BBC NEWS | UK | 'CO2 reduction treaties useless'

A new report says treaties aimed at reducing CO2 emissions are useless.

Masdar “Zero Carbon” Super City Breaks Ground This Month in Abu Dhabi | Green Prophet

Taking God-Knows-How-Much of the world’s non-renewable energy sources to build, developers of the world’s first zero carbon city, Masdar City, proclaim that the historic groundbreaking in Abu Dhabi will take place this month.

While I think the concept is definately thought-provoking — as the rest of the world, well the western world at least, reels on its heals from the financial crisis — execs representing Masdar City are full steam ahead in building the $22 billion project, which translates to “the source” in Arabic.

There are many people with lots of opinions, but I think it’s downright anti-green to spend so much money, so much capital and resources, on building an “eco” project.

Does Stimulus Package Keep Green Goals In Sight? : NPR

President Obama has said the stimulus package will move America toward a greener future. The package will pump billions of dollars into environmentally friendly programs, but it won't forge the major changes necessary to fight climate change and wean the U.S. from imported oil. And some provisions could make it harder to reach those goals.

Coffee, Tea Or Carbon Credits? : NPR

While most airlines are skimping on basics like food and pillows, one carrier is going in a different direction. Virgin America is selling environmentally conscious passengers the chance to fly guilt free. It's the first domestic airline to sell carbon-offset credits in-flight. Passengers concerned about their carbon footprint on a cross-country flight can buy the credits from their seatback screens. Virgin America directs the money to one of two green projects in California. So far, 1 percent of the airline's passengers have used the service.

John W. Delicath: Snow Job: Media Figures Point to Weather Events to Cast Doubt on Reality of Climate Change

While we probably can't expect Beck, Hannity, and the rest of the fine folks at Fox News to behave differently, Blitzer, Matthews, and others in the mainstream media should know better and should resist the temptation to use a cold or snowy day to suggest that such conditions call into question the fact that our planet is facing a climate crisis. It's factually incorrect. It's not witty. And it perpetuates the falsehood that the science on global warming is not settled, which undermines the incentive to begin acting to address the problem.