US oil company donated millions to climate sceptic groups, says Greenpeace
31/3/2010 Guardian Greenpeace has identified Kansas-based oil firm Koch Industries as a multimillion funder of climate sceptic groups. Read the rest of this entry »
Peer pressure plays a key role in low-carbon living by Adam Corner
30/3/2010 Guardian Recycling can be just as much about keeping up the the Joneses than being environmentally friendly. Read the rest of this entry »
MPs’ message of climate trust by Richard Black
31/3/2010 BBC The first of the numerous enquiries into the state of climate science has just been published in the UK Read the rest of this entry »
Natural experiments: Working in the history lab by Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson
29/3/2010 New Scientist Magazine issue 2753. SOMETIME around AD 1600, Galileo Galilei is supposed to have climbed to the top of the leaning tower of Pisa and dropped two cannonballs of different sizes and weights over the edge. Read the rest of this entry »
Tech fixes to cool the planet – will they work?
29/3/2010 New Scientist Hacking the planet: who decides? Read the rest of this entry »
Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change – James Lovelock interviews by Leo Hickman
30/3/2010 Guardian James Lovelock: Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Shoppers choose green products to improve social status, says study
30/3/2010 Guardian Shoppers choose hybrid cars to improve social status, say researchers. Read the rest of this entry »
Can I be green and have a family?
30/3/2010 Observer To spawn or not to spawn? Naturally the planet has a view. Read the rest of this entry »
The innovator Tom McMillan gives website for flightless travel
30/3/2010 Observer Tom McMillan is fixing some stray tiles on his roof when I first ring him. Read the rest of this entry »
British summertime – it’s time for a rational change by Tim Yeo
30/3/2010 Guardian Suppose the government could cut energy consumption and carbon emissions without raising consumer prices or spending a single penny of taxpayer’s money. Read the rest of this entry »
Who will now lead the climate battle?
30/3/2010 Guardian Some of the planet’s most powerful paymasters will gather in London on Wednesday to discuss a nagging financial problem: how to raise a trillion dollars for the developing world. Read the rest of this entry »
The Carbon Trust – Your chance to ask about reducing your carbon footprint
30/3/2010 Guardian You ask, they answer: The Carbon TrustPost your questions for the trust on carbon labelling and what you can do to reduce your footprint. Read the rest of this entry »
How effective are Western carbon offsetting programmes?
29/3/201 BBC Peru hails Western carbon offsetting programmes. Read the rest of this entry »
Gulf Stream ‘does not appear to be slowing down’ Gulf Stream ‘is not slowing down’
29/3/2010 BBC The Gulf Stream does not appear to be slowing down, say US scientists who have used satellites to monitor tell-tale changes in the height of the sea. Read the rest of this entry »
Masdar: Abu Dhabi’s carbon-neutral city
28/3/2010 BBC Abu Dhabi’s ‘green’ city Masdar. Read the rest of this entry »
UK low carbon uptake ‘too slow’, Commons report warns
28/3/2010 BBC The government must act faster if the UK is to fully benefit from low carbon technology, a report by MPs has warned. Read the rest of this entry »
Beijing to sweeten stench of rubbish crisis with giant deodorant guns
27/3/2010 Guardian Beijing is to install 100 deodorant guns at a stinking landfill site on the edge of the city in a bid to dampen complaints about the capital’s rubbish crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t hound the climate scientists – Chair of IPCC Rajendra Pachauri
27/3/2010 Guardian To dismiss the implications of climate change based on an error about the rate at which Himalayan glaciers are melting is an act of astonishing intellectual legerdemain. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate scientists face ‘new form of persecution’ – Chair of IPCC Rajendra Pachauri:
27/3/2010 Guardian Rajendra Pachauri: Scientific knowledge of climate change is ’something we distort and trivialise at our peril’. Read the rest of this entry »
Blighted beaches: Britain’s shores are drowning in litter
26/3/2010 Guardian Tyres, plastic bottles and general rubbish washed up by the sea litter the beaches in Prestwick. Read the rest of this entry »
CITES: Murky waters for marine conservation
25/3/2010 BBC So, the once-every-three-years Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting has come to an end; Read the rest of this entry »
China overtook the US during 2009 to become the leading investor in renewable energy technologies
