The EU should stand firm on its scheme to limit aviation emissions | Bill Hemmings | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Suddenly no one in Washington can say how long technical or political work on a global measure itself might take while senators jostle to take aim at the ETS.
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• Bill Hemmings is programme manager on aviation and shipping for the campaign group Transport & Environment

BEST Climate Change Study Supports Koch Gas Fracking Investments

it’s important to note that not all fossil fuels are due for a quick and brutal end once the so-called climate “skeptic” movement is neutralized.

Under attack |[South Africa]

Remember that Britney Spears song? Oops I did it again. Sometimes I feel like I’m stuck in that song. I want to do what’s right but it’s not always easy. Just today I threw away a plastic water bottle, bathed instead of showered, bought Surf instead of that organic orange peel concentrate washing solution and booked four plane tickets to Athens. Nice carbon footprint.

...climate change is the reason 24 000 people are dying a day (2010 Global Hunger Index).

Shell, Total Seek EU Support for Carbon Capture as Price Too Low - Bloomberg

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and Total SA (FP) are among a group asking the European Union to boost support for projects to trap and bury carbon as low prices in the region’s emissions trading system deter investment in the technology.