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Archive main page Two traditions meet to save caribou - CBC News Hunters and biologists are working together to determine why the number of small caribou living on islands in the High Arctic has dropped. 30 December 2004 New coal plants bury 'Kyoto' - Christian Science Monitor New greenhouse-gas emissions from China, India, and the US will swamp cuts from the Kyoto treaty. 23 December 2004 2005 - A Crucial Year for Life on Earth - Friends Of The Earth Press release highlighting some of the key opportunities happening in 2005. 23 December 2004 Methane - A Greenhouse Gas Becomes Star of the Market - Inter Press Service News Agency Capturing methane is fast becoming an attractive environmental deal for industrialised countries. 23 December 2004 Too Darn Hot - E Magazine.com Global Warming Accelerates the Spread of Disease. 23 December 2004 Control emissions locally - The Denver Post Forward thinking mayor of Boulder Colorado outlines his vision of a Kyoto-less US. 22 December 2004 Just what is this Consensus anyway? - RealClimate As always, another nice tool for the anti-sceptic armoury. 22 December 2004 Energy Prices Not Spurring Conservation - AP / Yahoo News While soaring oil prices in the 1970s prompted major advances in the nation's energy efficiency, this year's surge in fuel costs has so far not sparked a new wave of conservation. 21 December 2004 Automaker lawsuit - Bad for business and the planet - The Sacramento Bee The California Public Employees' Retirement System board sent letters to the nation's automakers this month asking them to explain how their stockholders benefit from the automakers suing California to invalidate the state's historic measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 21 December 2004 Paybacks to Polluters - The Nation The Bush Administration's assault on the environment continues. 21 December 2004 America's war on itself - Guardian Unlimited Bush's wrecking tactics over climate change follow an established pattern of self-destruction. 21 December 2004 EU Gives Upbeat Assessment on CO2 Emissions Cuts - Reuters The European Union is on track to cut greenhouse gas emissions and meet its Kyoto targets but more needs to be done. 21 December 2004 Road to hydrogen cars may not be so clean: Environmental peril in making fuel - San Francisco Chronicle In it's most likely manifestation, an Hydrogen economy might be as bad for climate change as an oil based one. 20 December 2004 Bush administration sinks to new low on climate change - WWF US has moved from a policy of non-interference to one of active obstruction. 20 December 2004 Snow 'disappearing from Snowdon' - BBC News A study of the snowline on Wales' icon mountain has found its winter cap has retreated over the past 10 years. 20 December 2004 Journalistic Balance as Global Warming Bias - Fairness and Accuracy In reporting Creating controversy where science finds consensus. 20 December 2004 'Eye in the sky' watches over air - BBC News With the aid of the Aura satellite, NASA scientists can 'tune in' to pollutants as they travel through the atmosphere. 20 December 2004 Climate change issues clouded by ozone - New Scientist Scientists discover large but unpredictable effects of airborne pollutants on cloud formation. 20 December 2004 Tree Planting Could Ease Global Warming, California Scientists Say - ENN 20 December 2004 Australia alters stance on climate change pact - The Age The Australian Government has distanced itself from the United States' hardline attempts to stall international action to stop global warming. 19 December 2004 Arctic Climate Change - The Dominion The fight to preserve the Arctic Way of Life 19 December 2004 Fox News Gets It Wrong - RealClimate Scientist corrects 'journalistic ploy'. 18 December 2004 Hacking Your Way Off The Utility Grid - O'Reilly Network Interesting article about one man's switch to solar power. 18 December 2004 Compromise seals climate meeting - BBC News UN climate change conference ends with agreement on ways to address the issue informally discussing global warming. 18 December 2004 Talks End With No U.S. Climate Deal - Washington Post US affirms its position as mightiest nation on Earth by reducing future climate negotiations to a 'vague plan'... 18 December 2004 India blames the North for global warming - Deccan Herald 2004 is set to go down in history as the fourth warmest year since 1861, coming as it does six years after the warmest ever year. 18 December 2004 Eskimo Filing Against US Just Tip of Legal Iceberg - Cybercast News Service 'Nations go to war over less'. 