Less Bad Good News
- Brazil plans to cut deforestation by 70% over the next 10 years.
- Greenhouse gas emissions are rising a little slower, courtesy of the global economic downturn.
- The EU has finally agreed on a diluted version of its proposed CO2 caps on new vehicles, giving automakers more time and lighter penalties.
- Green groups are lobbying Australia to set strong carbon emission reduction targets for itself.
- China gets praised for its newfound motivation to address climate change.
Bad News
- Canada oil sands development threatens to kill 166 million birds in the next 50 years because of habitat loss and pollution.
- Climate change is overwhelming relief agencies with sick or homeless natural disaster victims.
- Bush's EPA approves a final dump on the environment, allowing mining companies to bury streams and valleys under debris from mountaintop mining.
- Man-made underwater noise poses a threat to marine life, according to a new report.
- US CO2 emissions 1.4% in 2007.
