USA Climate Change Deniers on the rise
29/10/2009 New Scientist The proportion of Americans who believe global warming is caused by human activity has dropped from 47 per cent to 36 per cent in the last 18 months Read the rest of this entry »
China outperforms USA on carbon cuts
29/10/2009 New Scientist China is often accused of not doing enough to reduce the carbon dioxide and other pollution pouring from its factories and coal-fuelled power stations. Read the rest of this entry »
Ways that people in USA could easily cut carbon emissions
29/10/2009 New Scientist If only Americans would hang their laundry out to dry – and commit 16 other acts of environmental kindness – they could slash US carbon dioxide emissions by 7.4 per cent by 2019. Read the rest of this entry »
Greenpeace builds climate defense camp in Indonesia
29/10/2009 Greenpeace website Exciting news – We have built a Climate Defenders Camp on the Kampar peninsula in Indonesia Read the rest of this entry »
Denmark in climate deal warning
29/10/2009 BBC Denmark’s prime minister says he does not think a legally binding deal on climate change will be agreed upon at a December summit in Copenhagen. Read the rest of this entry »
Effect of meat eating on climate change
29/10/2009 BBC The man behind one of the most influential reports on climate change, Lord Stern Read the rest of this entry »
Powermeter: Google’s household energy monitor arrives in UK
28/10/2009 Guardian Google may be best known for helping you find things on the web, but the online search company’s latest move is a bid to make futuristic low-energy eco-homes a reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change will devastate Africa, top UK scientist warns
28/10/2009 Guardian One of the world’s most influential scientists has warned that climate change could devastate Africa, predicting an increase in catastrophic food shortages. Read the rest of this entry »
Europe puts €100bn (£90bn) a year figure on green aid to push climate change deal
28/10/2009 Guardian Europe is to breathe life into the faltering search for a new global deal on climate change by pledging billions of pounds in financial support for poor countries Read the rest of this entry »
Comment on 350ppm by realclimate.org website
28/10/2009 realclimate.org website Read the rest of this entry »
New Economics Foundation blueprint for a green economy
28/10/2009 BBC VIEWPOINT by Andrew Simms Read the rest of this entry »
Melting Kyrgyz glaciers pose threat
28/10/2009 BBC Read the rest of this entry »
People may have to go vegetarian to save planet says Lord Stern
27/10/2009 Guardian Eating meat could become as socially unacceptable as drink-driving because of the impact it has on global warming, according to a senior authority on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Fossil fuel protesters occupied Didcot power station early yesterday
27/10/2009 Guardian … forcing it to switch electricity generation from coal power to gas as a safety precaution. Read the rest of this entry »
Met Office issues climate map of human impact causing 4C rise in global temperature
26/10/2009 Met Office website The impacts of climate change will be widespread across the globe. Read the rest of this entry »
World Climate map shows human impacts of 4C temp rise
26/10/2009 BBC A map designed to show the predicted effects of a 4C rise in global average temperature has been unveiled by the UK government. Read the rest of this entry »
Protesters climb on Oxfordshire power station
26/10/2009 BBC Activists have climbed an Oxfordshire power station chimney in a protest over climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon cost of pets is comparable to car use.
23/10/2009 New Scientist SHOULD owning a great dane make you as much of an eco-outcast as an SUV driver?Yes Read the rest of this entry »
Green taxes ‘under threat from Treasury’
26/10/2009 Guardian The Green Fiscal Commission’s report recommends that petrol duties are raised by
10% a year. Read the rest of this entry »
Storm threat to New Orleans out of our control, says general
26/10/2009 Guardian New Orleans can no longer be protected from hurricane storm surges, according to
the US army general in charge of the city’s defences. Read the rest of this entry »
China makes small start to switch from coal to electricity
25/10/2009 Times The brick walls are grey, the sky is leaden, the alley is choked with dust and rubble as workmen fill in a long channel running along Tanggong Hutong, in the heart of old Beijing Read the rest of this entry »
Kalof, Linda & Satterfield, Terre ‘Reader in Environmental Values’
Kalof, Linda & Satterfield, Terre ‘Reader in Environmental Values’ 2005 Earthscan ISBN 1-84407-167-7 334 pps
Jarman, Melanie ‘Climate Change’
Jarman, Melanie ‘Climate Change’ 2007 Pluto (Small Guides to Big Issues) ISBN 078-0-7453-2580-4 190 pps
Cromwell, David & Levene, Mark ‘Surviving Climate Change’
Cromwell, David & Levene, ‘Mark Surviving Climate Change; The Struggle to Avert Global Catastrophe’ 2007 Pluto ISBN 978-0-7453-2567-5 292 pps
Rees, Marton ‘Our Final Century’
Rees, Martin ‘Our Final Century: Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-first Century?’ 2003 Heinneman ISBN 0-434-00809-5 214 pps.
Glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035
5/10/2009 CNN news According to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. Read the rest of this entry »
UK children worst in Europe on wasting energy
19/10/2009 Telegraph The National Curriculum now includes a module on climate change and how carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are contributing to global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Warming could push Greenland ice sheet beyond ‘tipping points’
7/10/2009 Met Office Global warming could melt the vast Greenland ice sheet beyond ‘tipping points’ from which it would only partially recover,even if global carbon dioxide concentrations returned to levels prior to the industrial revolution — a new study has found. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Parliament votes on 10:10
23/10/2009 10:10 website In response to yesterday’s Liberal Democrat Opposition Day Debate in Parliament on the 10:10 campaign… Read the rest of this entry »
Science Museum unveils climate change map showing “disastrous” impact of 4C rise by 2060
23/10/2009 Guardian The British government today raised the political stakes on climate change when it published a new map of the world that details the likely effects of a failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
China’s electric scooters
22/10/2009 BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports on how a push toward electric scooters in one Chinese city could be a bellwether for a global revolution. Read the rest of this entry »
India-China climate change deal
21/10/2009 BBC Two of the world’s biggest polluters, India and China, have signed an agreement to work together on addressing climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
10:10 campaign in greater numbers, but could the Tories be dragging their feet?
21/10/2009 Blue water between the Tories and almost every other political party in the UK is getting clearer and clearer if the local council sign-ups to the 10:10 campaign are anything to go by. Read the rest of this entry »
Europe offers to cut emissions 95% by 2050 if deal reached at Copenhagen
21/10/2009 Guardian Europe attempted to reassert its international leadership in the fight against global warming today, offering to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 95% by 2050 and by 30% by 2020 if a climate change pact is sealed in Copenhagen in six weeks’ time. Read the rest of this entry »
China’s Green tower block
21/10/2009 BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports on the tower block under construction in China which could lead the way in green building technology. Read the rest of this entry »
Vote in House of Commons on 21st October to sign up for 1010
18/10/2009 www.38degreesuk.org website Private members Vote in House of Commons on 21st October to try to get Parliament commitment to 10:10. Go to the website for more information.
10:10 Commons motion urges public services to cut gas emissions
18/10/2009 Guardian The 10:10 climate change campaign will reach the floor of the House of Commons on Wednesday when the Liberal Democrats lead an opposition day motion backing its proposals. Read the rest of this entry »
PM warns of climate ‘catastrophe’ PM warns of climate ‘catastrophe’
18/10/2009 BBC The UK faces a “catastrophe” of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves if world leaders fail to agree a deal on climate change, the prime minister will warn. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate protest enters second day at Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power station
18/10/2009 BBC Police are preparing for a second day of demonstrations at a power station in Nottinghamshire after at least 80 people were arrested there on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon capture plant backed by EU
17/10/2009 BBC Plans for Britain’s first coal-fired power station equipped with carbon capture technology have been backed by the European Commission. Read the rest of this entry »
AMERICA’s giant steel-makers could be about to torpedo an international agreement on climate change.
16/10/2009 New Scientist Following lobbying by heavy industries, the US Congress is considering imposing tariffs on imports from China and other developing nations. Read the rest of this entry »
Environment Agency watchdog latest to pledge 10:10 energy cut
16/10/2009 Guardian The government’s environmental watchdog has pledged its support for the 10:10 campaign. Read the rest of this entry »
Consumers cease to be a problem and become the solution to climate change – it’s simply a question of behaviour
16/10/2009 Guardian Shoppers explore the new Westfield shopping centre during its opening day in west London. Read the rest of this entry »
British Medical Journal – A healthy alternative to climate change negotiations
19/9/2009 British Medical Journal The international climate change negotiations in Copenhagen are only weeks away. Read the rest of this entry »
Arctic to be ‘ice-free in summer’ in a decade
15/10/2009 BBC The Arctic Ocean could be largely ice-free and open to shipping during the summer in as little as ten years’ time, a top polar specialist has said. Read the rest of this entry »
Dr Rowan Williams says climate crisis a chance to become human again
14/10/2009 Guardian People should use the climate change crisis as an opportunity to become human again, setting aside the addictive and self-destructive behaviour that has damaged their souls, the Archbishop of Canterbury said today. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate doctors say ‘feel the pain’… Richard Black
12/10/2009 Guardian )It’s worth looking at some of the international ramifications of the conclusions of the UK’s official climate advisers Read the rest of this entry »
Vision by government’s climate watchdog – (Out of touch with reality Ed.)
