IPCC – its achievements, minor errors, convincing overall conclusions
28/7/2011 Guardian In defence of the IPCC: critics ignore the real scandal – by Damian Carrington. Read the rest of this entry »
UK University of East Anglia releases raw data for climate deniers
29/7/2011 New Scientist OK, climate sceptics: here’s the raw data you wanted by Andy Coghlan. Read the rest of this entry »
Arctic melting is releasing persistent organic pollutants, carried by winds into our food supplies
29/7/2011 New Scientist Warming Arctic releases frozen organic air pollutants. Read the rest of this entry »
Canada tar-sands advert subverts the truth of tar-sand environment destruction
29/7/2011 Guardian Canadian campaign puts the spin on ‘ethical oil’ by Leo Hickman. Read the rest of this entry »
Alaska fire in 2007 shows another feedback that accelerates climate change
29/7/2011 BBC Huge Arctic fire hints at new climate cue – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UK has now built more offshore windfarms than any other country in the world
28/7/2011 Guardian UK sails ahead in offshore wind power generation. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate activist Tim DeChristopher – call to action
28/7/2011 Guardian Tim DeChristopher’s Imprisonment: Our Call to Action! – by Suzanne Goldenberg, Read the rest of this entry »
UK UEA release full dataset -minor exception where countries refused permission
28/7/2010 BBC Climate unit releases virtually all remaining data – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UK why we must choose between nuclear and renewable energy – by Jonathon Porritt
27/7/2011 Guardian Why the UK must choose renewables over nuclear: an answer to Monbiot – by Jonathon Porritt. Read the rest of this entry »
UK changes to Planning Laws subverts the meaning of “sustainable”.
27/7/2011 Guardian Planning law changes: the crux is defining ‘sustainable development’ -by Damian Carrington. Read the rest of this entry »
03 Facts and Statements about climate change
Here are a selection of facts and statements – Read the rest of this entry »
1 We need a PLAN for a low-carbon world that is better in the most important ways than the present one
We all need a concept of a future world. We need to build a PLAN for the future -that is well worth working for because it is so much better than the present. Read the rest of this entry »
UK MEPs were heavily lobbied to vote against the EU emissions target
26/7/2011 Guardian Conservative MEPs were heavily lobbied to vote against EU emissions target. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Guardian Newspaper has largest environmental reporting team of any media organisation
26/7/2011 Guardian From the vast oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to the disasters of the Fukushima nuclear power plants, Read the rest of this entry »
India announces environmental regulator to bring “complete change”.
25/7/2011 Guardian India announces environment regulator. Read the rest of this entry »
People’s acceptance of climate change often depends falsely on the weather
22/7/2011 BBC US heatwave raises climate complexity – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Japan domestic lithium fuel cell to regulate and store energy launched
23/7/2011 Independent Japanese firm perfects fuel cell for homes of the future. Read the rest of this entry »
WWF is accused of failing to monitor logging which has destroyed rain forests
25/7/2011 Guardian WWF is accused of letting timber companies use its logo while they were razing rainforests. Read the rest of this entry »
Arctic ice melting is releasing toxic chemicals, affecting human health
25/7/2011 Guardian Melting Arctic ice is allowing toxic chemicals to seep out, Read the rest of this entry »
UK Government Minister orders enquiry into how fossil fuel lobbyists got EU carbon target blocked
23/7/2011 Guardian Chris Huhne has ordered an inquiry into the influence of fossil fuel lobby groups over Conservative MEPs. Read the rest of this entry »
Agriculture reform could trap carbon in soils turning deserts into grass lands
23/7/2011 Guardian How cows and other grazing animals could be key to turning deserts back into grasslands. Read the rest of this entry »
USA New York mayor gives $50m to Beyond Coal Campaign
23/7/2010 Guardian New York Mayor Martin Boomberg got New Yorkers to stop smoking and give up trans fats. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Mayor of New York gives $50m to campaign to shut down coal fired power stations
22/7/2011 Mayor of New York gives $5om to anti coal pressure group. Read the rest of this entry »
UK data on energy usage 1970 to present shows an increase of 18%
22/7/2011 Guardian While energy use from cooking at home has gone down slightly since 1970, overall household energy use has risen by nearly a fifth. Read the rest of this entry »
Western Nations clash with Russia – is climate change a matter for the security council?
22/7/2011 Guardian Western nations clashed with Russia and developing countries on Wednesday over whether climate change Read the rest of this entry »
G77/ China bloc on climate change shows serious differences.
21/7/2011 BBC Climate: Fractures in the lobby? by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UN senior official warns that climate change threatens peace
22/7/2011 BBC Climate change ‘threatens peace’, UN official warns. Read the rest of this entry »
James Hansen’s latest paper on climate change – and a short, simplified version.
