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United Kingdom: British wildlife in steep decline as man-made activities take their toll (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 07:00:38
| Independent (UK): Several of Britain's best-known animal species, ranging from the hedgehog to the harbour seal, are now suffering declines that require serious conservation action, according to a comprehensive report on the status of British mammals. The report, from the Mammals Trust UK, which is funded by the People's Trust for Endangered Species, identifies an assortment of factors including climate change, the spread of infectious diseases, agricultural and forestry practices, and not least, human ... |
Japan to lead climate debate as head of G8 rich club (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 07:00:38
| Agence France-Presse: Japan took over the presidency of the Group of Eight club of the world's leading economies Tuesday, with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vowing to put a focus on climate change and environmental issues. The world's second biggest economy after the United States, Japan is also the home of the Kyoto Protocol, the landmark 1997 treaty that really launched the fight against global warming. So when leaders of the rich club convene for a summit in July in Toyako, a northern resort in the ... |
Norwegian king calls for global responsibility for climate change (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 07:00:38
| Xinhua: The King of Norway Harald V called on the whole world to take responsibility for the climate change in his traditional speech to the nation on New Year's Eve, according to reports reaching here from Oslo on Tuesday. "We can no longer overlook all the signals and warnings about the climate change and now it is the time to take on a global responsibility and a common course," the Norwegian broadcaster NRK quoted the king as saying. "We must not lose faith in that ... |
Montanans ready to slow global warming (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 08:00:47
| Billings Gazette: A majority of Montana voters believe global warming will produce adverse effects, and they are willing to make personal sacrifices to slow the warming, a Gazette State Poll shows. The poll of 625 Montana registered voters found that 62 percent felt that global warming will result in adverse effects, with 30 percent predicting many adverse effects and 32 percent anticipating some adverse impacts. The two totals were added together to obtain the 62 percent. Thirty-three percent ... |
The year that climate change made history (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 08:00:47
| Agence France-Presse: When the history of climate change is written, 2007 will deserve a chapter all to itself. In just 12 months, global warming has been elevated to the great challenge of our time, a cause for public and celebrities alike, a Nobel-winning issue and a headache for politicians of every rank. In a vast report, the United Nations's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its grimmest scientific assessment yet. Its prose lacked varnish, was riddled with jargon impenetrable to ... |
United States: Federal judge lets fight over auto emission standards go forward (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 08:00:47
| Providence Journal: A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to prevent Rhode Island from setting its own standards for carbon dioxide pollution from automobiles can go forward. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ernest C. Torres last month denied a motion by the state to dismiss the lawsuit. Torres issued his ruling two days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denied California and 16 other states, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the right to set their own auto pollution ... |
In 2008, a 100 Percent Chance of Alarm (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 08:00:47
| New York Times: I'd like to wish you a happy New Year, but I'm afraid I have a different sort of prediction. You're in for very bad weather. In 2008, your television will bring you image after frightening image of natural havoc linked to global warming. You will be told that such bizarre weather must be a sign of dangerous climate change – and that these images are a mere preview of what's in store unless we act quickly to cool the planet. Unfortunately, I can't be more specific. I don't know ... |
Italy: Bad microbes on the move (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 08:00:47
| Boston Globe: SINCE the 1950s, when scientists first identified the mosquito-borne tropical disease known as chikungunya, its reach has been limited to countries near the Indian Ocean. But in August, chikungunya broke out in Italy. Now World Health Organization officials are calling it the first example of a tropical disease, aided by global warming, causing an epidemic in a developed European country. The outbreak should spur efforts both to curb greenhouse gases and to prepare public health defenses ... |
Japan puts climate change at top of G8 agenda (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 08:00:47
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Japan wants the fight against global warming as a main topic of discussion at a Group of Eight (G8) nations summit this year. The Japanese Government took over the chairmanship of the G8 group of industrialised nations today. It also wants to discuss development in Africa, high oil prices and preventing nuclear proliferation at the summit. Talks on how best to reduce greenhouse gas emissions once the Kyoto Protocol expires look set to dominate events. The G8 ... |
All About: Cities and energy consumption (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 08:00:48
| CNN: Humans can now officially be called an urban species. More than half of the global population now live in cities and the United Nations says that by 2030, 60 percent of us will live in them. People in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong, regarded as one of the most crowded places on Earth. 1 of 3 Yet according to U.N. Habitat, the world's cities emit almost 80 percent of global carbon dioxide as well as "significant amounts of other greenhouse gases." Put ... |
Do polar bears need US protection? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:38
| Christian Science Monitor: Do polar bears, which have become the poster child for the potential ravages of future global warming, need special protection from Uncle Sam now? That's the question under consideration at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which is poised to recommend whether the icon of the Arctic should be officially designated as a threatened species – even though the bear's numbers currently are not in precipitous decline. The judiciousness of protecting the polar bear under the ... |
Australia: Corals may move from warming seas (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:38
| Australian: IF their watery world continues to warm as climate change scientists predict, Western Australia's corals may head south to cooler climes. That's the message from US and Australian researchers who compared the behaviour of the state's corals then and now. Since "then" was 125,000 years ago, University of Queensland paleoecologist John Pandolfi and geologist Benjamin Greenstein of Cornell College in Iowa are confident their findings are not a short-term blip. ... |
