Australian project simulates climate change
Guardian Unlimited | 14 May 2012
Multimillion-dollar study subjects bushland to heightened CO2 levels and altered rainfall patternsAn Australian university has embarked upon an ambitious project - hailed as the first of its kind in the world – to simulate how the environment would cope with runaway climate change.The decade-long...
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Research

Consumer power for China?
chinadialogue.net | 11 May 2012
Partial victories in the campaign to clean up Apple highlight civil societys potential to constrain the worst polluters. Meng Si and Xu Nan report.A vigorous campaign to clean up pollution in electronics giant Apples supply chain, waged through 2011, ended up as one of the years hottest topics...
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Car parks to 'climate proof' Rotterdam
Guardian Unlimited | 11 May 2012
The Dutch city is pioneering new ways of dealing with water as climate change brings with it heavier rains and rising tidesWindmills that feature in the landscapes painted by the Dutch old masters are a reminder that the low-landers of this nation are past masters at keeping the tide at bay.Along...
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

California takes step toward linking CO2 market to Quebec
Reuters | 10 May 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 (Reuters Point Carbon) - California on Wednesday released an updated draft of its cap-and-trade regulations that for the first time includes language that would link its carbon market to a similar scheme in the Canadian province of Quebec.
 Climate Change | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Small island states in clean energy race
Guardian Unlimited | 10 May 2012
Dominica leads group of 52 small island developing states aiming for a 45% cut in emissions in the next 18 yearsThey seldom meet on the cricket or football fields, but the world's small island developing states are informally competing with each other to be the first to ditch fossil fuels and...
 Climate Change Mitigation | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Coca-Cola slashes water footprint by 13%
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 10 May 2012
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has revealed it is continuing to make progress on its water, carbon and waste and packaging reductions.
 Climate Change Mitigation | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Industry

Club of Rome sees 2 degree Celsius rise in 40 years
Reuters | 08 May 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - Rising carbon dioxide emissions will cause a global average temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius by 2052 and a 2.8 degree rise by 2080, as governments and markets are unlikely to do enough against climate change, the Club of Rome think tank said.
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Research

U.N. to rule on carbon offsets from coal plants
Reuters | 08 May 2012
LONDON, May 8 (Reuters Point Carbon) - The main U.N.-appointed panel that regulates supply of global carbon offsets could this week decide whether to approve rules that would lead to the award of millions of CO2 credits to coal-fired power stations in developing countries, according to meeting agenda notes on the UNFCCC website.
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Norway opens major facility to test carbon capture
Reuters | 07 May 2012
MONGSTAD, Norway (Reuters) - Norway on Monday launched the world's largest facility of its kind to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS), the so-far commercially unproven technology that would allow greenhouse gases from power plants to be buried safely underground.
 Carbon Storage | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Protestors target energy conference
The Independent | 03 May 2012
Climate protesters and anti-cuts demonstrators have targeted a summit of major power firms over high energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions