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Australia: Job a climate change for top scientist (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Australian: RENOWNED environmental scientist Tim Flannery has quit as director of the South Australian Museum to study the global implications of climate change at Sydney's Macquarie University. The appointment, which confirms a report in The Australian in February, will also have Mr Flannery step down from his job chairing the South Australian Government's Round Table on Sustainability. His departure is a setback for Premier Mike Rann, who hired the controversial scientist and writer as ... |
Australia: WWF boss to push N-power at meeting (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Australian: THE outspoken chief of environment group WWF Australia has gone to London to lobby the international organisation to overturn its anti-nuclear stance. Greg Bourne flew out on Friday, a day after he rocked the environment movement by declaring Australia was "destined" to expand uranium mining. Mr Bourne will attend a WWF International global energy taskforce meeting this week with senior managers of one of the world's biggest and most influential conservation groups. ... |
Al Gore Might Yet Join 2008 Contenders (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Wall Street Journal: First there was Clinton-Gore. Could Clinton vs. Gore be next? For former Vice President Al Gore, a rash of favorable publicity surrounding this month's opening of his movie "An Inconvenient Truth," and the growing political resonance of its subject -- global warming -- are stoking the most serious speculation about a Gore political comeback since his loss in the 2000 U.S. presidential election. In 2008, that could mean a once-unimaginable battle for Democrats' ... |
Australia: Climate change could cut farming land: research (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation: MARK COLVIN: New research suggests that climate change could drastically shrink the amount of land that can be farmed in Australia. The South Australian Research and Development Institute and the CSIRO said it could happen over the next 65 years. The research says South Australia's famous Goyder's Line, a rainfall boundary line indicating which areas can be successfully farmed, could shift. It shows the line moving from the Flinders Ranges more than 120 kilometres south ... |
Australia: Heat's on if we're to avoid doomsday scenario (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Australian: A MOUNTAIN of scientific evidence points to climate change and in all probability it will bring the world to the brink of unsustainability by the end of this century. But in all the commentary the issue is generating, people could be forgiven for thinking the only thing that is really hotting up is the debate itself. Certainly the most respected aggregations of the world's scientists have established the high likelihood of a doomsday scenario resulting from mounting concentrations of ... |
Landmark lakes treaty may be reworked (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Toledo Blade: The landmark U.S.-Canada treaty that kept Lake Erie from dying is expected to be renegotiated once an extraordinary review of the document is completed some 18 months from now. Many people believe the 1972 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement needs updating so that it can be more effective in protecting the world's largest collection of fresh surface water from modern issues ranging from urban sprawl to global warming. "The environment is not static. There are new ... |
Major hurricane season predicted (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Canadian Press: In what could signal a frightening new fact of life in the age of global warming, Canadian and U.S. forecasters are warning that another major hurricane season is brewing in the Atlantic Ocean. The 2006 hurricane season officially opens on June 1, and already scientists are telling people living in eastern North America that numerous storms are predicted, with as many as five major hurricanes with winds of 180 km/h or more. "It's kind of comparable to what we were looking ... |
Researchers say use of switchgrass could solve energy woes (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Innovations Report: Carnegie Mellon University researchers say the use of switchgrass could help break U.S. dependence on fossil fuels and curb costly transportation costs. "Our report indicates the time is right for America to begin a transition to ethanol derived from switchgrass," said Scott Matthews, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. A 25 percent hike in gas prices at the pump since December adds to the researchers' call for more ethanol derived ... |
Storm debate swirls ahead of season (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| BBC: With the start of the Atlantic hurricane season less than a month away, and the coastal United States and Caribbean braced for another sequence of powerful storms, debate continues to roil over whether human activity is intensifying these weather events. The subject was taken up at a panel discussion at the recent meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in Monterey, California, after a paper last year in the journal Nature linked ocean warming to more intense ... |
What will happen if Britain becomes 3C warmer? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Guardian: If someone mentions the Three Degrees these days, they probably don't mean the 1960s soul group, but the increase in world temperature that most atmosphere scientists now believe will take place over the next century. New reports suggest an even higher figure, but 3C is slap in the middle of the range that the ultra-conservative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says is most likely. A draft of their report, leaked by the US government, says greenhouse gas levels are at ... |
Finland 2005 Emissions Below Quota, Official Says (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Reuters: Finland's carbon dioxide emissions were lower last year than its allowance in the first phase of the European Union's emissions trading scheme, a Trade and Industry Ministry official said on Friday. "That's correct, but we are not going to publish the data until May 15," ministry counsellor Paivi Janka told Reuters, when asked if Finland's CO2 output in 2005 was below its quota. "The basic message is right, but we have ... decided we are not going to publish the ... |
United Kingdom: Firm to generate support for giant €20bn wind farm (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Times (UK): A EUROPEAN offshore electricity Supergrid linking wind farms from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean will be proposed this week by Airtricity, the renewable energy company. The Irish company and ABB, the Swedish engineering group, will present the €20 billion (£13.7 billion) initial phase of its project this week to MPs in an effort to get political backing for a scheme that would create Europe's first extensive cross-border power network. The first phase of the Supergrid ... |
