28/7/2007 BBC Los Angeles Air-quality regulators in California have introduced tough new rules controlling fuel emissions from some diesel-powered engines. The regulations will affect off-road vehicles such as bulldozers and airport baggage trucks. Read the rest of this entry »
25/7/2007 BBC Ozone could be a much more important driver of climate change than scientists had previously predicted, according to a study in Nature journal. The authors say the effects of this greenhouse gas – known by the formula O3 – have been largely overlooked. Read the rest of this entry »
23/7/2007 BBC The backlash against carbon offsetting could whip away funds from some ground-breaking projects in Asia and Africa, says Martin Wright. Read the rest of this entry »
IPPC Report 2007 – the Policy Makers’ Summary (18 pages)
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf (Needs Adobe to open the document)
22/7/2007 BBC People should be encouraged and offered help to use schemes that offset their carbon emissions, MPs have said. The environmental audit committee acknowledged that some schemes were “less than robust”, but the benefits of cutting emissions were worth pursuing. Read the rest of this entry »
19/7/2007 BBC Massive freshwater floods cut land bridge to France · Evidence found in sea bed rift of 400,000 years ago Read the rest of this entry »
18/7/2007 BBC This year could see the biggest “dead zone” since records began in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say conditions are right for the zone to exceed last summer’s 6,662 sq miles (17,255 sq km). Read the rest of this entry »
18/7/2007 Despite the rise of the ethical consumer and increasing concerns over the size of our carbon footprints, it appears that that the UK is a nation of “armchair ecologists”. A survey shows that while 86% of people worry about the environment, far fewer are prepared to do much to protect it. Read the rest of this entry »
17/7/2007 BBC Michael Back has made headlines and history in South Africa by becoming the first wine farmer there – and only the third in the world – to be recognised as carbon neutral. Read the rest of this entry »
15/7/2007 Europe’s carbon emissions have risen markedly over the last 40 years, but the extra fuel use has brought little increase in happiness, a report says. Read the rest of this entry »
13/7/2007 BBC China’s massive capacity to recycle waste-paper is preventing many forests around the world from being destroyed, a report has concluded. The nation’s paper industry imported almost 20 million tonnes in 2006, primarily from the US, Europe and Japan, according to NGO Forest Trends. Read the rest of this entry »
13/7/2007 BBC India has taken the first steps towards developing a national plan on tackling the effects of climate change. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting of top government officials and environmental experts which agreed to draft a national policy by October. Read the rest of this entry »
11/7/2007 BBC The US government may have refused to throw its weight behind efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but Americans are increasingly acting on their own initiative. Read the rest of this entry »
11/7/2007 BBC News The international climate debate needs to embrace a “new way of thinking” to tackle the problem, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged. Too much time was being wasted arguing over “historical responsibilities” for past emissions, Mr Ban said. Read the rest of this entry »
11/7/2007 Guardian UK needs a two-child limit, says population report · Highest fertility rate in 26 years ‘unsustainable’ Read the rest of this entry »
10/7/2007 BBC Environment Correspondent A new scientific study concludes that changes in the Sun’s output cannot be causing modern-day climate change. It shows that for the last 20 years, the Sun’s output has declined, yet temperatures on Earth have risen. Read the rest of this entry »
10/7/2007 Guardian The BBC was yesterday defending itself against viewers who said its coverage of Al Gore’s Live Earth party at Wembley gave both far too little and far too much credence to alternative ideas about the causes of climate change. But the Beeb has always found it hard to square the science with its own impartiality. Read the rest of this entry »
6/7/2007 BBC Armies of insects once crawled through lush forests in a region of Greenland now covered by more than 2,000m of ice. Read the rest of this entry »
6/7/2007 BBC China is at the heart of a trade that is pushing some tropical trees towards extinction, environmental groups say. Read the rest of this entry »
5/7/2007 BBC Sam Wilson reports from Sacramento on how state legislation to combat climate change may have a knock-on effect across the US. After a week-long battle, firefighters have finally subdued the worst blaze to hit California’s Lake Tahoe region in a century. Read the rest of this entry »
5/7/2007 Guardian Food prices will rise in the next 10 years as nearly twice as much sugar cane, maize and oilseed rape is grown to fuel cars, and people in rapidly developing countries adopt meat-based diets, says the UN in its annual assessment of farming trends. Read the rest of this entry »
3/7/2007 Guardian George Monbiot - Stop doing the CBI’s bidding, and we could be fossil fuel free in 20 years Prospects for renewable power are promising. But it means nothing if the public interest is drowned by corporate power. Read the rest of this entry »
3/7/2007 BBC The public believes the effects of global warming on the climate are not as bad as politicians and scientists claim, a poll has suggested. Read the rest of this entry »
1/7/2007 BBC A much-delayed law that makes British producers and importers of electronic goods responsible for the recycling of their products has come into force. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive requires 4kg of “e-waste” to be recycled per person. Read the rest of this entry »