Climate Pulse

Photo via charles westerby. While the environmental impact from fuels like gas and coal are well-known, Japan has now set its sights on folks who burn the midnight oil. In hopes of reducing the nation's carbon...Read the full story on TreeHugger [continue]

photo: Jeffery DelViscio via flickr With all the talk about getting the United States off of oil, energy independence, creating a low-carbon future, et cetera, one of the key parts of that is reducing carbon emissions, whether they are from electricity, transportation or wherever they occur.... [continue]

Photo: Warren McLaren / inov8 UN Want Us To Eat Less Meat Agricultural production accounts for a staggering 70% of the global freshwater consumption, 38% of the total land use, and 14% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. These figures (more after jump) are contained in a new report from the... [continue]

photo: Eric Schmuttenmaer via flickr We know that the Great Recession of 2008 & 2009 helped many nations slash their carbon emissions and lower deforestation rates--decidedly good things--but it also slashed in half the value of the voluntary carbon market, a new report by Ecosystem Marketplace... [continue]

If you thought that those pesky vuvuzela were the worst thing about the 2010 World Cup, wait until you hear about the carbon emissions estimated to be released during the planet's biggest sporting event. According to a study conducted by the Norwegian embassy and South African government on the eve... [continue]

Home Office and Decc are first two ministries to meet Cameron's pledge to publish energy data. What does it show?"There can be no hiding place for energy waste in central government," said Chris Huhne, the climate secretary, at today's launch of a new real-time public display of how much electricity... [continue]

IIED says rich nations are double-counting cash and raiding existing budgets to 'wriggle out' of £21bn aid promise• Rich nations accused over 'logging loophole'• Bonn climate talks diaryRich countries will raid existing aid budgets, double-count promises and convert grants to loans to avoid... [continue]

The annual audit of the world's energy supply from BP is out today. See what it says• Get the dataThe following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Tuesday 15 June 2010 The graphic pictured above gave a global breakdown of how much petroleum is used by... [continue]

Images by B. Alter Get ready London: the first zero-emissions fuel cell hybrid taxi has been unveiled. It's more than a concept: there should be 150 on the road by 2012, just in time for the Olympics. These traditional looking black cabs have no carbon emissions which is a huge plus in a big... [continue]

photo: US Forest Service via flickr Geoengineering has been a slow burning controversy for some time now, with some truly wacky ideas proposed, as well as some which take a more sober look at the prospect of intentionally tinkering with the climate to stop the effects of human activity disturbing... [continue]