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| Rock school - Guardian Unlimited "If you went a few million years into the future it'd be really interesting to see how mankind is preserved. Probably as a little black line of carbon. If that. We won't leave much record in the rock sequence." |
31st December 2005 |
| As we get closer to 2012, extreme climate changes engulf the earth India Daily How often have you seen a newspaper proclaim ' Record High Temperature!' Does this mean that the climate, the average range of weather conditions for a given region, is changing? |
31st December 2005 |
| NI power plant is 'revolutionary' - BBC News An NI biomass plant has been named as one of the best in the UK for leading the way in cutting carbon emissions and promoting renewable energy. |
30th December 2005 |
| Robot car: streets ahead in cities of the future - Guardian Unlimited · Architects and engineers rethink auto technology · 'Easy to drive, stackable vehicle for people to share' |
29th December 2005 |
| 2005: The year in environment - New Scientist |
29th December 2005 |
| My Turn: Time for action on global warming - Burlington Free Press He's worried, and he explains why... |
29th December 2005 |
| Wind-Powered Sewage Treatment Plant Cuts CO2 Emissions by 96% - GreenBiz Kakegawa City, together with the Japan Sewage Works Agency, has been recognized by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport for its highly resource-efficient sewage system. The city's sewage project earned top honors at the 14th annual Water Treatment System Awards in the category of effective use of sewage systems. |
29th December 2005 |
| EDF adds £2m to underwater power project - Guardian Unlimited EDF Energy is stepping up investment in Bristol-based Marine Current Turbines to fund commercial development of electricity produced using underwater tidal currents. A prototype device is to be installed in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough and connected to the local power grid next year. |
29th December 2005 |
| Australia must clean up its environmental act - The Age The Government is out of tune with the rest of the world. |
29th December 2005 |
| Climate options for a greener world - BBC News The prediction is that by 2100, the average global temperature will rise by anything from 2 degrees Celsius to around 6C with potentially devastating consequences. |
28th December 2005 |
| Operation Noah seeks further climate change action - ekklesia Operation Noah, the UK churches' climate change campaign, has welcomed the agreement reached at the recent climate summit in Montreal to discuss long-term global climate strategy beyond 2012, and has further challenged the British Government to declare the hand it will play. |
28th December 2005 |
| Study Predicts Southwest Summers Will Be Hotter - ENN A study billed by its researchers as the most detailed projection yet of climate change says hotter, drier Southwestern summers will become a reality by the late 21st century if human-caused global warming continues. |
28th December 2005 |
Wildfires sweep southern states - Globe & Mail ![]() Cross Plains Firefighters searched for missing people and hoped for cooler, calmer weather Wednesday after deadly wildfires raced across thousands of acres of grassland dried out by Texas' worst drought in decades and destroyed dozens of homes. |
28th December 2005 |
| One year on… - RealClimate.org Review of 2005 and the topics that the superb website RealClimate has covered during its first year. |
28th December 2005 |
| Drought threatening fresh water supplies in southern China - Today OnLine |
28th December 2005 |
| Racing Toward Climate Disaster - Inter Press Service News Agency With 2005 the warmest year in modern times and new research confirming scientists' worst fears, most experts agree that urgent and innovative international action on climate change is needed. |
27th December 2005 |
| Evangelicals direct clout at global warming - Oxford Press The climate change statement, being crafted by several evangelical leaders nationwide, could call for curbs on emissions of greenhouse gases. It also could put evangelicals who make up 1 in 4 voters and are a key support base for President Bush, with 78 percent of white evangelicals voting for him last year at odds with the White House and business interests that form another key Republican constituency. |
27th December 2005 |
| Past Hot Times Hold Few Reasons to Relax About New Warming - New York Times But the pace of the recent rise in carbon dioxide is as much as 200 times as fast as what has been estimated in past rapid climate transitions. |
27th December 2005 |
| Is planting trees the solution to global warming - Guardian Unlimited Interesting comments from the letters page on CO2 sequestration in soils and forests |
27th December 2005 |
| Climate study predicts big thaw - CCN Climate change could thaw the top 11 feet of permafrost in most areas of the Northern Hemisphere by 2100, altering ecosystems across Alaska, Canada and Russia, according to a federal study. |
26th December 2005 |
Climate in the balance - SunHerald.com ![]() |
23rd December 2005 |
| Tree-planting projects may not be so green - Guardian Unlimited · Knock-on effect thwarts carbon offsetting plan · Attempts to undo CO2 damage a short-term fix |
23rd December 2005 |
| True blues may go a shade green and end hostility to climate change levy - Financial Times UK: David Cameron is reconsidering the Conservatives' opposition to the climate change levy as part of a drive to rebrand the Tories as a party that cares about the environment. |
23rd December 2005 |
| Australia Ban Fires, Barbeques as Temperatures Soar - Bloomberg Fire departments in four Australian states have banned all open fires and barbecues for the Christmas holidays as soaring temperatures and high winds threaten to spark another outbreak of deadly wildfires. |
23rd December 2005 |
| New Swedish Air Ticket Tax Set at Minimum $12 - Reuters / Panet Ark Sweden's government and parliamentary allies have agreed to set a new environmental airline ticket tax at between 96-430 crowns ($12-$54), depending on the class of travel, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. |
23rd December 2005 |
| US storms cause record insurance losses Swiss Re - WBCSD Environmental Finance, 22 December 2005 - The series of hurricanes that battered the US in 2005 look set to make this year the costliest ever for companies offering insurance against natural and man-made catastrophes, according to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re. |
22nd December 2005 |
| Greens to kill energy subsidies - Red Deer Advocate The Green Party says it will eliminate tax breaks to all fossil fuel sectors. |
22nd December 2005 |
| New Zealand Scraps Kyoto Carbon-Tax Plan - Reuters / Planet Ark WELLINGTON - New Zealand scrapped plans on Wednesday to introduce a carbon tax from 2007, saying it would not achieve its aim of cutting greenhouse gases. |
22nd December 2005 |
| Pollutants ward off global warming, study finds - Guardian Unlimited Cutting air pollution could trigger a greater surge in global warming than previously thought, suggesting future rises in sea level and other environmental consequences have been underestimated, climate scientists report today. |
22nd December 2005 |
