Rising oil prices should be a catalyst for decarbonisation
28/2/2011 Guardian Rising oil prices should be a catalyst for decarbonisation by Caroline Lucas. Read the rest of this entry »
Whaling: Is this the beginning of the end for Japanese whaling in the Antarctic?
28/2/2011 BBC by Richard Black. Clashes have been dramatic – enough to cause a U-turn? Read the rest of this entry »
Uganda’s farmers all know that climate change is real
26/2/2011 New Scientist Local lessons can lead global thinking on climate. Read the rest of this entry »
Megadrought across Africa and Asia 17,000 years ago shows what climate change can cause
21/2/2011 New Scientist Sedimentary clues to an ancient megadrought. Read the rest of this entry »
World’s Ocean circulations revealed by lost ship load of toy ducks
27/2/2011 Independent Lost at sea: On the trail of Moby-Duck. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Solar powered street light feeds energy into the national grid.
23/2/2011 New Scientist The humble street light is joining the ranks of wind turbines and solar power plants in supplying renewable energy to the electricity grid. Read the rest of this entry »
European Union’s Emissions Trading System has caused an increase in coal fuelled powered stations in Germany
24/2/2011 New Scientist Germany’s coal own goal over carbon permits. Read the rest of this entry »
UK invents rules to call homes ‘Zero carbon’ though they emit tonnes of CO2
25/2/2011 Independent ‘Zero-carbon’ homes can still emit CO2 by Oliver Wright. Read the rest of this entry »
China is suffering its worst droguth in 60 years.
25/2/2011 Guardian China’s weather forecasters reluctant to confirm rumours of rain. Read the rest of this entry »
Air pollution is worse than cocaine for triggering heart attacks, says study
25/2/2011 Guardian A study suggests that air pollution triggers up to 7% of heart attacks in a population. Read the rest of this entry »
CO2 ‘black carbon’ UN says target these emissions
’black carbon’ UN says target these emissions to cut global warming effects and redcue pollution. Read the rest of this entry »
UN recommends targetting ‘black carbon’ to tackle climate change
24/2/2011 Guardian Target ‘black carbon’ to tackle climate change, recommends UN. Read the rest of this entry »
UK study shows human CO2 emissions made British floods 2 to 4 times more likely.
17/2/2011 New Science Al Gore famously had his knuckles rapped for implying that human-induced climate change had caused hurricane Katrina. Read the rest of this entry »
Researchers warn that energy efficiencies often lead to increased consumption so no carbon reduction.
23/2/2011 Guardian Could the rebound effect undermine climate efforts? Read the rest of this entry »
Coral reefs heading for fishing and climate crisis by Richard Black
23/2/2011 BBC Healthy coral reefs provide a living for about 275 million people, with many more dependent on them. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Ban Ki-moon takes climate change to Hollywood by Suzanne Goldenberg
23/2/2011 Guardian UN secretary general and other high-profile climate chiefs to brief entertainment industry during Oscars week. Read the rest of this entry »
Cutting black soot a quick response to global warming (but cutting fossil fuels essential)
23/2/2011 BBC Benefit to cutting ‘black carbon’By Roger Harrabin. Read the rest of this entry »
Owls change colour as climate warms by Emma Brenand
23/2/2011 BBC The owls are evolving to cope with increasing temperatures. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary says “Break-even for low-carbon economy is $100 a barrel oil”
21/2/2011 Guardian ,”Break-even for low-carbon economy is $100 a barrel oil” says Chris Huhne. Read the rest of this entry »
Antarctic – samples from Scott’s expedition 1901-2 give climate data
21/2/2011 BBC Scott’s Antarctic samples give climate clues by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UN urges green economies growth plan
21/2/2011 BBC Green economies for growth, urges UN Read the rest of this entry »
European Union faces legal action over fraudulent carbon emissions trading
21/2/2011 Guardian Carbon trading scheme aims to limit greenhouse gas emissions from 11,000 power and industrial plants. Read the rest of this entry »
Meeting of climate deniers and climate scientists ends in conflict.
21/2/2011 BBC War and peace: Making sense of climate conflict. Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Tropical forests will be profoundly affected by climate changes – study shows
18/2/2011 BBC by Mark Kinver. Future climate change could change the profile of tropical forests, with possible consequences Read the rest of this entry »
US Chief science adviser says he relishes the opportunity of Congress climate change enquiry
18/2/2011 BBC John Holdren relishing Congress climate opportunity by by Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate Change Drives Instability, U.N. Official Warns
17/2/2011 New York Times By JOHN M. BRODER.The United Nations’ top climate change official said- Read the rest of this entry »
UK research show climate change made floods more likely.
