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British campaigner urges UN to accept ‘ecocide’ as international crime

10/4/2010 Guardian A campaign to declare the mass destruction of ecosystems an international crime against peace – alongside genocide and crimes against humanity – is being launched in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »

Climate change : How we got here by Richard Black at UN climate talks in Bonn

9/4/2010 BBC Richard Black From the UN climate talks in Bonn. Read the rest of this entry »

Climate change treaty ‘more urgent than ever’ – UN climate talks

9/4/2010 BBC  The need for a new global climate deal is “greater than ever”, according to developing country delegates speaking at the opening of UN climate talks. Read the rest of this entry »

Ice measurement – CryoSat-2 satellite launches on mission to monitor climate change in Arctic

9/4/2010 Guardian A resurrected satellite, carrying the hopes of climate scientists, successfullymade a second attempt to reach orbit today from the Baikonur cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan. Read the rest of this entry »

James Hansen’s latest :”Obama’s Second Chance on the Predominant Moral Issue of This Century”

James Hansen’s latest popular publication is available as a pdf document Read the rest of this entry »

The climate-change nightmares of military strategists

6/4/2010 New Scientist Issue 2752 WHEN a climate scientist forecasts that global warming will trigger mega-famines, floods of refugees and geopolitical meltdown, we may fear that they have a myopic world view. Read the rest of this entry »

Smart meters but – Only mind games will make us save power

6/4/2010 New Scientist Issue 2752  Energy meters are coming out of the closet and being upgraded to “smart meters” as governments press us to think about how much power we’re using. Read the rest of this entry »

Website searches carbon cost -Search engines’ dirty secret

6/4/2010 New Scientist Issue 2752 HOW much does a web search cost? You don’t pay up front, but there are costs nevertheless, and they are not just measured in dollars. Read the rest of this entry »

Monsoons send Asian pollution round the world by Fred Pearce

6/4/2010 New ScientistMagazine issue 2754. ASIAN pollution is a global problem. Read the rest of this entry »

World population – The shock of the old: Welcome to the elderly age by Fred Pearce

8/4/2010 New Scientist Issue 2755 USHI OKUSHIMA is the oldest resident of Ogimi, the most elderly community in Japan Read the rest of this entry »

UK MPs’ message of climate trust

9/4/2010 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 »

Bonn voyage for Copenhagen bus

9/4/2010 BBC The battered old charabanc of the UN climate convention (UNFCCC) splutters back into life this week for a quick three-day outing to Bonn. Read the rest of this entry »

UN climate talks to resume amid fear of more divisions

9/4/2010 BBC The first round of UN climate talks since December’s bitter Copenhagen summit opens in Bonn on Friday with the future of the process uncertain. Read the rest of this entry »

‘World needs a barometer of life’ ‘World needs a barometer of life’

9/4/2010 BBC The world needs a “barometer of life” to prevent ecosystems and species being lost forever, scientists have warned. Read the rest of this entry »

Drought turns southern China into arid plain – rationing introduced

8/4/2010 Guardian It is hard to imagine a less fitting environment for a mollusc than the arid plain of Damoguzhen in south-west China. Read the rest of this entry »

Arctic winter ice recovers slightly despite record year low, scientists say

8/4/2010 Guardian  The melting Arctic ice cap recovered slightly over the last winter, but scientists warned that it was still one of the worst years on record. Read the rest of this entry »

British plants are flowering earlier now than at any time in the last 250 years,

7/4/2010 BBC British plants are flowering earlier now than at any time in the last 250 years, according to new analysis. Read the rest of this entry »

Extreme weather – Flooding in Rio de Janeiro state kills scores

7/4/2010 BBC  At least 95 people have died in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro after the most torrential rain for decades caused landslides and flooding. Read the rest of this entry »

Pollution – Garbage pollution – 7 pictures

Garbage pollution. Read the rest of this entry »

Pollution killing forests

Pollution killing forests. Read the rest of this entry »

CO2 – Coal fired power stations – Drax UK

Pollution – London 19th century. Read the rest of this entry »

