UK 2011 was the 2nd hottest year on record
31/12/2011 BBC 2011 is UK’s second warmest year on record – Met OfficeComments. Read the rest of this entry »
Study of Africa reveals human impact of fire from prehistoric times – affecting the ecology
31/12/2011 BBC Model unlocks human impact on Africa’s fire regimes. Read the rest of this entry »
UN says ‘crowdfunding’ initiative raised $116m to pay Ecuador NOT to exploit 722 sqmiles of rainforest
30/12/2011 Guardian An alliance of European local authorities, national governments, US film stars, Japanese shops, Read the rest of this entry »
2011 Review of the environment – by the New Scientist
30/12/2011 New Scientist by Michael Marshall.
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The 12 most read articles on the environment in 2011
30/12/2011 Independent Twelve most read articles on the environment in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
UK will throw away 500 tonnes of plastic this Christmas – very little is recycled
29/12/2011 Guardian The “Plastic Bag Monster”, by Slovenian artist Miha Artnak, is displayed outside the European Commission Read the rest of this entry »
European Union commissoner says resources must be used more responsibly.
29/12/2011 Guardian EU warns wasting environmental resources could spark new recession. Read the rest of this entry »
2011 Review of the year – what happened to our environment?
29/12/2011 Guardian 2011 review: The year in environment – by Michael Marshall. Read the rest of this entry »
UK lawyer Polly Higgins wants environmental destruction declared a fifth crime against peace
28/12/2011 Guardian Warren Buffett, left, and Bill Gates: can one of them do the same job for the environment Read the rest of this entry »
Coal fired electricity generators are switching to burn wood but critics warn this doesn’t help to cut emissions
28/12/2011 Guardian Power stations such as Drax in Yorkshire are switching to burning wood Read the rest of this entry »
Pinker, Steven, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Allen Lane, 2011
by Pinker, Steven, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Allen Lane, 2011 ISBN 978-1- 846- 14093-9 (hbk) 700p £30 Read the rest of this entry »
UK – climate change inpact on weather in 2011 affected wildlife
27/12/2011 Independent The topsy-turvy weather of 2011 had a roller-coaster effect on British wildlife, Read the rest of this entry »
Himalayan glaciers – studies show how melting forms lakes which drain into a huge underground lake at the foot of the glacier
26/12/2011 BBC Taking the pulse of Ngozumpa – by Jonathan Amos. Read the rest of this entry »
Scotand 100foot high tidal turbine set for tests off Orkney
26/12/2011 BBC The HS1000 tidal turbine is to be tested at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. Read the rest of this entry »
Space ship earth needs a pilot – by Fred Pearce
25/12/2011 New Scientist Spaceship Earth needs a pilot. Read the rest of this entry »
China and USA threaten trade war over EU airline carbon emissions tax
23/12/2011 Independent The “environmental squeeze” that helped prompt British Airways owner IAG’s takeover of BMI is set to ignite a trade war between China and Europe Read the rest of this entry »
Scotland in 2011 produced nearly a third of electricity used from renewable sources
23/12/2011 Guardian Scottish renewable electricity on track for ‘record year’. Read the rest of this entry »
China – police use teargas at crowd protesting against building coal power station.