26/3/2010 BBC China steams ahead on clean energy according to a new analysis. Read the rest of this entry »
UK: Heathrow third runway opponents win court challenge
26/3/2010 BBC Ray Puddifoot, leader of Hillingdon Council: “This is a crushing defeat for the government. Read the rest of this entry »
UK beaches swamped by plastic litter, say campaigners
26/3/2010 BBC UK beaches are being ruined by an ever-accumulating tide of plastic litter, the Marine Conservation Society says. Read the rest of this entry »
Conference urges- Big food push urged to avoid global hunger
25/3/2010 BBC A big push to develop agriculture in the poorest countries is needed if the world is to feed itself in future decades, a report warns. Read the rest of this entry »
Greenwash alert: Scottish airport promotes carbon offset oxymoron among schoolchildren
25/3/2010 BBC Edinburgh Airport has donated £10,000 to a project which will see school pupils plant 500 trees and learn about offsetting their carbon footprints. Read the rest of this entry »
Forest loss slows, as China plants and Brazil preserves
25/3/2010 BBC The world’s net rate of forest loss has slowed markedly in the last decade, with less logging in the Amazon and China planting trees on a grand scale. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Global Shame’ declared on coal plant in Czech Republic.
22/3/2010 www.greenpeace.org CEZ is pushing to extend the life of the coal plant Read the rest of this entry »
Energy-efficient homes make householders complacent
25/3/2010 New Scientist Magazine issue 2752 SURVEYS of hundreds of UK households reveal that people who have made their houses more energy efficient are more likely to indulge in small excesses – turning up the heating, for example, or keeping it on for longer. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Budget 2010: Chancellor announces £2bn green investment bank
B25/3/2010 Guardian The chancellor, Alistair Darling, today announced the creation of a £2bn green investment bank and measures to support offshore wind energy in his budget, Read the rest of this entry »
France: Sarkozy under fire from junior ecology minister after carbon tax plan shelved
25/3/2010 Guardian Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president who vowed to try to “save the human race” with a tax on carbon, was today accused by his junior ecology minister of pandering to “eco-scepticism” after the reform was in effect abandoned by the government. Read the rest of this entry »
Forests expert officially complains about ‘distorted’ Sunday Times article
25/3/2010 Guardian A leading scientist has made an official complaint to the Press Complaints Commission over an “inaccurate, misleading and distorted” newspaper story about a supposed mistake made by the UN’s panel on global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Green living is not about doing the right thing for the wrong reason by James Garvey
25/3/2010 Guardian What’s in it for me: Green campaigners are finding new ways to motivate a shift towards environmentally friendly choices. Read the rest of this entry »
Energy reform is meeting economics across the political parties – Roger Harrabin
25/3/2010 BBC. GREEN BANK EMERGES FROM THE RED BOX Read the rest of this entry »
Restoring natural capital in degraded landscapes
25/3/2010 BBC VIEWPOINT Mark Chandler Read the rest of this entry »
MPs say -Step up climate efforts – More needed in climate change fight,
25/3/2010 BBC Far more needs to be done by the government to help the UK adapt to climate change, MPs have said. Read the rest of this entry »
Warning that the next parliament is the last chance to stop climate change – Sir Trevor McDonald
22/3/2010 Scotsman The next parliament will be the last chance for politicians to stop runaway climate change, business, environmental and charity leaders warn today. Read the rest of this entry »
Drought, refugees, revolution and war – the military prepares for climate doomsday
22/3/2010 Scotsman Jenny Fyall ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT. Read the rest of this entry »
Scotland: Campaigners protest at Fife mine site
23/3/2010 BBC At least 20 environmental campaigners are staging a protest at a site which hasplanning permission for an open cast coal mine in Fife. Read the rest of this entry »
Rising sea levels: Disputed Bay of Bengal island ‘vanishes’ say scientists
24/3/2010 BBC A tiny island claimed for years by India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal has disappeared beneath the rising seas, scientists in India say. Read the rest of this entry »
Does US Healthcare Bill win leave climate in better shape?