17 December 2004 Shrinking glaciers evidence of global warming - San Francisco Chronicle Differences seen by looking at photos from 100 years ago. 17 December 2004 Forecasters face losing key tools - BBC News Essential weather monitoring microwave bands are being taken over by communications networks and the military. 17 December 2004 US set to block new talks on Kyoto treaty - Financial Times The US looked likely to succeed on Friday night in blocking discussions on the next stage of the Kyoto protocol on climate change. 17 December 2004 Europe, U.S. in Deadlock on Climate Talks' Last Day - Yahoo / Reuters Washington determined to block post-Kyoto talks. 17 December 2004 Global warming threatens Nebraska sandhill crane migration - The Grand Island Independent Change in weather could impact timing, amount of time birds spend in state. 17 December 2004 Planting the Seed to Stop Global Warming - Deutsche Welle Hopefully it will sprout. 17 December 2004 U.S. states group seeks global-warming action - The Philadelphia Inquirer Despite administration opposition, nine states in the Northeast press ahead at a U.N. meeting. 17 December 2004 Latest Census Finds More American Pika Populations Disappear as Climate Warms - WWF Small Relative of Rabbits Vanished from Over a Third of U.S. Sites Studied in WWF-funded Research. 16 December 2004 Climate change affecting wildlife - Duluth News Tribune Global warming is causing extreme shifts for species in the Northland and elsewhere, a Wildlife Society report says. 16 December 2004 'Time is running out' - Guardian Unlimited Businesses are starting to wake up to the economic havoc climate change could wreak, but tougher regulation on emissions is still needed, argues Oliver Balch 16 December 2004 Hagel meets with Tony Blair for global warming bill input - Omaha World-Herald Tony Blair met with Sen. Chuck Hagel this week to discuss major climate change legislation in an effort to reduce global warming. 16 December 2004 U.S. Rallies China, India Against EU Climate Talks - Bloomberg.com The U.S. rallied the support of China and India to block EU efforts to start talks on how to reduce greenhouse gases after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol on climate changes expires. 16 December 2004 Argentina scolds 'two-faced' rich - BBC News Argentine President has accused rich nations of double standards in their policies on Third World debt and climate change. 16 December 2004 Saudis want to join Kyoto protocol, but lament cost - Reuters but classed as a 'developing country' they would be exempt from emissions anyway... 16 December 2004 Korea, Mexico to Cooperate in Climate Change Initiatives - The Korea Times 16 December 2004 CLIMATE CHANGE: Who Will Pay the Price? - IPS Inter Press Service 'If the poor, developing countries are not responsible for climate change, then why should they have to pay the price for what the industrialised countries have done? ' 16 December 2004 Bush Blamed for 'Devastating Consequences of Global Warming' - Cybercast News Service An environmental activist group has declared President George Bush "immoral" for his failure to support the Kyoto Protocol. 15 December 2004 The real importance of the Kyoto treaty - International Herald Tribune Europe leaves the US behind on climate change. 15 December 2004 Sea Levels to Rise Faster - NASA - IPS Inter Press Service Scientists revise their estimates of sea-level rise cause by glacial meltdown. It's happening faster - sea-levels could rise by 4m. 15 December 2004 Climate Change Affecting Species, Study Shows - Washington Post (free subscription) Assessment Says Rising Temperatures Are Altering Migration Routes, Breeding Patterns 15 December 2004 Climate change hits bottom line - BBC News Insurers worry about "dangerous experiment humankind is conducting on the Earth's atmosphere." 15 December 2004 Fisheries Minister concerned about global warming - cnews / canoe.ca Canadian wild salmon on the way of the dodo? 15 December 2004 UN climate conference hears call to action to avoid plagues of global warming - UN News Service Record economic losses attributable to climate change events reaches $90 billion in 2004. 15 December 2004 Eskimos Seek to Recast Global Warming as a Rights Issue - New York Times (free subscription) Inuit plan to seek a ruling that the United States is threatening their existence by contributing substantially to global warming. 15 December 2004 Damage litigation - Guardian Unlimited Can the courts curb climate change? 15 December 2004 2004 Signals More Global Warming, Extreme Weather - Reuters Global warming is set to continue, bringing with it an increase in extreme weather, warn scientists. 15 December 2004 Protest greets global warming conference - The Globe and Mail Environmental protesters say the deal doesn't go far enough, and they staged a 'last tango for the climate' to make their point. 