[Wait a minute: To improve the world's weather, should I use my cell phone, or not?]

In a joint report entitled Carbon Connections, Vodafone and Accenture have concluded that wireless telecommunications have the potential to reduce carbon emissions by 113 Mt CO2e a year and cut associated energy costs by €43bn across the 25 EU countries in 2020.

Rodale Field Day Focuses on Carbon Trading | Lancaster Farming

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Climate change is always a topic of discussion at the Rodale Institute. But now that the federal government is seriously considering climate change legislation, it’s taken on a whole new meaning.

At the “Cashin In On Soil Health” field day last Friday, which was attended by more than 100 people, Rodale’s CEO Tim LaSalle urged agriculture be more boisterous and involved in the overall discussion regarding climate change.

“We can be the largest single solution to climate change,” LaSalle said. “That is the message we need to educate people with and get into policy conversation.”

Obama's 'Green-Jobs' Guru: From Activist to Environmentalist | CommonDreams.org

"People talk about global warming. ... I want to cool the Earth down. I also want to calm the block down," said Jones.
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Now, he is the president's pitchman for green jobs, helping to coordinate government agencies focused on delivering millions of green jobs to the ailing U.S. economy.

"I see myself as the green-jobs handyman. My job is to make sure that the president's desire that we have literally millions of green jobs in our country actually turns into reality," said Jones.
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Critics, though, have serious concerns about the "green collar" agenda. They argue that those green jobs -- retrofitting homes to make them more energy-efficient, for instance -- will be mostly low-level and low-paying.

Waiting may be better for Democrats than losing on climate change or health care reform.

Taking the time to fix the problems in the health care and climate-change bills while waiting for enough good economic news to make people feel a bit more comfortable with new spending might not be the worst thing for Democrats to do. Waiting is not a great option for the Democrats, but it may be better than losing one or both of Obama's signature proposals or passing legislation that could trigger a disaster for their party in next year's midterm elections.