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Headline	Author	Published	Section
The tropical global warming solution Bali conference could end deforestation overnight	Glenn Hurowitz	03 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This post was co-written with Dorjee Sun, the head of Carbon Conservation, a company that works to protect forests in Indonesia from destruction. ----- Photo: www.viajar24h.com Bali, Indonesia, is the perfect backdrop for this week's climate summit. No country better embodies the immense peril of inaction -- and the immense opportunity this meeting has to make massive and immediate progress in stemming the climate crisis. Indonesia is the wo ...
Topics: agriculture, air pollution, Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, deforestation, greenhouse-gas emissions, Indonesia (all these topics)

Cool things happening at the local level California 'cool cities' are taking the lead on climate change	Rep Jane Harman	08 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Now in her seventh term, Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice) represents California's 36th Congressional District. Jane Harman. Even sunny skies and pleasant ocean breezes over much of our state can't mask the fact that Californians breathe some of the most polluted air in the nation. California is the world's 12th largest source of carbon dioxide, the chief heat-trapping gas that causes global warming. As dirty as our air is, we are taking the lead nati ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Carbon sinks threatened by increasing ozone More great news from the climate	Joseph Romm	27 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Nature has published another landmark study showing how the complex interplay of human-generated pollution with natural systems worsens climate change. Their news article (subs. req'd) explains: Rising levels of ozone pollution over the coming century will erode the ability of plants to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a new climate-modelling study predicts. Ozone is already known to be a minor greenhouse gas, but the new calculations highlight a ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Battle of the developed vs. the developing Climate change justice is contentious	Joseph Romm	04 May 2007	Gristmill
As this round of the IPCC unfolds, developing countries are scurrying to relieve themselves of any major responsibility for historic emissions and, consequently, aggressive mitigation policies. For example, China has requested inserting language that formally recognizes the percentage of emissions for which developed countries are responsible -- 95 percent from the pre-industrial era until 1950, and 77 percent from 1950 to the start of the millennium. China is als ...
Topics: air pollution, China, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, IPCC, United States (all these topics)

IPCC Working Group III goes after transportation pollution If you won't go after them, we will	Joseph Romm	17 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The IPCC reports are some of the most highly anticipated of 2007. An obvious sign? Within two weeks of one report's release, papers are already covering a leak from the next. IPCC Working Group III's focus is on mitigation, meaning a fair number of policy implications can be derived from its conclusions. So here's a hint for America's auto industry: the report calls for urgent action on road pollution. In the United States, there are 483 passenger cars per 1,00 ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, climate, climate change mitigation, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, IPCC, litigation, politics, United Nations (all these topics)

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