15 December 2004 2004 is 4th hottest year for world since 1861, U.N. report says - USA Today Hotter and hotter, faster and faster... 15 December 2004 Bird warning: 10 percent extinct by 2100 - CNN Ten percent of all bird species are set to disappear by the end of this century -- and with them the services they provide such as cleaning up carcasses and spreading seeds, U.S. researchers say. 14 December 2004 End of Oil Could Fuel 'End of Civilization as We Know It' - Live Science "When do we panic?" 14 December 2004 Cuba Wants to Enter the Carbon Market - IPS Inter Press Service Cuba, already a net carbon 'absorber', wishes to earn carbon credits through reforestation. 14 December 2004 `No question' on global warming, chief scientist says in disputing U.S. stance - San Francisco Chronicle / AP Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC says 'no question' on the science of global warming. 14 December 2004 Scientists Warn of Global Warming Results - ABC News Scientists say long-term rise of 3.5º in Earth's temperature could cause the collapse of the Amazon rain forest. 14 December 2004 Climate change threatens China food production - Channel NewsAsia International Climate change could cut China's food production 10 percent by 2050, said an official report at a major UN in Buenos Aires. 14 December 2004 Climate change impact? Look in your backyard - Reuters "Widespread ecological impacts of climate change are already visible in every part of the world and in every ecosystem..." 14 December 2004 Europe heatwaves 'soon routine' - BBC News Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research gives a stark warning of the probable effects of global warming in Europe. 14 December 2004 Activists Question World Bank's Commitment to Sustainable Development - Inter Press Service Activists wonder why the World Bank has supported 332 fossil fuel projects in the past 12 years. 14 December 2004 Developing giants under pressure on climate change - Reuters "If India, China and Brazil replicate our pattern of fossil-intensive development, the game is over," 13 December 2004 China defends economic growth at climate conference - AFP/Yahoo China intends to increase energy consumption for the next '30 to 50 years.' 13 December 2004 Environmental losses cannot be paid back - Sydney Morning Herald (free subscription) Failure to make rapid and radical changes on global warming would put our civilisation at stake, writes Ian Lowe. 13 December 2004 U.S. Seen as Laggard at U.N. Climate Change Meeting - Los Angeles Times (free subscription) As signatories to the Kyoto pact try to cut gas emissions, America is increasingly shut out, having balked at ratifying the accord. 12 December 2004 How to reduce future climate risk - BBC News Time is short, argues Professor Schrag of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University. 12 December 2004 Antarctic 'on the edge of disaster' - Guardian Unlimited Even a small increase in sea temperature could spell doom for penguins, whales and a host of other marine creatures. 11 December 2004 China, Brazil reveal climate plan - BBC News China and Brazil have presented details of their greenhouse gas emissions to an international summit on climate change. 11 December 2004 Only collective action can overcome the climate crisis - Guardian Unlimited Neither markets nor personal choices can deal with the biggest threat of all... 10 December 2004 'Climate Witnesses' Testify About Global Warming - ABC News International UN conference hears eye-witness testimony of global warming from the Himalayas to the South Pacific. 10 December 2004 'After Kyoto' Takes Center Stage at Climate Talks - Yahoo / Reuters ...the man on the street "might wonder why we are having endless discussions talking about talking about the future." 10 December 2004 Deforestation Inflates Inventory of Gases in Brazil - IPS Inter Press Service Tropical deforestation is to blame for three-fourths of the country's emissions. 9 December 2004 Details of $36 Billion Bipartisan US Energy Plan - Planet Ark / Reuters Commission urges Congress to adopt proposals on climate change, oil security, natural gas supplies and fuel efficiency. 9 December 2004 Washington to be criticized at UN climate change summit in Buenos Aires - Pravda Bush main target of delegates for his anti-ecological policy. 9 December 2004 OPEC Thwarts Climate Aid for Poor Nations - WWF - Reuters OPEC allegedly wants compensation for any loss of oil export revenues due to cuts in fossil fuel use! 9 December 2004 Beckett fears missing global warming target - Financial Times UK will miss global warming target unless more radical steps are taken 9 December 2004 Blair seeks new climate agreement with US - Guardian Unlimited Can Mr. Blair get the U.S. to sign on for 'Kyoto-Lite'? 