Full Coverage: Climate change

31.03.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 30 (OneWorld) - Alongside the war in Iraq, Americans worry most about U.S. dependence on foreign oil, a leading pollster said Thursday.

31.03.2006 On the surface, new fuel efficiency standards announced by the Bush Administration Wednesday would seem to constitute a move toward energy independence and a more stable climate. But just below the surface...

25.03.2006 from EcoStreet blog:
Here's a great list - complete with links - showing how we can all make a difference. Everything from energy efficiency to eating...

24.03.2006 A US study says that the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets could melt more quickly than previously thought, boosting sea levels by up to six metres by 2100. Scientists at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Arizona said in a paper in the journal Science that warmer Arctic temperatures caused by greenhouse gases would cause this phenomenon.

16.03.2006 from the BBC:
"To make the substantial cuts in emissions we are going to have to make, there are only two ways to do it - taxation or rationing." Domestic Tradable Quotas, personal pollution allowances, have to be the answer.

15.03.2006 from Ill Considered blog:
This blog is a fabulous resource to counter the climate change sceptics: a layman's guide to defending against the assorted specious attacks that are out there.

14.03.2006 from EcoStreet blog:
What have green tomatoes got to do with being able to take a cab in London without putting more pollution into the atmosphere?

13.03.2006 from the British Association:
During National Science Week (10-19 March), what could you do to tackle climate change? Make a pledge and, with others like you, make a real impact.

11.03.2006 from Mur Crusto eco-farm blog:
How much fuel gets burned up by military aircraft on training flights?

10.03.2006 As the UK Government prepares to deliver its tenth consecutive budget, WWF publishes a new report mapping the environmental impacts of consumption and production in the UK.

09.03.2006 Plans to inject CO2 into oilfields could quadruple US oil reserves, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Applied around the world on a large scale, this technology could hugely increase amounts of easily recoverable oil. How can this process be considered carbon neutral when the whole point is to recover more oil to burn? asks Mark Lynas.

09.03.2006 from Monbiot.com:
We are all killers... until we stop flying, says George Monbiot.

08.03.2006 Reducing methane emissions by 20 per cent could prevent 370,000 deaths worldwide between 2010 and 2030, say researchers.

08.03.2006 Gavin Strang has become the 50th British MP to agree to reduce his carbon emissions by 25 per cent in the next five years as part of a personal commitment to climate change.

08.03.2006 The media play an important role in stimulating discussion in developing countries. Yet journalists asked by Panos say that the media have a poor understanding of the climate change debate and express little interest in it.

08.03.2006 Any chance of Australia significantly cutting its greenhouse gas emissions was called into question yesterday as the Federal Opposition joined the Coalition in endorsing coal as a long-term source of power.

08.03.2006 Putting new nuclear power stations at the heart of the UK energy strategy will lead to higher carbon emissions, more reliance on gas and be more expensive when compared to producing energy locally, according to a new report.

08.03.2006 A coalition of 12 states, three major cities, one island government and several environmental groups Friday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not have to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants.

07.03.2006 The Brazilian president is in the UK on a state visit. So take the opportunity to tell him to end the destruction in the Amazon rainforest, says Greenpeace.

07.03.2006 The media coverage of climate change in some developing countries is inadequate, says a UK report.