23/12/2011 Guardian Police block villagers after a large crowd formed at the scene of environmental protests in Haimen, Guangdong. Read the rest of this entry »
Environmental world review of 2011 – a record year for bad news including CO2 at 394ppm
23/12/2011 Guardian Environment world review of the year: ’2011 rewrote the record books’. Read the rest of this entry »
European Court declares tax on airplane carbon emissions legal
21/12/2011 BBC EU airline carbon tax backed by European Court The tax had been opposed by US airlines. Read the rest of this entry »
UK government scheme to make 14million houses energy efficient will deliver only 2 or 3 million
21/12/2011 Guardian ‘Green deal’ will fail, government’s climate advisers warn. Read the rest of this entry »
To save the planet, let’s find out how much we agree – by Robert E. Horn
19/12/2011 New Scientist To save the planet, let’s find out how much we agree. Read the rest of this entry »
USA landowners who leased their land for ‘fracking’ gas extraction regret decision
20/12/2011 Independent Landowners turn against leasing for ‘fracking’ – by Tom Bawden. Read the rest of this entry »
Canada declares tars sands extraction is ‘sustainable’ but admits in private this is false
20/12/2011 Guardian Even Canada doesn’t believe its own spin on tar sands - by Damian Carrington. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change – people only hear what they want to believe – Lisa Jardine
20/12/2011 BBC A Point of View: Climate change and craving a cause. Read the rest of this entry »
UK 140 year record of nitrate pollution in river Thames
20/12/2011 BBC Thames archive reveals long nitrate rise – by Jonathan Amos. Read the rest of this entry »
Burning fossil fuels causes climate change: it also releases poisonous mercury into the food chain.
19/12/2011 Guardian Study shows over time mercury is oxidised and gets deposited back on Earth, Read the rest of this entry »
Studies of the effects of climate change on plants have underestimated by 400% to 800%
17/12/2011 New Scientist Plant studies miss the full effect of climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Can technology fix climate change when diplomats are obviously failing?
17/12/2011 New Scientist We can still avoid a ‘lost decade’ on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Extreme winter events and how they relate to climate change
17/12/2011 New Scientist Snowmageddon: What’s behind extreme winter weather. Read the rest of this entry »
Why is it so easy to save the banks and so hard to save the biosphere – by George Monbiot
17/12/2011 Guardian The US and other nations began talking seriously about tackling climate change in 1988 Read the rest of this entry »
Fixing oceans made acidic by carbon emissions won’t work.
16/12/2011 New Scientist Fix acid oceans by dumping alkali in them? Forget it. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – poll shows strong support for renewable energy
16/12/2011 Guardian British public strongly support renewable energy, survey says. Read the rest of this entry »
Greenpeace converts Facebook to support for green energy.
15/12/2011 Guardian Facebook ‘unfriends’ coal and ‘likes’ clean power Read the rest of this entry »
EU energy commissioner says new renewable targets to go beyond 2020 must be agreed by 2014
15/12/2011 Guardian New renewable energy targets to go beyond 2020 must be negotiated within the next two years, Read the rest of this entry »
Big ships rediscover the power of the wind.
15/12/2011 New Scientist Big ships go green with retro technology. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – energy costs will rise by £190 by 2020 but less than 25p per week is due to renewable energy.
15/12/2011 Guardian Energy bills are to increase dramatically, despite utilities providers benefiting from reduced wholesale costs. Read the rest of this entry »
UK the past 2 winters were extremely cold – why is that when there is global warming?
15/12/2011 BBC If the world is warming, why were the past two winters so cold? Read the rest of this entry »
Report calls for a shift in values to achieve action on climate change
14/12/2011 Common Cause. Talks on carbon emissions not enough: governments must lead a shift in values, says new report. Read the rest of this entry »
The decade after Durban is crucial – but nothing effective has been agreed.
14/12/2011 New Scientist Dangerous decade: What follows the Durban climate deal. Read the rest of this entry »
Widespread criticism of Canada for withdrawal from Kyoto climate chnage treaty
14/12/2011 Guardian The Canadian environment minister, Peter Kent, said meeting the country’s Kyoto treaty obligations Read the rest of this entry »
International criticism of Canada’s withdrawal from Kyoto climate change treaty
14/12/2011 BBC Canada under fire over Kyoto protocol exit. Read the rest of this entry »
One scientist warns of runaway global warming as methane is released from melting arctic iceshelf
13/12/2011 New Scientist Call for Arctic geoengineering as soon as possible. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists shocked as fountains of methane greenhouse gas erupt from melting Siberian ice
13/12/2011 Independent Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas. Read the rest of this entry »
Canada is the first nation to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on climate change
12/12/2011 BBC Canada to withdraw from Kyoto ProtocolEnvironment Minister Peter Kent: Read the rest of this entry »
The potential of solar power generated from desert areas of Africa
13/12/2011 Guardian Could the desert sun power the world? Read the rest of this entry »
Durban summit – EU’s climate change chief hailed as the hero who got the agreement.
