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Before beginning the news I apologize for my absence yesterday, it was a technology problem which I hope is fixed.
Live Earth News - The big day has arrived at last, and after a bit of a scramble Rio is Back; Live Earth show in Rio to go on after ban revoked; along with a bigger event in […]

Live Earth Concert News

MORE THAN 7,000 ‘FRIENDS OF LIVE EARTH’ EVENTS NOW REGISTERED IN 129 COUNTRIES, ALL 50 STATES…AND GROWING. Anyone, anywhere can sign up to host or attend an event in their community at www.friendsofliveearth.org.
Live Earth Adds VeriSign as Wireless Messaging Partner.  The Live Earth SMS campaign is running in 4 global markets — the […]

Live Earth Concert News - The biggest concert event of the year, and maybe even ever, is fast approaching. The 24-hour, 7-continent concert series taking place on 7/7/07, with concerts at Giants Stadium in New Jersey; Wembley Stadium in London; Aussie Stadium in Sydney; Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro; Maropeng at the Cradle of […]

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Renewable Energy News
Sustainable Transportation Technologies
Yahoo Environment News
MSNBC Environment
NPR Environment News
Top Story
More on China World’s Worst CO2 Emitter, from a variety of sources mostly based on the Associated Press release yesterday. First the top quote from this story, which shows why the developed countries have caused this problem.
Top Quote
“All the West has done is export a […]

As stated earlier, I believe in a stick and carrot approach which uses Carbon Taxes combined with Renewable Energy Credits to push industries to adopt carbon mitigation and control, what I call Carbon Storage and Sequestration (CSS); my preferred definition for this CO2 mitigation solution. Most scientists, however talk about CCS (Carbon Capture and Sequestration) which ignores […]

Everyone is talking about CCS today. It is probably the largest contribution that we can quickly make to the fight against GHG. I am amazed how the debate has been spun around by the industry to make it appear that we have to wait a decade or more before we can start large scale plans. The problem […]

Today’s Lead Story - China is now going to tie its five year plan to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP (20 percent by 2010) to its goals for CO2 emissions. Claims it will cut carbon emissions per unit of GDP, or carbon intensity, by 40 percent in 2020 from 2000 and 80 percent […]

Schwarzenegger Says Tailpipe Emissions Lawsuit Inevitable
Weak Asian policies curb green power growth: experts
Green Premium No Obstacle for Small Businesses, Survey Finds
Climate looks ripe for fuel-economy bills
Colleges Make Green Commitment
Climate change brings toxic moth to England
Spotlight
The Christian Science Monitor article - Safe cars versus fuel efficiency? Not so fast. Now that Congress looks likely to raise […]

California continues to lead the nation in combatting, and preparing for, climate change.
First, last Septmember, they enacted the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006; which requires the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. A vital step in the fight against global warming since, although the United States is the […]

Has Europe been bamboozled by carbon credit cheats?

Europe’s much vaunted emissions caps seem to be plagued by difficulties. First, on April 2, the European Commission released a report that 2006 emissions will be above the cap amount and will likely equal 2005’s emissions. The reason: overallocation for the second year in a row. Fool me once […]