24/3/2010 BBC The passage of President Obama’s healthcare reform package prompts the question: what might it mean for climate change legislation? Read the rest of this entry »
UN body to look at meat production and link with climate change
24/3/2010 BBC UN specialists are to look again at the contribution of meat production to climate change, after claims that an earlier report exaggerated the link. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate Crisis Now: Drought leaves 16 million Chinese without drinking water
23/3/2010 www.350.org Google’s dealings with China is the big news in many papers today, Read the rest of this entry »
UN report: World’s biggest cities merging into ‘mega-regions’
23/3/2010 Guardian The world’s first mega-city, comprised of Hong Kong, Shenhzen and Guangzhou, home to about 120 million people. Read the rest of this entry »
Are we experiencing a crisis in scientific authority? Comment by Tom Feilden
23/3/2010 BBC Judging from recent headlines – about melting glaciers, the resurgence of the debate over Andrew Wakefield and MMR, GM food or the sacking of the Government’s chief drugs adviser – you could be forgiven for thinking that public trust in science was in a state of crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
French government backs down on carbon tax plan
23/3/2010 BBC The French government has signalled that it is dropping a plan for a tax on domestic carbon dioxide emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
Pearce, Fred Peoplequake (world populations crashing – ed.)
Pearce, Fred ‘Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing nations and the Coming Population Crash’ 2010 Transworld Publishers, ISBN 9781905811342, 342 pages £12.99 Read the rest of this entry »
UK air pollution causes 50,000 early deaths a year, say MPs
23/3/2010 Guardian In pollution hotspots such as London, air particles could be cutting vulnerable people’s lives short by nine years, says the committee. Read the rest of this entry »
New clean-up technology trialled
23/3/2010 BBC A radical new approach to decontaminating industrial land invented by Edinburgh scientists is now being trialled in America and Canada. Read the rest of this entry »
Scotland: Campaigners protest at Fife mine site
23/2/2010 BBC At least 20 environmental campaigners are staging a protest at a site which has planning permission for an open cast coal mine in Fife. Read the rest of this entry »
Immense volcanic activity helped the dinosaurs rise to prominence some 200 million years ago
23/3/2010 BBC Immense volcanic activity helped the dinosaurs rise to prominence some 200 million years ago, a study suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
Wind contributing to Arctic sea ice loss, study finds
22/3/2010 Guardian Much of the record breaking loss of ice in the Arctic ocean in recent years is down to the region’s swirling winds and is not a direct result of global warming, a new study reveals. Read the rest of this entry »
Aiming for a no-carbon economy Comment by Mike Mason
22/3/2010 Guardian Who would get on a flight across the Atlantic if most of the aeronautical engineers in the world were saying that the plane had a 50% chance of crashing before it got to the destination? Read the rest of this entry »
Call to tackle pollution ‘role in 50,000 early deaths’
22/3/2010 BBC More could be done to prevent the early deaths of up to 50,000 people each year hastened by air pollution, MPs say. Read the rest of this entry »
Effect of single-year drought conditions on the Amazon – criticism of IPCC conclusion refuted.
21/3/2010 www.realclimate.org Climate Science— eric @ 20 March 2010 Read the rest of this entry »
China sandstorm leaves Beijing shrouded in orange dust
21/3/2010 BBCBeijing has been shrouded in orange dus Read the rest of this entry »
Tuna international trade ban defeat’s hypocritical roots
18/3/2010 BBC The frustration of conservation groups at the outcome of Thursday’s tuna trade discussions was almost palpable. Read the rest of this entry »
People who fit energy saving devises then tend to use more – survey
20/3/2010 SURVEYS of hundreds of UK households reveal that people who have made their houses more energy efficient are more likely to indulge in small excesses—turning upthe heating, for example, or keeping it on for longer. Read the rest of this entry »
IPCC – InterAcademy Council will review the methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
20/3/2010 New Scientist Improving the IPCC. Read the rest of this entry »
Electric cars jostle for position on the power grid
18/3/2010 New Scientist IT MIGHT have hogged the limelight at last week’s Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland, Read the rest of this entry »
Ship pollution is slowing global warming
18/3/2010 News Scientist Ship pollution is slowing global warming Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming changes natural event: the first causal link established
19/3/2010 New Scinetist For the first time, a causal link has been established between climate change and the timing of a natural event Read the rest of this entry »
Aberdeen university to assess UK electric motoring market
19/3/2010 BBC The potential market for electric vehicles is to be examined by experts from the University of Aberdeen. Read the rest of this entry »
Nissan Leaf electric car to be built in Sunderland, UK but definitely NOT zero carbon.