21/7/2011 James Hansen’s Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change. Read the rest of this entry »
UK BBC Trust report says BBC has been giving climate deniers too much broadcast time
21/7/2011 Independent Climate sceptics get too much air-time, BBC told. Read the rest of this entry »
UK One Council saves carbon emissions with smart street lights
21/7/2011 Guardian Older-style streetlights could have a higher carbon footprint and cost more than new LED lights. Read the rest of this entry »
UN considers expanding its mission to keep the peace which is threatened by climate change
21/7/2011 Guardian A special meeting of the United Nations security council is due to consider whether to expand its mission to keep the peace in an era of climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
USA food prices forced up by biofuel production
29/7/2011 Guardian A growing number of US farmers are switching to crops such as corn in order to meet the demand for ethanol. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate deniers Wiki website doesn’t accept informed contributions
20/7/2011 Guardian by Leo Hickman. Wikis are one of the wonders of the web. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon emissions from people’s carnivore diet many times greater than those of vegetarians
19/7/2011 Independent Carbon footprint of carnivorous diet revealed. Read the rest of this entry »
World population will hit 7 billion this year – the impact is huge.
18/7/2011 Guardian Demographers aren’t known for their sense of humor, Read the rest of this entry »
Maritime agreement regulating ship’s carbon emissions but weak provisions
18/7/2011 Guardian Countries have taken a first step towards reducing climate emissions from shipping with a global agreement Read the rest of this entry »
Understanding denial of climate change – European Journal of Public Health
Denialism: what is it and how should scientists respond? Read the rest of this entry »
If deforestation stopped, forests would remove half of carbon emissions – study
18/7/2011 Independent Forests soak up third of fossil fuel emissions: study. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming happened before – Antarctica was tropical 55million years ago – before humans evolved.
17/7/2011 Observer Antarctica is the coldest, most desolate place on Earth, a land of barren mountains buried beneath a two-mile thick ice cap. Read the rest of this entry »
UK making climate change worse – dozens of fossil fueled power stations planned.
18/7/2011 Guardian Energy firms have put in planning applications to build gas fired pwer stations that could lock Britain into high carbon future. Read the rest of this entry »
USA air pollution rules from EPA would save lives and save money
13/7/2011 New Scientist US pollution rules could save $280 billion a year. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming is weakening natural shields eg soil and oceans
16/7/2011 Independent Global warming: study finds natural shields being weakened. Read the rest of this entry »
Overfishing is reducing the genetic diversity of fish species
16/7/2011 New Scientist Overfishing eats away at genetic diversity of fish. Read the rest of this entry »
UK David King says scrap Kyoto Protocol – have carbon cap proportionate to population size
16/7/2011 Guardian The world should abandon the Kyoto protocol on climate change and move instead to a system Read the rest of this entry »
UK best known authors and artists condemned British Council ending work on climate change
15/7/2011 Guardian Ian McEwan is among the authors who have written a letter published in the Guardian about the British Council’s cuts. Read the rest of this entry »
UK 1.3 million people have given up driving in the past year – partly caused by rising oil prices
5/7/2011 Daily Telegraph Some 1.3 million people have given up driving over the past 12 months, research by Sainsbury’s Car Insurance claims. Read the rest of this entry »
USA new pollution reduction rules could save $280billion a year in health damage
14/7/2011 New Scientist US pollution rules could save $280 billion a year. Read the rest of this entry »
UK campaign in London where air pollution is as bad as 50 years ago.
14/7/2011 Guardian The UK’s air quality and pollution has climbed back up the environmental agenda after years of inactivity. by John Vidal. Read the rest of this entry »
Japan 1/3 of emails supporting reopening of nuclear power plant where from employees posing as ordinary citizens
12/7/2011 BBC Widening scandal at Japan’s Kyushu nuclear firm The Kyushu e-mail scandal sparked protests last week. Read the rest of this entry »
Australia’s carbon tax is an empty promise – by Fred Pearce
13/7/2011 New Scientist Australia’s shiny new carbon tax is an empty promise – by Fred Pearce. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – by claiming that nuclear energy is ‘green’ government can subsidize it along with wind power
13/7/2011 Guardian The government will lay out plans on Tuesday to create a huge offshore wind industry in the UK, Read the rest of this entry »
Investment exposure in high-carbon may be the next ‘subprime’ economic collapse
13/7/2011 Guardian The global financial system faces a deep, opaque and systemic risk Read the rest of this entry »
Australia’s carbon tax is a modest start riddled with exclusions
13/7/2011 Guardian The Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, believes in climate change but went to an election promising no carbon tax. Read the rest of this entry »
Al Gore launches a new campaign exposing the full scale of the climate crisis
13/7/2011 Guardian It should almost be called Inconvenient Truth 2.0. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change study says 10% of all species will be made extinct by 2100
12/7/2011 Independent Climate change could kill one in 10 species by end of the century. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Air pollution is causing thousands of premature deaths
12/7/2011 Guardian It’s an invisible health crisis which causes thousands of premature deaths in the UK every year. Read the rest of this entry »
Study show urban areas lock up significant amounts of carbon
12/7/2011 BBC Urban plants’ role as carbon sinks ‘underestimated’. Read the rest of this entry »
Second world war bombing flights changed the weather
11/7/2011 New Scientist Second world war bombers changed the weather. Read the rest of this entry »
Overfishing has reduced European catch by 2% per year since 1993
11/7/2011 Independent Huge demand for fish empties British waters in just six months. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon taxes across the world – how countries compare.