9 December 2004 US attacked over climate claims - BBC News  Environmentalists have attacked US claims that America is doing as much to curb global warming as any other Kyoto signatory. 8 December 2004 US rules out joining Kyoto treaty - BBC News  The US has told a UN conference on global warming that it has no intention of joining international efforts to cut CO2 emissions. 7 December 2004 Hunting climate change evidence - BBC News   Click here to watch Realplayer streaming video Fresh concern over melting Antarctic ice; glaciers accelerate into the sea, some 8 times faster than a decade ago. 7 December 2004 U.S. Oil Policy Simulation - Forio Broadcast What would it take to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil? 6 December 2004 Why Kyoto Matters - Der Spiegel Kyoto signatories 5.2 percent. But is it enough? Maybe not, but it's the only treaty we've got. 6 December 2004 U.S. Firmly Anti-Kyoto as U.N. Climate Talks Start - Reuters 6 December 2004 HSBC bank to go carbon neutral - BBC News HSBC is the first big bank to commit to going carbon neutral as it seeks to reduce its environmental impact. 6 December 2004 The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change - Science Magazine Round up of scientific evidence contradicts professional sceptics. 3 December 2004 Flooded future looms for Bangladesh - BBC News As global warming causes sea levels to rise, the people of low lying Bangladesh are likely to be the worst affected. 3 December 2004 UN Talks to Review Where 'Dangerous' Warming Starts - Reuters Conference in Brazil aims for action over global warming. 3 December 2004 How Global Warming Can Lead to a Big Chill - Yahoo / Reuters Scientists find evidence that polar meltwater diverted the gulfstream causing freezing temperatures in the North Atlantic 3 December 2004 Global warming seen as ending long winter night in Canadian North - The Globe and Mail 'Climate change creates thermal inversions that carry southern light to Arctic regions. 2 December 2004 Melting Arctic Bogs May Hasten Warming, Study Says - National Geographic News 1 December 2004 Climate change culprits could face court - New Scientist 'The fraction of risk due to human events is starting to reach the level where a court might find the emitters responsible'. 1 December 2004 Emissions double heatwave risk - BBC News Greenhouse gas emissions have already more than doubled the risk of European heatwaves similar to last year's, says study. 1 December 2004 Nigeria Ratifies Kyoto Protocol On Climate Change 1 December 2004 Secrets of the forest - The Independent What will happen to the Amazon when global warming gathers pace? An island off the Canadian coast may hold the answer. 1 December 2004 Brazil Garbage Dump Could Be Climate Trailblazer - Reuters Methane from dumps could be used as power source. 1 December 2004 South Asia Stares at Looming Water Crisis - Reuters "The biggest dangers of climate change are the adverse impacts on agriculture," says chairman of IPCC 1 December 2004 Power companies fail to respond to global warming crisis as window of opportunity closes - WWF 30 November 2004 Stratosphere Temperature Data Support Scientists' Proof for Global Warming - NewsWise 29 November 2004 Climate change can affect foodgrain production: USDA - WebIndia123.com In many areas grain yields will tumble as a result of global warming. 29 November 2004 'Entering `Kyoto' Years, Warming World Wonders what Lies Beyond - ENN 29 November 2004 'We don't have much time' - Guardian Unlimited Jan Zalasiewicz of the Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London. 26 November 2004 Global warming: a perspective from earth history - Guardian Unlimited A position paper of the Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London. 26 November 2004 Carbon storage comes to disused Texas oil fields - Reuters The capacity is there, so is the expertise; but is the will? 26 November 2004 Climate change to ravage tropics - NEWS.com.au Cyclones will increase along with dust storms, drought, fire and flood, while up to 20 species disappear from the rainforests. 26 November 2004 Global Warming Fight to Get Harder From 2012 - Planet Ark / Reuters "From 2012 I believe that beyond Kyoto we should have a very, very central target of (enlisting) the United States". 25 November 2004 Bi-coastal warming plans take shape in Kyoto-less US - Reuters Emissions legislation at the state level may yet undermine Bush's no Kyoto line. 24 November 2004 Global warming appears to affect when Pennsylvania lakes freeze, thaw - PhysOrg.com "People are having a hard time maintaining their scepticism of global climate change". 