FT.com / Asia-Pacific / India - India rejects emissions cuts for a decade

India will not discuss signing up to legally binding obligations to make absolute cuts in greenhouse gas emissions for at least 10 years, Jairam Ramesh, the country’s environment minister, said on Friday.

“In 2020, it’s conceivable that we might look at a limited target. But in 2009, no way,” said Mr Ramesh.

In New York, It’s the Summer That Isn’t - NYTimes.com

For just the second time in 140 years of record keeping, the temperature failed to reach 90 in either June or July.

Climate change retail stores

The Pitch:

There’s a glaring need for people throughout the world to take personal action in cutting their carbon footprint, but they’re not yet doing it. We want to make things easy for these people by providing a “one-stop shop”, a retail store for products which reduce their energy consumption.

I dunno, I'm thinking a Pet Rock store might be more profitable.