Falling short of Kyoto goals, Boulder raises carbon tax. It’s time for an in-your-face approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Boulder City Council decided Thursday night, unanimously increasing the city’s voter-approved carbon tax from its minimum to its maximum level. [News Source]

Study finds forest conservation in Indonesia could be as profitable as palm oil plantations. Selling credits for the billions of tons of carbon that are locked in Indonesia's tropical rain forests could be as profitable as converting these areas into palm oil plantations, a study released Friday found. [News Source]

Learning to live with less water. Droughts are nothing new for the Western US. But lately, even some parts of the country surrounded by water have gotten a taste of droughts. As our population grows, some experts say we're going to have to learn to live with less water. [News Source]

Greening the herds - trying to limit cows’ ‘emissions’. Cows at farms across Vermont are having their grain feed adjusted to help them belch less methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that has been linked to climate change. [News Source]

Coals from Newcastle. The black stuff pouring through Newcastle’s port is one of Australia’s economic linchpins, making it the world’s biggest coal-exporter. As Kevin Rudd tries to push through legislation to deal with global warming, coal is also one of his biggest headaches. [News Source]

Carbon capture no ’silver bullet’ While Ottawa and Alberta are spending billions of dollars on CCS demonstration projects, Canada's environment minister yesterday acknowledged what critics have said all along: The technology has limited application at the energy-intensive oil sands projects. [News Source]

High-stakes quest for permission to pollute. In the arcane world of climate legislation, a tiny bit of editing might one day give petroleum refiners valuable rights to emit carbon dioxide when it otherwise might not have been allowed. [News Source]

Chemical makers poised to gain in new cap-and-trade system. With legislation pending in Congress that could put a price on greenhouse-gas emissions, the energy-gulping chemical industry is trying to position itself to emerge as an unlikely winner. [News Source]

Pacific islands seek low-cost storm protection. Pacific islands are trying low-cost ways to protect crops and coasts from cyclones and shifting storm patterns linked to global warming that are a bigger threat -- for now -- than rising sea levels that could wipe low-lying nations off the map. [News Source]

Last German glacier gets cover to stave off melting. Germany’s last glacier, located above the Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, is getting a protective tarpaulin to help shield it from summer melting. [News Source]

Going green, staying cool. Bob May has lived in his Upper Deerfield home for more than 26 years, and he knew it was time to take the plunge and convert his home to a geothermal heating and air conditioning system. [News Source]