UK considering fast reactor to burn radioactive plutonium waste
29/10/2011 Independent New life for old idea that could dissolve our nuclear waste -by Steve Connor. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Climate scientist faces lie detector test
29/10/2011 Independent Climate change scientist faces lie detector test. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Science in decline and fall by Peter Aldhous (3 graphics)
28/10/2011 New Scientist Science in America: Decline and fall. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Columbia University research forecasts 1930′s dust bowl conditions across entire south-west
28/10/2011 New Scientist Dust bowl looms if US Southwest drought plans fail. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon capture projects are being scrapped around the world
28/10/2011 New Scientist UK’s carbon-capture failure is part of a global trend – by Fred Pearce. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Energy and Climate secretary hits out at government failures on climate change
28/10/2011 Guardian A new industrial dawn beckons for the UK, if investors are convinced of the government’s long-term commitment. Read the rest of this entry »
Japan Fukushima released twice as much radioactive material as first thought
28/10/2011 Guardian Fukushima released ‘twice as much’ radioactive material as first thought. Read the rest of this entry »
Painting roofs white will not stop global warming
28/10/2011 Guardian White roofs are not a global warming silver bullet, study finds. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature group fails to find fault in climate change evidence
27/10/2011 www.realcimate.org Berkeley earthquake called off — by eric. Read the rest of this entry »
Global map of who caused climate change and who is suffering effects now
27/10/2011 Guardian Map reveals stark divide in who caused climate change and who’s being hit. Read the rest of this entry »
China official says China’s emissions will not rise to USA levels
26/10/2011 BBC China ‘won’t follow US’ on carbon emissions – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Why the UK buried a world-first carbon-capture scheme?
24/10/2011 New Scientist Why the UK buried a world-first carbon-capture scheme. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists’ research shows that LITTLE TIME IS LEFT to stop further global warming
24/10/2011 Independent Little time left to halt warming – by John von Radowitz. Read the rest of this entry »
Research traces fossil fuel emissions back to country which benefits from them
24/10/2011 Overview of carbon flows from fossil fuel extraction to the final consumers of goods and services. Read the rest of this entry »
Persuading management – Sustainability, marzipan and the carbon-neutral bra.
24/10/2011 Guardian This time each year my mum embarks on the process of making the family Christmas cake. Read the rest of this entry »
World population – 7 billion now – in 1950 it was 2.5 billion
24/10/2011 Guardian The 7 Billion Day is a sobering reminder of our planet’s predicament- by Roger Martin. Read the rest of this entry »
UK government made big promises to cut greenhouse gases but performance is the opposite
24/10/2011 Guardian Last May, David Cameron promised the coalition would be the “greenest government ever”. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change UNKNOWN Tipping points
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate unknown: If and when tipping points will come. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change UNKNOWN Will there be more hurricanes?
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate unknown: Will there be more hurricanes? Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change UNKNOWN how serious threat to life is
22/10/2011 New Scientist .Climate unknown: How serious the threat to life is. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change KNOWN there will be more floods and droughts
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate known: There will be more floods and droughts. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change UNKOWN How fast will seas rise?
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate unknown: How quickly sea level will rise. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change unknown how much hotter will planet get?
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate unknown: Just how much hotter things will get. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change UNKNOWNS How great cooling effects are.
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate unknown: How great our cooling effects are. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change KNOWN our planet is going to warm considerably but how much?
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate known: The planet is going to get a lot hotter. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change UNKNOWN how much greenhouse gas to expect
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate unknown: How much greenhouse gas to expect. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change KNOWN sea level is going to rise many metres
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate known: Sea level is going to rise many metres. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change KNOWN Other pollutants coll the planet
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate known: Other pollutants are cooling the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate Change KNOWN Greenhouse gases are warming the planet
22/10/2011 New Scientist Climate known: Greenhouse gases are warming the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Would you jump off a skyscraper because scientists do not fully understand gravity?
