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Time running out to avoid climate disaster.
Once climate change gains momentum there is little we can do to stop it. Only 13 years are left to avert a catastrophe, according to a draft of the next part of the UN climate report.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
27 April 2007
Climate panel sees need for new steps on emissions.
New efforts will be needed worldwide to stem accelerating growth in greenhouse-gas emissions linked to rising global temperatures, according to a summary of a report being prepared by hundreds of climate scientists and economists.
New York Times.
27 April 2007
Oceanic twilight zone plays important role in climate change.
A major study has shed new light on the dim layer of the ocean called the "twilight zone"--where mysterious processes affect the ocean's ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide accumulating in our atmosphere.
SPX.
27 April 2007
States take lead in cutting carbon emissions.
At least 21 states and the District of Columbia are on track to create 46,000 megawatts of renewable power by 2020, eliminating 108 million metric tons of carbon-dioxide emissions a year that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.
Christian Science Monitor.
27 April 2007
Indonesia's Aceh, Papua pledge to protect forests.
Governors from three Indonesian provinces which are home to most of the country's rainforests pledged to conserve them as part of efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Vatican issues new green message for world's Catholics.
The Vatican yesterday added its voice to a rising chorus of warnings from churches around the world that climate change and abuse of the environment is against God's will, and that the one billion-strong Catholic church must become far greener.
London Guardian.
27 April 2007
Is China outdoing US in curbing carbon?
China's plans to limit emissions and boost efficiency could undercut a key argument against carbon dioxide limits in the US.
Christian Science Monitor.
27 April 2007
With Kyoto dead in Canada, Tories come out with their own green plan.
The Conservative government heralded its own wide-ranging environmental plan, one that it says will save billions in health costs and only marginally affect the Canadian economy.
Canadian Press.
27 April 2007
Climate change heats up Arctic geopolitics.
Global warming has the United States and Canada scrambling to overhaul their strategies for controlling North America's vast Arctic, as sea passage grows easier and natural gas resources beckon.
Agence France-Presse.
27 April 2007
Poll finds majority see threat in global warming.
Americans say the heating of the earth’s atmosphere is having serious effects on the environment now or will soon and think that it is necessary to take immediate steps to reduce its effects.
New York Times.
27 April 2007
Means exist to cut emissions, but is there the will?
The tools exist to cut greenhouse gas emissions enough to meet aggressive global warming caps, but it may take more catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina to forge the political will, a top UN expert said.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Brazil's urban ants may predict reaction to warming trends.
In São Paulo, Brazil, leafcutter ants are thriving in heat that all but killed their rural relatives. Ants in the Brazilian metropolis have a head start on global warming because all cities are heating up faster than the planet as a whole.
Wall Street Journal.
27 April 2007
Ocean gobbles carbon at different rates.
Dead plankton does not sink at the same rate everywhere in the Pacific Ocean, say researchers. The new findings will boost our understanding of the supply chain to the world's biggest carbon sink--the bottom of the ocean.
New Scientist.
27 April 2007
Did the North Atlantic's 'birth' warm the world?
The volcanic eruptions that created Iceland might also have triggered one of the most catastrophic episodes of global warming ever seen on Earth, a new study suggests.
New Scientist.
27 April 2007
Scientists link volcanic eruptions to ancient global warming.
Scientists examining a spike in worldwide ocean temperatures 55 million years ago have linked it to massive volcanic eruptions that pushed Greenland and northwest Europe apart to create the North Atlantic Ocean.
SPX.
27 April 2007
Fish growth enhanced by climate change.
Changes in growth rates in some coastal and long-lived deep-ocean fish species in the south west Pacific are consistent with shifts in wind systems and water temperatures, according to new Australian research.
SPX.
27 April 2007
Environment's spy in the sky gets a new lease of life.
Eight hundred kilometres above the earth's surface, a huge European satellite that tracks greenhouse gas emissions, melting ice packs and rising sea levels is receiving a new lease of life.
Agence France-Presse.
27 April 2007
Mars, Venus can provide priceless information into how climate can affect Earth.
A study of the climatic conditions of our two closest neighbours, Venus and Mars, could provide invaluable insights into the way climate catastrophes affect planets.
Zee News.
27 April 2007
Warm-water fish growing fast, cold-water fish slow.
