First Environmental fund of hedge funds launched

 
(ClimateRadar) A new fund of hedge funds is revolutionising the way the climate change industry will be financed.
https://www.rmf.ch/multimedia/news/press_articles/2007/pr050907_rmf_trading.pdf

UK: Government go-ahead for Wave Hub project

(ClimateRadar) The UK Government will today give planning approval for the world’s first large scale wave farm off the coast of Cornwall in South West England.
http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/news/release.asp?releaseid=2136

PRESS RELEASE: $3 million fund to aid renewables

 
(ClimateRadar) CANADA – The Community Power Fund has launched today a new $3 million fund to support community-owned renewable energy projects in Ontario. This fund is the first of its kind in Canada.
http://www.cpfund.ca/pdf/fund-launch-release.pdf

New heating device could save energy by 50%

(The Daily Mail)  It sounds too good to be true – not to mention the fact that it violates almost every known law of physics. But British scientists claim they have invented a revolutionary device that seems to ‘create’ energy from virtually nothing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=481996&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490

Climate change to wipe out Bondi – study

(News.com.au) THREE of Australia’s most popular beaches could be wiped out by rising sea levels in less than 100 years thanks to climate change, a Sydney mayor said today.
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22426911-5005962,00.html?from=public_rss

INDIA: Cost of dealing with climate change: 2% of GDP

(The Times of India) The development projects India is undertaking to reduce impacts of climate change is already cutting into its GDP. In 2006-07, India used 2.17% of its GDP on projects that will help communities adapt to climate change and reduce their vulnerability to climate change.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Cost_of_dealing_with_climate_change_2_of_GDP_/articleshow/2373069.cms 

Former Midnight Oil singer pushes for action on climate change in Australia

(The Vancouver Sun) In the summer of 1993, Langer and other environmental activists were struggling in their efforts to stop logging on an ancient rain forest on the west coast of Vancouver Island. She thought it would be a longshot when she asked the towering environmental lawyer with a shaved head if his band could [...]

Joe Biden: Face global warming or global conflict

(Salon.com) Joe Biden says his top priority as president would be “energy security.” “If I could wave a wand, and the Lord said I could solve one problem, I would solve the energy crisis,” he said this spring at a political rally in South Carolina. “That’s the single most consequential problem we can solve.”
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/17/biden_qa/

Lib Dems: ‘UK carbon neutral by 2050′

(The Guardian) Britain must become carbon neutral by 2050, Chris Huhne insisted today, as delegates at the Liberal Democrat conference backed his attempt to position the party as the party of the environment.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/libdem2007/story/0,,2170965,00.html 

AirPlus Debuts Automatic Carbon-Offset Feature

(Business Travel Online) Universal Air Travel Plan issuer AirPlus International today announced the launch an automated carbon-offset feature, allowing corporate users to automatically pay the appropriate offset for any flight purchased through the payment tool.