| American global warming gas emissions accelerate to a record high - Guardian Unlimited Emissions of global warming gases from the United States have nearly doubled in 14 years and reached an all-time high in 2004, according to figures released by the American government. But new analysis suggests Europe is also falling behind in its attempt to meet legally binding United Nations targets. |
22nd December 2005 |
| Melting of permafrost threatens homes and roads, scientists warn - Guardian Unlimited Global warming could melt almost all of the top layer of Arctic permafrost by the end of the century. Scientists say the thaw would release vast stocks of carbon into the atmosphere, threaten ocean currents and wreck roads and buildings across Canada, Alaska and Russia. |
21st December 2005 |
| Biologist uses carbon trading to grow forests - Reuters KUCHING, Malaysia (Reuters) - Biologist Ian Swingland took up the idea of trading commodities to fund afforestation programs after he witnessed the devastation caused by logging in the Malaysian rainforests of Borneo in 1998, two decades after his first visit there. |
21st December 2005 |
| Gas Emissions Reached High in U.S. in '04 - New York Times American emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming reached an all-time high in 2004, rising 2 percent from the year before, the Energy Department said, nearly double the average annual rate measured since 1990. |
21st December 2005 |
| Ford outlines plan to fight global warming - Detroit Free Press Ford's strategy, published in a report requested by shareholder activists, listed few specifics for increasing the fuel economy of its vehicles. But environmental groups hailed the move as a significant commitment by the automaker, and called on General Motors Corp. to produce its own overview, a move GM has resisted so far. |
21st December 2005 |
| Motorbikes '16 times worse than cars for pollution' - Guardian Unlimted Tests on a selection of modern motorbikes and private cars revealed that rather than being more environmentally-friendly, motorbikes emit 16 times the amount of hydrocarbons, including greenhouse gases, three times the carbon monoxide and a "disproportionately high" amount of other pollutants, compared to cars. |
21st December 2005 |
Drowning polar bears worry researchers Evidence hints that bear populations are on thin ice. - Nature ![]() Reports this week claimed that polar bears were being forced by climate change into cannibalism and attempting suicidal swims. Experts say it is too early to be sure, but that these are the kind of impacts expected as melting sea ice leaves the bears with longer distances to travel. |
20th December 2005 |
| Most Of Arctic's Near-surface Permafrost To Thaw By 2100 - Science Daily New simulations from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) show that over half of the area covered by this topmost layer of permafrost could thaw by 2050 and as much as 90 percent by 2100. Scientists expect the thawing to increase runoff to the Arctic Ocean and release vast amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. |
20th December 2005 |
| China firms, World Bank in $930 mln emissions deal - Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Two private Chinese chemicals firms and the World Bank on Monday launched the world's biggest single project to cut greenhouse gas emissions in a deal worth nearly $1 billion, the World Bank said. |
20th December 2005 |
| Climate change concert at stadium - BBC News The Millennium Stadium is to host a charity concert as part of a campaign to raise awareness over climate change. |
20th December 2005 |
| Playing With Fire: Mankind's Planet-wide Experiment - EV World Address to Committee for Economic Development of Australia by Stanford University professor Stephen H. Schneider |
20th December 2005 |
| Trade can 'export' CO2 emissions - BBC News New research from the US shows that trade can significantly affect emissions of greenhouse gases. |
19th December 2005 |
| US States Forge on With Slimmer Plan to Cut CO2 - Reuters / Planet Ark Seven Northeastern US states hope to proceed with plans to launch a regional greenhouse gas market, even after two states dropped out of the group, sources said. |
19th December 2005 |
| A big wave of mini-hydro projects - Christian Science Monitor Interest revives in hydropower on a small scale, sparked by the new energy bill and high fuel costs. |
19th December 2005 |
| Two California Forests Commit to New Protocols to Protect Global Climate - earthvision.net Two privately owned California forests have become the first forestlands to join the California Climate Action Registry. The landowners announced their intent to remove over 3 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere -- the annual emissions equivalent of over 500,000 cars -- during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP11) meeting. |
19th December 2005 |
| Earth heading close to record hottest year - The Age This year is Australia's hottest on record and could turn out to be the planet's warmest for thousands of years. |
17th December 2005 |
| Relief as snow hits ski resorts - BBC News With a week to go until Christmas, ski resorts are breathing a collective sigh of relief as snow finally falls across many parts of the Alps. |
17th December 2005 |
Polar bears living on thin ice after record temperatures - Guardian Unlimited ![]() This could be the hottest year ever recorded, posing a threat to Arctic wildlife including polar bears, ice-dwelling seals and several forms of vegetation, according to UN scientists collating data from across the world. |
16th December 2005 |
| Government fails to hit carbon emissions targets - Guardian Unlimited In the same year that the government claimed to take a global lead on climate change, total CO2 emissions from government departments have actually increased, according to independent advisory body the Sustainable Development Commission. |
16th December 2005 |
| Climate, Storms Hit Extremes in 2005 - UN Weather Body - Reuters / Planet Ark Catastrophic storms like Hurricanes Katrina and Stan took weather extremes to new levels in 2005, with flooding and heatwaves touching almost every continent, the United Nations weather body WMO said on Thursday. |
16th December 2005 |
| The global climate - 2005 - Met Office, Hadley Provisional figures for 2005 compiled by the Met Office's Hadley Centre and the University of East Anglia (UEA) show that the northern hemisphere is experiencing its warmest ever year. |
15th December 2005 |
| Montreal talks end in hope - SciDev.net A considerable breakthrough was made at the very last minute, when the United States agreed to consider a dialogue on future strategies. The United States has not signed the Kyoto Protocol and is not obliged to discuss binding targets for reducing emissions. |
15th December 2005 |
Methane hydrates and global warming - RealClimate.org
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12th December 2005 |
| Democrats seek energy independence by 2020 - Red Orbit New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid Pennsylvania's Gov. Ed Rendell said greater use of renewable energy, mass transit and domestic fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel could cut oil and gas imports. A plan they unveiled on Monday is called Energy Independence 2020. |
