Science journal ‘Nature’ – study of how world can feed everyone
31/7/2010 BBC by Richard Black.The journal Nature this week debates one of the most important questions of our age Read the rest of this entry »
Chernobyl zone shows decline in biodiversity by Victoria Gill
30/7/2010 BBC Scientists say contamination in the Chernobyl exclusion zone has affected biodiversity. Read the rest of this entry »
Climategate data sets to be made public – more than deniers can handle?
30/7/2010 New Scientist CLIMATE-change sceptics who clamoured for raw data are to get all their Christmases at once. Read the rest of this entry »
US – More energy is lost each year in food wasted than oil & gas reserves of nations coastlines.
30/7/2010 New Scientist MORE energy is wasted in the perfectly edible food discarded by people in the US each year than is available in oil and gas reserves off the nation’s coastlines. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Emission cuts threatened by economic recovery
30/7/2010 Independent Britain is not on course to meet its climate change targets for reducing carbon emissions, the Government is bluntly warned today. Read the rest of this entry »
Greenpeace exposes Indonesian palm oil firm’s ‘broken’ rainforest pledge
30/7/2010 Guardian An excavator cutting through a forest during development of palm oil plantation Read the rest of this entry »
Conflict at UN Climate Change Convention
30 /7/2010 BBC by Richard Black Apologies issued by two campaign groups, WWF and Oxfam, may or may not bring to a close Read the rest of this entry »
Climategate scientist Phil Jones breaks his silence.
28/7/2010 New Scientist With inquiries into the affair now complete, Phil Jones reflects on his bruising experiences at the centre of the storm. Read the rest of this entry »
End dirty tactics in the climate war
28/7/2010 New Scientist Editorial IF ONE of the aims of the persons unknown who stole thousands of emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU) last November was to bring a fellow human being to his knees, they almost succeeded. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Royal Society study population and sustainability by Catherine de Lange
28/7/2010 New Scientist John Sulston is leading a study into the future and sustainability of global human population. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming – scientists have warned us since 1975 – 35 years and no effective action taken.
29/7/2010 www.realclimate.org Happy 35th birthday, global warming! Read the rest of this entry »
UK electric car grant scheme ‘cut by 80%’
29/7/2010 Guardian The fate of a network of charging points to power low-emission cars also hangs in the balance. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists warn of global warming threat to marine food chain
29/7/2010 Guardian Phytoplankton are the first and most vital link in the food chain that supports most marine life, Read the rest of this entry »
First five months of 2010 hottest globally since records began in 1880.
29/7/2010 Guardian by Jeffrey Sachs All signs suggest that the planet is still hurtling headlong toward climatic disaster. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming pushes 2010 temperatures to record highs
29/7/2010 Guardian Global temperatures in the first half of the year were the hottest since records began more than a century ago, Read the rest of this entry »
Plankton decline across oceans as waters warming through climate change by Richard.Black
28/7/2010 BBC Phytoplankton in its myriad varieties is essential for life in the oceans. Read the rest of this entry »
Folly of UK Dept of Energy and Climate Change carbon counter that is devoid of reality.
28/7/2010 Guardian and Independent COMMENT on the article by the editor of this website. Read the rest of this entry »
BP should end the oil age early by John Sauven
28/7/2010 Guardian Today has been a momentous day for BP. Read the rest of this entry »
Divided, the green lobby will fall by Nicholas Milton
28/7/2010 Guardian As the environment secretary, Caroline Spelman, departs for the summer recess, she may not be aware that nearly a quarter of a million people have signed a petition against cuts to the countryside. Read the rest of this entry »
UK businesses face steep rise in energy bills
28/7/2010 Guardian Businesses can expect to face a steep rise in energy bills after the
government today published a comprehensive plan to cut greenhouse gases Read the rest of this entry »
UK – BP petrol stations have pumps closed by Greenpeace activists
28/7/2010 Guardian BP petrol stations across central London were temporarily shut down by activists today in a move they said was designed to
make the troubled oil company adopt greener policies. Read the rest of this entry »
USA and Australian policies on Climate change
26/7/2010 BBC Common climate in Canberra and Washington by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – Our environment is the natural foundation on which our economy is built
27/7/2010 Guardian The Peak District contributes £155m to the region. Read the rest of this entry »
USA -mini cows could save the planet
27/7/2010 Guardian Miniature cattle could be the future of environmentally-friendly beef. Read the rest of this entry »
Race to design world’s biggest offshore wind turbines
27/7/2010 Guardian The revolutionary 10MW Aerogenerator X, a new breed of mammoth offshore wind
turbine in development by British firm Arup Read the rest of this entry »
Hackers shut down EU carbon-trading website
