online archive
3:00PM
DEC 12 2007
What happened to the Kyoto Protocol?
Protection money: In the struggle between development and environment, some are proposing payments to help preserve rain forests. It’s a mug’s game: Economies may have to substantially change to respond to global warming, starting with the humble cappuccino. Researchers take a first step toward quantifying the "socioclimatic" exposure of different countries to future climate change. What happened to the Kyoto Protocol? The House Oversight committee releases a report on White House efforts to interfere with climate change science. A review of Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over Global Warming by Chris Mooney. A review of Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival: The Remaking of American Environmentalism by Michael Egan. A review of Counterculture Green: Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism by Andrew G. Kirk.