12/10/2009 Guardian A green and pleasant land, with millions of electric cars powered from wind turbines and travelling between super-cosy homes and offices: that is the vision for Britain in 2020 set out today by the government’s climate watchdog. Read the rest of this entry »
Freshwater creatures and plants are most threatened species on earth
12/10/2009 Guardian Extinction rates for freshwater species such as turtles are ‘four to six times higher than their terrestrial and marine cousins’. Read the rest of this entry »
Britain has the world’s best climate policy: that’s good news, and bad news – Goerge Monbiot
12/10/2009 Guardian Even if every other nation followed suit we’d still be likely to hit catastrophic climate change with a global 4C temperature rise. Read the rest of this entry »
George Soros pledges $1bn to search for clean energy
12/10/2009 Guardian Billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros has pledged to invest more than $1bn (£625m) of his own money in clean energy technology to tackle climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Recession-hit consumers say they can no longer pay more for sustainable or ethical goods
12/10/Guardian Consumers battered by the recession are now less likely to pay a premium for goods that are produced more sustainably or ethically, according to a report on shoppers’ attitudes. Read the rest of this entry »
UK ‘needs step change’ on climate – Official Advisers
12/10/2009 BBC The UK needs a “step change” in policies to reduce carbon emissions if it is to meet its own climate targets, government advisers have said. Read the rest of this entry »
New carbon data shows political targets “playing with fire” 25-40metre sea rise
11/10/2009 BBC A new historical record of carbon dioxide levels suggests current political targets on climate may be “playing with fire”, scientists say. Read the rest of this entry »
Why global warming isn’t taking a break – realclimate.org
10/10/2009 realclimate.org (reported in Guardian) The blogosphere (and not only that) has been full of the “global warming is taking a break” meme lately. Read the rest of this entry »
Developed country emissions pledges fall far short of danger, analysis shows
10/10/2009 Guardian Analysis by the World Resources Institute, part of the Guardian Environment Network. Read the rest of this entry »
10:10 can make a real impact by Kevin McCloud
10/10/2009 Guardian There are two dirty words that circulate in the corridors of power, terrifying politicians. Read the rest of this entry »
Impact of Kingsnorth delay – by Richard Black
Some climate campaigners have been quick to claim that the decision to delay the proposed new coal power station at Kingsnorth in the south-east of England is both a victory Read the rest of this entry »
What happened to global warming?
10/10/2009 BBC This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. Read the rest of this entry »
State of the World 2009: Confronting Climate Change.
