14 of the Best Climate Change News Stories This Week - 26th June 2009

Posted on 26. Jun, 2009 by Ross in Best Climate News

Energy-Saving News brings you the most important and informative climate change, clean technology and energy efficiency news from the top news, business and science sites of the World Wide Web. This week’s best climate change stories include (until the US approve the Cap-and-Trade bill later today) Russia’s attempts to set carbon reduction targets which increase rather than decrease pollution, Europe’s plan to produce solar power in the Sahara Desert and transfer in back to the West, and the Chinese authorities signalling their intent to block the sale of Hummer to a Chinese company because it would be contrary to state emissions targets.

Monday:

CleanTechnica - Half a trillion dollars to build huge Desertec plan?

New York Times - A Sea Change in China’s Attitude Toward Carbon Capture

CNET - Is smart grid the next green-tech bubble?

Reuters - Refrigerants set to spur climate change: study

Tuesday:

Guardian - Rajendra Pachauri: Where’s the world’s plan of action against climate change?

Energy-Saving News - Russian Climate Change Targets To Spark All-Out Copenhagen Carbon War

BusinessGreen - Fuel cell firm turns to chemicals industry to tear down hydrogen barrier

Wednesday:

Reuters - US, Canada must do more in climate fight: France

CNET - Synthetic ‘tree’ promises to catch carbon