Monday, August 03, 2009

A not-so-hot book on global warming : Climate and Capitalism
Climate Wars is not about the science of global warming; he begins by accepting as given that climate has been changed and will be changed more by human activity. Dyer foresees a nightmarish future resulting from climate change as inevitable. The only questions are how quickly the catastrophe will be upon us.
Carbon labelling finds favour with Europeans - Carbon Offsets Daily
An overwhelming majority of Europeans would like to see their purchases tagged with a label stating the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted during a product’s lifetime, a new Eurobarometer survey found.

Seven out of ten citizens interviewed said a label indicating a product’s carbon footprint should become mandatory in future. But only 10% identified total greenhouse gas emissions as the most important piece of product information that environment labels should display.
Clean Energy: U.S. Lags in Research and Development - TIME
Of course, the tiny renewable power industry has little weight in Washington.

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