Daventry tries out cybercar system
26/9/2007 BBC Cybercars - small, tracked, driver-less vehicles like mini taxis to get give acces to congested areas. Read the rest of this entry »
Orkney tidal power plans unveiled
27/9/2007 BBC One of the world’s largest tidal energy projects has been unveiled off the coast of Orkney. Read the rest of this entry »
How sea tubes could slow climate change
27/9/2007 Guardian James Lovelock and Chris Rapley(director of the Science Museum, London have presented a plan to tackling global warming using 200 metre tubes in the oceans. Read the rest of this entry »
Pressure vessel by John Vidal
26/9/2007 Guadian (Society section) Stop Climate Chaos may have only seven staff members but it has successfully galvanised extensive support from groups and the public to help force a law on climate change - and its work is not over yet. Read the rest of this entry »
Man causing climate change - poll
25/9/2007 BBC Large majorities in many countries now believe human activity is causing global warming, a BBC World Service poll suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
UN chief urges action on climate
24/9/2007 BBC UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to act quickly to deal with climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Deal on ozone and climate relief
24/9/2007 BBC Nearly 200 governments have agreed a faster timetable for phasing out chemicals that deplete the ozone layer and contribute to global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change spooks companies
23/9/2007 BBC The Global Corporate Climate Change Report is launched on 2nd October in New York. Read the rest of this entry »
Can shopping save the planet - Mark Lynas
17/9/2007 Guardian article criticizing consumering disguised as being green. Read the rest of this entry »
The world’s ten ‘most polluted places’ named
14/9/2007 BBC The Blacksmith Institute -a US-based independent environmental group has named the top 10 towns and cities including sites in ex-Soviet republics, Russia, China and India, Peru and Zambia. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Warming ‘opens Northwest Passage’
15/9/2007 BBC The most direct shipping route from Europe to Asia is fully clear of ice for the first time since records began, the European Space Agency (Esa) says. The findings, based on satellite images, raised concerns about the speed of global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Flood misery hits central Africa
15/9/2007 BBC The UN says there are fears of disease and locust infestation.
An estimated one million people across Africa have been hit by prolonged rains
which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead, officials say. Read the rest of this entry »
IISS - climate damage “on the level of a nuclear war”.
13/9/2007 Guardian The London based International Institute for Strategic Studies - one of the world’s leading security thinktanks - warns “The threat from Islamic terrorism remains as high as ever, and looks set to get worse.” It also warns that, if nothing is done, climate change could inflict damage “on the level of a nuclear war.”
US Chief Scientist to Bush says warming is “90% man-made”.
14/9/2007 BBC Professor John Marburger, US Chief Scientist who advises President Bush says global warming is “90% man-made”. Read the rest of this entry »
Bush aide says global warming is man-made
14/9/2007 BBC The US chief scientist has told the BBC that climate change is now a fact. Read the rest of this entry »
Can recycling etc save the planet?
13/9/2007 Guardian Have we trivialised climate change by giving people the comforting belief that recycling and switching off standbys are enough? Read the rest of this entry »
IISS Report- climate change “on the level of a nuclear war”
13/9/2007 Guardian The latest IISS Report has grim warnings on terrorism and says that climate change could inflict damage “on the level of a nuclear war.” Read the rest of this entry »
South Asia flood devastation worsens
11/9/2007 BBC NEWS The number of people made homeless by flooding in north-east India and Bangladesh has risen to some 1.5 million, officials say. Read the rest of this entry »
Rush for biofuels is taking toll on food crops.
29/8/2007 Guardian Land that was once used to grow food is increasingly being turned over to biofuels. This may help us to fight global warming - but it is driving up food
prices throughout the world. Read the rest of this entry »
EU biofuel policy is a ‘mistake’
17/8/2007 BBC The EU target of ensuring 10% of petrol and diesel comes from renewable sources by 2020 is not an effective way to curb carbon emissions, researchers say. Read the rest of this entry »