27/7/2010 Guardian Hackers hijacked the EU carbon trading website and replaced it with a spoof
page revealing the flaws in cap and trade. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change ‘will increase Mexico-US migration’
27/7/2010 BBC The study says climate change may drive up to 6.7m Mexicans across the border into the US by 2080. Read the rest of this entry »
Why the gulf oil disaster will not cause a climate change wake up
21/7/2010 New Scientist The Gulf oil disaster is a wake-up call, but we’ll sleep right through it. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – Dr Keith Pitcher’s innovation: the eco campus
26/7/2010 Guardian Keith Pitcher, Director of Sustainability at the University of Nottingham. Read the rest of this entry »
British deal to preserve Liberia’s forests ‘could have bankrupted’ impoverished West African nation
23/7/2010 Guardian A British company’s proposal to rent out one-fifth of Liberia’s forests for carbon offsetting could have bankrupted the impoverished West African state,… Read the rest of this entry »
China’s search for greener values
26/7/2010 Guardian As the Beijing-based Asia environment correspondent for the Guardian, Jonathan Watts
has reported on environmental issues in China for several years. Read the rest of this entry »
Gulf of Mexico oil spill memory will fade fast
21/7/2010 New Scientist THE blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil well is haunted by superlatives. Read the rest of this entry »
Biodiesel from algae may not be as green as it seems
21/7/2010 New Scientist BUBBLING green tubes filled with algae gobbling up carbon dioxide and producing biodiesel may sound like the perfect way to make clean fuel, but it could generate nearly four times the greenhouse emissions from regular diesel. Read the rest of this entry »
All power to the wind – it cuts your electricity bills
21/7/2010 New Scientist Why is wind power derided as subsidised, inefficient and uncompetitive when the opposite is true, ask Jérôme Guillet and John Evans. Read the rest of this entry »
The world’s largest cargo ships are travelling at lower speeds today than sailing clippers
25/7.2010 Observer The world’s largest cargo ships are travelling at lower speeds today than sailing clippers such as the Cutty Sark did more than 130 years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
World CO2 Emissions and UK CO2 emissions – note: BP’s data is not impartial.
7/7/2010 By Alister Hamilton at Transition Edinburgh South. Read the rest of this entry »
REMEMBERING STEPHEN SCHNEIDER – Laurie David’s tribute.
23/7/2010 www.stopglobalwarming.org REMEMBERING STEPHEN SCHNEIDER Read the rest of this entry »
Blue-green algae the size of Germany in Baltic Sea puts marine life at risk
24/7/2010 Independent by Tony Paterson A satellite view of the Baltic, showing the carpet of blue-green algae that now covers an area the size of Germany off the coast of Lithuania. Read the rest of this entry »
Sicily opens world’s first molten salt concentrating solar power plant
24/7/2010 Guardian The world’s first molten salt solar plant, which opened in July at Priolo Gargallo, near Syracuse, Sicily. Read the rest of this entry »
US Senate drops bill to cap carbon emissions
24/7/2010 Guardian Senate Democrats hope to pass a narrower energy bill next week that would
increase the liability of companies for oil spills Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon deforestation in dramatic decline, official figures show
24/7/2010 Guardian Government figures say deforestation is in dramatic decline. Read the rest of this entry »
UN climate talks in the mire? by Richard Black
24/7/2010 BBC It’s not being touted as such, but the latest document from the United Nations climate convention (UNFCCC) is the clearest admission we’ve yet had that UN talks are in the mire. Read the rest of this entry »
UN in fresh bid to salvage international deal on climate change
23/7/2010 Guardian Climate change campaigners yesterday welcomed UN plans to amend the way changes
to the Kyoto protocol are made… Read the rest of this entry »
UK – Whitehall’s green efforts saving taxpayers £70m a year, watchdog says
23/7/2010 Guardian Efforts to make Whitehall more green by reducing water use, rubbish, road travel
and energy are saving as much as £70m a year,…. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – scrapping the Sustainable Development Commission to save money will cost a fortune
23/7/2010 Guardian by George Monbiot The decision to stop funding the Sustainable Development Commission is the definitive false
economy. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Schneider – pioneer climate scientist – obituary
22/7/2010 Guardian His most recent work concerned tracing the influence
of greenhouse gas emissions on vulnerable ecosystems and societies. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have had funding of $200,000 (£131,000) suspended by the US government
22/7/2010 BBC … in a row over e-mails. Read the rest of this entry »
UN – Over half of all new electricity capacity created in 2009 came from renewable sources
16/7/2010 CNN By Matthew Knight. Investment in wind power and solar PV increased in 2009 according to a United Nations Environmental Program report. Read the rest of this entry »
Eating less meat – what it can do to reduce carbon emissions
21/7/2010 New Scientist IF YOU’RE a typical westerner, you ate nearly 100 kilograms of meat last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Measurable, but so far negligible, decline in planet’s oxygen caused by climate change.
