Carbon

“Sadly, at this point, one has to lean toward saying yes,” says EnergyTechStocks.com, a global financial blog. It points to a World Wildlife Fund estimate that one of every five carbon credits issued by the United Nations actual goes to projects that are increasing emissions.

A new biofuels study that started at the University of Minnesota is getting big attention today in newspapers and the blogosphere. The research, a collaboration between the and The Nature Conservancy, concludes that biofuels like ethanol can be bad for the environment when demand for ingredients like corn motivates growers to convert prairie or [...]

Sen. John McCain has been the most outspoken and aggressive of Republican presidential hopefuls when it comes to solving climate change. While Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are ready with sound bites when cornered by reporters or pressed in a debate, McCain is the only candidate who chooses to bring up the importance of cutting [...]

First $100 a barrel oil. Soon $100 per metric ton coal?

Citigroup is forecasting the price of thermal coal will nearly double in 2008-09 from its current price of $55 per ton — and that doesn’t reflect the cost of anticipated carbon regulation. The price spike has more to do with weather than climate: A harsh, [...]

Five Minnesota organizations are among the first to sign up for a national greenhouse gas emissions registry.

Xcel Energy, Great River Energy, the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and The Appliance Recycling Centers of America have joined The Climate Registry, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit hoping to standardize emission reporting and measurement. The registry is [...]

Minnesota has joined 16 other states in suing the Bush administration for the right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks.

Attorney General Lori Swanson announced today that her office is joining the lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which in December denied California the ability to limit vehicle emissions.

The California standards would [...]

It’s New Year’s Eve, and time for the third installment in our series of daily podcasts about global warming, how we addressed it in 2007 and what trends we can expect in 2008.

Each podcast focuses on a single source of greenhouse gas emissions. Last week’s podcasts focused on electricity generation (Thursday) and transportation (Friday). Tomorrow’s [...]