In the rhetorical fight around the global warming bill, it's rare to see the special interests' influence as nakedly revealed as they recently were in a presentation from the Rural American Solutions Group.

While critics worry the benefits from land use, land use change, and forestry offsets may one day be reversed, various trading programs have tried to address permanence risks with different approaches -- with mixed results.

Professionals in climate change-related fields are more likely to be male, highly educated, well-paid and not worried about losing their jobs, according to a new survey.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. -- A new report looks at what financial risks companies in the S&P 500 would face under a cap-and-trade program that requires the purchase of carbon emissions credits. While most would be unaffected, some industries, especially utilities, would face costs much higher than their earnings.

Alarmists in entrenched industry say the energy bill being debated in Congress will harm the economy. But history has shown that industry's resistance to change is groundless and higher standards set by government stimulate economic growth, writes Ceres President Mindy S. Lubber.

Deforestation accounts for 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions –- a fact not lost on drafters of the Waxman-Markey Bill, which has passed through committee and now goes before the United States House of Representatives.

TRIRIGA President and CEO George Ahn details a recent talk with Yale professor Daniel Esty about U.S. President Barack Obama's energy related goals, how buildings factor into a clean energy future and the role technology plays in moving toward a low-carbon economy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation’s first federal climate change bill cleared a key hurdle last night by making it out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on a 33-25 vote, but plenty of obstacles remain.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The voluntary carbon markets defied last year’s deteriorating economy by doubling in size and growing in value, according to the latest research from Ecosystem Marketplace and New Carbon Finance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee wrestles over the draft climate change legislation proposed by Reps. Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, a new study has been released suggesting the feared economic toll may be lighter than some predict.

Today, Rob Watson begins an indepth look at the 12 points Donella Meadows outlined in her seminal piece published by the Sustainability Institute, "Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System." He starts with an examination of "constants, parameters (and) numbers” in the form of gas and carbon taxes.

Marc Stuart makes the case for fixing, not tossing, the Clean Development Mechanism.

In this ClimateBiz.com Q&A, Miriam Horn, co-author of "EARTH: The Sequel," describes some of today's emerging cleantech innovators and the reasons they need a cap-and-trade to help bring their technologies to scale.