Offset industry opposes Cal. fraud crackdown « Green Hell Blog

California bill S.B. 722 would require that carbon offset vendors provide consumers with information about the environmental bona fides of their products. But offset providers oppose the bill as it would outlaw about 90 percent of existing voluntary offsets in California, according to ClimateWire.

The Associated Press: AP Interview: Lieberman down, not out, on climate

This year, however, Lieberman says the odds for passage "are better than even" — thanks to a president who is behind the bill, the House passing global warming legislation for the first time and a looming December deadline for international talks on a new treaty to reduce heat-trapping gases.

The science, he said, also has gotten more compelling since he wrote his first global warming bill more than a decade ago. "Every year the problem gets worse, the threat of real damage gets worse, even catastrophic damage," said Lieberman, sounding like his 2000 presidential running mate, Vice President Al Gore, who went on to win a Nobel Prize for his work on global warming.

Serve as vanguard, Ban tells China

Mr Ban stressed that countries that take the lead in combating climate change “will reap rewards. They will be winners in the global marketplace. And, assuming that prosperity is shared equitably, they will also strengthen stability at home.”

Russia WANTS Global Warming

The country wants global warming because it is cold in Russia.