Climate Change archive

10.07.2006 The EU parliament has just voted, resoundingly, in favor of inclusion of aviation in the its own emissions trading scheme.

09.07.2006 Global warming, urbanisation and pollution are devastating frog and toad populations.

08.07.2006 The UK Nuclear Safety Directorate has found cracks in the graphite cores of up to 14 UK reactors, reveals Greenpeace UK.

07.07.2006 Wind power is really taking off around the world -- including offshore.

07.07.2006 As the impending climate crisis looms, Heidi Bachram takes a look at what direct action has to offer.

06.07.2006 An expert panel convened by BBC News has concluded that climate change is "real and dangerous".

06.07.2006 An expert panel commissioned by the BBC is meeting this week to debate whether human-induced climate change is a crisis for planet Earth, as suggested by James Lovelock's recent book, The Revenge of Gaia.

06.07.2006 Vietnamese catfish processor and exporter Agifish plans to turn catfish fat into fuel to run diesel engines, a company official said.

05.07.2006 Technology companies are developing a conventional-size boiler that produces heat and hot water but also generates electricity from the same energy input, allowing householders to save money and reduce harmful emissions at the same time.

05.07.2006 Consumers are calling on the Government to introduce a ban on the least energy efficient domestic electrical appliances in a bid to reduce the impact of our burgeoning energy consumption on climate change, according to new research.

05.07.2006 Caribbean Sea temperatures have reached their annual high two months ahead of schedule -- a sign coral reefs may suffer the same widespread damage as last year, scientists said.

05.07.2006 The EU's greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme is in further disarray as 11 of its 25 governments, including Britain, face warnings of legal action from the European commission for failing to meet the deadline for submitting their plans to cut carbon dioxide between 2008 and 2012.

04.07.2006 Leading car manufacturers are lobbying the European Commission to offer better tax incentives for biofuel-powered and other low-emission vehicles.

04.07.2006 In the wake of the US ‘war on terror’, nonviolent campaigners are increasingly being caught up in a ‘Green Scare’ that defines them as ‘terrorists’, says Janie Goodwin.

03.07.2006 The full return of the protective ozone layer over the South Pole will take nearly 20 years longer than scientists previously predicted, according to a new study.

03.07.2006 UK Ministers are to crack down on carbon pollution from electricity generators under stricter targets agreed for tackling climate change.

03.07.2006 The government has failed to grasp a key opportunity to meet its manifesto pledge and climate change target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent by 2010, say environmental groups.