18/3/2010 BBC Nissan is to build its new electric car – the Leaf – at its Sunderland plant, the Japanese company has announced. Read the rest of this entry »
Scottish Parliament MSPs oppose new Hunterston coal fired power station plans
18/3/2010 BBC MSPs have backed calls for the Scottish Parliament to reject plans for a coal-fired power station at Hunterston in North Ayrshire. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change adverts far from divine
17/3/2010 BBC Richard Black Some interesting perspectives on communication, information and climate change emerge this week from Africa and the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change. It’s still real and it’s still a problem
18/3/2010 BBC Climate-related controversies and the outcome of the Copenhagen summit widely regarded as a failure have left a sense of hopelessness in climate policy, says Lord Chris Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon test for Caithness-made renewable water power turbine
18/3/2010 BBC A Scottish engineering company is to demonstrate a renewable power turbine designed for slow-flowing stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil. Read the rest of this entry »
Carmakers’ next crutch: Green subsidies (not green at all)
18/3/2010 BBC Carmakers are gathering at their annual jamboree in Geneva this week, collectively gasping for air. Read the rest of this entry »
Africans ‘take blame for climate change’ though fossil fuel emissions there are less than 4% of the global total
17/3/2010 BBC Many Africans blame themselves for climate change even though fossil fuel emissions there are less than 4% of the global total, a new survey suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
Ten sites named in £4bn UK marine energy project
17/3/2010 Guardian The heavy Atlantic swell and some of the world’s strongest tides are to be harnessed by a breakthrough scheme to generate clean marine energy off northern
Scotland, with predictions it will rival the output of a nuclear power station. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change ‘exaggerated’ in government adverts
17/3/2010 BBC Two government press adverts which used nursery rhymes to raise awareness of climate change have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Read the rest of this entry »
Copenhagen climate summit undone by ‘arrogance’
17/3/2010 BBC The “disappointing” outcome of December’s climate summit was largely down to “arrogance” on the part of rich countries, according to Lord Stern. Read the rest of this entry »
Up is Down, Brown is Green (with apologies to Orwell) Comment on Fox News misrepresentation.
16/3/2010 www.realclimate.org Filed under: Climate Science— eric @ 15 March 2010 In the alternate universe of Fox News, Anthony Watts, and many others, up is down. Read the rest of this entry »
Common English species face extinction – by George Monbiot
16/3/2010 Guardian The names alone should cause anyone whose heart still beats to stop and look again. Read the rest of this entry »
How going green may make you mean
16/3/2010 Guardian A consumer of ‘ethical’ products such as organic food might be more inclined to cheat and steal, the study found. Read the rest of this entry »
Fertilising the oceans with iron to absorb carbon dioxide could poison sea life
16/3/2010 BBC News Fertilising the oceans with iron to absorb carbon dioxide could increase concentrations of a chemical that can kill marine mammals, a study has found. Read the rest of this entry »
Plans to harness wave and tidal energy from the Pentland Firth and the sea around Orkney are to be unveiled.
16/3/2010 BBC Sea power winners to be announced. Read the rest of this entry »
Sea level rises – at least 1 metre by 2100 (nearly twice IPCC prediction)
11/3/2010 www.realclimate.org Sealevelgate Read the rest of this entry »
Why we bother. Letter to staff of www.RealClimate.org and responses.
