South West climate plan welcomed Friends of the Earth today warmly welcomed the proposal by the South West Regional Assembly to draw up a Climate Change Action Plan for the South West
2007-03-15 19:11:00
DOE JGI releases enhanced Genome Data Management System IMG 2.1 marking 2-year anniversary As interest in the rising number of newly characterized microbial genomes mounts, powerful computational tools become critical for the management and analysis of these data to enable strategies for such challenges as harvesting the potential of carbon-neu
2007-03-15 00:00:00
Global temperature -- politics or science? The entire debate about global warming is a mirage. The concept of "global temperature" is thermodynamically as well as mathematically an impossibility, says professor at The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Bjarne Andresen who ha
2007-03-15 00:00:00
Global 'sunscreen' has likely thinned, report NASA scientists A new NASA study has found that an important counter-balance to the warming of our planet by greenhouse gases -- sunlight blocked by dust, pollution and other aerosol particles -- appears to have lost ground.
2007-03-15 00:00:00
'The Oil Bank of Scotland' driving forward climate change The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which includes NatWest, is covering up huge carbon emissions - greater than those of Scotland - according to new research published this week. In the same week as the Government's draft Climate Change Bill, the repo
2007-03-14 17:21:02
New biofuels process promises to meet all US transportation needs Purdue University chemical engineers have proposed a new environmentally friendly process for producing liquid fuels from plant matter - or biomass - potentially available from agricultural and forest waste, providing all of the fuel needed for "the
2007-03-14 00:00:00
Radar 'saves bats at wind farms' Bats at risk of being killed by wind farms could be saved with radars, Aberdeen experts reveal.
2007-03-13 22:09:48
DRAFT CLIMATE BILL PUBLISHED The publication of the Government’s draft Climate Change Bill was welcomed by Friends of the Earth today (13 March). The campaign for a new climate change law has been led by Friends of the Earth through The Big Ask climate campaign (www.thebigask.c
2007-03-13 10:56:00
Climate bill set to be unveiled The government will seek a 60% cut in UK carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 in its plan to tackle global warming.
2007-03-13 07:21:50
Climate change bill is a step forward but remains flawed - Huhne <P>Commenting on the draft Climate Change Bill published today, <B>Liberal
Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary</B>, <B>Chris Huhne MP</B>
said:<BR><BR>"The Climate Change Bill is a step forward because
2007-03-13 00:00:00
Climate challenge The Bridgnorth Endowed School P&P group are to ensure every pupil in their school is informed about Climate Change in a massive Climate day planned for next term
2007-03-12 14:23:29
Parties battle over green agenda Chancellor Gordon Brown and Conservative leader David Cameron outline rival visions to tackle climate change.
2007-03-12 08:09:49
Tory green tax plans lack detail - Cable <P>Commenting on Conservative green tax plans, <B>Liberal Democrat Shadow
Chancellor</B>, <B>Vince Cable MP</B> said:<BR><BR>"Liberal Democrats fully
support the policy of taxing pollution in aviation and
2007-03-12 00:00:00
Tough decisions and real action needed on the environment - Campbell <P>Following his meeting with the top environmental NGOs and ahead of the
publication of the Draft Climate Change Bill, <B>Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies
Campbell </B>said: <BR><BR>"We welcome the introduction of th
2007-03-12 00:00:00
Smithsonian scientists report new carbon dioxide study Researchers at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center report that doubling the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in a scrub oak ecosystem caused a reduction in carbon storage in the soil. This response suggests a limited capacity of E
2007-03-12 00:00:00
EU must play key role in tackling climate change - Huhne <P>Commenting ahead of the EU leaders’ summit to agree the terms of a
pollution-cutting energy policy to answer growing pressure for action on climate
change, <B>Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary</B>, <B>C
2007-03-09 00:00:00
Climate shifts -- probability of randomness Severe climate changes during the last ice-age could have been caused by random chaotic variations on Earth and not governed by external periodic influences from the sun. This has been shown in new calculations by a researcher at the Niels Bohr Institute,
2007-03-09 00:00:00
Insurance warning on climate Global warming will lead to heftier insurance claims in the long-term, insurer Swiss Re has warned.
2007-03-08 16:29:35
Government Climate Change Bill Expected The Government is expected to unveil its draft Climate Change Bill next week. The Big Ask, Friends of the Earth’s climate campaign has led the call for a Climate Change Bill. The campaign was launched in 2005 to secure a law which would commit this
2007-03-08 11:10:00
EU leaders face climate challenge European leaders, looking to set the pace in the race against global warming, consider tough new targets.