State of the World 2009: Confronting Climate Change. 2009 Earthscan Worldwatch Institute
Temperature – Geographic temperature increases if global average temperature rises 4C
Geographic temperature increases if global average temperature rises 4C. Read the rest of this entry »
A WORLD 4 ºC Warmer – It may happen in our lifetime. (includes Graphic)
3/10/2009 New Scientist By 2055, climate change is likely to have warmed the world by a dangerous 4ºC unless we stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere the way we do now.IF YOU CLICK THE READ MORE HERE YOU WILL DOWNLOAD A GRAPHIC (also available in the GRAPHICS Category) Read the rest of this entry »
Giddons, Anthony. The Politics of Climate Change
Giddons, Anthony. The Politics of Climate Change, 2009 Polity Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4693-0 pbk 264pp £12.99
Dunion, Kevin. Troublemakers: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Scotland
Dunion, Kevin. Troublemakers: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Scotland. 2003 Edinburgh U.Press, ISBN o 7486 1781 7 pbk 245pp
Hulme, Mike. Why We Disagree About Climate Change
Hulme, Mike. Why We Disagree About Climate Change 2009 Cambridge U.Press ISBN 978-0-521-72732-7 pbk, 392pp
Foster, John The Sustainability Mirage
Foster, John The Sustainability Mirage, 2008 Earthscan ISBN 978-1-84407-535-5 pbk, 170pp £15 REVIEW follows Read the rest of this entry »
Scorched earth: Wildfires will change the way we live
7/10/2009 New Scientist If we are lucky, an international climate agreement will be forged in Copenhagen later this year and emissions targets set in a bid to limit global warming to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels. Read the rest of this entry »
Island’s bid to ’save the world’ – by example to us all
9/10/2009 BBC Residents of a tiny Hebridean island hope their five step web-based environmental project can help combat climate change and “save the world”. Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft, B&Q and Pret take 10:10 vow to fight climate change
9/10/2009 Guardian Microsoft, B&Q and Pret a Manger have become the latest household names to join the 10:10 climate change campaign, joining 25,000 individuals, 1000 businesses and hundreds of schools, hospitals and other organisations. Read the rest of this entry »
350 Campaign Pictures on Big Screens New York
9/10/2009 350 Campaign TIMES SQUARE NEW YORK Read the rest of this entry »
Droughts in Australia
Guardian Weekly 9/10/2009 The water in Austrlia’s biggest river is so low and so salty that the nations’s fifth-largest city, Adelaide, is at risk of having to ship in drinking water. Read the rest of this entry »
“A safe operating space for humanity”
23/9/2009 Nature “Identifying and quantifying planetary boundaries that must not be transgressed could help prevent human activities from causing unacceptable environmental change, argue Johan Rockström and colleagues.” Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change believer takes firm to tribunal
8/10/2009 Guardian A man who claims he was unfairly dismissed from his job because he believes in climate change is attempting to have his environmental views recognised under religious law. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – Building of a New Kingsnorth coal plant put on 3 year delay
8/10/2009 BBC Controversial plans to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent have been put on hold for up to three years, energy firm E.On has said. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon emissions will fall 3% due to recession, say world energy analysts
7/10/2009 Guardian The 3% cut in emissions is the result of less industrial activity. Read the rest of this entry »
Isles of Scilly one-day voluntary electricity switch-off falls short of target
7/10/2009 BBC Organisers of an energy switch-off on the Isles of Scilly achieved only a 1% drop in power usage but they insist that the experiment was a success. Read the rest of this entry »
The global recession provides a window of opportunity to curb climate change
7/10/2009 BBC … and build a low-carbon future, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). Read the rest of this entry »
US Energy Companies stop denial and get into Carbon Trading -Thomas Noyes
6/10/2009 Guardian Environmental advocates were heartened to see proposals for fighting climate change advance on two fronts on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
China leads accusation from developing countries that rich nations are trying to sabotage climate treaty
6/10/2009 Guardian The US and other developed countries are attempting to “fundamentally sabotage” the Kyoto protocol Read the rest of this entry »
BY 2055, climate change is likely to have warmed the world by a dangerous 4 °C
30/9/2009 New Scientist … unless we stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere the way we do now. Read the rest of this entry »
Post-human Earth: How the planet will recover from us
30/9/2009 New Scientist WHEN Nobel prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen coined the word Anthropocene around 10 years ago, Read the rest of this entry »
British public refuse to fly less to reduce their carbon footprint
5/10/2009 Guardian A plane takes off from Bilbao in northern Spain, a popular destination for British holidaymakers. Read the rest of this entry »
Soot from fires and vehicles increase Himalayas glaciers melting
4/10/2009 Observer Glaciers in the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau that feed the river systems of almost half the world’s people are melting faster because of the effects of clouds of soot from diesel fumes and wood fires Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon is turning Arctic seas to acid, putting vital food chain at risk.
4/10/2009 Observer With the world’s oceans absorbing six million tonnes of carbon a day, a leading oceanographer warns of eco disaster. Read the rest of this entry »
Yachtswoman Dame Ellen to retire to campaign for Climate Change
4/10/2009 BBC Round-the-world yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur has announced her retirement from competitive sailing so she can focus on environmental campaigning. Read the rest of this entry »
CO2 emissions created by Britons are probably twice as bad as official figures
11/10/2009 BBC Professor David MacKay told the BBC that reductions in carbon dioxide emissions since 1990 are “an illusion”. Read the rest of this entry »