UN expert condemns biofuel as a crime against humanity
27/10/2007 BBC A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity. Read the rest of this entry »
Evans, Kate 2006 Funny Weather
Funny Weather by Kate Evans, Myriad Editions, 2006, ISBN -10:9549309-3-2/ISBN -13: 978-0-9549309-3-6, 95 pages, £6.99 Read the rest of this entry »
Green Philanthropy
Go to www.philanthropycapiatl.org
Global Witness
Go to www.globalwitness.org
Environmental Funders Network
Go to www.greenfunders.org
Why are so few people donating to environmetal campaigns?
24/10/2007 Guardian see News List for this date. Understanding this one is vital. Read the rest of this entry »
Few people donate to green campaigns.
24/10/2007 Guardian (Society supplement) Environmental charities have lead the debate so why do they find fund raising so hard? Read the rest of this entry »
Chief Scientist at DEFRA says ‘number one priority is the fight against climate change’
24/10/2007 Guardian “It’s absolutely inevitable we are going to see 1.5C, so our challenge is to try to limit it as close as possible to 2.0C above the pre-industrial (1850). Some level of adaptation is going to be needed and, clearly, to limit at 2.0C, you need signifiant global action to reduce the projected emissions over the next 50-100 years.” Read the rest of this entry »
Analyst argues that wind farms and biofuel are not green.
25/10/2007 Guardian large scale renewable energy projects will cause widespread environmental damage scientist claims. Read the rest of this entry »
General Electric propose wind turbines giving 3x more power
25/10/2007 Guardian General Electric plan to build wind generators with 70 metre blades compared with 40m for the longest existing ones which should produce three times the power at about 6 megawatts each turbine.
Critique of Bjorn Lomborg’s new book, by Chris Goodall.
20/10/2007 Critique by Chriss Goodall of Bjorn Lomborg’s book ‘Cool It’. Read the rest of this entry »
Natural decline ‘hurting lives’
25/10/2007 BBC Destruction of the natural world is affecting the health, wealth and
well-being of people around the globe, according to a major UN report. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming could wipe out half of all species
24/10/2007 Guardian Research links a history of warmer global temperatures to extinctions of species, with cooler global temperatures resulting in greater biodiversity. Read the rest of this entry »
CO2 levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster than expected
23/10/2007 BBC Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster than expected since 2000, says a study. Read the rest of this entry »
Report says carbon output rising faster than forecast
23/10/2007 Guardian Scientists warn – global warming will be “stronger than expected and sonner than expected. Read the rest of this entry »
Report says peak oil was 2006, now 7% fall p.a.
22/10/2007 Guardian Energy Watch Group report says world oil production peaked in 2006 much earlier than expected and will fall by half by 2030. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Warming Delusions at the Wall Street Journal
Realclimate (see websites) provides a convincing answer point by point. Read the rest of this entry »
Oceans are ’soaking up less CO2′
20/10/2007 BBC 10-year study in the North Atlantic shows CO2 uptake halved between the mid-90s and 2000 to 2005. Read the rest of this entry »
Ships’ CO2 ‘twice that of planes’ -report Intertanko
19/10/2007 BBC Report by Intertanko, representing the majority of the world’s tanker operators, says emissions have risen sharply in the past six years. Read the rest of this entry »
Cement makers come clean about carbon emissions
16/10/2007 BBC NEWS One ton of cement – the main ingredient of concrete – causes 900 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) Read the rest of this entry »
‘Warm wind’ hits Arctic climate
18/10/2007 BBC The Arctic is being hit by melting ice, hotter air and dying wildlife, according
to a US government report on the impact of global warming there. Read the rest of this entry »
Al Gore shares Nobel Peace prize with IPPC
13/10/2007 BBC Al Gore says the prize must spur action . Read the rest of this entry »
Judge rules Al Gore’s film can be shown in schools if ….
11/10/2007 BBC A High Court judge who ruled that ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ could be shown in schools if accompanied by guidance about nine errors he identified. Read the rest of this entry »
Rapeseed biofuel makes more greenhouse gas than oil/petrol
22/9/2007 The Times Biofuel is contributing more to global warming than fossil fuels claims a study. Read the rest of this entry »
Tim Flannery’s website
Notes for teachers and students on his book ‘We Are the Weather Makers’.
Greenhouse gas emissions hit 455 ppm in 2005
5/10/2007 Reuters Next IPCC report will show that greenhouse gases (CO2 equivalents) have already reached 455 ppm, ten years ealier than predicted. Read the rest of this entry »
Windscale: UK nuclear disaster twice as bad as reported
5/10/2007 BBC Nuclear accident at Windscale (1957) - twice as bad as we were told. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change education website
Good graphics etc
Go to http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/index.html
5m. Chinese affected by Typhon Krosa
8/10/2007 BBC Powerful storm has hit China’s south-east coast, destroying houses and causing widespread flooding. More than 1.4 million people were evacuated. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change disaster is upon us warns UN
5/10/2007 Guardian UN emergency relief coordinator Sir John Holmes warns that 12 out of 13 ‘flash’ appeals in 2007 were related to weather – climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Will biofuel leave the poor hungry?
3/10/2007 BBC Costing the Earth – Maggie Ayre - “For environmental groups like Friends of the Earth, it’s a no brainer.” Read the rest of this entry »
Giant Ayles Ice Island broken in two -far ealier than expected
2/10/2007 BBC In a season of record summer melting in the region, the two chunks have moved rapidly through the water – one of them covering 98km (61 miles) in a week. Read the rest of this entry »