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Billions Wasted in UN Carbon Program: Study

Most funded projects 'won't reduce emissions'

May 26, 08 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billions of dollars spent to encourage developing nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are being wasted on projects that don't qualify, according to two new studies of the UN's carbon credit program. The Kyoto agreement arranges for wealthy countries unable to meet emission reductions to instead subsidize green energy projects... More »

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United Nations • carbon trading • Kyoto Protocol • green energy • clean energy • Kyoto treaty • carbon emissions

OPINION

 Make Dams and Food,
 Not War and Ethanol 

A dollar of prevention is worth many times that in cure, researcher pleads

May 22, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ethanol is among the "poor solutions to high-profile problems" researcher Bjorn Lomborg blasts in the Wall Street Journal. According to calculations by his Copenhagen Consensus, “carbon mitigation policies” return only 90 cents for every dollar spent; in contrast, he writes, $1 billion spent on tuberculosis would result in... More »

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philanthropy • civil war • food shortage • environmental impact • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • carbon emissions • international aid

EU Will Toughen Car Ads
to Curb Gas Guzzlers

Regulations would require CO2, gas mileage info in every advertisement

May 16, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Car ads in Europe will soon have to highlight gas mileage and carbon dioxide emissions under regulations in the works from the European Union, Der Spiegel reports. EU commissioners hope regulating ads will motivate more Europeans to ditch gas-guzzling models, but manufacturers and media execs aren’t happy. The plan... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • advertising • European Union • CO2 • Volkswagen • auto industry • carbon emissions

 US Classifies
 Polar Bears as
 'Threatened' 

First species to be listed as endangered by global warming

May 14, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 15 months of deliberation, the Interior Department will declare polar bears “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, officials told the AP today. The decision will reportedly cite internal scientific studies which project that melting Arctic ice could nearly wipe out the animals by 2050. More »

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climate change • endangered species • pollution • global warming • Endangered Species Act • polar bear • carbon emissions

ANALYSIS

On Litmus Tests, McCain Won't Always Turn Green

GOP candidate trumpets interest in climate change, but votes can be 'erratic'

May 12, 08 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain might trumpet his climate-change bona fides—and voters might be giving him credit—but the Republican candidate's true green colors are far more mixed, the Washington Post finds in a look at how he treats environmental issues. McCain wants a federal limit on greenhouse-gas emissions, but voted against... More »

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climate change • John McCain • fuel efficiency • Endangered Species Act • carbon emissions

 Airplanes
 Emit More CO2
 Than Thought 

Jets will put 1.5B tons into the air by 2025 — half of EU's current emissions total

May 8, 08 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bad news on the climate-change front: Airplanes are emitting 20% more carbon dioxide than anyone thought. According to a newly disclosed report, they could release 1.5 billion tons a year by 2025—compared to 3.1 billion tons a year now released by all the citizens of the EU,... More »

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climate change • environment • carbon dioxide • air travel • airplane • carbon emissions

 NYT Columnist Pied at Brown 

Activists take issue with Friedman's corporate environmental solutions

Apr 25, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two environmental activists threw cream pies at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman at an Earth Day speech Tuesday at Brown University, the AP reports. Friedman’s speech was about the corporate world's ability to help the environment with schemes such as cap-and-trade for carbon emissions. One of the pie-chuckers,... More »

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cap and trade • environmentalism • Thomas Friedman • Brown University • activists • carbon emissions • cream pie

Thawing Arctic Could Set Off Methane Climate Bomb

Billions of tons of strong greenhouse gas lie on ocean floor

Apr 17, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Climate scientists meeting this week in Vienna are contemplating a terrible prospect—the release of billions of tons of methane gas from the Arctic Ocean, Der Spiegel reports. Methane, 20 times more damaging to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, lies frozen in gas hydrates on the ocean floor, but rising... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • Siberia • atmosphere • methane • Arctic Sea • carbon emissions

Analysis

 Bush Climate Plan 'Too Bad' 

Only carbon caps will turn industry green

Apr 17, 08 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush's new climate change policy announced yesterday is "too little, too slow, too late," writes Bryan Walsh of Time. Bush outlined a plan to gradually rein in the growth of US greenhouse gas emissions by 2025—but rejected mandatory international carbon emissions caps unless they also bind... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • Environmental Protection Agency • renewable energy • George W. Bush • carbon emissions • carbon caps • Joseph Lieberman

 Bush to Unveil
 Greenhouse
 Gas Goals 

Ready with targets, no specifics, ahead of Paris talks

Apr 16, 08 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is expected to propose intermediate goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions today on the eve of climate change negotiations in Paris. The goals won't include proposed legislation or specifics on changes needed to reach the targets, reports the Washington Post. He will also reiterate his opposition to... More »

