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As of May 2008 the estimated world population is just over 6.6 billion people. Wow! Its no secret that the world population is growing at an alarming rate and that something needs to be done. Another interesting or alarming, however you look at it, is the decreasing forests, trees, and rainforest’s. Yet again not another big secret, but something is being done to help solve this problem and in fact those efforts are getting stepped up. I am talking about an old initiative that is being renewed to be known as the 7 billion tree project.

Why do so many people talk about carbon footprints, when what they mean is energy efficiency and power consumption?

Ben Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency, is interviewed about the linkages between energy, water and climate change. That includes, particularly, a regulation EPA has proposed aimed at protecting drinking water around the areas where carbon dioxide would be stored underground through future carbon sequestration technology.

Why do so many people talk about carbon footprints, when what they mean is energy efficiency and power consumption?

Most forests are considered net sinks of carbon dioxide, meaning they store more carbon than they give up, but natural events can upset the equation.

So I know there has been allot of talk about grain shortage and rising food cost in the news lately so I thought today would be a great day to talk about how your diet can help the environment. World Vision is having an extreme shortage of food due to rising cost and will have cut 1.5 million people from their roster of 7.5 million they fed last year, one-third of them are children who rely on the organization’s aid to survive. Quite a startling statistic!

Interesting article on how green building is a very effective climate change solution to invest in. A study shows that it reduces carbon output far more than investments in nuclear or clean coal and saves consumers money while creating jobs.

A video of Al Gore's talk at the TED 2008 conference in Monterey, California, which includes his new presentation, given in public for the first time!

Three advisers to the 2008 presidential candidates describe their respective candidate's energy, environmental and climate change policies should their candidate be elected president.

Malcolm Woolf, Director, Maryland Energy Administration, is interviewed about Maryland's experience with electric power deregulation, energy and environmentlegislation to come out of the 2008 session of the state legislature, and Maryland's involvement in a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government aimed at being able to regulate vehicle tailpipe emissions to control global climate change.

Countries considering emissions schemes with free pollution permits should think again, says watchdog organisation WWF as European energy companies stand to reap windfall profits of up to $111 billion from carbon trading. A WWF commissioned study has warned that design faults in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) allow companies to make huge profits from carbon emission allowances received for free under National Allocation Plans.

British Columbia will be the first in North America to institute a comprehensive carbon tax on nearly all fossil fuels. It’s a groundbreaking move that could prove the feasibility of taxing greenhouse-gas emissions.

What happens to the money spent on offsets, and how does it affect the environment now and in coming years?

Allen Schaefer, Executive Director, Diesel Technology Forum, is interviewed on advancements in clean diesel transportation, advantages of clean diesel as a fuel source and the differences between clean diesel and biodiesel.

In preparation for the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Policy and Technical Group Business Meetings to be held in Cape Town, South Africa on April 13-17, 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy provides a briefing to interested parties on current CSLF activities and the U.S. position on CSLF issues.