17/2/2011 New Scientist Blame human emissions for British floods. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Climate change doubled likelihood of devastating UK floods of 2000
17/2/2011 Guardian Global warming made the floods that devastated England and Wales in the autumn of 2000, costing £3.5bn, Read the rest of this entry »
UK Climate change and extreme flooding linked by new evidence by George Monbiot
17/2/2011 Guardian There’s a sound rule for reporting weather events that may be related to climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
UK floods were the result of climate change
17/2/2011 Independent British floods ‘were the result of climate change’ by Jonathan Brown. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change raises flood risk, research shows
17/2/2011 BBC By Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Sun – massive solar flare risk
16/2/2011 BBC Are solar flares a real threat?. Read the rest of this entry »
CO2 Denmark’s waste to energy plant will regularly belch one-tonne carbons smoke rings to warn consumers
Denmark’s energy to waste plant will regularly belch one-tonne carbons smoke rings. Read the rest of this entry »
Denmark waste to energy plant will regularly belch a one tonne carbon smoke ring to warn consumers
16/2/2011 New Scientist What does 1 tonne of carbon dioxide look like? Read the rest of this entry »
UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution says we must consume less
16/2/2011 BBC Green advisors target consumption in swansong report by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Ecuador Court has fined US oil giant Chevron $8.6bn for pollution of the Amazon
15/2/2011 BBC A court in Ecuador has fined US oil giant Chevron $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting a large part of the country’s Amazon region. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming predicted to have unstoppable impact on climate for 1,000 plus years
10/1/2011 Scotsman RISING carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are likely to have an unstoppable impact on climate for another 1,000 years Read the rest of this entry »
UK government threatens the independent status of its climate change committee watchdog
14/2/2011 Guardian ‘Bonfire of the quangos’ threatens climate change committee. Read the rest of this entry »
China tries to ease worst drought in 60 years with $1bn emergency water aid
14/2/2011 Guardian China has announced a billion dollars in emergency water aid Read the rest of this entry »
USA California groundwater is being lost rapidly due to lettuce and other water-intensive farming
10/2/2011 New Scientist Lettuce is sucking California’s fruit basket dry. Read the rest of this entry »
EU Energy Commissioner says high oil prices are “here to stay”
12/2/2011 Guardian High oil prices ‘here to stay’ says EU energy commissioner. Read the rest of this entry »
Global food production is fast draining the water resources farms rely on – Earth economist warns
10/2/2011 New Scientist Earth economist: The food bubble is about to burst. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Bristol biofuel plant proposal must be stopped – George Monbiot
11/2/2011 Guardian Bristol’s biofuels plant must be refused planning permission by George Monbiot. Read the rest of this entry »
EU Energy Commissioner blocks planned 30% carbon emissions cuts
11/2/2011 Guardian Hopes of 30% cut in greenhouse emissions dashed. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Republicans propose $1.6bn cut to Environmental Protection Agency to stop carbon cuts.
11/2/2011 Guardian EPA says the proposed cut is part of a larger Republican project to roll back years of environmental and safety protection. Read the rest of this entry »
USA political struggle on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) powers to regulate emissions
11/2/2011 BBC New battle opens on US carbon emissions. By Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Australia’s recent extreme weather isn’t so extreme anymore – this is what climate change does.
10/2/2011 Guardian by John Cook . Read the rest of this entry »
UK Prince Charles speaks out on climate change
10/2/2011 BBC The Prince of Wales has hit out at climate change sceptics for what he calls the “corrosive” impact they have on public opinion. Read the rest of this entry »
UK is ‘lazy man of Europe’ when it comes to organics by Mark Kinver
9/2/2012 BBC The UK government is not doing enough to support and promote organic food and farming, a report says. Read the rest of this entry »
Egypt and Tunisia: could be the first victims of the global food crisis
8/2/2011 New Scientist Tunisia’s government has fallen and Egypt’s is facing insurrection Read the rest of this entry »
Mexico -pollution threatens Mexico’s coast and aquifer
8/2/2011 Independent Pollutants may threaten Mexico’s coast: study. Read the rest of this entry »
Saudi Arabia may not be able to pump enough oil to keep prices down – WikiLeaks cables
9/2/2011 Guardian WikiLeaks cables suggest the amount of oil that can be retrieved has been overestimated. Read the rest of this entry »
UK government claims its emissions have gone down: they have gone up.
