World Bank to buy carbon credit from Congo project »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Tuesday it will buy 500,000 tons of carbon credits from a forest project replanting about 4,120 hectares destroyed by deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
U.S. consumers spared big costs in climate bill »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A new U.S.
U.S. climate bill costs low for households: EIA »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The climate change bill passed by the U.S.
Kenya reaps the wind »
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Carbon offsets not perfect but can slash costs: CBO »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Carbon offsets could help slash costs in a U.S. market designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, but questions linger about whether all of the mechanisms fully cut such pollution, a Congressional Budget Office report said.
South Korea unveils CO2 target plan »
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea pledged for the first time on Tuesday to set a 2020 emissions reduction target, as the OECD’s fastest-growing carbon polluter voluntarily joined richer nations in setting hard goals to roll back climate change.
Endangered Kashmir deer in comeback as violence dips »
DACHIGAM, India (Reuters) – An endangered species of red deer found only in Kashmir has made a rapid comeback in the past year due to a decline in violence and conservation efforts, wildlife officials said on Tuesday.
Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles (km) of open sea dubbed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”
Forests fall to beetle outbreak »
MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST, Wyoming (Reuters) – From the vantage point of an 80-foot (25 meter) tower rising above the trees, the Wyoming vista seems idyllic: snow-capped peaks in the distance give way to shimmering green spruce.
Families face eviction as Kenya tries to save forest »
MAU FOREST, Kenya (Reuters) – Ogiek elder Kipkurui Paul Terer faces imminent eviction from the forest area where his people have hunted and gathered for centuries.