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China • climate change • greenhouse gases • India • global warming • White House • Environmental Protection Agency • Center for American Progress • climate change legislation • George W. Bush • carbon emissions • Electric Reliability Coordinating Council

Greenies Find God Might Be the Answer

Eco lobby partners
with the pulpit to get through to Congress

Apr 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - How much carbon would Jesus use? Not much, say the religious communities now teaming with environmentalists to lobby Capitol Hill. As a carbon-capping bill approaches the Senate, eco-advocates hope that church partnerships will re-frame the debate, and religious leaders rail against the desecration of divine creation and the suffering of... More »

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Congress • Al Sharpton • Pat Robertson • environmentalism • religion • Vatican • carbon emissions

Gas-Guzzlers Will Cost Londoners $50 a Day

Mayor's move sparks outrage, applause

Apr 3, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a move to make drivers of gas-guzzlers “pay for the environmental damage they cause,” London’s mayor is imposing a CO2 charge: beginning in October, every private vehicle driven in the central city that doesn’t meet tough emissions standards will cost its owners $50 a day,... More »

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London • taxes • gas • Ken Livingstone • SUV • Britain • carbon emissions

States Sue EPA for 'Foot Dragging' on Warming

Coalition aims to force agency to take action on global warming

Apr 3, 08 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - States, cities and environmental groups have teamed up to take on the federal government over global warming, the New York Times reports. The 18-state coalition is aiming to force the EPA to take action in the wake of last year's Supreme Court ruling that the agency should limit vehicle emissions... More »

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greenhouse gases • global warming • Clean Air Act • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • US Supreme Court • emissions standards • carbon emissions

updated

 Cities Dim Lights for Earth 

Australian brainstorm becomes global phenomenon

Mar 29, 08 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cities around the world dimmed their lights for an hour tonight to draw attention to global warming, the AP reports. Sydney, Australia, the city where Earth Hour began a year ago, helped get things started, followed by municipalities around the world at 8 pm. in their time zones. Chicago and... More »

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climate change • Sydney • Earth Hour • carbon emissions

Kite Ship's Maiden Voyage
a Success

Sails allowed cargo vessel to use 20%
less fuel during trip

Mar 20, 08 8:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Environmental concerns might get shipping companies to go back to the future, Earth2Tech.com reports, after a cargo vessel recently used 20% less fuel than normal on a 12,000-mile journey by a kite-like sail. The EU contributed $1.9 million to help rig the Beluga SkySails with the 1,... More »

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shipping • kites • wind power • fuel costs • SkySails • ocean voyages • carbon emissions

 Blair Pitches Global Climate Pact 

Warns change will be irreversible if something isn't done now

Mar 14, 08 3:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair will seek to privately broker a new international agreement to cut carbon emissions by 50% before 2050 that would include China, India and the US, reports the Guardian. Blair has been working on the project with climate change experts since he left office last... More »

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China • climate change • Tony Blair • India • global warming • G8 summit • Yasuo Fukuda • USA • Kyoto treaty • G20 • Climate Change Group • industrialized nations • carbon emissions

Texas Tops US
in CO2 Emissions

Activists fight to clean things up

Feb 29, 08 3:35 PM CST
(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... More »

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environment • agriculture • Texas • renewable energy • air pollution • coal power • oil companies • cattle industry • carbon emissions

Obama Brain Trust's Key 'Ism' Is Pragmatism

Team of behavioral economists bucks convention, ideology

Feb 29, 08 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s brain trust leans heavily on behavioral economics, the New Republic reports, with academics who start small in their analyses—looking at everyday anomalies—and are relatively ideology-free pragmatists. From his top economic adviser to his health-care and Social Security aides, Obama is surrounded not by "big-think... More »

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Barack Obama • nuclear weapons • University of Chicago • Richard Thaler • behavioral ecnonomics • automatic tax return • Austan Goolsbee • carbon emissions

Air Cars Motor Toward US

Potentially gas-free vehicles may be viable zero-emissions option

Feb 26, 08 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A car powered by compressed air and a supplemental fuel source will be available in the US as early as 2010, Popular Mechanics reports. Manufacturer Zero Pollution Motors wants to introduce a $17,800 six-seater, which the company estimates will get 800 to 1,000 miles out of a tank... More »

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hybrid car • Tata Motors • compressed-air powered cars • carbon emissions • cars

Gore to Investors: Ditch Guzzlers

Costs risk market
crash, he warns

Feb 15, 08 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Nobel prize-winner Al Gore yesterday urged financial leaders at a United Nations conference in Manhattan to unload their investments in businesses reliant on carbon-intensive energy. Gore likened such investments to the subprime mortgage market, warning that "the assumption you can safely invest" in business models that assume carbon is... More »

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United Nations • Wall Street • Al Gore • New York • Nobel Prize • subprime crisis • carbon emissions

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