Australia: Flannery resigns from South Australia Museum (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Australian: ELEANOR HALL: Renowned scientist Tim Flannery has announced today that after seven years as director of the South Australian Museum, he's resigning and heading north. Dr Flannery will take up a position at Macquarie University, where he'll focus his research energies on the problem of climate change, as Nance Haxton reports. NANCE HAXTON: Dr Tim Flannery is one of Australia's most well-known scientists. He's internationally acclaimed for his work as a field zoologist, and for ... |
Gore says Inconvenient Truth reveals crisis, opportunity (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Associated Press: Earth's growing population and reliance on nonrenewable resources are having a "crushing impact" on the planet, Al Gore said after a screening of a documentary on his efforts to educate people on global warming. The 2000 Democratic presidential nominee's movie and book about the issue, both called An Inconvenient Truth, are set for widespread release this month. Gore has warned about the dangers of global warming for years, arguing that without major changes in the ... |
Australia: Next wave of tax reforms should be green (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Age: AUSTRALIA doesn't just need tax reform; it needs ecological tax reform. Treasurer Peter Costello is presumably relaxed and comfortable with the recent tax inquiry's finding that Australia is a low-tax country. While the report has done little to quell calls from those paying the top tax rate to lower the tax rate, the Federal Government appears afflicted by reform fatigue, at least over reform of the tax system. On one hand we have commentators raising expectations of ... |
Nigeria announces major solar project (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| United Press International: The Nigerian government on Thursday unveiled plans for its first official solar energy project. The Nigerian commissioner for science and technology, Hamzat Kadiri, announced the $81,000 plan at a press briefing on his office's activities, according to a report in the Lagos newspaper Vanguard. The first solar installation will be in the Lagos state village of Kodji, and 10 other rural communities in the state will have similar solar projects in place before the end of the ... |
Spain Likely to Tighten CO2 Emissions in 2008-12 (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Reuters: Spain is likely to give its contaminating industries lower carbon dioxide emission permits in the future, despite them having overshot their limits in 2005, a senior Environment Ministry official said on Friday. European Union countries have placed limits on highly polluting industries' output of CO2 and other greenhouse gases to force them to clean up as a key part of the first phase of the Kyoto protocol to curb global warming. National governments are now preparing their ... |
Australia: A pat and a warning on global warming (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:16
| Australian: THE head of the Paris-based International Energy Agency flies in to Australia today to deliver a blunt message to the Howard Government - give incentives to industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and invest in oil exploration or suffer serious environmental and economic consequences. Speaking to The Australian in Paris, ahead of his keynote address at the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association annual conference, IEA executive director Claude Mandil praised ... |
Costs Still Deter Drivers From Going Green (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:17
| Reuters: Eco-conscious motorists should do their homework and their sums before switching to greener cars, consumer watchdog Which? advises. It has released a checklist for drivers on what to look out for and an update on how far manufacturers have come in offering affordable solutions to high CO2 emissions. The list advises motorists to consult colour-coded A-G labels in new-car showrooms. These look similar to energy labels used on household appliances and show fuel economy and CO2 ... |
Ethanol Future Seen Tied to Incentives (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:17
| Reuters: Soaring crude oil prices are boosting the commercial viability of alternative fuel ethanol, but policy incentives will be needed to promote the biofuel, a senior commodities economist said. "The world biofuels industry is going from strength to strength as more and more countries jump onto the biofuels bandwagon," said Lindsay Jolly, senior economist of the London-based International Sugar Organization (ISO). US demand is especially strong as the world's biggest ... |
Pacific Islands Look to Coconuts to Cut Oil Costs (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:17
| Reuters: Palm trees conjure an enduring image of the South Pacific, providing shade on a white sandy beach as the water gently laps the shore and coconuts for cocktails garnished with small brightly coloured paper umbrellas. But many impoverished Pacific island nations are also looking to coconuts to combat soaring world oil prices and cut severe balance of payment deficits by using coconut oil to make biofuel. Electricity companies in Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa are testing blends of ... |
Australia: Power struggle raises fears over green credentials (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:17
| Sydney Morning Herald: THE NSW Treasurer, Michael Costa, has eschewed the art works available to ministers and has adorned his office walls instead with striking photographs of power stations. As Minister for the Hunter, coal-fired power stations and the mines that supply them are important parts of his portfolio. But it is also Costa's personal statement about what matters. Costa, a former union official and hard man of the labour movement, has little truck with the green side of politics. He's far more ... |
Al Gore Screens Global Warming Film (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 05-08-2006 at 03:00:17
| Associated Press: Earth's growing population and reliance on nonrenewable resources are having a ``crushing impact'' on the planet, Al Gore said after a screening of a documentary on his efforts to educate people on global warming. The 2000 Democratic presidential nominee's movie and book about the issue, both called ``An Inconvenient Truth,'' are set for widespread release this month. Gore has warned about the dangers of global warming for years, arguing that without major changes in the ... |
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