11/7/2011 Guardian The EU trading system is the largest in the world but - calls for it to be scrapped in favour of carbon taxes. Read the rest of this entry »
Australia imposes carbon tax £15 per tonne from 2012
10/7/2011 BBC Australia plans to impose carbon tax on worst polluters. Read the rest of this entry »
Is black carbon changing the monsoons and threatening South Asia’s climate?
9/7/2011 BBC Is black carbon affecting the Asian monsoon? by Navin Singh Khadka. Read the rest of this entry »
International Union for the Conservation of Nature says most tuna species need protection.
9/7/2011 Independent Tuna species urgently need protection: IUCN. Read the rest of this entry »
USA ExxonMobil gave conflicting accounts of Yellowstone oil leak
9/7/2011 Guardian ExxonMobil and the Obama administration faced a growing credibility gap Read the rest of this entry »
Australia. Shell oil drilling could “devastate” endangered marine life
9/7/2011 Guardian Shell’s drilling off Australia could ‘devastate’ endangered marine life. Read the rest of this entry »
Have jellyfish come to rule the waves? by George Monbiot
9/7/2011 Guardian Have jellyfish come to rule the waves? Read the rest of this entry »
UK MP’s environmental audit committee exposed finance ministry failings
9/7/2011 Guardian Treasury trolls told ‘green’ and ‘growth’ can go together – Damian Carrington. Read the rest of this entry »
European Union has fallen behind in renewable energy investment
9/7/2011 Guardian Europe is in danger of falling behind in the green investment race, Read the rest of this entry »
Hansen’s latest publication warns “that goals of limiting global warming to 2C are not sufficient – they are prescriptions for disaster”.
8/7/2011 Latest climate science publication by James Hansen. Read the rest of this entry »
Global investment in renewable energy up 32% in 2010 to record high.
8/7/2011 BBC Green energy investment hits record global high – by Mark Kinver. Read the rest of this entry »
China’s sulphur pollution is holding down global temperatures – as they clean up temperatures will rise sharply
8/7/2011 Independent Wet summers conceal a terrible surprise -Nature Studies by Michael McCarthy. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – Climate change increases the risk of wars, violence and militart action says Government Minister
6/7/2011 Guardian Climate change intensifies security threats by increasing competition for resources Read the rest of this entry »
La Niña causes worst drought in Horn of Africa for 60 years
6/7/2011 New Scientist La Niña behind worst African drought in 60 years Read the rest of this entry »
European Union rejects 30% carbon emissions helped by UK Conservatives.
6/7/2011 Guardian The European parliament on Tuesday rejected a key report that would have toughened the EU stance on greenhouse gas emissions, Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change – arctic ice loss allows ships to use the North East route from Europe to Asia
6/7/2011 Guardian Cold is the new hot in shipping circles as melting sea ice opens up prospects for trade between China and the west to move across the roof of the world. Read the rest of this entry »
China – when the sulphur pollution is stopped global temperatures will spike.
5/7/2011 Independent China’s power stations generate ‘future spike’ in global warming’. Read the rest of this entry »
Melting arctic ice has started race to exploit minerals etc
5/7/2011 Guardian The crumpled figure in seat 22 on the Air Greenland flight from Ilulissat to Kangerlussuaq was no Indiana Jones. Read the rest of this entry »
Rapid global warming has been masked by China’s sulphur pollution
5/7/2011 Guardian The huge increase in coal-fired power stations in China has masked the impact of global warming in the last decade Read the rest of this entry »
00. Why we need to grasp what is REAL about Climate Change
Facing Reality frightens most of us in all aspects of our lives - Read the rest of this entry »
02 TIME FOR REALITY – why getting back down to 350ppm is urgent now.
This page explains why 350 is important and why getting back down to 350 is so urgent Read the rest of this entry »
Japan finds vast deposits of rare earths on Pacific seabed
4/7/2011 BBC Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabed. Read the rest of this entry »
UK air pollution is killing 30,000 people a year
3/7/2011 Independent Air pollution killing tens of thousands each year -by Jonathan Owen. Read the rest of this entry »
UK government’s nuclear power decisions suppressed the long-term costs
1/7 2011 Guardian It was an open secret that Britain’s decision to back nuclear power in 2006 was pushed through government by a cosy group of industrialists Read the rest of this entry »
Nuclear power’s true costs include decommissioning over centuries
1/7/2011 BBC Nuclear: A tortuous timescaleby Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UK privatised water companies are ruining vulnerable rivers by draining them dry
3/7/2011 Independent Britain’s rivers ‘being ruined by demands of water companies’. Read the rest of this entry »
Extreme weather link to climate change “can no longer be ignored”.
1/7/2011 Independent Scientists to end 20-year reluctance with study into global warming and exceptional weather events – by Steve Connor. Read the rest of this entry »
UK government officials devised public relations stategy to play down Fukushima nuclear accident
1/7/2011 Guardian British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident. Read the rest of this entry »
Sustainable cities must be compact and high-density – by George Monbiot
1/7/2011 Guardian Sustainable cities must be compact and high-density. Read the rest of this entry »