country, and serve as a "roadmap to a more secure climate future," said Ban, who called such action the "moral challenge of our generation." More »

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      global warming  • United Nations  • United States  • carbon emissions  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Kyoto Protocol  • Bali

    • Aussies Take the Lead at Climate Talks

      BBC  |  Dec 3, 07 5:13 AM CST

      Aussies Take the Lead at Climate Talks

      (Newser) - Australia won a standing ovation today at the first day of climate talks in Bali as it approved the Kyoto Protocol to cut pollution. Australia's vote now leaves the US the only developed nation not to back the pact. The Kyoto Protocol calls for industrialized nations to cut emissions below 1990 levels. President Bush has insisted that climate change must occur “in a way that does not undermine economic growth." More »

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      climate change  • Australia  • carbon emissions  • Indonesia  • Bali

  • November 2007

    • Climate Time Bomb Ticking, UN Says

      Reuters  |  Nov 27, 07 5:42 PM CST

      Climate Time Bomb Ticking, UN Says

      (Newser) - Global warming will wreak devastation on economies and living standards around the world within 10 years unless nations take steps now to curb carbon emissions, a UN report warns. The report, the latest in a series of dire warnings from international agencies, is intended to spur action at next month's UN climate summit in Bali, Reuters reports. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • United Nations  • carbon emissions  • greenhouse gases

    • Program Tracks Web's CO2 Emissions

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Nov 16, 07 5:43 PM CST

      Program Tracks Web's CO2 Emissions

      (Newser) - If you're reading this, you're contributing to climate change. That's the message of two PhD students who have created a widget to calculate how much carbon dioxide Web sites generate. Operators can download and install the free program on their sites and then buy an equivalent amount of carbon offsets, reports the San Jose Mercury News . More »

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      Internet  • climate change  • global warming  • carbon emissions  • software  • widget

    • Site Ranks Power-Plant Polluters

      Mother Jones  |  Nov 15, 07 11:30 AM CST

      Site Ranks Power-Plant Polluters

      (Newser) - A study of power-plant emissions names Australia as the lead polluter per capita in a field crowded with competition, Mother Jones reports. Aussie power plants produce 11 tons of carbon dioxide per person annually; American plants generate nine. The US produces the most cumulative emissions, though developing giants China and India are closing in despite low per-capita output. More »

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      carbon emissions  • air pollution  • carbon footprint

    • Green Activists Bash BA for 'Ghost Flights'

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 13, 07 12:28 PM CST

      Green Activists Bash BA for 'Ghost Flights'

      (Newser) - Like most airlines, British Airways says it wants to cut carbon emissions to head off global warming. But BA is flying dozens of planes across the Atlantic without any passengers as a tactic to maintain lucrative time slots at London's airport, the Telegraph reports. Environmentalists have bashed the airline for its "ghost flights"—at least six in the past 10 days. More »

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      carbon emissions  • British Airways

  • October 2007

    • Oceans Are Absorbing Less CO2

      BBC  |  Oct 21, 07 9:19 AM CDT

      Oceans Are Absorbing Less CO2

      (Newser) - Oceans are absorbing half the CO2 they were in the mid-'90s, according to a study that collected more than 90,000 North Atlantic measurements over 10 years. Oceans typically absorb about a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions, but the new data suggest they're becoming “saturated,” which a BBC analyst says would “leave all our emissions to warm the atmosphere.” More »

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      climate change  • carbon emissions  • Al Gore  • ocean  • carbon dioxide  • Atlantic Ocean  • carbon sinks

    • In Europe, Cars Go the Way of Cigarettes

      Times (UK)  |  Oct 20, 07 9:31 AM CDT

      In Europe, Cars Go the Way of Cigarettes

      (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 »

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      European Union  • auto industry  • Europe  • carbon emissions  • carbon footprint

  • September 2007
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