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China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.

(Carnegie Institution) Accurately calculating the amount of carbon dioxide emitted in the process of producing and bringing products to our doorsteps is nearly impossible, but still a worthwhile effort, two Carnegie researchers claim in a commentary.

Ken Caldeira and Steven Davis commend the work of industrial ecologist Glen Peters and colleagues, and use that team's data to do additional analysis on the disparity between emissions and consumption in different parts of the world.

At a time when a half-dozen U.S. companies are vying to be the first to bring tourists to space, a report to be published in November in the journal Geophysical Research Letters warns that fuel emissions from such rocket launches may pose serious consequences for the Earth’s stratosphere—causing as much as a 1-degree Centigrade rise in polar temperatures and a 5 percent to 15 percent reduction in polar ice.

Panasonic's new 'Green Plan 2018' furthers its goal of becoming the world's greenest technology company, setting goals for 99.5 percent waste reduction and hitting peak carbon emissions by 2018, which also happens to coincide with the company's 100th Anniversary.

(Rice University) Unless the IT industry adopts new energy-efficient technologies in the coming decade, it runs a serious risk of being unable to contribute to growing the global economy if limits are placed on carbon emissions.

The findings come from an 18-month investigation by scholars at the Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (ISAID) in Singapore and Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston.

(Ecological Society of America) While the US and other world leaders consider options for offsetting carbon emissions, it is important to take into account the role forests play in the global carbon cycle, say scientists in a paper published in the spring edition of Issues in Ecology.

Currently, the carbon stored in forests and harvested wood products offsets 12-19 percent of US fossil fuel emissions -- growth primarily the result of recovery from the large scale harvesting that occurred around 100 years ago.

China’s aggressive expansion of nuclear plants could cut carbon emissions, but experts worry that the pace may lead to shortcuts.

(Burness Communications) An agreement at this week's UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen to cut carbon emissions by paying developing countries to maintain their forests has the potential to reverse the decline in the world's forests, according to a comprehensive analysis of national policy options to reduce deforestation released today by CIFOR, the Center for International Forestry Research.

Dutch drivers will pay less to buy a car but will be charged tax on every mile on the road, a system the government says will reduce traffic jams, fatal accidents and carbon emissions.

Dutch drivers will pay less to buy a car but will be charged tax on every mile on the road, a system the government says will reduce traffic jams, fatal accidents and carbon emissions.