21/7/2010 New Scientist I HAVE been feeling a little short of breath on mountain paths lately, and it took me ages to light the barbecue last week. Read the rest of this entry »
UN lists Kyoto ‘plan B’ options if climate talks fail
21/7/2010 Guardian A globe in the main hall at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen in December
2009. Read the rest of this entry »
Google is officially in the green energy business.
22/7/2010 Guardian The search giant announced on Tuesday that its Google Energy subsidiary signed a
20-year power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy. Read the rest of this entry »
British seas: More fish, cleaner and greater biodiversity, says Defra
22/7/2010 Guardian Thousands of holidaymakers heading to British beaches this summer will be cheered by a major government
report into the state of the UK’s seas. Read the rest of this entry »
Moving Toward Nagoya: The IYB, COP10 and next steps for Biodiversity
1/7/2010 Bridges, Trade and BioRes Review Vol 4 Number 2 by Brooks Shaffer. Read the rest of this entry »
“More radical steps are needed to tackle climate change” Tim Yeo
20/7/2010 Daily Telegraph Not long before the election a post on Conservative Home suggested that “80-90%” of our party are “just not signed up” to the climate change agenda. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Schneider, climate scientist’s death reveals stream of abuse aimed at him
21/7/2010 BBC Scientist leaves behind a climate of abuse by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Loss-making coal mines across the EU will have to close over the next four years
21/7/2010 BBC German coal mines are struggling to compete with cheaper imports. Read the rest of this entry »
Sustainability watchdog will be axed to meet public sector spending cuts
21/7/2010 Guardian Jonathan Porritt was the first director of the Sustainable Development Commission. Read the rest of this entry »
China ‘leapfrogs US to become biggest energy user’
21/7/2010 BBCChina has experienced rapid economic growth in the last 20 years. Read the rest of this entry »
UK opens Earth observation hub
21/7/2010 BBC The new hub will focus on environmental monitoring Science minister David Willetts is to announce a new UK centre for monitoring the Earth from space. Read the rest of this entry »
Green machine: A salty solution for power generation
19/7/2010 New Scientist We’ve already tried to generate power from ocean waves and tides. Read the rest of this entry »
IPCC warns its scientists to avoid the media
20/7/2010 Guardian IPCC head Rajendra Pachauri says the UN panel’s next report must make sure
“errors of any kind are completely eliminated”. Read the rest of this entry »
UK warned not to abandon low-carbon technology drive
20/7/2010 Guardian Low-carbon technologies must continue to get government support, or risk falling into the “valley of death” where they never reach
market, according to the latest report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). Read the rest of this entry »
10 ways vegetarianism can help save the planet
17/7/2010 Observer 10 ways vegetarianism can help save the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Funding cuts will finish Britain’s clean energy race by Chris Goodall
20/7/2010 Guardian In the 1970s the UK invested about 0.15% of GDP each year in research and development (R&D) into providing cheaper and
cleaner energy. Read the rest of this entry »
Comparative photos of Mount Everest ‘confirm ice loss’
16/7/2010 BBC Experts say comparing the 1921 photo (left) with the photo of 2010 proves that the ice mass is disappearing. Read the rest of this entry »
UK ‘must accelerate’ on low-carbon road by Richard Black
19/7/2010 BBC The government has just cut support for bio-energy and other schemes. Read the rest of this entry »
Glaciers on Mount Everest are shrinking, according to startling new photographs.