12th December 2005 |
| Warning on clean coal or hot death - Sydney Morning Herald THE world would be condemned to a "hot death" if it did not pursue so-called clean coal technologies, the federal Minister for the Environment, Ian Campbell said. |
12th December 2005 |
| Temperatures Climb as Warming Talks Stall - NRDC |
12th December 2005 |
The world can breathe again - Guardian Unlimited ![]() Robin McKie, science editor, explains the global significance of yesterday's deal in Montreal |
11th December 2005 |
It Never Sleeps, but It's Learned to Douse the Lights - New York Times ![]() More than 11,000 traffic lights and "Don't Walk" signals in New York City have been switched to light-emitting diodes that use 90 percent less energy than conventional fixtures. |
11th December 2005 |
| US retreats at climate change talks - Guardian Unlimited 'Obstructive' White House stung by criticism of its stance as 157 nations extend the Kyoto agreement. |
11th December 2005 |
| Cheers, yet concern for climate - BBC News Analysis "...for Greenpeace and the rest of the NGO lobby, the glass is indeed fuller than it might have been. But is it the right glass? Or are they focussing on the tiny aperitif they have managed to rescue while the tankard slowly drains?" |
11th December 2005 |
In Shift, US Agrees to Future Climate Talks - Inter Press Service News Agency ![]() More than 150 nations agreed early Saturday to launch formal talks on mandatory post-2012 reductions in greenhouse gases at the U.N. conference on climate change in Montreal. |
10th December 2005 |
| World Warms to New Climate Talks - WWF Real progress was made at the Montreal climate talks as governments finalized the ground rules for the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol and set the stage for discussions to further cut carbon emissions after 2012. |
10th December 2005 |
| Clinton damns Bush climate policy - BBC News The claim that the Kyoto treaty would damage the US economy is "flat wrong", former President Bill Clinton has told the UN climate conference in Montreal. |
10th December 2005 |
| Warning to Blair on climate change - Guardian Unlimited A New coalition of environmental & aid groups is calling for official recognition that the threat from climate change is so large that it threatens all the internationally-agreed targets for poverty reduction - the Millennium Development Goals. It is also lobbying that any deal to develop the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012 should force countries to adopt greenhouse gas reduction targets which are adequate to stop dangerous climate change. |
9th December 2005 |
| Bush 'must not stand in the way of new Kyoto deal' - The Independent Stephen Byers, the former UK environment secretary, was at a world conference in Montreal to promote a policy that is guaranteed to infuriate US airlines. |
9th December 2005 |
| Global Warming Could Halt Ocean Circulation With Harmful Results - PhysOrg.com "The shutdown of the thermohaline circulation has been characterized as a high-consequence, low-probability event. Our analysis, including the uncertainties in the problem, indicates it is a high-consequence, high-probability event." |
9th December 2005 |
| Castro: Rich Nations Endangering Planet - Reuters / Planet Ark "The unbridled race to waste the planet's natural resources will bring life to an end on Earth. The first to die will be our small island states." |
9th December 2005 |
| Hot air: Summit heads to a close with no sign of progress - The Independent The UN climate conference began 11 days ago. Representatives from 189 countries jetted in to Montreal. Tomorrow the talking stops, with little sign of action. Since the summit began, the seas have risen by 0.077mm, 1,176 million barrels of oil have been pumped, 280,000 hectares of forest have been destroyed, and 907 million tonnes of greenhouse gases have been discharged. So what have 11 days of talks achieved so far? |
9th December 2005 |
| Anti-Pollution Gasoline Tax Urged by Californian Panel - Reuters / Planet Ark An advisory panel appointed by California's governor urged the state on Thursday to impose a new tax on gasoline, diesel fuel and other petroleum products to fund efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
9th December 2005 |
TOP SECRET Briefing Book for George W. Bush ![]() |
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Greenland glacier races to ocean - BBC News ![]() "We've seen a 5km retreat of the terminus, we've see an almost 300% acceleration in the flow speed and we've seen about a 100m thinning of the glacier - all occurring in the last one or so years... the predictions for both the rate and the timing for sea level rise in the next few decades will be largely underestimated." |
8th December 2005 |
U.S. MAYORS TAKING ACTION AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING - NRDC ![]() Call on Washington Leaders to Follow Their Lead, Understand Threats to America's Cities |
8th December 2005 |
| Changes to land cover may enhance global warming in Amazon, reduce it in midlatitudes - EurekAlert New simulations of 21st-century climate show that human-produced changes in land cover could produce additional warming in the Amazon region comparable to that caused by greenhouse gases, while counteracting greenhouse warming by 25% to 50% in some midlatitude areas. |
8th December 2005 |
| Oil industry targets EU climate policy - Guardian Unlimited Lobbyists funded by the US oil industry have launched a campaign in Europe aimed at derailing efforts to tackle greenhouse gas pollution and climate change. |
8th December 2005 |
| Inuit Accuse Washington of Violating Human Rights - Reuters / Planet Ark In a groundbreaking case, the Inuit filed a petition to a commission of the Organization of American States that said climate change was tantamount to human rights abuse. |
8th December 2005 |
| Canadian leader rips U.S. over warming - San Francisco Chronicle "Climate change is a global challenge that demands a global response. Yet there are nations that resist, voices that attempt to diminish the urgency or dismiss the science, or declare, either in word or indifference, that this is not our problem to solve. Well, let me tell you, it is our problem to solve." |
8th December 2005 |
UN climate talks enter key phase - BBC News ![]() Dr James Hansen told a meeting of American Geophysical Union in San Francisco that just 1C more of warming would take the Earth into climate patterns it has not experienced for more than 500,000 years. |
7th December 2005 |
2005 Costliest Year for Extreme Weather - Inter Press Service News Agency ![]() The world has suffered more than 200 billion dollars in economic losses as a result of weather-related natural disasters over the past year, making 2005 the costliest year on record, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by Munich Re. |
7th December 2005 |
| It's time to move on - Guardian news blog The EU should look to build support in the developing world on climate change and only re-engage with the US when it has a new president, says Simon Retallack.... |
7th December 2005 |
| Report Says 2005 Will Be Warmest, Stormiest Year on Record, Likely Due to Global Warming - ENN This year is likely to go down as the hottest, stormiest and driest ever on Planet Earth, making a strong case for the urgent need to combat global warming |