CO2 – Coal fired industry

Industrial pollution. Read the rest of this entry »

Pollution – London 19th century

Pollution – London 19th century. Read the rest of this entry »

Pollution: Sand storm in Sydney Australia

Air pollution Sydney Australia Read the rest of this entry »

Our narrow, antiquated school system is at the root of the climate email fiasco by George Monbiot

6/4/2010 Guardian The MPs were kind to Professor Phil Jones. Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo to trial electric ‘filling stations’ to boost green transport

6/4/2010 Guardian The first public trial of a system that “refills” electric cars in minutes will be launched this month. Read the rest of this entry »

Conflicts over water – China rejects criticism that Mekong River dam affects other Asian countries

5/4/2010 BBC China has rejected claims that its dams on the Mekong River are to blame for record low water levels in downstream nations. Read the rest of this entry »

World comparisons. Ecofootprints and greenhouse gas pollution.

Data on World comparisons. Ecofootprints and greenhouse gas pollution. From Fred Pearce’s 2010 book PeopleQuake. (details in BOOK LIST). Read the rest of this entry »

Pollution – China heavily polluted

Air pollution in Beijing. Read the rest of this entry »

CO2 – Coal -Huge scale of damage from mountaintop mining, tar sands etc.

The scale of destruction and pollution from mountain top mining – and tar sands mining. Read the rest of this entry »

World Population Peak – data from Fred Pearce book PeopleQuake

World Population will soon Peak then decline – data from Fred Pearce book PeopleQuake (details in BOOK LIST). Read the rest of this entry »

Poor nations pledge to low-carbon future – challenge richer ones to mathc them.

29/3/2010 BBC Po Read the rest of this entry »

EU emissions have dropped by 11% BUT carbon trading means that is really 0% – Bryony Worthington

1/4/2010 Guardian EU emissions have fallen sharply, but without caps pollution can increase in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

Britain has key vote on World Bank loan to Medupi coal power station – three times larger than UK’s Drax

1/4/2010 Guardian South Africa’s proposed Medupi coal-fired power station, which requires a huge $3.7bn World Bank loan on which Britain may have the casting vote, would be three times bigger than the UK’s Drax power station. Read the rest of this entry »

Hacking the planet: who decides?

1/4/2010 New Scientist Plans are taking shape for the day when a global coalition may have to “hack the planet” in a bid to reverse the ravages of global warming. Read the rest of this entry »

Tidal power? No thanks

1/4/2010 New Scientist THE vastness of the ocean has always created the illusion of infinite resources, whether for food or waste disposal. Yet despite its huge size, the ocean is vulnerable to exploitation. Read the rest of this entry »

Ice plumbing is protecting Greenland from warm summers

1/4/2010 New Scientist IF SOME of the spectacular calving of ice shelves in Antarctica is down to global warming, then why did we not see break-ups on the same scale in Greenland, which is much warmer? Read the rest of this entry »

Britain brandishes olive branch to restart global climate change talks

31/3/2010 Guardian Climate secretary Ed Miliband at the Copenhagen climate change conference. Read the rest of this entry »

South Africa is becoming a high-carbon zone to attract foreign investment by Joss Garman

1/4/2010 Guardian South Africa’s proposed Medupi coal-fired power station would be a bigger polluter than Britain’s dirtiest including Drax, and the country is becoming a high-carbon zone. Read the rest of this entry »

Edinburgh airport’s tree project is trampled by its carbon elephants by Fred Pearce

1/4/2010 Guardian Edinburgh airport may be paying for 500 trees planted by children, but this is nothing compared to its massive carbon emissions, expansion, and failure to provide a rail link. Read the rest of this entry »

China spends big to counter severe weather caused by climate change

31/3/2010 Guardian  Country invests heavily in warning systems and infrastructure to tackle effects of extreme temperatures, typhoons, fog and storms. Read the rest of this entry »

James Lovelock: It’s too late: ‘We can’t save the planet’

30/3/2010 BBC News Professor James Lovelock, the scientist who developed Gaia theory, has said it is too late to try and save the planet. Read the rest of this entry »

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