12/12/2011 Guardian Connie Hedegaard, the EU’s climate chief, has been hailed the hero of the Durban meeting Read the rest of this entry »
Durban summit ends with promise for a deal in 2020. (at least 9 more years before action – Ed.)
12/12/2011 New Scientist Climate summit ends with promise for a deal in 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
Durban deal – how good was it?
12/12/2011 Independent How good was this deal really? Read the rest of this entry »
Durban deal clinched by 2 strong women, EU and a compromise
12/12/2011 Independent Durban deal clinched by two strong women, a united EU and a compromise. Read the rest of this entry »
Durban – agreement but no urgency and no agreed action
12/12/2011 Guardian Durban deal will not avert catastrophic climate change, say scientists. Read the rest of this entry »
Some reactions to Durban summit on climate change
11/12/2011 BBC Reaction to UN climate dealReaction to the deal reached by negotiators at UN climate talks in Durban, Read the rest of this entry »
why do people who know that carbon is causing global warming do nothing?
11/12/2011 Independent Climate change – what’s your excuse? – by Paul Vallely. Read the rest of this entry »
Durban – late deal has important steps but not effective til 2020
1/12/2011 BBC Climate talks end with late deal. - by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Chile a glacier has been filmed shrinking half a mile in ONE year
10/12/2011 Independent Scientists have filmed a glacier in Chile shrinking by half-a-mile over the course of a year. Read the rest of this entry »
Haiti logging on steep slopes and extreme weather may have caused earthquake
10/12/2011 Independent Deforestation and extreme weather may later cause earthquakes, scientists believe. Read the rest of this entry »
Shale gas drilling and fracking contaminates ground water – EPA report
9/12/2011 Guardian Shale gas drilling’s dirty secret is out. Read the rest of this entry »
European Investment Bank failing to act to reduce carbon emissions
9/12/2011 Guardian The European Investment Bank doubled the funds given to fossil fuels between 2007 and 2010 – new report. Read the rest of this entry »
Durban – EU combines with poorest nations with plan.
9/12/2011 BBC Alliance pushes for climate deal – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
James Hansen ‘The father of climate change’ says 2ºC is not enough.
8/12/2011 Independent Father of climate change: 2ºC limit is not enough. Read the rest of this entry »
We need to talk about Sellafield, and a nuclear solution that ticks all our boxes- George Monbiot
6/12/2011 Guardian There are reactors which can convert radioactive waste to energy. Read the rest of this entry »
Durban – Lord Stern calls fro rich nations to stop subsidising fossil fuels with $10 billions per year
8/12/2011 Guardian COP17 in Durban: Lord Nicholas Stern,… Read the rest of this entry »
UK to build satellite to monitor atmospheric pollutants
8/12/2011 BBC UK to build atmospheric sentinel – by Jonathan Amos. Read the rest of this entry »
Tropical deforestation contributes twice as much carbon to the atmosphere as thought
7/12/2011 New Scientist Durban 2011: Urgent warning on tropical deforestation – by Fred Pearce. Read the rest of this entry »
Head of IPCC Report again shows accelerating melting of Himalayas glaciers serving 1 billion people
7/12/2011 Independent The glaciers of the Himalayas, suppliers of fresh water to more than a billion people, are undoubtedly retreating Read the rest of this entry »
What is the IPCC?
7/12/2011 Guardian Delegates at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Abu Dhabi Read the rest of this entry »
Durban International Director of Greenpeace “I hope sanity will prevail with climate change, just as it did with apartheid”
7/12/2011 Guardian John Vidal interviews the international director of Greenpeace, Kumi Naidoo, Read the rest of this entry »
France – Alpine glaciers in retreat
7/12/2011 Guardian French Alpine glaciers in retreat – by Jonathan Amos. Read the rest of this entry »
Canada – more tha 60 First Nations unite to oppose the export of tar sands crude oil
5/12/2011 Facebook Canada First Nations Unite To Ban Export Of Tar Sands Oil. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Met Office warns that 18million people will have water shortages if climate change not stopped
6/12/2011 Guardian Britain can expect nearly 18 million people to experience more water shortages Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon dioxide emissions have increased by another half in 20 years.