Eco-conscious palm oil (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:38
| Malaysian Star: Oil palm companies are subjecting themselves to scrutiny to meet consumer demand for eco-friendly palm oil. PALM oil is heading for certification – the first tangible sign of a commitment towards sustainable production of the versatile yet controversial commodity. The first certificate is expected to be issued by the first quarter of 2008, after the call for environmentally and socially responsible production of the crop came five years ago. Buyers are waiting ... |
Japan: Solar panels to go in 30% of houses by 2030 (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:38
| Kyodo: The government will aim for 30 percent of all households to have solar panels installed by 2030 as part of its efforts to fight global warming, officials said. Under the target, the number of solar-powered households would increase to 14 million from the current 400,000, and the capacity of such generation would expand 30-fold from the current 1.3 million kilowatts, the officials said. The target will be incorporated into a program for innovative technologies to cut greenhouse ... |
United States: In a Forest's Breath, Deciphering Climate Clues (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:38
| National Public Radio: A place called Harvard Forest sounds like it should inspire deep thoughts about nature. And in fact, it does. This forest in north central Massachusetts is under a microscope. Throughout the forest, you see signs of research under way. Hundreds of trees are labeled and wear shiny metal belts to measure their growth. Buckets collect falling leaves; holes in the ground yield data on the soil. Slowly, the forest is giving up its secrets. One of the most startling ... |
Japan: 5-year period for greenhouse gas cuts starts (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:39
| Japan Today: Japan faces an uphill struggle as Tuesday marks the start of a five-year period during which many of the world's advanced economies must implement international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by an average of 5%. Japan is required to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 6% under the Kyoto Protocol, but the country's emissions increased by 6.4% to about 1.34 billion tons in fiscal 2006 that ended March 31, 2007, from 1.26 billion tons in the base year ... |
United Kingdom: Anger as rail fares rise by up to 14.5 per cent (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:39
| Independent: Train companies have been accused of imposing "unjustified and unfair" price increases of up to 14.5 per cent from tomorrow amid warnings that the cost of many season tickets will go up by many times the rate of inflation. Campaigners said that many fare rises would be far higher than the average 4.8 per cent increase on nationally regulated routes. Passenger Focus, the rail watchdog, warned that some annual season tickets would rise by 10 per cent or more, while ... |
United Kingdom: Scientist who warned Blair of climate dangers steps down from post (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:39
| Independent: Sir David King stepped down yesterday as the Government's chief scientific adviser after seven years at the centre of the Whitehall machinery governing science-related topics as diverse as flooding, badger-culling, nuclear power and climate change. As the top science adviser to the Prime Minister, Sir David gave Tony Blair the scientific ammunition to conduct a ruthless campaign of "contiguous culling" during the foot-and-mouth crisis of 2000-2001, when the Government took the deeply ... |
Australia: Year's hot finale bakes the state (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:39
| Age: THE hottest year on record in Victoria ended with the hottest day for 2007 as temperatures in many parts of the state soared above 40. In Nhill in the Wimmera and Hopetoun in the Mallee, the mercury hit 43.7 degrees in mid-afternoon, a record for the year. In Melbourne, the temperature hit 41.1 just before 5pm, the city's hottest day for more than a year. Electricity usage surged as the rising temperature forced householders to switch on the ... |
United Kingdom: Government toughens up rules for home renewable power generation (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 10:00:40
| Guardian: The government appears to have seriously undermined one of its key climate change initiatives by toughening up the rules under which householders can obtain financial assistance to erect wind turbines and install solar panels. A low carbon buildings programme started in April 2006 and due to end this summer, has seen only £7.5m of a potential pot of £18m claimed by private homeowners, it admitted on Monday. Business and the public sector have managed to spend £18m since April ... |
Philippines: Climate change tops DENR priority in 2007 (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 03:00:39
| Philippine Inquirer: As world leaders attempted but failed to formulate a post-Kyoto Protocol agreement to deal with global warming, the Philippines has been ranked as the top victim of extreme weather events in the world in 2006. Based on the international report "Global Climate Risk Index 2006," which environment and development organization Germanwatch and Munich Reinsurance presented during the historical United Nations-initiated climate summit in Bali, Indonesia, the Philippines was the most affected ... |
The One Environmental Issue (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 03:00:40
| New York Times: The overriding environmental issue of these times is the warming of the planet. The Democratic hopefuls in the 2008 campaign are fully engaged, calling for large – if still unquantified – national sacrifices and for a transformation in the way the country produces and uses energy. The Republicans do not go much further than conceding that climate change could be a problem and, with the notable exception of John McCain, offer no comprehensive solutions. In 2000, when Al Gore could ... |
Giant sail technology could make shipping greener (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 09:00:38
| Guardian: One of the first large cargo ships in 100 years to cross the Atlantic with the help of the wind will set off from European shores this month on a voyage which is due to make maritime history. When the 10,000-tonne Beluga Skysail is well clear of the land, it will launch a giant kite, which wind tunnel tests and sea trials suggest will tug it along and save 10-15% of the heavy fuel oil it would normally burn. If the journey from Bremen in Germany to Venezuela and back proves ... |
Italy: Milan Drivers Face Trend-Setting Pollution Charge (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 01-01-2008 at 09:00:38
| Reuters: Drivers will have to pay a "pollution charge" to enter Milan's city centre from Wednesday in what the Italian financial capital bills as a trend-setting way to cut smog. Milan's "EcoPass", launched as a one-year trial, is aimed at the 89,000 vehicles that each day clog the middle of the northern Italian city, where pollution readings often top European Union (EU) limits. The charge is being billed as the first of its kind among European cities. London, ... |
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