2007-03-08 01:08:03
Scientists investigate impact of climate change on India's monsoon season Scientists at the University of Liverpool are investigating the anticipated effects of climate change on India's monsoon season and the impact that alterations in India's water cycle will have on the country's people, agriculture and wildlife.
2007-03-08 00:00:00
Pollution shown cutting rainfall in hilly areas Manmade climate change due to pollution seriously inhibits precipitation over hills in semi-arid regions, a phenomenon with dire consequences for water resources in the Middle east and many other parts of the world, a study by a Chinese-Israeli research t
2007-03-08 00:00:00
Survey finds emotional reactions to nanotechnology "The U.S. public's perception of nanotechnology is up for grabs. It could divide along the lines of nuclear power, global warming and other contentious environmental issues absent a major public education and engagement effort by industry, government
2007-03-07 00:00:00
Green taxes needed to hit emissions target - Huhne <P>Commenting reports that the Government will miss its 2020 target of reducing
emissions by 20%, <B>Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary</B>,<B> Chris
Huhne MP</B> said:<BR><BR>"It's time that t
2007-03-07 00:00:00
Biofuels: An advisable strategy? Biofuels have been an increasingly hot topic on the discussion table in the last few years. The main argument behind the policies in favour of biofuels is based on the idea that biofuels would not increase the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmo
2007-03-07 00:00:00
Tories split from head to toe on Europe - Campbell <P>Commenting ahead of David Cameron’s speech on Europe,<B> Liberal Democrat
Leader Menzies Campbell</B> said: <BR><BR>"The Tories are split from head to toe
on the issue of Europe. <BR><BR>&quo
2007-03-06 00:00:00
ExxonMobil spreads climate change propaganda to school children - Huhne <P>Young children who are unable to assess scientific evidence have become the
latest target for propaganda on climate change from the world's top oil company
ExxonMobil, according to the <B>Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment
Secretary&
2007-03-06 00:00:00
Solar energy conversion offers a solution to help mitigate global warming Solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and provide increased energy efficiency, says a scientist at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, in a report (view it online) published in the March issue of Physics Today. Last
2007-03-06 00:00:00
Swiss resorts tackle snow decline Swiss ski resorts try to plan a future where less snow through climate change threatens business.
2007-03-05 12:20:23
Miniature lab ice spikes may hold clues to warming impacts on glaciers Tiny lab versions of 12-foot tall snow spikes that form naturally on some high mountain glaciers may someday help scientists mitigate the effects of global warming in the Andes, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder professor.
2007-03-05 00:00:00
Tundra disappearing at rapid rate Forests of spruce trees and shrubs in parts of northern Canada are taking over what were once tundra landscapes -- forcing out the species that lived there. This shift can happen at a much faster speed than scientists originally thought, according to a ne
2007-03-05 00:00:00
Campbell sets five tests for Gordon Brown <P>In his speech to the Liberal Democrats' spring conference, Ming Campbell has
set five tests for Gordon Brown:<BR><BR>"First, end Labour’s authoritarian
attack on civil liberties. Identity cards will not stop terrori
2007-03-04 00:00:00
UN chief warns on climate change UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says global warming poses at least as big a threat to the world as war.
2007-03-02 01:00:53
Heatwave on the top of the world CNRS scientists in collaboration with a team announce findings that global warming has increased the average temperature by 0.74°C over the last century. This result was published on Feb. 7, 2007, in the European Journal "Climate of the Past.&qu
2007-03-02 00:00:00
Climate changes brews trouble for marine life in European Seas, Marine Board-ESF report says There is no denying that climate changes have profound impacts on the world and especially on the marine environment. Recent research has shown that the Northern Hemisphere has been warmer since 1980 than at any other time during the last two millenniums.
2007-03-02 00:00:00
Corals that can fight global warming may one day help fragile reefs Global warming is threatening corals, reported Cornell's Drew Harvell at the AAAS meeting February 18. But some corals can fight diseases as temperatures rise and may provide clues in how to protect other fragile coral reefs, she said.