Fish living in warmer, shallow waters are growing faster and fish growing in deep ocean waters are growing slower, according to an Australian study. Why? Climate change.
Xinhua News Agency.
27 April 2007
No climate consensus at U.S.-EU summit.
The European Union and United States will pledge at a summit next week to remove costly non-tariff business barriers, but steer clear of a strong message on climate change amid resistance from Washington.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Climate change meet will be 'fiery'.
Some 2,000 top international scientists and officials from 180 countries will convene in Bangkok next week to finalise and launch their most recent report, "Mitigation of Climate Change".
Bangkok Nation.
27 April 2007
Divisions over global warming threaten EU-US climate meeting.
With time running out before Monday's meeting in Washington, some EU diplomats suggested that a weak declaration on global warming would be worse than no statement at all.
London Independent.
27 April 2007
Pope should talk climate change with Bush - Cardinal.
A senior adviser to Pope Benedict said he believes the Pontiff should raise the dangers of climate change and global warming with US President George W. Bush when the two meet in June.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
City scientists' sparkling idea for waste-free nuclear power.
Scientists from Edinburgh are working on a project aimed at developing waste-free nuclear power that does not contribute to global warming.
Edinburgh Scotsman.
27 April 2007
Germany sets tougher goals to protect climate.
Germany aims to cut electricity consumption by 11 percent by 2020 and generate over a quarter of its power through environmentally friendly methods, Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
EU green targets will damage rainforests.
European union green fuel targets will accelerate the destruction of rainforests in South-East Asia and threaten the habitat of endangered species, such as the orang-utan.
London Daily Telegraph.
27 April 2007
High temperatures, and even higher anxiety, in Europe.
"Four seasons of warm weather in a row can create quite a shock to our ecosystem," said Hallegatte, who is also a researcher at the International Center for Research on the Environment and Development in France.
International Herald Tribune.
27 April 2007
Spring comes early to Arctic Norway.
A Norwegian glacier has shrunk on an island 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole, a usually frozen fjord is ice-free and snow bunting birds have migrated back early in possible signs of global warming.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Defra in storm over EU carbon scheme.
The government department spearheading Britain’s effort to reduce carbon output is driving companies and individuals towards paying under a European Union system for emissions cuts that do not take place.
Financial Times.
27 April 2007
China admits 'grave need' to cut pollution.
China's prime minister has taken personal charge of efforts to repair the country's disastrous environmental record, after they were repeatedly blocked by local government officials obsessed with economic growth.
London Daily Telegraph.
27 April 2007
Asia is more vulnerable to climate change.
Asian countries are headed to face critical water and food shortages unless concrete measures are taken to control the rise in greenhouse gases, warns an internal body of experts on climate change.
Gorkhapatra.
27 April 2007
China says developed countries should act first on greenhouse gases.
China, predicted to overtake the United States as the world's biggest source of greenhouse gases this year, said Thursday that developed nations must take the lead in dealing with the problem.
Associated Press.
27 April 2007
PM Wen says China must play its part in battling global warming.
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said that China must take responsibility for global warming and vowed to target major industries in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Agence France-Presse.
27 April 2007
India keen on Japanese investments in energy sector.
India today said it is keen on Japanese investments in energy infrastructure as well as technologies in areas like energy efficiency and clean coal.
The Hindu.
27 April 2007
Government slams 'stunt' climate report.
A war of words has broken out between the Howard Government and the authors of an independent report warning Australia is likely to fail to meet its Kyoto emissions targets.
Sydney Australian.
27 April 2007
Kyoto figures put pressure on Howard.
Australia is likely to exceed its greenhouse gas target, according to new figures published yesterday. The figures show that Australia is now likely to break out of its Kyoto target.
Sydney Morning Herald.
27 April 2007
Climate impacting fish growth.
Climate change is leading to bigger fish in shallow water, but they are growing slower at greater depths, CSIRO research in Tasmania suggests.
Australian Associated Press.
27 April 2007
Climate change sees fish grow faster in warmer water.
Climate change is affecting the growth of fish, with those living in warmer, shallow waters growing faster and species in cooling deep ocean waters growing slower, according to an Australian study.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Australia to fail on Kyoto target.
Australia is likely to exceed its greenhouse gas target, according to new figures published yesterday.