7th December 2005 |
| US senators push Bush on climate - BBC News Almost a quarter of the US Senate has written to President George Bush urging him to join UN talks on climate change currently taking place in Canada. |
7th December 2005 |
| Bush treats planet as his alone - Seattle Post Intelligencer |
7th December 2005 |
Arctic Soil Carbon Vastly Underestimated - Science a Go Go ![]() Seriously big trouble brewing in the arctic tundra. |
6th December 2005 |
Climate at record extremes - Toronto Star ![]() This is shaping up as the year the battered earth hit back, wreaking havoc with record weather extremes that almost certainly spring from global climate change. |
6th December 2005 |
| Warming effect in a world without snow - Guardian Unlimited According to a new climate model in which researchers imagined a world without snow, not only would global temperatures rise but, bizarrely, the amount of permanently frozen land in the world would also go up. |
6th December 2005 |
| Don't go soft on Kyoto promises - Globe & Mail Forget about asking nations to deal voluntarily with the climate-change crisis. Compulsory rules are the only way, says British environment minister |
6th December 2005 |
| Worse than Fossil Fuel - George Monbiot Biodiesel enthusiasts have accidentally invented the most carbon-intensive fuel on earth |
6th December 2005 |
| Scientist hopes for CO2 storage - BBC News Mankind's only hope of staving off catastrophic climate change is burying CO2 emissions underground, says the UK's chief scientist. |
6th December 2005 |
| U.N. Talks Seen Averting Deadlines for Climate Pact - ENN U.N. climate talks in Canada are likely to avoid setting a target date for agreeing a successor for the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, disappointing environmentalists who want a 2008 deadline, delegates said Monday. |
6th December 2005 |
The Struggle Against Ourselves - monbiot.com ![]() Speech to the Climate March, 3rd December 2005. By George Monbiot. "...I don't have to remind you of the two forces which are converging on our lives. We are faced with an impending shortage of the source of energy which is hardest to replace liquid fossil fuels. And we are faced with the environmental consequences of the fossil fuel burning which has permitted us to be standing here now. The structure, the complexity, the diversity of our lives, everything we know, everything that we have taken for granted, that looked solid and non-negotiable, suddenly looks contingent. All this is a great tottering pile balanced on a ball, a ball that is about to start rolling downhill..." |
5th December 2005 |
What planet are you on, Mr Bush? (and do you care, Mr Blair?) - The Independent ![]() Tens of thousands of people marched in 33 countries yesterday to express concern for the environment. But will their leaders respond? |
5th December 2005 |
| The Race Against Climate Change - BusinessWeek How top companies are reducing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases |
5th December 2005 |
| Fighting global warming: New, broad treaties in doubt - International Herald Tribune |
5th December 2005 |
| EU States Back Inclusion of Airlines in Emissions Trade - Planet Ark |
5th December 2005 |
| Thousands March in Montreal to Urge Climate Action - Planet Ark |
5th December 2005 |
| Climate change: time for action - The Independent Today, protesters unite in 30 nations - this is what lies ahead if nothing is done |
3rd December 2005 |
| Thousands in Montreal protest against global warming - CTV |
3rd December 2005 |
| China refuses to cut energy use - The Sydney Morning Herald CHINA has underlined the difficulties in forging a new international regime to limit greenhouse gases by declaring that its people barely use enough energy to make a living. |
2nd December 2005 |
| Trade exacerbates global warming - The Daily Camera The global warming impacts of international trade between the United States and China has become more apparent in the last six years, according to a study released by Boulder's National Center for Atmospheric Research. |
2nd December 2005 |
| The Climate in Montreal - Washington Post The Bush talk on numbers is just that and, not surprisingly, it turns out that so is the Bush talk on international cooperation. |
2nd December 2005 |
| US stand poses hurdle at environmental talks - Christian Science Monitor |
2nd December 2005 |
| EU Says Will Fulfil Kyoto Target Early, in 2010 - Reuters / Planet Ark The European Union will meet its Kyoto Protocol obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2010, two years before the global environment treaty's final deadline, a report by the EU executive showed on Thursday. |
2nd December 2005 |
| How coal is cleaning up its act - BBC News Coal is back on the agenda as a serious player in meeting the world's future energy demands. |
2nd December 2005 |
Eyes wide shut on global warming - MENA Financial Network News ![]() "...perhaps we are hoping that the "we" whose interests are taken into account when important decisions are made will not be the "we" who are among the big losers. Perhaps we will continue to close our eyes." |
1st December 2005 |
'Climate threat badly understood' - BBC News ![]() Public understanding of climate change and what people can do to help tackle the problem is very weak, the environment secretary has said. |
1st December 2005 |
| China vows to cut greenhouse gases - CNN Beijing laments U.S. absence at Kyoto Protocol |
1st December 2005 |
| Stormy times predicted for years ahead - Financial Times “I’d like to foretell that next year will be calmer, but I can’t,” said Conrad Lautenbacher, administrator of the US National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. |
1st December 2005 |
No one is immune from the effects of global warming - The Independent ![]() None of us in this global village of the 21st century is going to be immune from the effects of climate change. This is the basic message of the European Environment Agency, whose latest report says that changes to the continent's climate that have been experienced to date have not been matched in the past several thousand years. |
30 November 2005 |
| Forget U.S. on Kyoto, Kennedy advises - sue the 'criminals' - The Gazette Environmental lawyer and nephew of JFK says legal action against polluters is best bet |
30 November 2005 |
| Science faces 'dangerous times' - BBC News Fundamentalism is hampering global efforts to tackle climate change, according to Britain's top scientist. |
30 November 2005 |
2° Celsius: A World Of Difference To Life On Earth - Scoop.co.nz ![]() The consensus of international conservation organisations is that if temperatures rise above 2° Celsius from pre-industrial levels, massive species extinctions and dramatic changes in ecosystems will have severe consequences for human wellbeing. |
29 November 2005 |
A DIY guide to saving Planet Earth - The Telegraph ![]() Human survival depends on problem fixing not avoidance - in particular learning how to cool down our planet, says David Deutsch |
29 November 2005 |
BP expects £3.5bn income from alternative energy - Guardian Unlimited ![]() BP promised yesterday to build the biggest alternative power business in the world, capable of producing $6bn (£3.5bn) worth of revenues per annum from projects in Britain and abroad within 10 years. |