24 November 2004 Groups Join, Seek Action on Global Warming - ENN AUGUSTA, Maine - More than a dozen conservation and public health advocacy groups joined to support further legislative action to prevent global warming. 24 November 2004 THE MISFORTUNE 100: Top Corporate Air Polluters in the United States - Political Economy Research Institute 23 November 2004 Bush's slapdown for Blair on climate change - The Independent President Bush has reprimanded Tony Blair for sounding the alarm over global warming, Washington sources say. 23 November 2004 Feeding Cars, Not People - Monbiot.com The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster 23 November 2004 Trace Gases Are Key To Halting Global Warming - ScienceDaily Researchers at Columbia University suggest that reducing trace gases will help control climate change. 23 November 2004 Warning in the winds - The Daily Star Bangladesh slated to take the brunt of global warming fallout. 23 November 2004 No Evidence Ozone Layer is Recovering, Scientists Say - ENN 22 November 2004 EU studies adding aviation to emissions scheme - Reuters "A tonne of CO2 emitted at high altitude could be three or four times as damaging as that at ground level..." 22 November 2004 Kyoto Protocol Ratification Supports Church Action Against Global Warming - The Christian Post 20 November 2004 Asian CEOs Warned of Threat from Climate Change - Reuters 19 November 2004 Age of green cars arrives as Canadians cut emissions - The Independent Canadian government pledged this week to a dramatic 25 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from all vehicles sold inside its borders by the end of the decade. 19 November 2004 Melting Glaciers Threaten World Water Supply - Planet Ark/Reuters 18 November 2004 As Ice Thaws, Arctic Peoples at Loss for Words - Reuters 18 November 2004 Kyoto Protocol gets the green light - New Scientist Russia ratifies Kyoto. Protocol will come into effect February 16th 2005 18 November 2004 Climate change sceptics 'wrong' - BBC News A major argument used by sceptics of global warming is flawed, a UK Met Office study in Nature magazine says. 18 November 2004 McCain raps Bush on global warming - USA Today "Some of us believe that the accumulation of knowledge argues that we act, rather than continue to accumulate knowledge". 18 November 2004 Climate change 'ruining' Everest - BBC News A delegation of environmental lawyers is starting a new initiative to force action on global warming. 17 November 2004 US urged to help slow Arctic thaw - BBC News Arctic peoples urge the US to curb emissions. 13 November 2004 Global warming a dire threat, ex-presidential adviser says - Courier-Journal At a Festival of Faiths breakfast, James Gustave "Gus" Speth warns of dire consequences of climate change. 13 November 2004 Experts see states as force in fighting global warming - Chicago Tribune  (free registration required) Bush administration reluctant to legislate against emissions; fight moves to state level. 12 November 2004 Ending the Tokyo choke - Guardian Unlimited Japanese automakers are making their products more environmentally friendly. 12 November 2004 Author of "The Coming Storm" Talks Of Global Warming - Nebraska State Paper More people are becoming convinced of the reality of global warming. 10 November 2004 Global warming may boost oil industry - Aljazeera.net Businesses may profit at the expense of the wider human and natural community. 10 November 2004 Grim Signs Mark Global Warming - Wired News 10 November 2004 Jet pollution must be cut in climate fight, warn peers - Guardian Unlimited 10 November 2004 China in for Extreme Weather as Climate Change Felt - Reuters Report to the UN admits grave consequences of climate change. Meanwhile energy consumption is predicted to double. 9 November 2004 Energy: Meeting soaring demand - BBC News Can we satisfy our lust for energy without destroying the planet? 9 November 2004 OBSERVED IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE - Pew Center     Click here for the full report Press release from the Pew Center on the effects of climate change in the US. 9 November 2004 Himalaya glaciers melt unnoticed - BBC News Environmentalists are warning that the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas could spell disaster for millions of people. 9 November 2004 Global warming affecting animal migration, breeding: study - ABC News Climate change is now affecting about half of all wild species in the USA. 9 November 2004 Global warming's impact on US plants, animals determined from review of dozens of studies - PhysOrg.com Report outlines changes caused by warming to the behaviour and distribution of both animals and plants in the USA. 8 November 2004 Global warming severest in Arctic: four-year, eight-country scientific study - Yahoo News Global warming could cause everything from the extinction of polar bears to the flooding of large parts of Florida, says report. 