Our greenhouse gas emissions may be causing fiercer hurricanes and storms, according to recent climate modeling research, reported by the BBC.
Scientists calculate that two-thirds of the recent rise in sea temperatures, thought to fuel hurricanes, is down to anthropogenic emissions.
Research published last year found there had been a sharp rise in the incidence of category 4 [...]

This week’s Economist magazine (UK) has a special report on Climate Change, entitled The Heat is On.
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Shell International (London) is looking for an Environmental Products Originator to develop Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) Projects.  Application deadline is 2006-09-20. 
It says something of the nature of the emissions reduction business that the job requirements include:
“Fluency in Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese or Russian is essential.” 
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As the Earth warms under the effects of climate change, the effects seem to accelerate. The BBC reports that:
“Thawing Siberian bogs are releasing more of the greenhouse gas methane than previously believed, according to new scientific research.
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Writing in the journal Nature, they suggest the methane release is hastened by warmer temperatures, [...]

The FT reports further arguments for and against California’s new cap-and-trade law on carbon emissions. Personally, I think this will spur innovation, and put the state at the forefront of energy-reduction and alternative-generation technologies and of the emissions marketplace. Eventually, the USA will elect a President whose administration will support the same climate-change-mitigation [...]