Brisbane Times.
27 April 2007
Kyoto breach looming.
John Howard's stance on climate change is in tatters, with figures confirming Australia will exceed the Kyoto Protocol emissions targets by the end of this decade.
Queensland Courier Mail.
27 April 2007
Australia to exceed Kyoto targets, study says.
Australia, already the world's biggest polluter per capita and a Kyoto climate pact holdout, will exceed its greenhouse gas targets within three years, an independent study said on Friday.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Australia's boast on Kyoto wrong: experts.
Australia's claim that it will meet its Kyoto target for greenhouse gas emissions despite refusing to sign the protocol was rejected by independent experts Friday.
Agence France-Presse.
27 April 2007
Study shows Australia's climate change policy is failing.
Australia's conservative government has refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, but insists it is on track to meet the targets set by the Kyoto treaty for the year 2012 anyway. Australia's Climate Institute, in a new report, predicts greenhouse emissions in the country will exceed the Kyoto levels by 2010.
Voice of America.
27 April 2007
Australia drought is climate change warning.
Drought-hit Australia may offer a warning of how climate change threatens core human needs, as the continent's food bowl faces the prospect of having irrigation cut off, Britain's climate change ambassador said.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Can't I love the planet and my wheels, too?
Canadians talk a good game when it comes to climate-change concerns - but we don't walk the green walk. What will it take to give up our gas-guzzling ways?
Toronto Globe and Mail.
27 April 2007
Automakers: go slow with changes.
The federal environment minister’s announcement Thursday on greenhouse gas emissions control has left the head of Canada’s automakers’ lobby group feeling bewildered.
Halifax Chronicle Herald.
27 April 2007
Ottawa signals emissions break for oil sands.
The Conservative government has signalled that it won't let its climate change plan derail aggressive oil sands expansion, exempting new projects from greenhouse gas emission targets until three years after they are up and running.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
27 April 2007
Ottawa to cut emissions 20 per cent by 2020.
The federal Conservatives have reworked their much criticized environmental plan to significantly cut the time frame for reducing the gases linked to climate change.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
27 April 2007
Green plan's cost pegged at $8-billion a year.
Canadians will pay more for many of life's necessities under a new environmental strategy that falls far short of the Kyoto accord but reduces greenhouse-gas emissions faster than the Conservative government's first climate-change plan.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
27 April 2007
Polluter pays in Tory plan.
The Harper government launched its "made in Canada" climate change plan yesterday, unveiling a set of measures to stop the rise in greenhouse gas emissions within five years and cut them by 20% against current levels by 2020.
National Post.
27 April 2007
Expenses go up, emissions go down.
The door was firmly closed on the Kyoto treaty yesterday as the Conservative government heralded its own wide-ranging environmental plan, one that it says will save billions in health costs and only marginally affect the Canadian economy.
Canadian Press.
27 April 2007
Tories' Green plan: A surrender that will please nobody.
Kyoto's targets for Canada are dead, the government's revamped clean air act is missing and the Alberta oilsands can expand without risk of suffocation by carbon-cut environmentalism.
Calgary Herald.
27 April 2007
Clean air agenda looks more like a sketch than a plan.
The Conservatives' clean air agenda contains so many gaps that it looks more like the beginning of a journey than the end.
Canadian Press.
27 April 2007
Canada announces goals for reducing emissions.
Canadian industries must cut the rate at which they produce gases linked to global warming by 18 percent over the next three years, the federal government said Thursday.
New York Times.
27 April 2007
MPs, environmentalists slam greenhouse gas targets.
Opposition members of Parliament and environmentalists slammed the Tories' emission plan Thursday, saying the government has turned its back on Canada's international commitment to the Kyoto Protocol.
CBC Canada.
27 April 2007
Canada's clean air agenda looks more like a sketch than a plan.
The Conservatives' clean air agenda contains so many gaps that it looks more like the beginning of a journey than the end.
Canadian Press.
27 April 2007
Canada promises pollution curbs and emission cuts.
The Canadian government promised curbs on industrial pollution and new energy standards for cars and appliances on Thursday in a plan it says will bring greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent below 2006 levels by 2020.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Emission standards will give industry three-year free ride.