8 November 2004 Global warming blamed for huge western USA wildfires - USA Today 8 November 2004 Appeal to double pollution levy - BBC News The Climate Change Levy must double in the next five years to have any impact on pollution, a new report claims. 7 November 2004 Flood sweat and tears - Guardian Unlimited Commentary by Mark Townsend. 7 November 2004 Massive peat burn is speeding climate change - New Scientist Burning bogs in Borneo may account for jump in CO2 levels. 4 November 2004 U.S. Wants No Warming Proposal - Washington Post Administration Aims to Prevent Arctic Council Suggestions. 4 November 2004 Antarctic food web under pressure - BBC News Krill numbers have declined by 80% since the 1970's. 3 November 2004 Climate gas cuts 'are affordable' - BBC News The cost of averting runaway climate change could be as low as 0.3% of global GDP. 3 November 2004 Arctic warming at twice global rate - New Scientist Projections for the future show a two to three times higher warming rate than for the rest of the world. 2 November 2004 Climate Uncertainty with CO2 Rise Due to Uncertainty About Aerosols - Brookhaven National Laboratory Aerosols may have been masking the effects of CO2 1 November 2004 Support sought for CO2 storage - BBC News If we won't reduce emissions, we'll definitely need a plan B. 1 November 2004 Queen backs fight on global warming - Guardian Unlimited The Queen goes green. 1 November 2004 The coming war - Guardian Unlimited Terrorism, climate change and world poverty are inextricably linked. We must conquer them before they destroy us, argues broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby 31 October 2004 Anger at greenhouse 'climbdown' - BBC News Plans to curb UK greenhouse gas emissions produced by industry are to be scaled back by the government 27 October 2004 Worries over rising carbon dioxide emissions - Guardian Unlimited CO2 emissions will be almost 40% higher by the end of the decade than they were in 1990. 27 October 2004 NASA Expert Criticizes Bush on Global Warming Policy - New York Times 26 October 2004 Energy Wars -- Foreign and Domestic - Renwable Energy Access 25 October 2004 Living Planet Report 2004 - World Wildlife Fund Comprehensive planetary health audit in .pdf format. 25 October 2004 Dire warnings from global warming report - Guardian Unlimited Financial and environmental impact of rising UK emissions projected. 25 October 2004 Tidal surge 'threat to Blackpool' - BBC News A report says that in 50 years time climate change could have a massive impact on the North West of England. 25 October 2004 Global warming seen as security threat - Reuters "...greater long-term threat to humanity than terrorism..." 24 October 2004 Global warming: Does doom loom? - The Vancouver Sun Runaway greenhouse effect could be a reality. 23 October 2004 Kyoto Climate Change - The Boston Globe US must pass McCain-Lieberman Bill. 23 October 2004 Global Warming Bombshell Smells Fishy - AlwaysOn Are business interests clouding scientific research again? 23 October 2004 Russian MPs ratify Kyoto treaty - BBC News Russia's lower house of parliament has ratified the Kyoto Protocol. 22 October 2004 As oil rises, cleaner energy surges - Christian Science Monitor Climbing oil prices mean more US companies embrace alternative energy practices. 22 October 2004 Experts see solar power competitive in next decade - Planet Ark Solar power a viable alternative within ten years. 21 October 2004 Global Warming Effects Faster Than Feared - Experts - Reuters 21 October 2004 UK carbon output 'under-reported' - BBC News The UK is responsible for almost 30% more carbon dioxide than it reports, the conservation organisation WWF says. 21 October 2004 Climate Change is devastating the lives of millions, say charities - Guardian Unlimited 21 October 2004 Aid agencies' warning on climate - BBC News The greenhouse effect could wreck attempts to lift the world's poorest people out of poverty and reverse human progress... 20 October 2004 Sea threat to coastal communities - BBC News The prospect of losing homes and belongings to the sea is plaguing coastal communities around the UK. 20 October 2004 Conference talks global warming - Yale Daily News Scientists concerned about lack of public understanding about climate change. 14 October 2004 BT goes green - Guardian Unlimited Contracts with British Gas and npower see depots, offices and exchanges powered from sustainable resources. 