29 November 2005 |
| New Technologies Take Center Stage at Montreal Summit - Der Spiegle At the World Climate Summit in Montreal, politicians and environmentalists are discussing technical solutions for dealing with global warming. In initial pilot projects, engineers are attempting to capture the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and burying it in rock beneath the surface or depositing it on the ocean floor. |
29 November 2005 |
| US resists climate change pressure at UN conference - Guardian Unlimited Crucial talks aimed at combatting the threat of global warming opened in Montreal yesterday with the US government signalling that it will resist attempts to be drawn into a new international process to cut emissions. |
29 November 2005 |
| CO2: This time it's personal - BBC News DTQ scheme would entail each citizen receiving - free of charge - an identical personal carbon allowance. If you don't use all of your allowance, you could sell the excess. Similarly, going over your personal quota would cost you. |
29 November 2005 |
| How Much Energy Do We Have? - George Monbiot Are there enough renewables to keep the lights on? The answer will be comforting to no one. |
29 November 2005 |
Climate change: It's now or never - The Independent ![]() "As the politicians dither, whole nations and ecosystems are shifting from the "still time" file to the "too late" file as vital climatic tipping points are crossed." |
28 November 2005 |
Climate change awareness increases - Financial Times ![]() Consumers are spending more than £3bn a year to help tackle climate change. |
28 November 2005 |
| The victims of climate chaos begin to fight back - through the courts - johannhari.com The Roe vs Wade-ing of global warming? |
28 November 2005 |
| Rain Forest Nations Seek Incentive to Conserve - Los Angeles Times Papua New Guinea and others suggest they be compensated for the benefits of green areas. |
28 November 2005 |
| Farmers warn over climate change - BBC News UK agriculture must adapt to climate change which could cause a global food shortage, farmers are warning |
28 November 2005 |
| Global warming equals weapons of mass destruction: scientist - PhysOrg.com The impact of spiralling pollution on the planet poses a threat to civilisation just as catastrophic as much-vaunted weapons of mass destruction, top scientist warned. |
28 November 2005 |
| Global warming scuppers Blair's nuclear power plans - Sunday Herald Prime Minister Tony Blair's plans to build new nuclear power stations were thrown into doubt last night after a government agency warned that the preferred sites would be flooded or eroded by global warming. |
26 November 2005 |
| Listen to the trees - Guardian Unlimited Colin Tudge sounds a warning for modern society with The Secret Life of Trees. They are the key to humanity's evolutionary past - and our future, says Adam Thorpe |
26 November 2005 |
| Climate talks to be most significant since Kyoto - Globe & Mail The conference will be judged a success if Mr. Dion gets commitments from most of the world's industrialized and developing countries to at least agree to begin talks on the post-Kyoto period. |
26 November 2005 |
| No-Confidence Vote on Canada's Government Threatens U.N. Climate Change Meeting - New York Times |
26 November 2005 |
| Climate talks - hoops and hot air - BBC News Analysis of the Montreal post-Kyoto climate change conference |
26 November 2005 |
| U.S. won't accept any new 'constraints' at Kyoto talks - canoe.ca Just ahead of the UN conference on global warming, a senior American official said Saturday that Washington would hold to its position that any new measures to protect the environment not limit economic development. |
26 November 2005 |
CO2 'highest for 650,000 years' - BBC News ![]() Scientists say their research shows present day warming to be exceptional. |
24 November 2005 |
Stabilizing climate change more daunting than thought - PhysOrg.com ![]() If the world is serious about halting global warming then it will have to reduce carbon emissions over the next century by as much as 230 billion tonnes more than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Calgary. |
24 November 2005 |
Clearing the air - The Hour ![]() Scientist Sylvie Fradette tackles global warming with a cool new invention |
24 November 2005 |
| UK victory rips hole in EU's pollution trading scheme - Guardian Unlimted The EU's emissions trading scheme, cornerstone of Europe's effort to combat global warming, was thrown into chaos yesterday after Europe's second highest court ruled that Britain had the right to press for looser limits on polluting industries. |
24 November 2005 |
| Can "tipping points" accelerate global warming? - Reuters |
24 November 2005 |
| Scientists use new techniques to narrow down impact of global warming on specific regions - EurekaAlert The STARDEX project's seven European research teams, led by the University of East Anglia, narrowed down evidence of changing weather patterns to predict the occurrence of floods, heat waves and drought on even smaller regions across the UK and Europe. |
24 November 2005 |
| Terror Against the Biosphere - Dissident Voice Virtually alone among nations, the United States -- by far the worst polluter on the face of this green and smoggy planetrefuses to acknowledge the existence of a greenhouse threat -- let alone address it. The world burns, the barons steal, and America plays its public relations fiddle. |
23 November 2005 |
| Kyoto's the key - Guardian Unlimited Environment groups are alarmed at the conflicting signals Tony Blair has been giving on climate change. Tony Juniper urges the UK to lead the fight for legally-binding agreements at next week's talks in Montreal |
23 November 2005 |
| Up To One-third Of US In Compliance With Kyoto Accords - Science Daily Even though the United States does not participate in the Kyoto protocol, about one-quarter of the population lives in states, counties or cities that have adopted climate change policies similar to those of the global initiative, according to a Brief Communication published in the November 17 issue of Nature. |
23 November 2005 |
| Council turns up the heat on energy wasters - Guardian Unlimited Leicester city council is looking after the environment and residents by using a spy in the sky to spot energy-wasting homes |
23 November 2005 |
| Aviation fuel to undermine pledge on global warming - The Independent The devastating cost in global warming of tax-free fuel for airlines is laid bare in an EU report being studied by MPs. |
23 November 2005 |
Financial Giant Goldman Sachs to Invest $1B in Alternative Energy - NRDC ![]() Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs unveiled a new policy this week that details how its 24,000 employees should protect forests and work to prevent climate change, aiming to encourage clients in environmentally sensitive areas to use "appropriate safeguards." |
22 November 2005 |
| Snows fail to fall in Arctic tundra - CNN Life is harsh on the freezing tundra of the Arctic Circle where Anna Prakhova lives. But it can be much harder when snows do not fall. |
22 November 2005 |
| Nations to debate new climate plan - CNN About 190 nations meet in Canada next week to try to enlist the United States and such developing nations as China and India in the U.N.-led fight against global warming beyond 2012. |
