Oct 06 2008
Energy and Environment: Around the Interwebs
- Aussies are growing “bored” with climate change, according to The Age. “Only 46 per cent of Australians said they would take action on climate change if they were in charge of making decisions for Australia, a dip from 55 per cent last year.
- UK’s new secretary of state for energy and climate change has first day on job.
- China close to saying “no deal” on global pact to cut greenhouse gases.
- NY Times and Washington Post talk about viability of carbon offsets in the financial downturn…“People still come to the site, but where you used to get people signing up [for offsets] every day, now you’d be lucky to get a few people a week,” said Fred Weiss, a small-time offset seller based in Ann Arbor, Mich., who sends customers stickers that say, “Carbon Neutral Vehicle.” Apparently that isn’t as important now. “Who cares about the environment? Am I going to have a house next week?” he imagined would-be customers saying.
[...] Weiss, a carbon offset seller based: “People still come to the site, but where you used to get people signing up [for offsets] every day, now you’d be lucky to get a few people a week: [people think:] “Who cares about the [...]