Full Coverage: Climate change

01.02.2006 from Union of Concerned Scientists:
So many of us feel we'd like to do something to help slow climate change... but do nothing because we feel that nothing we can do will make a difference. Yet we as individuals can do plenty. Here are ten steps you can take to reduce your global warming impact.

01.02.2006 Japan, a voracious consumer of marine resources, is now discovering that the drastic depletion of its own fish stocks is linked to the loss of underwater seaweed colonies -- caused, in turn, by rising sea temperatures.

01.02.2006 The UK government's strategy to cut carbon dioxide emissions in the battle against climate change has been paralysed for seven months by a dispute between two Whitehall departments.

31.01.2006 The climate change debate hots up: an increasing number of meetings on OneWorld UK's Events page deal with global warming. In the next couple of weeks talks and discussions include Bangladesh and climate change adaptation; Climate change and civil society: who is speaking for whom?; The Dana Pub Guide to Energy and The things we do for energy; Should global warming be one of the top priorities for humanity? - with Tom Burke, Michael Meacher, Prof Bjorn Lomborg and Philip Stott; and Contraction and convergence: global solutions to climate change.

31.01.2006 As ExxonMobil announces record profits of US$32 billion in 2005, evidence that global warming is gathering pace is rapidly piling up. While most oil companies are making huge profits, what Exxon does -- and doesn't do -- with those profits is what marks them out as the world's number one climate criminal, says Greenpeace. Have a word with the new Exxon boss.

31.01.2006 China's skies have darkened over the past 50 years, possibly due to haze resulting from a nine-fold increase in fossil fuel emissions, according to researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy.

31.01.2006 While the many of us snap up £1.99 flights to Rome, a small but growing band of conscientious objectors are making a stand by refusing to fly. Is this the beginning of the budget travel backlash, asks Tom Robbins.

31.01.2006 A national search has begun to find England’s young ‘climate change champions’, who will be asked to help raise the profile of green issues among young people in their area. Nine people will be selected as part of a government initiative.

30.01.2006 The American space programme's leading climate scientist has accused the White House of trying to gag him after he called last month for urgent cuts in the emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

30.01.2006 Global climate processes are affecting the number of calves produced by southern right whales in the South Atlantic, according to a newly published 30 year study by an international team of scientists.

30.01.2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted that the risks of climate change may be more serious than previously thought.
* How much climate change can we take? - Defra launches new book

29.01.2006 from Discover:
Amory Lovins describes how the world's biggest economy could kick the oil habit. His ideas apply to any country hooked on 'cheap' energy based on fossil fuels. "Five years from now," says Lovins, "the official industry forecast suggests that decentralized low- and no-carbon generators will be adding 160 times as much capacity as nuclear will add up to that year." So let's get cracking with microgeneration, Grommit!

27.01.2006 from the Onion:
Chicago snowwoman loses three snowchildren to warm temperatures... Shocking headlines like these are rocking the cryogenic community. "The unseasonably warm winters of the recent past are a clear indication of a real environmental threat to humans and their frozen simulacra," said Joe Centigrade at the recent Washington DC march. At last, snowpeople are taking action against global warming!

27.01.2006 The Chinese capital has removed the ban on electric bicycles to ease city traffic, which has become increasingly congested due to the fast rising number of cars.

27.01.2006 Asthma sufferers may not be able to buy non-prescription inhalers in the U.S. much longer because the devices contain propellants that harm the ozone layer.

26.01.2006 Wave and tide power could provide up to 20% of the UK's current electricity, a new report says.

26.01.2006 A NASA report says 2005’s record warmth is more notable than previous record-breaking years as there was no boost from the tropical El Niño phenomenon.

26.01.2006 New Zealand ranks first in the world in an environmental performance study produced by environmental experts at two U.S. universities. The U.S. lags behind in 28th place.

25.01.2006 The UK Government is still failing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, new Government figures reveal.

24.01.2006 from theworkshop.ca:
Frank Gombik has a workshop, but this is no ordinary workshop. Get inspired by his examples of converting soft drink cans into solar collectors, burnt-out fans into wind turbines and much more.