13 October 2004 Carbon 'reaching danger levels' - BBC News The UK government's leading scientist says levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere already represent a danger. 13 October 2004 How 'feedback' can suppress the earth's ability to remove greenhouse gases - The Independent Unexpected rise in CO2 levels fuels well-founded fear of runaway global warming. 11 October 2004 Climate fear as carbon levels soar - Guardian Unlimited Scientists bewildered by sharp rise of CO2 in atmosphere for second year running 11 October 2004 Kyoto protocol is just the beginning - New Scientist 10 October 2004 Bush's policies are making us ill - The Salt Lake tribune 9 October 2004 'Global peril' of fire and fertilisers - Guardian Unlimited Use of fertilisers and the burning of fossil fuels will severely damage life in lakes and rivers around the globe 9 October 2004 NASA Study Shows Potential for Antarctic Climate Change - SpaceRef.com 7 October 2004 Our continuing oil supply fantasy - Times-News Online 7 October 2004 Exxon admits greenhouse gas increase - Guardian Unlimited "..after supporting George Bush's refusal to sign the Kyoto treaty." 7 October 2004 In 50 years, we could cure our oil addiction - New Scientist One of many interesting articles in their special US election feature. 7 October 2004 A global-warming warning: emissions must be reduced - San Diego Union Tribune Sometimes, the path you take today not only affects where you are tomorrow, it could affect where your grandkids are 50 years from now. 6 October 2004 Pump Dreams - The New Yorker Is energy independence an impossible goal? 4 October 2004 Sun's climate change role small - The Daily Camera Research implicates greater human part in global warming. 3 October 2004 Russia backs Kyoto climate treaty - BBC News 30 September 2004 Models may underestimate climate swings - New Scientist 30 September 2004 Burp vaccine cuts greenhouse gas emissions - New Scientist 25 September 2004 Highest icefields will not last 100 years - Guardian Unlimited 24 September 2004 Russian Ministries Move to Approve Kyoto Treaty - Yahoo News 24 September 2004 Carbon goes missing in Alaska - The Scientist 23 September 2004 Antarctic glaciers slipping faster into the sea - New Scientist 23 September 2004 Ice collapse speeds up glaciers - BBC News 22 September 2004 Mussels Found Near N. Pole in Global Warming Sign - Reuters 17 September 2004 McGreevey Announces New Proposal to Address Global Warming - Environmental Media Services 17 September 2004 Ford will return 300 electric cars - Aftenposten (Norway) 16 September 2004 Ivan May Just Be a Messenger - Wired News 15 September 2004 Global warming may spur fiercer hurricanes - Reuters 15 September 2004 U.S. trying to ice report on global warming, Senate told - Scripps Howard News Service 15 September 2004 Media should cover all aspects of global climate change - Pasadena Star-News 15 September 2004 Blair 'shocked' by climate change - BBC News 14 September 2004 Global warming fears for Chinese crops 13 September 2004 Devastation linked to global warming - Guardian Unlimited 12 September 2004 Global warming and storms - Sun-Sentinel Florida 11 September 2004 Oceans to acid - Christian Science Monitor 9 September 2004 More fierce hurricanes may loom on horizon - CNN 3 September 2004 Oil rally not enough to spur renewables investment - Planet Ark 2 September 2004 Hurricane Frances part of record-setting period for storms - Bradenton.com 2 September 2004 Need for carbon sink technologies - BBC News 1 September 2004 Major temperature rise recorded in Arctic this year - Yahoo / AFP 29 August 2004 Japanese Government to propose new plan to fight global warming - Daily Yomiuri 29 August 2004 Writers against... the weather - Guardian Unlimited 28 August 2004 Is global warming really this bad? --Mmegi Online Botswana 27 August 2004 Sea life reacts unpredictably in warming waters - The Mercury News 27 August 2004 Bush u-turn on climate change wins few friends - Guardian Unlimited 27 August 2004 The planet goes haywire - Guardian Unlimited 27 August 2004 White House report says people cause global warming - New Scientist 27 August 2004 Rain-hit farmers blame global warming - Portsmouth Today 27 August 2004 Put us all on rations - Guardian Unlimited 27 August 2004 Earth warned on 'tipping points' - BBC News 26 August 2004 U.S. Report Turns Focus to Greenhouse Gases - NY Times (free registration required) 26 August 2004 Ford blasted for crushing 'Think' cars - Aftenposten Norway 25 August 2004 Continuous Coastal Temperature Record Reveals Warming Trends - Science Daily 25 August 2004 Newspapers' focus on balance skewed coverage of global