9/2/2011 Guardian The UK must own up to the full scale of its emissions problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Indonesia – Palm oil deal aims to save forests and carbon emissions
9/2/2011 BBC A major palm oil producer is joining forces with environmental campaigners in a bid to ramp up forest protection. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Government Department surpasses 10:10 pledge to cut emissions by 10% in 2010
8/2/2011 Guardian Laptop computers, real-time energy displays and smarter heating have enabled the UK government department Read the rest of this entry »
Tar sands are a blot on Canadian politics – as well as the landscape
8/2/2011 Guardian by Felix von Geyer. Tar sands are a blot on Canadian politics – as well as the landscape. Read the rest of this entry »
Early preparation for climate change impacts would bring economic benefits to the UK say Engineers
8/2/2011 BBC Preparing for climate change ‘will boost economy’ say engineers in a report commissioned by the government – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Ethical pioneers changing the way we live
6/2/2011 Observer Martha Lane Fox: “The more people that use technology the bigger the gap becomes for those who can’t”. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Transition movement – how it began in Totnes, what has it achieved.
6/2/2011 Observer Totnes: Britain’s town of the future. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists show that when birds die plants become extinct over time
3/2/2011 New Scientist After the birds vanish, plants are next to go. Read the rest of this entry »
Pollution – China plans environmental tax on heavy polluters
China plans environmental tax on heavy polluters. Read the rest of this entry »
China will impose green taxes on heavy polluters
4/2/2011 Guardian China’s latest initiative to tackle pollution has been welcomed by environmental groups. Read the rest of this entry »
Pollution – smog in Linfen China
Smog in Linfen China caused by burning fossil fuels. Read the rest of this entry »
China plans green growth while developing through dirty industry
5/2/2011 Guardian China plots course for green growth amid a boom built on dirty industry. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists record the breakdown of biodiversity in New Zealand
4/2/2011 BBC New Zealand scientists record ‘biodiversity breakdown’ By Neil Bowdler. Read the rest of this entry »
UK the Greenest government ever – that’s a sick joke by Michael McCarthy.
4/2/2011 Independent Some false ideas need robustly confronting, and never more so than when they are enshrined in slogans, Read the rest of this entry »
Global dynamics Amazon drought 2010 Rio Negro
Amazon drought 2010 Rio Negro. 2010 drought worse than 2005 which was ‘one in hundred year’ extreme. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon changing from carbon absorber to carbon emitter equal to USA
4/2/2011 Independent Catastrophic drought in the Amazon Region set to outstrip US as CO2 emitter by Steve Connor. Read the rest of this entry »
Global dynamics Amazon ‘tipping’ point gets closer as 2010 drought causes mass deaths of trees
Amazon ‘tipping’ point gets closer as 2010 drought causes mass deaths of trees. Manaus, Brazil. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon ‘climate tipping point’ may be close because of droughts and mass tree deaths
4/2/2011 Guardian Mass tree deaths prompt fears of Amazon ‘climate tipping point’. Read the rest of this entry »
A bird species becomes extinct then evidence that particular plants can become vulnerable.
3/2/2011 New Scientist The first evidence that the loss of a bird species could damage the prospects of particular plants Read the rest of this entry »
UN is ‘concerned’ by world population growth trends by Camille Ebden
3/2/2011 BBC The world population growth rate must slow down significantly to avoid reaching unsustainable levels, says a new UN report. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon drought in 2010 more severe than 2005 – released about 5 billion tonnes CO2
3/2/2011 BBC Amazon drought ‘severe’ in 2010, raising warming fears By Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
EU needs €2.2 trillion to meet carbon targets
3/2/2011 Independent By Sarah Arnott. Read the rest of this entry »
China – Beijing has cut its air pollution by more than 50%
3/2/2011 Guardian Beijing celebrates Chinese new year with blue skies ahead – and above. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – recession caused greenhouse gas emissions to fall 8.7% in 2009
2/2/2011 Guardian Government estimates for 2009 greenhouse gas emissions show the biggest drop in since records began. Read the rest of this entry »
Global fish consumption hits record but fish stocks have not improved.
1/2/2011 BBC By Mark Kinver- Fisheries and aquaculture supplied the world with about 145m tonnes in 2009, providing about 16% of the population’s animal protein intake. Read the rest of this entry »
Global dynamics – El Niño and La Niña Records since 1525
El Niño and La Niña Records since 1525. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – World’s most efficient solar cells ready for use in the UK – 21.6%
1/2/2011 Independent World’s most efficient solar cells ready for use in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
CO2 emissions by country
31/1/2011 Guardian World carbon dioxide emissions data by country: China speeds ahead of the rest. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Poll asked if climate change was a current or imminent threat, 83% of Britons agreed.
1/2/2011 Guardian Public belief in climate change weathers storm, poll shows. Read the rest of this entry »