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People may have to go vegetarian to save planet says Lord Stern

27/10/2009 Guardian Eating meat could become as socially unacceptable as drink-driving because of the impact it has on global warming, according to a senior authority on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »

Kalof, Linda & Satterfield, Terre ‘Reader in Environmental Values’

Kalof, Linda & Satterfield, Terre ‘Reader in Environmental Values’ 2005 Earthscan ISBN 1-84407-167-7  334 pps

Jarman, Melanie ‘Climate Change’

Jarman, Melanie ‘Climate Change’ 2007 Pluto (Small Guides to Big Issues) ISBN 078-0-7453-2580-4 190 pps

Cromwell, David & Levene, Mark ‘Surviving Climate Change’

Cromwell, David & Levene, ‘Mark Surviving Climate Change; The Struggle to Avert Global Catastrophe’ 2007 Pluto ISBN 978-0-7453-2567-5  292 pps

Rees, Marton ‘Our Final Century’

Rees, Martin ‘Our Final Century: Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-first Century?’ 2003 Heinneman ISBN 0-434-00809-5 214 pps.

Consumers cease to be a problem and become the solution to climate change – it’s simply a question of behaviour

16/10/2009 Guardian Shoppers explore the new Westfield shopping centre during its opening day in west London. Read the rest of this entry »

Dr Rowan Williams says climate crisis a chance to become human again

14/10/2009 Guardian People should use the climate change crisis as an opportunity to become human again, setting aside the addictive and self-destructive behaviour that has damaged their souls, the Archbishop of Canterbury said today. Read the rest of this entry »

Climate doctors say ‘feel the pain’… Richard Black

12/10/2009 Guardian )It’s worth looking at some of the international ramifications of the conclusions of the UK’s official climate advisers Read the rest of this entry »

Why global warming isn’t taking a break - realclimate.org

10/10/2009 realclimate.org (reported in Guardian)  The blogosphere (and not only that) has been full of the “global warming is taking a break” meme lately. Read the rest of this entry »

Developed country emissions pledges fall far short of danger, analysis shows

10/10/2009 Guardian   Analysis by the World Resources Institute, part of the Guardian  Environment Network. Read the rest of this entry »

Impact of Kingsnorth delay - by Richard Black

Some climate campaigners have been quick to claim that the decision to delay the proposed new coal power station at Kingsnorth in the south-east of England is both a victory Read the rest of this entry »

State of the World 2009: Confronting Climate Change.

State of the World 2009: Confronting Climate Change. 2009 Earthscan Worldwatch Institute

Giddons, Anthony. The Politics of Climate Change

Giddons, Anthony. The Politics of Climate Change, 2009 Polity Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4693-0 pbk 264pp £12.99

Dunion, Kevin. Troublemakers: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Scotland

Dunion, Kevin. Troublemakers: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Scotland.  2003 Edinburgh U.Press, ISBN o 7486 1781 7 pbk 245pp

Hulme, Mike. Why We Disagree About Climate Change

Hulme, Mike. Why We Disagree About Climate Change 2009 Cambridge U.Press ISBN 978-0-521-72732-7 pbk, 392pp

Foster, John The Sustainability Mirage

Foster, John The Sustainability Mirage, 2008 Earthscan ISBN 978-1-84407-535-5 pbk, 170pp  £15 REVIEW follows Read the rest of this entry »

Island’s bid to ‘save the world’ - by example to us all

9/10/2009 BBC Residents of a tiny Hebridean island hope their five step web-based environmental project can help combat climate change and “save the world”. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft, B&Q and Pret take 10:10 vow to fight climate change

9/10/2009 Guardian Microsoft, B&Q and Pret a Manger have become the latest household names to join the 10:10 climate change campaign, joining 25,000 individuals, 1000 businesses and hundreds of schools, hospitals and other organisations. Read the rest of this entry »

Droughts in Australia

Guardian Weekly 9/10/2009 The water in Austrlia’s biggest river is so low and so salty that the nations’s fifth-largest city, Adelaide, is at risk of having to ship in drinking water. Read the rest of this entry »

Climate change believer takes firm to tribunal

8/10/2009 Guardian A man who claims he was unfairly dismissed from his job because he believes in climate change is attempting to have his environmental views recognised under religious law. Read the rest of this entry »

UK - Building of a New Kingsnorth coal plant put on 3 year delay

8/10/2009 BBC  Controversial plans to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent have been put on hold for up to three years, energy firm E.On has said. Read the rest of this entry »

Isles of Scilly one-day voluntary electricity switch-off falls short of target

7/10/2009 BBC Organisers of an energy switch-off on the Isles of Scilly achieved only a 1% drop in power usage but they insist that the experiment was a success. Read the rest of this entry »

US Energy Companies stop denial and get into Carbon Trading -Thomas Noyes

6/10/2009 Guardian Environmental advocates were heartened to see proposals for fighting climate change advance on two fronts on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

China leads accusation from developing countries that rich nations are trying to sabotage climate treaty

6/10/2009 Guardian The US and other developed countries are attempting to “fundamentally sabotage” the Kyoto protocol Read the rest of this entry »

British public refuse to fly less to reduce their carbon footprint

5/10/2009 Guardian A plane takes off from Bilbao in northern Spain, a popular destination for British holidaymakers. Read the rest of this entry »

Yachtswoman Dame Ellen to retire to campaign for Climate Change

4/10/2009 BBC Round-the-world yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur has announced her retirement from competitive sailing so she can focus on environmental campaigning. Read the rest of this entry »

CO2 emissions created by Britons are probably twice as bad as official figures

11/10/2009 BBC Professor David MacKay told the BBC that reductions in carbon dioxide emissions since 1990 are “an illusion”. Read the rest of this entry »