New industrial facilities and automobile manufacturers in Canada are getting a free ride over the next three years, while some sectors that produce pollution linked to climate change are facing a carbon tax starting in 2010.
CanWest News.
27 April 2007
Tories forge new green plan.
The Harper government effectively left behind the Kyoto Protocol and charted a new course for Canada on Thursday in reducing the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, rolling out a regulatory framework that might hit consumers in the wallet, but won’t torpedo the economy.
CanWest News.
27 April 2007
Critics want Ontario to 'Flick Off' campaign.
Opposition parties are blasting the Ontario government for supporting a campaign aimed at getting young people to cut energy use and suggestively titled "Flick Off."
CBC Canada.
27 April 2007
Albertans could face 10-per-cent electricity bill hike.
The federal Conservative government says individual Canadians and their families will bear at least a portion of the costs brought on by environmental regulations to reduce greenhouse gases and air pollutants.
Edmonton Journal.
27 April 2007
Green tab: $300 a car?
Canadians could pay more for energy and consumer goods as a result of the federal government's plan to combat climate change and smog, Environment Minister John Baird says.
Toronto Star.
27 April 2007
Tories forge new green strategy.
Alberta will work with, not battle against, the federal government over its new climate change plan that effectively closes the door on the Kyoto Protocol, Premier Ed Stelmach said Thursday.
Edmonton Journal.
27 April 2007
What it means.
Even if targets are met, Canada's emission numbers will remain high.
Toronto Star.
27 April 2007
Canada plans U-turn on greenhouse gases.
Canada’s government says it is making a U-turn on “almost 10 years of bad environmental policy” by the previous Liberal government by laying out a plan to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by one-fifth by 2020.
Financial Times.
27 April 2007
Oil sands startups get break under climate plan.
The Conservative government has signalled that it won't let its climate change plan derail aggressive oil sands expansion, exempting new projects from greenhouse gas emission targets until they are up and running.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
27 April 2007
Canada to create domestic carbon market
Canadian companies could buy and sell carbon credits on a domestic exchange to help them meet new stringent emissions targets announced Thursday, Environment Minister John Baird said.
Agence France-Presse.
27 April 2007
Canada aims for 20 percent cut in CO2 emissions by 2020.
Canada unveiled plans to force big industry to help curb the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 and eventually meet its Kyoto Protocol commitment, albeit decades late.
Agence France-Presse.
27 April 2007
One bright idea to cut emissions
Twenty years ago, cellphones were big and clunky and didn't work all that well. It was the same with compact fluorescent lightbulbs.
Edmonton Journal.
27 April 2007
City saving water one drip at a time.
Water, be it the drips from a leaky toilet, the gallons guzzled by industry or the city's own thirsty demands, is an under-the-radar player in the campaign to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 6 per cent by 2012 and 30 per cent by 2020.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
27 April 2007
Climate question lingers.
It's difficult to judge the federal government's second attempt at a climate-change plan because the most critical question remains unanswered: Do Stephen Harper and the Conservatives consider greenhouse gases a critical issue demanding strong government action?
Victoria Times Colonist.
27 April 2007
Global warming regulation debated.
A "knee-jerk reaction" to global warming, such as new regulations for industry on greenhouse gas emissions, could have a deleterious effect on Ohio's economy and put the squeeze on working-class families, argued Michael Carey, the president of the Ohio Coal Association.
Toledo Blade.
27 April 2007
Farmer’s latest pet project: 30ft wind turbine in llama paddock.
His turbine will generate an average of just under 2kW an hour. It will be linked to the national grid, so any power it produces which is not used in his bungalow will be automatically exported.
Cumberland News.
27 April 2007
Utilities put their stamp on efficiency.
For years, the state's powerful electric utilities blocked proposals that would require energy alternatives and efficiency, saying such programs would be too costly and wouldn't work.
Raleigh News & Observer.
27 April 2007
Start-up airline stresses service.
Silverjet is billing itself as the world's first "carbon-neutral" airline, by contributing a small portion of each fare to projects such as wind-power farms in Kenya. Hunt said he wanted to offset his airplane's carbon emissions.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
27 April 2007
Bush, Japan's prime minister head to Camp David.
The president and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will have talks and hold a news conference at the mountaintop retreat. The agenda includes trade, North Korea's nuclear program and global warming.
