American Support for Local Action on Global Warming

(ClimateRadar.com) Recent national surveys demonstrate that Americans are increasingly convinced that global warming is occurring (in this survey, 68% are “completely” or “mostly convinced”) and favor a wide range of national and international policies to slow it.
http://environment.yale.edu/news/5323/

New Zealand announces carbon trading scheme

(ClimateRadar.com) New Zealand announced that it was launching a new carbon trading scheme.
http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/

Seattle launches new climate change campaign

(ClimateRadar) Seattle launched a new climate change campaign to help its citizens reduce their carbonfootprint. Seattle Climate Action Now is a new initiative to give everyone in Seattle the tools needed to start making a real difference at home, at work, and on the road.
http://seattlecan.org/index.htm

Vegetarian Society launches campaign

 
(ClimateRadar) It is an overlooked and yet unbelievable fact: farmed animals produce more greenhouse gas emissions (18%) than the world’s entire transport system (13.5%). Today The Vegetarian Society is launching a [...]

First Carbs, Now Carbon: Food Labels Go Green

(ABC News) By now, we’re familiar with the usual culprits of global warming: smokestacks, cars and trucks, deforestation. But do you know the environmental impact of a bag of potato chips? British consumers do. Starting this summer, it has been listed on every bag of Walkers Crisps — the third-most recognizable brand in Britain — [...]

Australia: $25m climate-change campaign launched

(Hearld Sun) FAMILIES will be encouraged to become “carbon-neutral” by planting trees and other green initiatives, as part of a $25 million climate-change advertising blitz.
 http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22420246-662,00.html

UK Insurance industry launches climate change initiative

The insurance industry launched a major initiative (ClimateWise) to tackle the challenge of climate change and encourage more climate-friendly customer behaviour. The ClimateWise principles have been developed by leading global insurers, reinsurers, brokers and Lloyd’s of London to promote action on climate change. They will enable companies and organisations throughout the world to build climate [...]

New Study: Global warming causes more smog

People living in ten mid-sized metropolitan areas are expected to experience significantly more ‘red alert’ air pollution days in coming years due to increasing lung-damaging smog caused by higher temperatures from global warming.
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0913-07.htm

World needs a 10% meat diet to fight global warming

Cutting world meat consumption by 10 percent would have a substantial impact on greenhouse emissions, say doctors writing in the health journal The Lancet.
http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-meat.html 

Carbon labelling hitting main street USA

Customers buying Timberland shoes now have something to think about other than style, comfort, and price – global warming.
 http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/09/11/for_buyers_carbon_labels_tap_into_worry_on_warming/?page=2