22/10/2011 New Scientist The biggest climate change uncertainty of all. Read the rest of this entry »
Head of University of Calefornia research team – previously sceptic now accepts climate change evidence
22/10/2011 Independent Ex-climate sceptic now backs global warming -by Steve Connor. Read the rest of this entry »
200 major companies around the world call for tougher action on climate change
21/10/2011 BBC Companies call for tougher climate action -by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Sceptical scientists at University of Calefornia confirm global warming data from previous research
21/10/2011 New Scientist A group of scientists known for their scepticism about climate change has reanalysed two centuries’ worth of global temperature records. Read the rest of this entry »
University of Calefornia,Berkeley study data confirms previous data showing global warming
21/10/2011 Guardian Global warming study finds no grounds for climate sceptics’ concerns. Read the rest of this entry »
USA California is expected to approve cap and trade scheme for carbon emissions
21/10/2011 Guardian Cap-and-trade emissions scheme expected to be approved by California. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Climate Change denier Lord Lawson’s Foundation is spreading false ‘facts’
Lord Lawson’s Global Warming Policy Foundation is spreading errors - by Bob Ward. Read the rest of this entry »
New Evidence of Global Warming
21/10/2011 BBC Global warming ‘confirmed’ by independent study -By Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
USA University of Texas poll shows – Most Americans are worried about energy
19/10/2011 University of Texas Poll: Most Americans Worry About U.S. Oil Consumption by Beth Buczynski. Read the rest of this entry »
Himalayas solar energy? – cold, high mountains may be best for solar energy
Himalayas could become the Saudi Arabia of solar. Read the rest of this entry »
Report says hundreds of millions of refugees fleeing climate change will cause disasters if nothing is done
20/10/2011 Guardian Climate change could cause extreme weather leaving millions of people trapped, a new report claims. Read the rest of this entry »
Critique of ‘peak oil’ – too much fossil fuel available so climate change accelerates – Dieter Helm
20/10/2011 Guardian ‘The revolution in shale gas has already been transformational in the US, one of the world’s biggest energy markets. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Scotland Longannet carbon capture scheme abandoned
20/10/2011 BBC Longannet carbon capture scheme scrapped. Read the rest of this entry »
Report says mass migrations that climate change will cause must be managed to avoid unprecidented disasters
20/10/2011 BBC Climate change migration warning issued through report by Pallab Ghosh. Read the rest of this entry »
Anthropocene – the new epoch caused by humans buring fossil fuels – James Hansen
16/10/2011 New Scientist New geological epoch made by humans. Read the rest of this entry »
Greenland ice retreat – Times Atlas error
18/10/2011 New Scientist Hubris came before the Times Atlas’s fall. Read the rest of this entry »
China Shenyang industrial city goes green
18/10/2011 Guardian Almost every day of his childhood, He Xin remembers the skies in his hometown of Shenyang being gray. Read the rest of this entry »
Tuvalu drought caused by La Niña and climate change
18/10/2011 Guardian Tuvalu drought could be dry run for dealing with climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
UK academic was police undercover agent within London Greenpeace, Reclaim the Streets and other groups
17/10/2011 Guardian Bob Lambert posed as an activist with the environmental group Greenpeace London while working undercover as a police officer. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Daily Mail editor disregards rules of code of practice committee of which he is chair by promoting climate denial
17/10/2011 Guardian There was more than a whiff of irony in the air last week when Paul Dacre, the editor of the Daily Mail, Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change is a ‘an immediate, growing and grave threat’ to security and health – UK military conference
17/10/2011 BBC Climate change ‘grave threat’ to security and health - by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Canada – climate change is probable cause of loss of lakes
14/10/2011 New Scientist Strange case of the vanishing Arctic lakes. Read the rest of this entry »
Greek economic collapse threatens EU climate change actions
14/10/2011 New Scientist The real Greek tragedy may be the climate. Read the rest of this entry »
Earth climate 55millionyears ago – global temp 35ºC – modelled assuming clean air
14/10/2011 New Scientist Clean air fixes cold poles in model of ancient climate. Read the rest of this entry »
USA – Officials in Texas censured references to climate change from environmental report
15/10/2011 Guardian Rick Perry’s administration deleted references to climate change and sea-level rise from the report. Read the rest of this entry »
Self-deception by Robert Trivers – one reason why we are not taking climate change more seriously.
