Concern about the environment, and particularly carbon emissions, is leading US city planning authorities to limit the spread of so-called McMansions, massive houses, often built on small plots of land.
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A recent report in The Economist describes a new biofuel, developed by scientists at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, which has some advantages over ethanol. Its main disadvantage seems to be that is is made from foodstuffs, rather than from the waste-products of food production.
“REPLACING carbon-rich fossil fuels with more environmentally friendly [...]

Evidence of the US warming to the idea of trading carbon credits is everywhere. As advertised in a Michigan local paper, a carbon credit ‘explanation’ session will be presented to local farmers next week by a Farmers Union programme that provides financial incentive to farmers who adopt carbon cutting methods.
A recent poll however, suggests americans [...]

From today’s G8 meetings in Germany, it seems the Bush administration is finally likely to conform to Europe’s aims on setting targets of 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 - although with Bush’s hesitation to agree on exact figures, they at least agree to create a significant reduction.
Furthermore the US is for the first [...]

US President Bush is apparently urging other nations to join him in reducing GHG emissions.
In typically arrogant fashion, Bush has said that the US will hold meetings to decide on strategies, attempting to take charge of an already established system.
“The United States is in the lead,” he said.
“The world is on the verge of [...]