22 November 2005 |
| Clear the air on climate change - WWF Industry's immense capacity for innovation can help mitigate the effects of climate change, but there is a substantial barrier that must be addressed in order to provide clarity: The uncertainty about the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012. |
22 November 2005 |
| No honey left in European “buffets” because of climate change - WWF Five WWF “Climate Witnesses” from the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain descended on Brussels to tell their personal stories of how climate change is affecting their lives and businesses. Snow disappearing in Scotland, fewer bees in Italy, crop losses in Spain, forests on the decline in Germany and sea levels rising off the coast of England are dangerous signs of climate change in Europe. |
22 November 2005 |
| Forests paying the price for biofuels - New Scientist THE drive for "green energy" in the developed world is having the perverse effect of encouraging the destruction of tropical rainforests. |
22 November 2005 |
| The big thaw - The Independent Global disaster will follow if the ice cap on Greenland melts. Now scientists say it is vanishing far faster than even they expected. Geoffrey Lean reports |
20 November 2005 |
| How green can we go? - The Gazette An extraordinary summer fades into an awesome autumn, the last rusty leaves glinting against a pale blue sky. For the most part, it's been warmer and a shade drier than the wet, blustery Novembers Montrealers have come to know and dread. What's not to like? Plenty, actually. |
19 November 2005 |
| Tony Blair: 'We must do more to beat climate change' - The Independent 'We will cut our emissions by 2012 by almost twice the targets set by Kyoto' |
19 November 2005 |
| Polar bears face up to warmer future - BBC News |
19 November 2005 |
| Moral obligation to ratify Kyoto: bishops - Sydney Morning Herald Australia's 5 million Catholics were as morally bound to combat the loss of biodiversity as they were to protect the rights of the unborn child, according to a landmark statement by the church's bishops that calls for Australia to cap greenhouse emissions. |
19 November 2005 |
| The False Objectivity of “Balance” - RealClimate "We here at RC continue to be disappointed with the tendency for some journalistic outlets to favor so-called "balance" over accuracy in their treatment of politically-controversial scientific issues such as global climate change." |
18 November 2005 |
| Climate needs 'decisive action' - BBC News A top UN advisor on climate science says world politicians are not acting fast enough to tackle global warming. |
18 November 2005 |
| Hot, hungry and gasping for air climate change puts fish at risk, warns WWF Fish are increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change as temperatures rise in rivers, lakes and oceans, says a new WWF report. It says that hotter water means less food, less offspring and even less oxygen for marine and freshwater fish populations. |
18 November 2005 |
| Move Kyoto Forward in Montreal, urges WWF |
18 November 2005 |
| EU Says New Deal To Replace Kyoto Must Have Specific Targets - ENN A new agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012 will need specific targets that are applied sensitively to avoid damaging national economies, Britain's Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett said Wednesday. |
17 November 2005 |
| 'Culture change' on environment - BBC News Worldwide interest in the threat from greenhouse gases has undergone a "massive change", the government's chief scientific adviser has said. |
17 November 2005 |
| Climate change: world round-up - Nature The seven continents and their climate challenges. |
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| U.S. pressed to return to climate change game - cnews Some U.S. senators and environmentalists are trying to push the White House back into the climate change game before a big international conference in Montreal this month. |
16 November 2005 |
| Princeton study puts up to 3% of N.J. under water by 2100 - Times Leader.com The authors cited global warming and sinking land. Solutions include cutting emissions and some withdrawal from Shore. |
16 November 2005 |
Evolution, Ecology And 'Malignant Design' - CounterCurrents ![]() "In our time, Bush administration hostility to scientific inquiry puts the world at risk. Environmental catastrophe, whether you think the world has been developing only since Genesis or for eons, is far too serious to ignore." |
15 November 2005 |
The politics of climate change. It will happen, and they will come - SF Gate ![]() "Every ecosystem on the planet is under threat of catastrophic collapse, and if we don't begin to acknowledge and solve them, then we will go down." |
15 November 2005 |
| The rainforest: climate change icons under threat - The Age Rising temperatures could spell doom for many of the delicate creatures in Queensland's wet tropical rainforest. |
15 November 2005 |
| Ocean levels rising faster - The Age |
15 November 2005 |
Oil project stored 5 million tons carbon dioxide - Reuters ![]() |
15 November 2005 |
| France takes new steps to fight global warming - Reuters |
15 November 2005 |
| New England's Winters Growing Warmer - Reuters / Planet Ark "Evidence of changes is strong and is consistent with warming temperatures in the late-winter and spring in New England in the last 30 to 40 years." |
15 November 2005 |
| Don't call it global warming. It's climate chaos - Johann Hari If Blair's policies on terror were as incoherent as his environmentalism, he would have to resign |
14 November 2005 |
| Climate change could spread plague - Reuters Warmer, wetter weather brought on by global warming could increase outbreaks of the plague, which has killed millions down the ages and wiped out one third of Europe's population in the 14th century, academics said. |
14 November 2005 |
| Windpower survey blows away myths from opponents - The Independent Wind power supporters have received a boost from a study that shows Britain has the best wind in Europe because it blows all year round and peaks when there is greatest demand for electricity. |
14 November 2005 |
| Speed limit crackdown to cut emissions - Guardian Unlimited Ministers are planning to crack down on motorists who speed on motorways in an attempt to meet government targets aimed at reducing Britain's emissions of greenhouse gases. |
14 November 2005 |
| Government sets out challenge for greener Britain - Guardian Unlimited The government's climate change review offers a blueprint for a greener Britain and the government's last chance to meet its ambitious political pledge to slash emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by 20% by 2010. |
14 November 2005 |
| Environmental Groups Accuse Britain's Blair of Squandering Chance To Tackle Climate Change - ENN LONDON Environmental groups on Monday accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of squandering his chance to take action on climate change during Britain's leadership of the European Union and G-8. |
14 November 2005 |
| Truth a higher calling than fairness - Saettle Post Intelligencer |
13 November 2005 |
