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Dingell and Boucher Release Cap and Trade Legislation Submitted by Jake Berliner on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 5:57pm. Climate Change Economy Energy Independence Energy Prices Green Project Today, U.S. Rep. John Dingell, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (D-MI) and U.S. Rep.

In The News (October 7) Posted on October 7, 2008 by Dennis Pfaff Solyndra, a California startup, emerges from "stealth mode" with $600 million in venture capital, $1.2 billion in customer contracts and a radically different approach to solar that involves skinny black tubes -- one that the company says results in much reduced installation costs, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

News Report (from Project Syndicate): The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon stated, “We all recognize today’s perils: a global financial crisis, a global energy crisis, a global food crisis. … Climate change ever more clearly threatens our planet.

Global Carbon Trends 2007 and Climate Sensitivity Posted in October 3rd, 2008 by Climate Patrol in Climate Models The gist of the highlights of the annual update of the global carbon budget and trends of the Global Carbon Project reads: Anthropogenic CO2 emissions have been growing about four times faster since 2000 than during the previous decade.

Industry calls on the UK government to invest more in Kopernikus, the world's biggest environmental monitoring project.

Who’s ready for their Friday buzzkill?  Okay, good.  Your Friday Unfun Fact today comes from the Washington Post, which reports that carbon is building up in the atmosphere faster than anyone predicted, including researchers’ “most dire predictions.”  Sweet!

While Congress has been busy creating political theater with what increasingly appears to be a manufactured crisis, the Global Carbon Project reminds us what a real crisis looks like. With the project’s facilitation, a group of scientists from the USA, UK, France and Australia came together to estimate the carbon dioxide emissions from 2007.

What is happening with carbon emissions is genuinely scary (and here we're talking about the known risks, not the unknown risks). Here are the conclusions of the just-released Global Carbon Project report for 2007: --Anthropogenic CO2 emissions are growing 4x faster since 2000 than during the previous

Accelerating the Development of a 21st Century Economy: Investing in Clean Infrastructure Submitted by Melissa Merz on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 11:10am. 2008 21st Century Agenda for America Clean Infrastructure Clean Infrastructure Climate Change Economy Energy Independence Energy Prices Globalization Green Project Stimulus Package Yesterday, NDN Globalization Initiative Chair Dr.

Senate Passes Renewable Energy Tax Credits Submitted by Jake Berliner on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 11:06am. Clean Infrastructure Climate Change Economy Energy Independence Energy Prices Green Project Last night, the U.S. Senate passed tax credits for renewable energy, including extending crucial tax credits for solar and wind energy.