In The News / Sep 9

Carbon trade or carbon con?

In the carbon market, a good deal for the environment needs to also be a good deal for the bottom line. Vouching for environmental credibility isn't easy: Who verifies the verifiers?

Trading allows the market to work its efficient magic on the reduction of air pollution, from traders' perspectives - and that remains the national negotiating position of the United States. (Third of three parts.)

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Mining the truth on coal supplies.

A new study seeks to shake up the assumption that use of coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, is bound to continue its inexorable rise. In fact, the authors predict that world coal production may reach its peak as early as next year, and then begin a permanent decline.

The study predicts that by mid-century, the world's coal mining will supply only half as much energy as today.

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New Science

Understand the latest scientific findings
  • Four Lab Study jump starts health effects research. 3 September 2010

    A large, multi-lab endeavor has identified the most common byproducts formed during drinking water disinfection and developed methods to study and understand their health impacts. Scientists identified more than 100 chemical byproducts and measured the levels of 75 of the most harmful and highly regulated ones. It was the first time many of the chemicals had ever been detected. more…

  • Silver nanoparticles stop sperm stem cell growth. 1 September 2010

    Minute silver nanoparticles-- widely used in consumer products as antimicrobial agents-- can cause sperm cells to stop growing, according to a new study. The nanoparticles interrupt key cell signaling within the sperm cells as they develop. The biggest effects were caused by the smallest-sized nanoparticles tested. more…

Media Review

Scientists critique media coverage

Editorials

  • Can sewage foes fashion a fair Delta cleanup?

    It is folly to think Sacramento can indefinitely hold off demands to clean up its wastewater. Sacramento can't march into the 21st century clinging to the mantra that "dilution is the solution to pollution." more…

  • Acting together.

    An agreement between Wisconsin and Michigan to cooperate on climate change has much potential, especially if other states join the effort. more…

Opinions

  • Weird weather in a warming world.

    In the end, there are two climate threats: one created by increasing human vulnerability to calamitous weather, the other by human actions, particularly emissions of warming gases, that relentlessly shift the odds toward making today’s weather extremes tomorrow’s norm. more…

  • Environmental benefits of telecommuting are not universal.

    Working from home is a win-win situation for workers and employers. Unfortunately, the environmental benefits aren't quite as clear. How much carbon dioxide you save, if any, depends on how far you live from work and how you get there, among other things. more…

More news from EHN From Environmental Health News

Selling the blue sky.

The market for greenhouse gas emissions is a bazaar dependent entirely on government regulation. But can it reduce emissions? The answer so far: Not yet. (Second of three parts.)

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Making a market for pollution.

What does it take to trade in a commodity that cannot be seen or touched - and isn't even a commodity in the United States? First of three parts.

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Climate Clippings - The Brazos, weatherization, and disagreeing over agreeing.

Daily Climate's weekly compilation of news tidbits. This week: Lost love - er, carbon - on the Brazos; $120 million for weatherization efforts; and two books look why consensus on climate policy is so elusive.

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