Fish numbers plummet in warming Pacific - The New Zealand Herald ![]() A catastrophic collapse in sea and bird life numbers along America's Northwest Pacific seaboard is raising fears that global warming is beginning to irreparably damage the health of the oceans. |
13 November 2005 |
| Whale sightings down by 50% - Sunday Times GLOBAL warming and overfishing have been blamed for a dramatic drop in the number of whales in Scottish waters. |
13 November 2005 |
| World Temperatures Keep Rising With a Hot 2005 - Washington Post ...this year's higher temperatures are "really small potatoes compared to what's to come," |
13 November 2005 |
| ‘We’re Not Talking About Sacrifice’ - Newsweek '-we're talking about waste', Larry David’s wife is on a crusade to save the planetno matter how much it irritates her husband |
13 November 2005 |
| Global warming is the biggest threat - The News & Advance The single greatest problem facing mankind in 5,000 years of civilization is not terrorism, but global warming. |
13 November 2005 |
| Capital MP's global warming Bill leaps over first Westminster hurdle - The Scotsman The proposal would give households that micro generate their own heat and light council tax rebates. |
13 November 2005 |
Harvard, UNDP and Swiss Re unveil results of groundbreaking climate change study - swissre.com ![]() A Swiss Re-sponsored report focused on the interrelated business and scientific implications of climate change was released November 1 with a press conference and day-long event at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. View.pdf. |
12 November 2005 |
| Could Acidification of the Oceans Be the Most Irreversible Consequence of Climate Change? - ClimateOrg |
12 November 2005 |
| Canada gravely threatened by climate change - Edmonton Sun |
12 November 2005 |
| We have power to look to future, so why don't we? - David Suzuki / yorkregion.com |
12 November 2005 |
| 'Environmental refugees' set to become big global scourge - WebIndia123 It has said that by 2010 the world will need to cope with as many as 50 million people escaping the effects of creeping environmental deterioration |
12 November 2005 |
| Greens Praise Fox News 'Global Warming' Documentary - Cybercast News Service |
11 November 2005 |
| China unlikely to sign on to Kyoto emissions cuts - Yahoo / Reuters China is unlikely to commit to cutting emissions in the next phase of the Kyoto Protocol, fearing it would retard economic growth, but analysts say the government is waking up to the threat of climate change. |
11 November 2005 |
OSU professor knows global warming a real threat - The Lantern ![]() "We as human beings don't do much until it's a crisis situation, you look at that and say, 'at what time do we as human beings start waking up?' We have a sensitive system and we depend on it." |
10 November 2005 |
Water Vapor May Be Biggest Contributor to Higher Global Temperatures, Researcher Says - ENN ![]() Water vapour identified as yet another positive feedback factor increasing Global Warming. |
10 November 2005 |
| UK 'losing authority' on global warming as emissions rise - Guardian Unlimited The UK risks losing its international authority on climate change because of its failure to cut greenhouse gas pollution, according to a leading scientist. |
10 November 2005 |
| Climate catastrophe threatens Africa - Shanghai Daily Deadly epidemics, ruined crops and the extinction of some of Africa's legendary wildlife are some of the potential consequences of global warming for Africa, yet its nations are among the least equipped to cope. |
10 November 2005 |
Abnormal fruits due to global warming reported everywhere - Kyodo News ![]() In what appears to be influences from global warming, abnormal fruits, such as grapes not turning red and peaches with their flesh turning brown, are being reported throughout the country. |
9 November 2005 |
Are sea birds becoming too dumb to survive? - New Scientist ![]() The sharp drop seabird numbers coincides with a climate shift that reduced the abundance of lipid-rich fish. Researchers theorise that chicks born at or after this time lacked the lipid-rich foods they need for proper cognitive development, leaving them less likely to have the skills needed to survive as independent adults. |
9 November 2005 |
Nature shows climate change - news.com.au ![]() "The fact that so many different species are exhibiting changes is quite astounding." |
9 November 2005 |
| Global Energy Meet Agrees Roadmap on Renewables - Planet Ark / Reuters Environment officials from around the world agreed in Beijing on Tuesday to work to increase reliance on renewable sources of energy, underscoring a commitment to renewables after oil prices hit record highs. |
9 November 2005 |
| Climate, economy on agenda as China's Hu meets Blair - Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao is due to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday on the second day of a state visit to Britain after delivering the message that China wants a "world of lasting peace". |
9 November 2005 |
| U.S. environmentalists urge Canada to lead - Globe & Mail OTTAWA -- U.S. environmentalists are calling on Canada to take the lead in negotiating an international climate treaty that goes beyond the Kyoto Protocol without waiting for White House participation. |
9 November 2005 |
| Improve EU Emission Trading System to meet Kyoto target, says WWF - WWF The EU may not meet its climate change target under the Kyoto Protocol unless it drastically improves the effectiveness of the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), new reports commissioned for WWF have found. |
9 November 2005 |
| US States say Power Bills Won't Soar on CO2 Plan - Reuters / Planet Ark Businesses who oppose a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in nine Northeastern US states have overestimated how much the plan will raise electric bills, according to a study released by the states on Monday. |
8 November 2005 |
| Entire Lakes Feel Effects Of Climate Warming - Science Daily Climate warming brought on in part by human activities is producing major ecological changes in remote arctic lakes at an alarming rate, according to new University of Alberta research |
8 November 2005 |
| Global warming model bodes dire future, scientists say - The Daily Review "We may not have seen the climate change today, but if we continue to emit fossil fuels as usual, I think we are headed for real severe climate consequences and the sooner we take action the better." |
8 November 2005 |
| OCTOBER WAS SECOND WARMEST IN 126 YEARS - Roger Coppock via Google Groups 5 out of the 6 hottest Octobers since 1880 occurred in the last six years. Original NASA data here. |
8 November 2005 |
| Charles in US climate change plea - BBC News "Throughout my lifetime, your country has been willing to take responsible action for the greater good of the global community, even when it had no direct need to do so."The environmental crisis we face is another situation in which I believe the United States could use its power and its influence to help create a sense of unity in a common cause among disparate peoples and sectors of society." |
8 November 2005 |
| China pledges to double reliance on renewable energy by 2020 - Guardian Unlimited ● Huge polluter would be leading green player ● Critics claim target will not offset climatic damage |