5/12/2011 Guardian Carbon dioxide emissions show record jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Antarctica’s underside revealed – showing the rock bed.
5/12/2011 BBC Antarctic’s hidden world revealed – by Jonathan Amos. Read the rest of this entry »
China now emits more carbon than the USA (total, not per capita).
5/12/2011 New Scientist China’s consumers emit more than US for the first time. Read the rest of this entry »
New evidence that 75% of global warming since 1950 was caused by human actions
5/12/2011 BBC UN climate talks face challenges – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – Strong alliance exposes “stunning disregard” for the environment by government
4/12/2011 Guardian An extraordinary alliance of countryside campaigners, wildlife groups and green activists has launched Read the rest of this entry »
Durban summit – thousands protest lack of action on climate change
4/12/2011 BBC Protests at climate change summit in Durban – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Prescott says there is a ‘Conspiracy against poor’ at Durban
4/12/2011 BBC Lord Prescott is the Council of Europe’s rapporteur on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
UK in 2017 – environmental damage, floods …. by Damian Carrington
3/12/2011 Guardian Catastrophic environmental damage and floods, such as these seen in Tewkesbury, are likely to increase Read the rest of this entry »
Durban – What giving up on 2ºC maximum global warming will mean by 2080
3/12/2011 New Scientist Earth in balmy 2080. Read the rest of this entry »
Spectator magazine says global warming is all a myth – by George Monbiot
3/12/2011 Guardian Spectator recycles climate rubbish published by sceptic. Read the rest of this entry »
UK reality of trying to adapt to climate change even before it really bites
3/12/2011 BBC The reality of adapting to uncertain climate forecasts. by David Shukman. Read the rest of this entry »
Iceland Threat of major volcano eruption impacting climate change
3/12/2011 BBC New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact. by Jane O’Brien. Read the rest of this entry »
Possible developments in solar power explored
2/12/2011 New Scientist Paint-on power, the saviour of solar - by James Mitchell Crow. Read the rest of this entry »
UK government report says 34% cut in carbon emissions by 2022 likely
2/12/2011 Guardian The UK carbon-cutting target of 34% for 2022 is likely to be exceeded. Read the rest of this entry »
UK tries to block European Union penalties on fuels from sands- pathetic justification given
2/12/2011 Guardian Norman Baker, the LibDem minister responsible for the UK’s transport fuels’ policy Read the rest of this entry »
USA – belief there is concrete proof of global warming rose from 59% to 63% last year
2/12/2011 Guardian Tea Party groups denying climate change are alienating the one-third of Republicans Read the rest of this entry »
Africa from Cairo to the Cape is suffering from climate change
2/12/2011 Guardian From Cairo to the Cape, climate change begins to take hold of Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
Durban – largest economies will go on burning carbon so damaging 2ºC will be exceeded
2/12/2011 Guardian Cop17 has a bloc of the largest world economies committed to delaying climate change negotiations. Read the rest of this entry »
Durban – Poorest countries and small island states ask for action within a year.
2/12/2011 BBC Climate deal pushed by poorest nations. - by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
European Union calls for hard cuts by developing nations at Durban summit.
1/12/2011 Guardian Tough stance adopted after bloc stung by criticism. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Sir David Attenborough says people have a ‘huge moral responsibility towards the rest of the planet’.
1/12/2011 Guardian Sir David Attenborough says people have a ‘huge moral responsibility towards the rest of the planet’. Read the rest of this entry »
Coal study names top 20 ‘climate killer’ banks
1/12/2011 Guardian Coal study names top 20 ‘climate killer’ banks – by Fiona Harvey, Read the rest of this entry »