[Question: If Rosenthal really thinks that CO2 is so dangerous, why does she travel frequently in Europe?] - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

Indeed, as an environment reporter who travels frequently in Europe, for me, one of the obvious paradoxes of global environmental statistics is that American per capita emissions are two to three times that of Sweden or France, though Americans’ quality of life is certainly not two to three times better than a Swede’s or a Frenchmen’s.

Gore says too soon to shift gaze from stimulus - Forbes.com

Gore told a conference in Dubai on Tuesday that the world is recovering from the economic downturn, but progress remains slow.

Searching For Clues in the Global Warming Puzzle - Pew Research Center

Why do fewer Americans believe the earth is warming? No single factor emerges from Pew Research Center surveys, but rather a range of possible explanations, including a sour economy and, perhaps, a cooler than normal summer in parts of the United States.

AFP: [Carbon dioxide allegedly] threatens quarter of Swiss farmland: research

GENEVA — Climate change is already threatening more than a quarter of Switzerland's farmland with frequent and lengthy water shortages, according to official research published Tuesday.

The Swiss federal agricultural research station Agroscope said about 10 times more land would need to be irrigated to avoid lost harvests, some 400,000 hectares (988,000 acres) instead of the 38,000 hectares that currently receive regular irrigation.

The Tri-City News - EDITORIAL: Children will pay for B.C.'s carbon credit stance

Starting next year, school districts will be expected to calculate and pay for carbon emissions when there’s no money in the pot to pay for teachers.

First, they’ll have to buy and use an expensive, time-consuming calculator — from the province, which developed it — to figure out how many tonnes of carbon emissions they create in heating and lighting schools, then they’ll pay carbon offsets to industry through a carbon exchange called the Pacific Carbon Trust. This Crown corporation will then use the funds to reward industries that cut back on their carbon emissions.

But should schools be subsidizing industry?