12/3/2010 www.realclimate.org Filed under: Climate Science— group @ 12 March 2010 A letter from a reader (reproduced with permission): Read the rest of this entry »
The green revolution sweeps into the bathroom
11/3/2010 New Scientist Issue 2571 The humble toilet could be set for an upgrade. Read the rest of this entry »
US still responsible for most CO2 emissions
8/3/2010 New Scientist Issue 2751 Europeans import nearly twice as much carbon dioxide per head as US citizens – but the US still holds the dubious distinction of being the world’s largest emitter. Read the rest of this entry »
Battle over climate science spreads to US schoolrooms
12/3/2010 New Scientist Issue 2751 SCHOOLS in three US states – Louisiana, Texas and South Dakota – have been told to teach alternatives to the scientific consensus on global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Electric cars jostle for position on the power grid
12/3/2010 New Scientist Issue 2751 IT MIGHT have hogged the limelight at last week’s Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland, but the most arresting detail on Porsche’s latest concept car (pictured) was actually somewhat mundane: a wall plug. Read the rest of this entry »
Ex. UN commissioner for human rights, Mary Robinson: ‘I feel a terrible sense of urgency’ (about climate change)
13/3/2010 Guardian For summary see paragaphs highlighted in red. Read the rest of this entry »
Japan aims its home fuel cells at Europe
13/3/2010 BBC Following the success of a half-price subsidy for CO2-busting fuel-cell heat and energy generators for homes, Japan is now poised to ship its attention to
supplying the UK and Germany with this hi-tech next-generation energy source. Read the rest of this entry »
Industries hoarding greenhouse gas emission permits
12/3/2010 Guardian Companies involved in hoarding permits say banked credits will help them pay to develop new emission-cutting technology. Read the rest of this entry »
Nearly half of USA citizens believe climate change threat is exaggerated
12/3/2010 Guardian Public belief in climate science has seen a precipitous slide in the US, according to new polling that suggests fewer Americans are concerned about the threat posed by global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Collapse of Detroit,home of the automobile, once 4th largest US city and now turning green.
11/3/2010 Guardian When the film- maker Roger Graef approached me last year to make a film about the rise and fall of Detroit I had very few preconceptions about the place. Read the rest of this entry »
More than two extinct species a year in England compared with 1 in 20 years before humans, report reveals
11/3/2010 Guardian Hundreds of animals and plants are threatened, according to a report by Natural England. Read the rest of this entry »
UN IPCC Climate review seeks detachment
10/3/2010 BBC There’s little doubt, I think, that the forthcoming review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) can make quite a lot of difference to the organisation itself. Read the rest of this entry »
The trouble with trusting complex science by George Monbiot
9/3/2010 Guardian There is one question that no one who denies manmade climate change wants to answer: what would it take to persuade you? In most cases the answer seems to be nothing. Read the rest of this entry »
Battle over EU’s biofuel strategy (Harrabin’s Notes)
10/3/2010 BBC : EU’s biofuels policy will stand up to scrutiny. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists to review climate body by Richard Black
10/3/2010 BBC UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the world’s science academies to review work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Read the rest of this entry »
DR Congo ring 36-46km-wide may be giant ‘impact crater’
10/3/2010 BBC Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, scientists say. Read the rest of this entry »
EU ‘imports’ a third of its carbon emissions
10/3/2010 BBC Rich countries including several EU nations are “importing” about a third of their CO2 emissions, says a study. Read the rest of this entry »
Is fusion power really viable?
9/3/2010 BBC 2010 is a big year for nuclear fusion but experts fear that a lack of fuel could push the dream of cheap, safe, clean and limitless energy far into the future. Read the rest of this entry »
High-carbon ice age mystery solved – CO2 levels were not high.
8/3/2010 New Scientist Climate sceptics often ask. But sometimes the right answer is the simplest: Read the rest of this entry »
Wanted: an eco prophet Comment by Peter Preston
8/3/2010 Guardian It’s an exceptionally inconvenient truth. Only one American in three believes that human beings are responsible for climate change: a polling result 10% down on where opinion rested the year before. Read the rest of this entry »
Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve, say experts
8/3/2010 Guardian For the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared, humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve, one of the world’s experts on biodiversity has warned. Read the rest of this entry »