Climate Change archive

31.08.2006 from People's Daily Online:
China has suffered record meteorological disasters this year, both in terms of the number of disasters and the losses sustained.

31.08.2006 from The Independent:
Villagers on the South Pacific island of Tegua are packing up and leaving their homes for good - the first real victims of increasing sea levels caused by climate change.

30.08.2006 from The Observer:
A leading environmental pressure group has accused Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of betraying promises to lead the way in tackling the effects of global warming and climate change.

30.08.2006 from Guardian Unlimited:
Glaciers throughout much of the Andes are melting much faster than expected. What will happen to large cities like Lima, Peru, which ultimately depends on meltwater for its water supplies?

29.08.2006 from Monbiot.com:
By re-engineering the planet’s systems we could risk invoking as great a catastrophe as the one we are trying to prevent.

29.08.2006 from Centre for Ecology and Hydrology:
It's official. Global warming means earlier Springs as phenology shows...

28.08.2006 from Friends of the Earth:
Proposals to run a power station in Kent on palm oil threaten to exacerbate climate change. It would lead to a major increase in demand for palm oil resulting in even more rainforest destruction.

27.08.2006 from chinadialogue:
China’s roaring economy is being fuelled by a dangerous cocktail of coal, oil and nuclear power. But there’s also a fast-growing renewable sector – and a rising sense of urgency around efficiency improvements.

26.08.2006 from grownupgreen:
Most Britons do not care where their fruit and vegetables come from, are not motivated to buy British, and don’t consider ‘food miles’ in their purchases.

25.08.2006 from the BBC:
Over the last 10 years, public transport use has gone up by 65% and Oregon cities like Portland have managed to avoid a predicted 40% increase in congestion. The Vice Chair of the UK's Conservative Party explains why.

25.08.2006 from BWEA:
Wind farms across the country will open their gates to members of the public to come and experience the power of the wind for themselves.

24.08.2006 from RenewableEnergyAccess:
"A march happens on one day, and then it's over. We wanted to enable lasting, long-term engagement on this issue, so we created the idea of a virtual march," says founder of the Stop Global Warming Virtual March.

24.08.2006 from PlanetArk:
Most Londoners back the idea that cars that do more damage to the environment, like SUVs, should pay a higher congestion charge.

23.08.2006 from Worldwatch Institute:
Worldwatch special issue on hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

23.08.2006 from chinadialogue:
Dongtan, the world’s first eco-city, is leading the way in urban sustainability and could provide a template for future urban design.

22.08.2006 from Climate Change blog:
"Comfortable and complacent Americans will not stop driving SUVs and living in sprawling McMansions so a peasant in Bangladesh (who emits 5% of what an average American does) can have a chance to meet their basic needs before also eventually limiting their emissions. This is outrageous."

22.08.2006 from NASA earth observatory:
A new gravity survey from two satellites reveals that the melting process may be approaching a point where it won't be centuries before Greenland's ice melts, but a much shorter time-frame.

21.08.2006 from The Independent:
Thousands of wind turbines could be 'planted' in hedgerows on farmers' land in a new UK-wide £200m energy scheme.

21.08.2006 from Corporate Watch:
Drax coal-fired power station in Yorkshire produces over 20 million tonnes of CO2 a year. There are more than 100 countries that produce less. 'Proudly being the least polluting coal power station is like proudly being the least murderous serial killer.'

20.08.2006 from Forbes:
The figure has risen from 48 billion pounds in 2002, to 56 billion in 2004 and 70.2 billion this year. Perhaps nuclear fusion will be the answer to 'energy too cheap to meter'. Don't hold your breath...