12/10/2011 New Scientist The human capacity for self-deception knows no bounds, but why do we do it? Read the rest of this entry »
Starbucks sustainability director is briefing members of Congress on climate change affecting coffee growers
14/10/2011 Guardian Starbucks is warning of a threat to world coffee supply because of climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Journalism at its most irresponsible – Christopher Booker by George Monbiot
14/10/2011 Guardian Does Christopher Booker exist? Read the rest of this entry »
Bill McKibben message from Occupy Wall Street
13/10/2011 McKibben message Dear friends, Read the rest of this entry »
Australia passes carbon tax law but opinion is divided
13/10/2011 Guardian Anti-carbon tax protesters in front of Parliament House in Canberra on in August 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Australia passes carbon tax – weak provisions but a significant start
12/10/2011 BBC Australia parliament passes divisive carbon tax. Read the rest of this entry »
Europe – recent extreme winters due to solar low and ultraviolet variations
12/11/2011 New Scientist Solar lows caused extreme European winters by Chelsea Whyte. Read the rest of this entry »
Flying carbon emissions – Are biofuel flights good news for the environment?
12/11/2011 Guardian Airlines are starting to test biofuels on commercial routes, Read the rest of this entry »
Himalayas melting glaciers
Himalayas melting glaciers – 1921 compared with recent photographs of the same scene Read the rest of this entry »
James Hansen warns that climate scientists are not communicating climate change well enough
11/11/2011 Independent Father of the green movement says scientists lack PR skills to make public listen- Read the rest of this entry »
Himalaya climate change melt lakes pose threat of flooding
11/11/2011 Guardian Himalaya climate change melt lakes pose threat of flooding - Suzanne Goldenberg. Read the rest of this entry »
UK government accused of failing to understand significance of climate change
11/11/2011 Guardian Chancellor George Osborne ‘has totally failed to grasp Read the rest of this entry »
UN says companies climate change performance should be included in stock-market assessment
11/11/2011 Guardian . Climate change performance should be included in companies stock-market assessment- by Fiona Harvey. Read the rest of this entry »
Antarctic submerged lakes probed for life and climate change information
11/11/2011 BBC Antarctic lake mission targets life and climate signs – By Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Powerful interests promote geoengineering
10/10/2011 Guardian UK scientists last week “postponed” one of the world’s first attempts to physically manipulate the upper atmosphere Read the rest of this entry »
Sun variation in ultraviolet radiation may affect weather but does not affect global warming
10/10/2011 BBC Ultraviolet light shone on cold winter conundrum -By Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
India’s monsoon is weakening due to pollution, including some from EU and other Asian countries.
8/10/2011 New Scientist Air pollution is stunting India’s monsoon. Read the rest of this entry »
Europeans – majority of population consider global warming as one of the world’s most serious problems
8/10/2011 Guardian Europeans fear climate change more than financial turmoil, poll shows. Read the rest of this entry »
EU carbon gas emissions increased 2.4% in 2010 but are said to be on track to meet targets
8/10/2011 Guardian Austria, Italy and Luxembourg are not on track towards their Kyoto target. Read the rest of this entry »
EU court rules that airlines to and from Europe will pay for carbon emissions
7/10/2011 Guardian A court has ruled that airlines will be forced to pay for their carbon emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
Interview with Bill McKibben of 350 about his opposition to tar sands extraction
7/10/2011 Guardian by Leo Hickman -Bill McKibben, one of the US’s leading environmental writers and campaigners,- Read the rest of this entry »
USA allowing XL pipeline for tar sands extraction would be Obama’s greatest failure
7/10/2011 Guardian Allowing the construction of a 1,711-mile pipeline carrying oil from Canada’s tar sand fields- Read the rest of this entry »
UK £1bn carbon capture project close to collapse
7/10/2011 Guardian A £1bn flagship government project for fighting climate change – Read the rest of this entry »
Lessons from history say climate change is ultimate cause of crises in society. Major changes in decades.
