CO2 Reduction

So remember way back when, when Dell made a move off the grid by powering 100 percent of its 2.1 million square-foot global headquarters campus, home to more than 10,000 employees, with 100 percent green power? Well heres the follow up!

Japan, besides setting a 60-80% CO2 reduction goal (by 2050, not 2020 like environmentalists want), plans to launch a carbon market in autumn, which, if successful, could go global at some point in the future. Japan is the world's fifth-largest emitter. This move advances Japan's green agenda before hosting the G8 summit next month.

Taking action on climate change is now a major political issue as well as a moral issue and this is particularly true for U.S. voters this year.  The following are the top five presidential candidates of 2008, based on the issue of climate change.