2007-03-02 00:00:00
Giant EU Energy Flag outside EU Spring Summit On the morning of 9 March 2007, people from across Europe will be climbing up a huge frame to create a giant EU ‘energy flag’ outside the EU Spring Summit in Brussels. Hundreds of people from Friends of the Earth groups across the EU will dres
2007-03-01 16:02:00
Brown giving green taxes a bad name - Huhne <P>Commenting on Michael O'Leary's interview with Parliamentary Monitor,
<B>Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary</B>,<B> Chris Huhne MP</B>
said:<BR><BR>"Gordon Brown certainly risks giving green
2007-02-28 00:00:00
New evidence that global warming fuels stronger Atlantic hurricanes Atmospheric scientists have uncovered fresh evidence to support the hotly debated theory that global warming has contributed to the emergence of stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
2007-02-28 00:00:00
Gore accused of energy hypocrisy The former US vice-president is accused of hypocrisy for apparently guzzling energy while lecturing on climate change.
2007-02-27 16:45:49
City ants take the heat Most people remain unaware of the more rapid warming that has occurred within major cities. In fact, large cities can be more than 10 degrees hotter than their surroundings. These metropolitan hot spots, which scientists refer to as urban heat islands, ca
2007-02-27 00:00:00
Massive increase in ministerial car travel - Carmichael <P>Official figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats reveal that car travel
last year by Government ministers and their officials totalled almost three
million miles, the equivalent of travelling to the moon and back six times or
around the
2007-02-26 00:00:00
A climate-change amplifying mechanism CNRS, Universités Aix-Marseille 3 et 1, IRD and Collège de France a scientific research group known as CEREGEhave highlighted a feedback mechanism of ocean circulation on the climate which reinforces this heating or cooling. Published in Natur
2007-02-26 00:00:00
Hard headed plans needed to halt climate change - Huhne <P>Commenting on the announcement from various green lobby groups that they will
publish regular assessments of the environmental policies of the main
political parties, <B>Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary</B>,
2007-02-26 00:00:00
Mellow in Europe, crazy in America Reed canarygrass stays put in Europe where it's native, but is aggressively expanding into wetlands across North America. Using this grass as a model, University of Vermont researchers have revealed a new way that some plants become invasive: Multiple int
2007-02-26 00:00:00
Poles 'vital for climate science' Polar research is essential in understanding the risks of climate change, the UK's science minister declares.
2007-02-23 11:15:59
Huhne slams Government climb-down over climate change bill <P><B>Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary</B>, <B>Chris Huhne MP</B>
today slammed the Government for downgrading the Climate Change Bill, promised
in the Queen's Speech, to only a draft bill.<BR><BR>
2007-02-23 00:00:00
Northwest Atlantic Ocean ecosystems experiencing large climate-related changes Ecosystems along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean -- from the Labrador Sea south of Greenland all the way to North Carolina--are experiencing large, rapid changes, report oceanographers funded by the National Science Foundation
2007-02-23 00:00:00
DfID must take climate change role more seriously - Featherstone <P>Commenting on the floods in Mozambique, <B>Liberal Democrat Shadow
International Development Secretary</B>,<B> Lynne Featherstone MP</B>
said:<BR><BR>"As the impact of climate change grows, we may expe
2007-02-22 00:00:00
University of Nevada professor demonstrates new hydrogen fuel system With energy costs soaring, Nevada professor has the answer to a cleaner, more environmentally friendly and completely renewable form of energy through a $3 million grant -- work to make hydrogen energy a reality.
2007-02-22 00:00:00
Freeze 'condemned Neanderthals' Climate change could have been the killer blow that finished off the Neanderthals, according to a study.
2007-02-20 23:06:06
The Big Ask Cinema Night David Miliband, the Environment Minister, will answer questions on climate change at a post Oscar showing of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ at the Prince Charles Cinema, London on Monday 26 February. The screening of the Oscar nominated film and the
2007-02-20 12:34:00
Disclose all emissions, UK urged Britain's official figures for carbon emissions vastly understate its contribution to climate change, a report concludes.
2007-02-19 00:12:07
Riding the winds of change Climate change is forcing the Inuit to change the traditional way of doing things. NSERC grantee Barry Smit says they are sometimes not being given the tools they need to make the correct lifestyle decisions. He will lead a discussion to probe this issue
2007-02-19 00:00:00
Scientists will discuss creating a culture of sustainability February 19 at AAAS Addressing climate-change impacts is often more about ethics than economics, and universities have an especially important role to play in helping humans ensure the planet's sustainability, according to Stanford University environmental researchers partic
2007-02-19 00:00:00
Study to forecast side effects of pollution policy The University of Michigan is leading a four-university team in a large-scale project to develop software to help analysts craft greenhouse gas reduction policies in the transportation industry.