warming - Science Blog 25 August 2004 The lost harvest: rain spells ruin for farmers - The Independent 25 August 2004 Real climate change - Radio Nederland 24 August 2004 Feedback Loops The Potential to Amplify Global Warming Beyond Current Predictions - NRDC 24 August 2004 Air pollutants have a major role in climate change - The Independent 24 August 2004 UK to take tough line against US over Kyoto - Guardian Unlimited 24 August 2004 Global warming makes China's glaciers shrink by equivalent of Yellow River - TerraDaily / AFP 23 August 2004 Climate change affecting Italy's Chianti wine - Yahoo/AFP 23 August 2004 Study on global warming paints a troubling future for the state and valley - The Modesto Bee 23 August 2004 Global Warming and the Scourge of Unregulated Capital - Mike Whitney 23 August 2004 Summer rain ruins harvests - Daily Record 23 August 2004 Pollution 'hides' global warming - BBC NEWS 23 August 2004 Heatwave's warning for future of farming - New Scientist 23 August 2004 Mysterious lobster threat is migrating north; blame global warming? - The Daily Item 23 August 2004 Life dries up for 550,000 The Sunday Leader 22 August 2004 A solution to global warming - Denver Post 22 August 2004 Low monsoon rain may spoil next wheat crop - Daily Times 21 August 2004 Global warming to devastate Europe first - New Scientist 19 August 2004 'We have all heard the prediction that wars may soon be fought over water. In India, it has already begun' 19 August 2004 Global warming expert shares 50 years of research - Missoulian.com 19 August 2004 More flash floods for Britain - Guardian Unlimited 19 August 2004 Global warming's surprising fallout - Christian Science Monitor 19 August 2004 Europe 'must adapt on climate' - BBC NEWS 18 August 2004 Probe into rising ocean acidity - BBC NEWS 17 August 2004 Warming threatens California wine - BBC NEWS 17 August 2004 Ways exists to halt global warming, say scientists - Mail & Guardian 17 August 2004 Dozens rescued from flash floods - BBC NEWS 17 August 2004 Warning of global warming 'insanity' - NEWS.com.au 16 August 2004 Global warming is getting worse - but the message is getting through - Guardian Unlimited 16 August 2004 Hungry world 'must eat less meat' - BBC NEWS 16 August 2004 Climate legacy of 'hockey stick' - BBC NEWS 16 August 2004 Ancient Rome's fish pens confirm sea-level fears - New Scientist 16 August 2004 Concern over Congo logging - BBC NEWS 16 August 2004 Pollutants cause huge rise in brain diseases - Guardian Unlimited 15 August 2004 Want better returns? Drive a car with better mileage - MSN.com 14 August 2004 Forest burning is a net contributor to global warming, scientist says - Stanford University 12 August 2004 Heat Waves to Worsen Across America, Europe - Reuters 12 August 2004 Heatwaves set to become 'brutal' - BBC News 12 August 2004 Climate change study: Jasmine rice yields at risk - The Nation 12 August 2004 World Bank undermines efforts on global warming - The Boston Globe 11 August 2004 Underwater 'slump' threatens Arctic oil, gas drilling - CBC News 11 August 2004 China Heat Wave May Peak, Forcing Factory Closures - Bloomberg.com 10 August 2004 Low rice yields due to 2004's unusual weather - Delta Farm Press 2 August 2004 Sea engulfing Alaskan village - BBC News 30 July 2004 Yellow River 'drying up' - BBC News 29 July 2004 Viewpoint: Kyoto - the only game in town - BBC News 29 July 2004 Experts Warn over Seabird Numbers - BBC News 28 July 2004 Southern Spain 'dust bowl' threat - BBC News 28 July 2004 Brazilian Amazon may become savanna - AFP 27 July 2004 Catching Up to the Cost of Global Warming - NY Times 25 July 2004 Climate change: The big emitters - BBC News 23 July 2004 Rice yields plunging due to balmy nights - New Scientist 29 June 2004 Rice yields dip as planet warms - BBC News 29 June 2004 Freaks of nature - The Guardian 28 April 2004 Oceans rising faster near coasts - New Scientist 26 April 2004 The imperatives for action from the science of climate change: Sir David King 13 February 2004 The yawning heights - looking out from the great oil peak - Julian Darley January 2004 Scotland's hottest year - it's official - WWF 7 January 2004 The Need for Progress Beyond Kyoto: Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government 27 November 2003 Global warming 'kills 160,000 a year' - New Scientist 1 October 2003 Alarm over acidifying oceans - New Scientist 25 September 2003 Global warming is now a weapon of mass destruction - Guardian Unlimited 28 July 2003 Melting Ice, Winds of Change - LA Times (free registration required) 19 January 2003 Climate change linked to disease epidemics - New Scientist 20 June 2002 Humans cause global warming, US admits - BBC NEWS 3 June 2002