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Millions of low-energy lightbulbs wasted as companies exploit loopholes

8/3/2010 Guardian Two hundred and twenty four million energy saving lightbulbs have been sent to households through he government’s efficiency scheme. Read the rest of this entry »

Drought extinguishes Venezuela’s lightning phenomenon – effect of El Nino

6/3/2010 Guardian Darkness rarely lasted long in the skies over Lake Maracaibo. Read the rest of this entry »

Massive Antarctic iceberg threatens ocean circulation

1/3/2010 New Scientist by Wendy Zukerman. The calving of a massive iceberg off east Antarctica last week has prompted fears that the event could alter the salinity of the surrounding ocean, with damaging effects on marine life and global ocean currents. Read the rest of this entry »

Why scientists must be the new climate sceptics

4/3/2010 New Scientist This is a depressing time for climate scientists. They’ve spent over a decade battling oil industry propagandists who said that the world was not warming. Read the rest of this entry »

Hybrid fusion: the third nuclear option by Julian Hunt and Graham O’Connor

4/3/2010 New Scientist THE long-anticipated nuclear renaissance has arrived. In his State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama announced plans for the US to build a new generation of nuclear power plants, and his budget for 2011 proposes large funding increases for the industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Methane bubbling out of Arctic Ocean – but is it new? by Fred Pearce

4/3/2010 New Scientist A wide expanse of Arctic Ocean seabed is bubbling methane into the atmosphere. Read the rest of this entry »

Which climate changes can be blamed on humans? Read the list.

5/3/2010 New Scientist Michael Marshall, reporter. The conclusions of the last IPCC report were unequivocal: it said, with 90% certainty, that greenhouse gases released by human activity were warming the planet. Read the rest of this entry »

Shields down! Earth’s mag field may drop in a flash

4/3/2010 New Scientist issue 2750. Even if we knew precise details of Earth’s core, we would not be able to predict a catastrophic flip in the polarity of its magnetic field more than a decade or two ahead. Read the rest of this entry »

Turbine design breathes new life into hopes for UK’s renewable targets

5/3/2010 Guardian Offshore Aerogenerator NOVA (Novel Offshore Vertical Axis) wind turbine concept that aims to provide 1 GW of power by 2020. Read the rest of this entry »

Climate scientists must be absolutely honest about data Comment by David Colquhoun

4/3/2010 Guardian I’m not a climate scientist, but I am concerned about the reputation of science and scientists. Read the rest of this entry »

Could burning coal underground take Clean Coal Ltd in too deep? | Fred Pearce

5/3/2010 King coal is ready for a British comeback in a form that sounds more like medieval hellfire than an energy source for the 21st century. Read the rest of this entry »

RBS- is its mandate is helping or hindering Britain’s efforts to promote low-carbon invests?

5/3/2010 Guardian A fund for climate chaos Comment by Kevin Watkins. Read the rest of this entry »

Met Office analysis reveals ‘clear fingerprints’ of man-made climate change

5/3/2010 Guardian Scientists used a technique called ‘optimal detection’, which showed clear fingerprints of human-induced global warming. Read the rest of this entry »

How public trust in climate scientists can be restored

5/3/2010 Guardian We know from many long-term records of environmental change (for instance, analysis of bubbles of air trapped in ice cores) that planet Earth is a truly remarkable “living” entity. Read the rest of this entry »

Climate emails inquiry: Energy consultant who argues that global warming is a religion linked to physics body’s submission

5/3/2010 Guardian Evidence from a respected scientific body to a parliamentary inquiry examining the behaviour of climate-change scientists, was drawn from an energy industry
consultant who argues that global warming is a religion, the Guardian can reveal. Read the rest of this entry »

UK Met Office review of evidence of human link to Climate change is now ‘stronger’

5/3/2010 BBC  A review from the UK Met Office says it is becoming clearer that human activities are causing climate change. Read the rest of this entry »

Solar panels are not fashion accessories by Jeremy Leggett

4/3/2010 Guardian George Monbiot’s attack on solar energy and the government’s “cash-back” solar photovoltaic (PV) market-building scheme paints a distorted picture of the
industry I work in Read the rest of this entry »

Institute of Physics forced to clarify submission to climate emails inquiry

3/3/2010 Guardian Professor The Institute of Physics has been forced to clarify its strongly worded submission to a parliamentary inquiry into climate change emails released onto the internet. Read the rest of this entry »

New energy saving targets to cost homeowners more than £7bn

3/3/2010 Guardian Homeowners will be able to take out loans for thousands of pounds to pay for insulation and solar panels, under legislation proposed by the government. Read the rest of this entry »

Are we really going to let ourselves be duped into this solar panel rip-off? Comment by George Monbiot

2/3/2010 Guardian Those who hate environmentalism have spent years looking for the definitive example of a great green rip-off. Finally it arrives, and nobody notices. Read the rest of this entry »

US Republican Inhofe accused of turning climate row into ‘McCarthyite witch-hunt’

2/3/2010 Guardian The US Congress’s most ardent global warming sceptic is being accused of turning the row over climate science into a McCarthyite witch-hunt by calling for a criminal investigation of scientists. Read the rest of this entry »

Phil Jones survives MPs’ grilling over climate emails – by Fred Pearce

2/3/2010 Guardian Gaunt and nervous, but with his ever-smiling University of East Anglia vice-chancellor beside him, Phil Jones survived his grilling by MPs – probably profoundly grateful that he did not have to face questioning from an earlier witness, the equally gaunt but far from nervous climate sceptic, Lord Lawson. Read the rest of this entry »

Climate scientist admits sending ‘awful emails’ but denies perverting peer review

2/3/2010 Guardian  The scientist at the centre of a media storm over global warming research admitted today he had sent “awful emails” but said he expected to be cleared of accusations that he tried to pervert the scientific process. Read the rest of this entry »

“Pentagon has identified climate change as the most potentially catastrophic risk facing US” – BBC discussant.

28/2/2010 BBC Start the Week. Discussion with Graciela Chichilnisky – who works for the US Airforce. Read the rest of this entry »

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