7/10/2011 BBC What lessons from history’s climate shifts? Read the rest of this entry »
Arctic record sea ice melting opens routes for supertankers
6/10/2011 Guardian Melting Arctic ice clears the way for supertanker voyages. Read the rest of this entry »
UK test trial with top lawyers in supreme court convicts fossil fuel bosses of ‘ecocide’
6/10/2011 Guardian Test trial convicts fossil fuel bosses of ‘ecocide’- by Damian Carrington. Read the rest of this entry »
Climatequake – earth’s crust will heave as ice melts causing earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis
5/10/2011 New Scientist Climatequake: Will global warming rock the planet? Read the rest of this entry »
Australian politician Malcolm Turnbull says China and India will be global leaders on climate change
6/10/2011 Guardian Malcolm Turnbull says China and India will become leaders in climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Powerful critique of Laughlin book on future of society after carbon emissions – by Fred Pearce
5/10/2011 New Scientist Starting with the premise that we’ll eventually stop using fossil fuels, Read the rest of this entry »
EU proposes to ban oil from tar sands etc which cause environmental damage
5/10/2011 Guardian Oil sands imports could be banned under EU directive. Read the rest of this entry »
EU law from 2012 requires all airlines flying to EU to account for emissions
5/10/2011 Guardian The EU law which comes into effect in 2012 requires airlines to account for their greenhouse gas emissions Read the rest of this entry »
New Economics Foundation paper – The Great Transition
4/10/2011 New Economics Foundation.New paper called The Great Transition posted in pdf format at Read the rest of this entry »
European Union opposes geoengineering
4/10/2011 New Scientist Political opposition to technologies that could artificially cool the planet is in full swing. Read the rest of this entry »
France – Paris launches electric bluecars to cut car ownership
3/10/2011 Guardian Parisians try out the city’s new electric Bluecars, which the authorities hope will lead to a reduction in car ownership. Read the rest of this entry »
Arctic ozone low sets new record
2/10/2011 New Scientist Arctic ozone hole breaks all records. Read the rest of this entry »
Arctic has ozone hole – loss at record level.
3/10/2011 BBC Arctic ozone loss at record level – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
5. What evidence is there that humanity is capable of stopping climate change?
This is a brief summary but each heading will be expanded in the DOCUMENTS Category as soon as possible. Read the rest of this entry »
4. A world community working together to stop climate change – is that realistic?
There is no doubt about the reality of the effects of climate change if we do nothing effective: Read the rest of this entry »
3. Is it impossible to stop climate change?
This is a key question- Read the rest of this entry »
2. Why don’t we hear much more about climate change?
Here are some of the many reasons: Read the rest of this entry »
1. How do we know about Climate Change?
Because almost all of the world’s top scientists who study and measure climate change have been trying to tell us Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change – more extreme temperatures – 50,000+ deaths from heat in 2010
29/9/2011 Guardian The 2010 heat-wave that caused up to 50,000 deaths in Russia. Read the rest of this entry »
What was the little ice age?
29/9/2011 Guardian This Q&A is part of the Guardian’s ultimate climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
The three biggest green campaigns assess their successes and failure over many decades
2/10/2011 BBC Has the green movement failed? by Steven Duke. Read the rest of this entry »
Canada- federal report estimates climate change will cost $billions increasing over time
2/10/2011 BBC Current federal estimates say climate change will cost Canada about $5bn a year by 2020. Read the rest of this entry »