Associated Press.
27 April 2007
Gov.: Tax on nuke plant a bad idea.
Gov. James Douglas on Thursday came out strongly against imposing a tax on the parent company of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to support a fuel efficiency program.
Rutland Herald.
27 April 2007
Manila walks a thin line in quest for cleaner energy .
Despite being battered by some of the worst calamities brought about by global warming in recent years, the Philippines has no plans of dropping coal - a major pollutant - as a vital energy source even as it taps cleaner alternatives.
Doha Peninsula.
27 April 2007
Volcanoes blamed for prehistoric global warming.
The ancient warming was sparked by the release of 1,500 to 4,000 gigatons of carbon over several thousand years, scientists estimate. By comparison, emissions from human activities are about 7 gigatons a year — a much faster rate.
Los Angeles Times.
27 April 2007
Storm sucker punch!
Global warming could increase a climate phenomenon known as wind shear that inhibits Atlantic hurricanes, a potentially positive result of climate change, according to new research released in April.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Around the markets: Uranium is losing its luster.
The uranium rally has taken off as utilities are turning to nuclear energy at new plants to meet power demand, on concern that coal- and oil-fired plants are raising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, contributing to global warming.
Bloomberg News.
27 April 2007
Scientists warn Congress of dire effects of global warming.
Global warming is reaching a point at which flooding, pestilence, fire, disease and starvation could threaten human existence, academics from an assortment of disciplines told the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
Austin American-Statesman.
27 April 2007
GOP leader lays out global warming principles.
Rep. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican and ranking member of the Select Committee on Energy and Independence and Global Warming, spelled out the four principles that will guide conservatives through the debate on global warming and poverty.
US News & World Report.
27 April 2007
Debates over clean coal continue.
A growing sense of urgency about climate change is pushing legislators to propose bold initiatives. Case in point: a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
United Press International.
27 April 2007
Warming could harm Glacier's glaciers says Professors.
Evidence collected since the 1800s shows that global warming picked up around 1950 and began a particularly sharp climb about 1980, a University of Montana climate change scientist said Friday in Kalispell.
Bigfork Eagle.
27 April 2007
Bill would ban some new coal plants.
Construction of coal-fired power plants that don't use the most advanced emissions-reduction technology would be banned under Senate legislation introduced Thursday.
Dallas Morning News.
27 April 2007
Congregation goes green with geothermal system.
By installing a $30,000 geothermal heating and cooling system, a Des moines Quaker group joined other congregations across the nation exploring large and small ways to reduce their carbon footprint on God's green Earth.
Des Moines Register.
27 April 2007
BP's Browne urges climate agency to fight warming.
BP Plc Chief Executive John Browne on Thursday called for the formation of an international climate agency to tackle global warming.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
Workers in short supply for U.S. nuclear power.
The U.S. government, energy experts and even some environmentalists see a revival of nuclear power as a clean energy alternative, but that resurgence may be held up by a lack of qualified workers.
Reuters.
27 April 2007
BP chief makes global-warming pitch.
The man whose company owns the most gasoline stations in the country called Thursday for a solution to global warming that would make most captains of industry bristle: greater government intervention.
Sacramento Bee.
27 April 2007
Move to biofuels could damage rainforest.
Europe’s dash for biofuels could accelerate the destruction of tropical rainforests, the European Commission admitted on Thursday.
Financial Times.
27 April 2007
Homeowners want simpler way to sell back power.
Residents with solar- and wind-power systems in Missouri say they've had a difficult time reaching terms with utilities that would enable them to put excess generation back on the grid.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
27 April 2007
Under new mayor, Kochi town snubs nuke waste plan.
The government said Thursday it has approved a request from the town of Toyo to cancel an application for conducting research to see if it can host a nuclear waste disposal site in exchange for state subsidies.
Kyodo News.
27 April 2007
EPA proposal adds air pollution, environmentalists say.
Environmentalists who sued Duke Energy Corp. over upgrades at its coal-fired plants say a proposed EPA rule undermines their U.S. Supreme Court victory and would give utilities a free hand to pollute.
Charlotte Observer.
27 April 2007
Congressman wants public meeting on proposed power plant.
The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs is still working on a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation, but requests for public meetings already have begun.
Associated Press.
27 April 2007