8 November 2005 |
Greenhouse gas 'to rise by 52%' - BBC News ![]() Global greenhouse gas emissions will rise by 52% by 2030, unless the world takes action to reduce energy consumption, a study has warned. |
7 November 2005 |
| Planet Venus: Earth's 'evil twin' - BBC News Through Venus Express, scientists hope to understand better the mechanics of climate change on our own planet. |
7 November 2005 |
| Climate Signals - New York Times President Bush has long argued that a nationwide program of mandatory controls on carbon dioxide and other global warming gases would saddle the country with crippling electricity costs. He may be surprised to learn that his own Environmental Protection Agency no longer believes that to be the case. |
7 November 2005 |
| When Cleaner Air Is a Biblical Obligation - New York Times In the latest effort, the National Association of Evangelicals, a nonprofit organization that includes 45,000 churches serving 30 million people across the country, is circulating among its leaders the draft of a policy statement that would encourage lawmakers to pass legislation creating mandatory controls for carbon emissions. |
7 November 2005 |
| Global warming cuts oil demand - iafrica.com Crude oil prices continued to fall on Monday, as global warming is likely to lead to higher-than-normal temperatures in the northern hemisphere and a resultant drop in demand for heating oil. |
7 November 2005 |
| British engineers to help build 'eco-cities' in China - Yahoo / AFP British engineers will this week sign a contract with Beijing to design and build a string of so-called 'eco-cities' in China, a newspaper reported. |
5 November 2005 |
| Prince issues gentle rebuke to Bush on climate change - Guardian Unlimited The Prince of Wales used a speech during a White House dinner to administer the politest of warnings to George Bush to shoulder the burdens of world leadership in tackling environmental and climate change issues |
4 November 2005 |
| Ripples of Global Warming Spread Outward - Common Dreams UNITED NATIONS - Human health and the earth's ecosystems are increasingly threatened by climate change, warns a new study jointly released by three leading environmental organisations here this week. |
4 November 2005 |
| 'Gas muzzlers' challenge Bush - BBC News President George W Bush is facing a rebellion over his softly-softly approach to climate change. |
3 November 2005 |
| Funds to promote renewable energy - BBC News A £30m funding package aimed at promoting renewable electricity sources and reducing carbon emissions is to be unveiled by the energy minister. |
2 November 2005 |
| Environmentalists tell PM: don't abandon global warming fight - Guardian Unlimited Blair stresses importance of economic growth - Campaigners fear end of target-based approach |
2 November 2005 |
| Long road ahead - Mercury News Scientist sets off on 13,000 mile bike ride to raise awareness about climate change and energy consumption. |
2 November 2005 |
| What If We Burn Everything? - Universe Today Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a detailed model of the Earth's climate over the next few centuries to answer the question... what if we burned all the fossil fuels by the year 2300. The answer, of course, isn't a pretty picture... |
1 November 2005 |
| Climate change linked to rise in malaria, asthma - Yahoo News / Reuters Climate change may promote the spread of deadly diseases like malaria and asthma in both rich and poor countries by increasing the range of parasitic insects and whipping up dust from storms, a new report says. |
1 November 2005 |
| Concepts for a low carbon future - BBC News |
1 November 2005 |
| Climate change: 10 ways to save the world - The Independent Today, Tony Blair will address energy ministers from around the world on tackling climate change. But he is failing to meet his own targets, with British carbon emissions on the rise again. There are, though, measures he could adopt... |
1 November 2005 |
| Talks opened on climate change - BBC News Energy and environment ministers from 20 nations are holding talks in London on tackling climate change. |
1 November 2005 |
| Why we don't believe - Daily Press Global warming is real, but thinking about it sends Americans into denial |
31 October 2005 |
| It's climate change, as forecast -The Age A year of climatic disasters is now persuading politicians to accept the warnings of 20 years ago, writes Geoff Strong. |
31 October 2005 |
| Prince Charles: Climate change is 'terrifying' - CNN "..if you look at the latest figures on climate change and global warming ... they're terrifying, terrifying," |
31 October 2005 |
Over your limit - Guardian Unlimited ![]() In order to stabilise CO2 levels, we need to spend less at the planet's carbon bank. Lucy Siegle unveils a novel credit card which will make real savings |
30 October 2005 |
| Blair pushes for 'eco-friendly' petrol and cleaner, greener cars - Guardian Unlimited Apparently, modifying UK cars to run on 'bio-fuel' will reduce UK CO2 emissions by 1% by 2010 |
30 October 2005 |
| Global warning: TEMPERATURE! - Vancouver Sun The past two years were the warmest ever recorded in some of Greenland's coastal communities ... ice didn't form |
29 October 2005 |
Record heat raises climate fears - The Independent ![]() Just four days before Hallowe'en, Britain was enjoying the warmest 27 October since records began in 1880. |
28 October 2005 |
| DiCaprio takes global warming to TV - contactmusic.com LEONARDO DiCAPRIO joined environmentalists to give Americans a pre-Hallowe'en scare on OPRAH WINFREY's chat show in the US yesterday, when he warned about the dangers of global warming. |
28 October 2005 |
| Japan wants all nations in post-Kyoto deal - Reuters / AlertNet Japan, whose former capital gave its name to the Kyoto Protocol, wants all nations -- including the United States and especially China -- to be bound by the next framework aimed at fighting global warming. |
28 October 2005 |
| Tropical Cloud 'Dust' Could Hold The Key To Climate Change - Science Daily Scientists at the University of Manchester will set off for Australia this week to undertake an in-depth study of tropical clouds and the particles sucked up into them to gain further insight into climate change and the depletion of the ozone layer. |
28 October 2005 |
| Climate change hits home - The Seattle Times "... there's plenty of bad news..." |
28 October 2005 |
Prince's plea over climate change - BBC News ![]() Prince Charles says climate change should be seen as the "greatest challenge to face man" and treated as a much bigger priority in the UK. In full: Prince Charles interview |
27 October 2005 |
| Winds Crumple Sugar Cane, a Staple of Florida Economy - New York Times Normally the stalks of sugar cane rise ramrod straight, but after being beaten for hours by winds of more than 100 miles an hour from Hurricane Wilma, the columns of cane bent forward in defeat... |
27 October 2005 |
| Europe study shows climate risks - BBC News Mediterranean and mountain regions of Europe will be hardest hit by the changes set to affect the continent's natural resources this century. |
27 October 2005 |
| Wind of change for China's energy - CNN Once the stomping ground of Genghis Khan, the heart of rural Inner Mongolia is an unlikely center of innovation. |
27 October 2005 |