Brazil Keeps Emissions Target Despite Summit Failure (Reuters) Brazil will make its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets, roughly 20 percent below 2005 levels, legally binding even though global climate talks failed this month, the country's environment minister says. Katrina Who? Louisiana Gov. Campaigns Against GHG Regulation (NOLA) The administration of Louisiana’s Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal is mounting a coordinated campaign against the EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gases. The letters say nothing about the cost of inaction as Louisiana's coastline is ravaged by rising sea levels. North Dakota Considers Suing Minnesota Over Carbon Tax (Bismark Tribune) North Dakota’s attorney general said he expects the state to sue Minnesota over a plan there to tax carbon created by electrical generation with a fee of between $4 and $34 per ton of carbon dioxide starting in 2012. Drill Options in NY Report Have Problems of Their Own (ProPublica) New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has attempted to address the wastewater problem from Marcellus Shale gas drilling by proposing three disposal options. But none of the proposed methods is realistic. Munich Re: Climate Change Losses Will Rise (Dow Jones) Munich Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers worldwide, warned today that losses caused by climate change will continue to rise in the future and called for a near-term deal to substantially lower greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Dairy Industry Milks Innovation in Bid to Cut Emissions 25% (Business Green) The US Department of Agriculture and the dairy industry have signed on to a landmark partnership to slash emissions and accelerate the roll out of anaerobic digesters. read more

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