Trees from Solar Botanic that will use 3 forms of available energy; heat, wind, and solar to provide every culture with an energy solution.

It is hoped that the fund will raise up to 21 billion dollars over the next 13 years from nations around the world. Norway has already chipped in, pledging 100 million dollars to kick things off. Brazil has made it clear though that donations are only being accepted with a condition of no strings being attached.

The world can reach a significant new climate change pact by the end of 2009 if current talks keep up their momentum, the head of the United Nations climate panel said on Sunday.

The hundredth anniversary of a national conservation meeting called by Theodore Roosevelt brought officials from 18 states to sign a statement calling for federal action on climate change. Ars reports from the 008 Conference of Governors on Climate Change.