U.N. panel eyes ways to expand and speed carbon [rip-]offsets

London, February 14 - A United Nations panel will discuss this week ways to give poor countries better access to clean energy projects and clear a backlog of applications for carbon offsets, members said in a webcast on Monday.

The 10-member executive board oversees the U.N.’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and is holding its 59th meeting this week in Bonn, Germany.

The worst eco-catastrophes of all time › Features (ABC Environment)

These seven eco-catastrophes caused untold damage often over short periods of time, but the biggest environmental disasters - population growth and climate change - are insidious events that were ignored for many years but are now well known. "The worst ecological disaster that we have known, climate change, is unfolding before us at the moment," says Steve Campbell from Greenpeace.

Obama climate crank | Kyoto protocol | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

There is nothing in the Constitution or any statute preventing Obama from submitting the Kyoto treaty to the Senate for ratification. So, he did, right? Then, he agreed to a binding post-Kyoto pact, right? Er, well, not quite.