18/7/2010 Sunday Telegraph Photos show dramatic shrinking of Mount Everest glaciers Read the rest of this entry »
UK – Basic energy-saving measures could slash domestic carbon gases by up to a third
18/7/2010 By Susie Mesurees. Simple measures such as turning electrical appliances off at the mains and installing energy-efficient lightbulbs could slash the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions by about 40 megatonnes a year, Read the rest of this entry »
Britain trails China in dash to low-carbon economy, warns Tim Yeo
19/7/2010 Guardian Britons might have to buy extra carbon trading credits to take more than a couple of flights a year, says Conservative green thinker Tim Yeo. Read the rest of this entry »
Ward, Peter D The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World without Ice Caps – Book details
16/7/2010 Ward, Peter D The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World without Ice Caps Read the rest of this entry »
Last month was the hottest June recorded worldwide, figures show
17/7/2010 Guardian World temperature anomalies in June 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Population and climate change by Richard Black
17/7/2010 BBC It’s an unusually well-structured week that begins with cause and ends with effect. Read the rest of this entry »
Right-wing think tanks that deny climate change are advocating geoengineering
15/7/2010 New Scientist In 1892 Edvard Munch witnessed a blood-red sunset over Oslo, Norway. Read the rest of this entry »
John Abraham exposes Monkton’s lack of evidence for denial stance
John Abraham exposes Monkton’s lack of evidence for denial stance – pdf document Read the rest of this entry »
Red Sea coral growth ‘to halt by 2070′ by Mark Kinver
16/7/2010 BBC Diploasterea heliopara corals can reach a diameter of seven metres. Read the rest of this entry »
Timber piracy down – but we’re not out of the woods by Fred Pearce
15/7/2010 New Scientist Green campaigning really does work. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate scientists respond to ‘climategate’ report
IT’S time to abandon the black-and-white fiction that human-induced climate change is fact or conspiracy. Read the rest of this entry »
Super goby helps salvage ocean dead zone
15/7/2010 New Scientist A resilient fish is thriving in an inhospitable, jellyfish-infested region off Africa’s south-west coast. Read the rest of this entry »
Air pollution could increase risk of suicide
15/7/2010 New Scientist Air pollution doesn’t just make it hard to breathe – it may also increase the risk that people will take their own lives. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Prince Charles attacks climate change sceptics
16/7/2010 Guardian The Prince of Wales and the European commissioner for climate change, Connie Hedegaard, Read the rest of this entry »
Fairtrade towns to top 500 in UK and beyond
16/7/2010 Guardian When a group of residents declared Garstang in Lancashire a Fairtrade town 10 years ago, Read the rest of this entry »
‘Climategate’ debate: less meltdown, more well-mannered argument by Damian Carrington
16/7/2010 Guardian Something remarkable happened last night in the polarised world of “warmists” versus “sceptics”: Read the rest of this entry »
Renewables see ‘resilient growth’ in 2009 by Mark Kinver
16/7/2010 BBC Harnessing power from the Sun is one of the fastest growing energy sectors.2 graphics. Read the rest of this entry »
UN gives billions to build coal-fired power station marginally less polluting than old ones.
15/7/2010 Guardian Rich countries to pay energy giants to build new coal-fired power plants. Read the rest of this entry »
Major decline seen in illegal logging by Richard Black
16/7/2010 BBC Illegal logging can remove vital wildlife habitat, leading to conflict with people. Read the rest of this entry »
EU climate chief asks for leadership by Richard Black
15/7/2010 BBC To Storey’s Gate in central London, for lunch with the EU’s climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard. Read the rest of this entry »
Google Earth climate change map unveiled
14/7/2010 Channel 4 As the coalition launches a Google Earth map showing the potential impact of temperature rises across the world, Read the rest of this entry »
Climate chaos – Last six months second driest in the UK in 96 years, say scientists
15/7/2010 Guardian The last six months have been the second driest recorded in the UK in 96 years, Read the rest of this entry »
Monckton’s response to John Abraham is magnificently bonkers by Goerge Monbiot
15/7/2010 Guardian Monckton fails to provide a convincing refutation of Abraham’s criticisms but does throw a great
deal of dust into the air. Read the rest of this entry »
Google climate map offers a glimpse of a 4C world
15/7/2010 Guardian Interactive tool layering climate data over Google Earth maps shows the impact of an average global
temperature rise of 4C
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation “a massive boost to global health funding”
13/7/2010 Guardian SHARON FARMER The headquarters of probably the most powerful charity in the world, Read the rest of this entry »
Global population is still a problem by Robert Walker
14/7/2010 Guardian Fred Pearce keeps on saying that population growth is no longer a problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate sceptic Morano’s ‘courage’ award is a vicious irony by Leo Hickman
14/7/2010 Guardian Climate sceptic Morano’s ‘courage’ award is a vicious irony. Read the rest of this entry »
Spain overtakes US with world’s biggest solar power station
13/7/2010 Guardian A worker makes adjustments before the inauguration ceremony of a solar thermal power plant in Alvarado Spain. Read the rest of this entry »
Efforts to protect biodiversity may be doing more harm than good
13/7/2010 BBC Could things for biodiversity go from bad to worse? VIEWPOINT Krystyna Swiderska. Read the rest of this entry »
Report says green policies could hit the UK’s manufacturing sector
12/7/2010 Independent By Emily Beament, The increasing costs of energy as a result of green policies could hit the UK’s manufacturing sector Read the rest of this entry »
EU and US intensify power plant emissions crackdown
13/7/2010 Guardian The European power stations are set to face tough new emissions rules. Read the rest of this entry »
Egypt plans 100MW solar power plant
13/7/2010 Guardian The Egyptian Electricity Ministry has unveiled plans to build a new $700m 100MW solar power plant Read the rest of this entry »
UN backed Report says Businesses ‘profit from investing in nature’
13/7/2010 BBC By Richard Black Businesses can and should take a key role in stemming biodiversity loss around the world, a report concludes. Read the rest of this entry »