Climate Pulse

 U.K. scientists have unveiled a super powder called 'dry water' which could help tackle global warming by storing carbon dioxide. [continue]

The InterAcademy Council recommends that IPCC improve review processes and transparency in wake of attacks on climate science. [continue]

The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have proposed new fuel economy labels for cars and light trucks that will score each vehicle with a grade from A+ to D, aiming to encourage adoption of more fuel-efficient vehicles. [continue]

The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to begin idling nine coal-fired power generation units in the next fiscal year as it moves toward cleaner sources of energy. [continue]

The state government of New South Wales (NSW) just released new planning guidelines that discourage development in some coastal zones due to sea level rise caused by climate change. [continue]

Image: UCAR One of the Primary Models Used by the IPCC As Freeman Dyson said, "The great advances in science usually result from new tools rather than from new doctrines." The telescope, the microscope, X-rays and MRIs, etc. Climate modeling software is such a tool, allowing us to make... [continue]

Environmental refugees could increase from 50 million by 2011 to 1 billion by 2050, and director Michael Nash gives us a glimpse of the human face of climate change in his new documentary, Climate Refugees. [continue]

While BP had made its way into a number of socially responsible investment portfolios, Domini Social Investments always excluded the now-tarnished firm. Here, Domini's managing director explains how companies can be considered "responsible." [continue]

Three possible outcomes for elections on November 2 -- The election of Jerry Brown or Meg Whitman as governor and the possible veto of the state's landmark climate legislation -- represent a Normandy Invasion equivalent for national climate laws. [continue]

A new study ranks the impacts that common foods have not just on climate change, but on the water pollution that leads to dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and other bodies of water. [continue]