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CLIMATE NEWS SCAN – 12 June 2012
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Some highlights from this weeks News Scan:
- Finding the tipping point for Earth’s biosphere
- Voluntary markets for forest carbon growing
- California increases the energy efficiency of its buildings
Authors: Neil Thomson, Justin Bull, James Noble, Tim Shah
Editors: James Tansey (ISIS), Jessica Worsley (PICS), Tom Pedersen (PICS)
The PICS News Scan is produced by ISIS at the Sauder School of Business and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). To be added to the News Scan distribution list Subscribe Hereor to provide content feedback and/or suggestions about interesting news items, please email: isis@sauder.ubc.ca.
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