2007-02-19 00:00:00
Scientists warn of climate change risk to marine turtles North American marine turtles are at risk if global warming occurs at predicted levels, according to scientists from the University of Exeter. An increase in temperatures of just one degree Celsius could completely eliminate the birth of male turtles from
2007-02-19 00:00:00
Public agrees global warming exists, but divided over seriousness of problem A majority of Americans agree with most scientists that the Earth is getting warmer, but they are divided over the seriousness of the problem, according to surveys conducted by Jon Krosnick, professor of communication and of political science. Krosnick wi
2007-02-18 00:00:00
AAAS releases video and first board consensus statement on climate change The American Association for the Advancement of Science today released a new video as well as the first consensus statement of its board of directors regarding global climate change during a free public town hall meeting in San Francisco, Calif. Reflectin
2007-02-18 00:00:00
A helping hand for our national obsession The notoriously dark art of forecasting the British weather is about to get much brighter -- thanks to a groundbreaking new survey of the skies over Greenland. An international team of climate scientists led by the University of East Anglia will measure f
2007-02-18 00:00:00
The insides of clouds may be the key to climate change As climate change scientists develop ever more sophisticated climate models to project an expected path of temperature change, it is becoming increasingly important to include the effects of aerosols on clouds, according to Joyce E. Penner, a leading atmo
2007-02-17 00:00:00
Mountain glacier could 'vanish' A huge mountain glacier in the Andes could disappear in five years as a result of climate change, an academic warns.
2007-02-16 15:10:42
Over-50s 'worst carbon culprits' A new report says people over 50 have the highest carbon footprint, but are also the most keen to combat climate change.
2007-02-16 01:59:34
Over 50s have the highest carbon footprint in the UK Over 50s have the highest carbon footprint, yet are most concerned over climate change and are calling for stronger leadership from the government to combat global warming, according to new research published today by the Stockholm Environment Institute a
2007-02-16 00:00:00
US needs to plan for climate change-induced summer droughts The western United States has experienced increasing drought conditions in recent years -- and conditions may worsen if global climate change models are accurate -- yet the country is doing little to prepare for potential catastrophe. The U.S. should cons
2007-02-16 00:00:00
Americans believe global warming is real, want action, but not as a priority Most Americans believe global warming is real but a moderate and distant risk. While they strongly support policies like investing in renewable energy, higher fuel economy standards and international treaties, they strongly oppose carbon taxes on energy s
2007-02-16 00:00:00
Bush must not block new climate change agreement - Huhne <P>Commenting on <SPAN lang=EN>Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced
Environment's (Globe) new agreement on tackling <SPAN
class=highlight>climate</SPAN> change, <B>Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment
Secretary
2007-02-16 00:00:00
Is biodiversity the future of farming? If we can design complex farming systems that are less energy intensive, more resilient in unstable climates, and that begin to out-produce industrial monocultures, the economic advantages may be an incentive to change, says author Fred Kirschenmann, Leop
2007-02-16 00:00:00
Changes in west coast marine ecosystems significant The California Current system has experienced significant changes during the past decade, resulting in dramatic variations in the ecosystem, characterized by shifts in phytoplankton production, expanding hypoxic zones, and the collapse of marine food webs
2007-02-16 00:00:00
It's not easy being green When it comes to ethanol, it's not easy being greener.Compared to gasoline, producing and using corn ethanol adds fewer greenhouse gases to the environment. But producing ethanol from corn grain requires careful management for the greatest environmental b
2007-02-16 00:00:00
Leaders plot path to climate deal Legislators meet for talks in Washington aimed at finding a new global deal to curb climate change.
2007-02-15 12:54:15
Island wind farm set for backing Proposals for one of Europe's largest onshore wind farms are expected to be given official council backing.
2007-02-15 00:01:57
Argonne National Laboratory plays key role in new climate simulations The Model Coupling Toolkit created by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory played a key role in the climate simulations used in preparing the new U.N. report "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis." The report, a
2007-02-15 00:00:00
Little creatures, big blooms The San Francisco area is one of the most biologically productive areas in US waters. But with global warming, says Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council grantee Vera Pospelova, those waters are going to change. Pospelova studies sedimentary r
2007-02-15 00:00:00
Peruvian glacier may vanish in 5 years When glaciologist Lonnie Thompson returns to Peru's Qori Kalis glacier early this summer, he expects to find that half of the ice he saw during his visit there last year has vanished. What troubles him the most is his recent observations that suggest tha
2007-02-15 00:00:00
