Beijing temporarily bans cars, species loss due to climate change, an online charity marketplace, and cleaner air through BOP innovation.

August 28, 2007

Earth Trends: Environmental Information

• Beijing Temporarily Bans Cars in Bid to Reduce Air Pollution. August 24, 2007.
  
• Scientists Struggle to Estimate Number of Species Threatened by Climate Change. August 21, 2007.

New Ventures

• Rising Ventures: Pramod Shedde. A key figure in the Indian VC sector discusses prospects for sustainable investment. August 20, 2007.
• New Ventures Mexico Country Director Awarded as an Ashoka Fellow. August 22, 2007.
• LiveMint.com interviews NV India's Suneel Parasnis. August 22, 2007.

NextBillion.net: Development Through Enterprise

• BOP Innovation Helps Kids Breathe. August 24, 2007.
  
• GlobalGiving Decision Markets: Looking for Speculators. August 23, 2007.
  
• A New Ashoka Fellow Seeks to Foster Green Markets in Mexico. August 22, 2007.
  
• "The Faces of Exclusion" Competition Winner Announced. August 22, 2007.

Environmental News

• Washington Post. August 27, 2007. Of Note: WRI Receives "Gold" Rating for Office Expansion.
• Pollution Online. August 21, 2007. World Resources Institute Continues On 'Cutting Edge' Of Green Building Design.
• Medio Ambiente Online. August 22, 2007. World Resources Institute Continúa en la Avanzada del Diseño de "Construcción Verde".
• San Jose Mercury News. August 26, 2007. Carbon "Offset'' Market Lacks Standards, Oversight.
• San Jose Mercury News. August 27, 2007. Knowing Your Carbon Impact Increasingly Important.
• The Wall Street Journal's LiveMint.com. August 21, 2007. There Are No VCs Yet Dedicated to Clean Tech, Renewable Energy.
• Forbes. August 22, 2007. Cartridge World Estimates Its U.S. Customers Help Reduce Carbon Emissions by 1 Million Pounds in 2007.
• The Futurist. September 1, 2007. Restoring Mother Nature's Capital.
• Clean Air Report. August 23, 2007. August 23, 2007. Group's CO2 Sequestration Guide Could Be Model for Future EPA Rules.
• The Australian. August 24, 2007. Moose Emissions Put Wind Up Norwegians.
• CreativeLoafing.com. August 22, 2007. Georgia Power Takes a Fresh Look at Nuclear Power.
• Solar Buzz. August 23, 2007. Alcoa's PV System at Kawneer Facility Starts Operation.
• Global Policy Forum. August 15, 2007. China's Eco-Entrepreneurs.
• Earth Times. August 27, 2007. Cogeneration at SC Johnson Prevents Greenhouse Gas Emissions Equivalent to Driving Around the Earth 7,630 Times.