Marubeni to Raise Carbon-Credits Sales in Japan 43% by 2012 (Bloomberg.com)

June 20 (Bloomberg) — Marubeni Corp. , the only Japanese trading house that’s a member of the European Climate Exchange, targets a 43 percent increase in carbon-credit sales as the country approaches a 2012 deadline to reduce emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.

Big, Bad Hydro (Forbes)

Thanks to global warming and high energy prices, mega-dam projects are making an unprecedented comeback. But hydro-electricity might not be all that green.

Environmental Questions Dog Brazil’s Farming Boom (US News & World Report)

A Brazilian official cites new protections and denies new wave of Amazon deforestation.