Bill Gates gets in the ‘Carbon Game’

Who would have predicted it? Bill Gates is finally investing his billions, well, at least part of it, into a new carbon fund that will venture in Chinese carbon emissions.

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSYD15877420070808?pageNumber=1

Personal carbon allowances

Will carbon allowances for individuals – with credits and penalties – cut carbon emissions? A growing movement thinks so…

http://society.guardian.co.uk/societyguardian/story/0,,2143337,00.html

Hydrogen economy won’t happen

Good editorial about how the hydrogen economy is overhyped and less carbon-friendly than people think.

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=49540&src=rss

Al Gore: Climate change infor manipulated

Al Gore claims that big oil companies are funding misinformation on climate change.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Gore-Climate-Change.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Storing carbon underground

New technology is being tested in Germany.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/06/business/carbon.php

World’s first carbon-free city

It may seem strange that the emirate of Abu Dhabi, one of the planet’s largest suppliers of oil, is planning to build the world’s first carbon-neutral city. But in fact, it makes a lot of financial sense. The 3.7-square-mile city, called Masdar, will cut its electricity bill by harnessing wind, solar, and geothermal energy, while a total ban on cars within city walls should reduce the long-term health costs associated with smog.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/08/01/100138819/

Spain’s EuroBasket 2007 to be carbon neutral

The basketball European championship in Spain next month will be a carbon neutral event, organisers have said.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6830853,00.html 

Paris Hilton fighting global warming

It seems like her jail sentence did her a lot of good, as she recently announced how she will try to lead her life in a carbon friendly way… for real!

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=3451485&page=1

The Business Case for Corporate Use of Renewable Energy

New report from World Resources Institute on the benefits that are motivating businesses in Europe to switch to renewable energy.

http://www.wri.org/climate/pubs_description.cfm?pid=4253 

New Study on Carbon Risk

In collaboration with Centre Info, Societe Generale Equity Research conducted a study over the long-term impact of carbon emissions on investment. This study, “CREAM-ing Carbon Risk” and released in June 2007, is based on envIMPACT(R), an analysis tool developed by Centre Info that measures the carbon intensity of companies over the entire life cycle of their products.

http://www.centreinfo.ch/doc/doc_site/application_of_envimpact_by_sg_en.pdf