News: Archive for August, 2009
‘WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Psychological barriers like uncertainty, mistrust and denial keep most Americans from acting to fight climate change, a task force of the American Psychological Association said on Wednesday.’
via Psychological barriers hobble climate action | Green Business | Reuters.
‘NEW YORK Reuters – A new U.S. government study on Tuesday adds to a growing list of experts concluding that climate legislation moving through Congress would have only a modest impact on consumers, adding around $100 to household costs in 2020.’
via U.S. consumers spared big costs in climate bill | Green Business | Reuters.
‘WASHINGTON Reuters – Paper products giant Kimberly-Clark Corp joined forces with Greenpeace on Wednesday, pledging to conserve forests by getting wood fiber from environmentally responsible sources.’
via Kimberly-Clark joins Greenpeace to protect forests | Green Business | Reuters.
‘CAIRNS, Australia — Attempts to reduce the impact of climate change are crucial to the future of vulnerable Pacific island nations, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday.Rudd was speaking as the Pacific Islands Forum summit of regional leaders opened in Australia’s northeastern city of Cairns, where climate change was expected to be a key issue.’
via AFP: Stakes huge for Pacific in climate change talks: Rudd.
‘An agreement to curb deforestation is expected to be one of the major outcomes of this year’s global climate-change negotiations in Copenhagen. There is an extensive, often theoretical, debate about the merits of using market mechanisms to slow deforestation. But ahead of the negotiations in December, practical problems with projects aimed at curbing deforestation in Papua New Guinea, Guyana, Panama and Uganda point to a rocky road ahead for REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation).’
‘BEIJING AFP – One year after staging a mostly pollution-free Olympics, Beijing has seen its skies shrouded in haze again, highlighting what observers call a mixed Olympic legacy on the environment.’
via Beijing’s smog is back year after Olympics – Yahoo! News.
‘LOS ANGELES/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Investors are banking on fresh government incentives in the United States and China to help pull the solar sector out of its slump, but it will be next year before demand from those markets even begins to make a dent in the global glut of solar panels.’
via China, U.S. offer no quick boost to solar slump | Green Business | Reuters.
‘MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico aims to put a detailed offer to cut the growth of its own greenhouse gas emissions on the negotiating table at global climate change talks in Copenhagen this year, a senior environmental policymaker said.’
via Mexico aims to bring CO2 cut plan to climate talks | Green Business | Reuters.
‘NAIROBI (Reuters) – Africa can boost global efforts to curb emissions through the absorption of greenhouse gases by developing its farming sector, the U.S. secretary of agriculture said on Tuesday.’
via U.S. says African farming has role in green push | Green Business | Reuters.
‘The plague has cost billions of dollars in lost timber and land values and may thwart efforts to combat climate change, as forests are major storing houses of carbon, the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.’
via Forests fall to beetle outbreak | Green Business | Reuters.