05
Under fire.
From the Rocky Mountains to the coast of California, wildfires are burning bigger, hotter, and closer to home. Why is the West ablaze?
National Geographic.
05 July 2008
Wind is the wild card in Goleta fire.
Because of the fire's proximity to populated areas, officials made the Gap fire, near Goleta, the state's top priority among the 335 wildfires burning across California.
Los Angeles Times.
05 July 2008
Why fly when you can float?
As the cost of fuel soars and the pressure mounts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, several schemes for a new generation of airship are being considered.
New York Times.
05 July 2008
Indigenous people ask G8 for climate talk inclusion.
Indigenous communities from around the world urged G8 rich nations on Friday to help them participate in global climate change talks, saying they contributed least to but are most affected by global warming.
Reuters.
05 July 2008
Most urgent hurricane threat? Overdevelopment, not global warming.
Amid the whirlwind of debate, most scientists agree on the most urgent hurricane threat, and it's not global warming.
St. Petersburg Times.
05 July 2008
Throwing less-is-more birthday parties.
Anxious about the economy, global warming and our national image as people who would rent a limo for a kid's party while a polar bear's ice floe melts, many are toning down the trappings of that classic annual ritual, the blowout birthday party.
San Francisco Chronicle.
05 July 2008
Climate change brings jellyfish plague to Europe's beaches.
Jellyfish are taking over Europe's favorite swimming spots in increasing numbers. Scientists blame climate change and overfishing for the proliferation of the stinging nuisance.
Deutsche Welle.
05 July 2008
Arctic foxes at risk as polar ice recedes.
Polar bears may not be the only Arctic wildlife threatened by global warming; Arctic foxes could also struggle as the ice continues to disappear, scientists have discovered, because they rely on the frozen seas to survive bleak northern winters.
London Guardian.
05 July 2008
Natural wonders, agriculture 'at risk': Garnaut.
The survival of wonders like the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu and the Murray-Darling Basin depend on the decisions Australians make on confronting climate change, Ross Garnaut says.
Australian Associated Press.
05 July 2008
2100, a climatic odyssey.
Australians will face a climatic apocalypse by the year 2100, according to Dr. Ross Garnaut.
Sydney Morning Herald.
05 July 2008
Giant rubber snake could be the future of wave power.
A giant rubber snake could be the future of renewable energy. The rippling "Anaconda" produces electricity as it is squeezed by passing waves.
New Scientist.
05 July 2008
Getting the monkey off our backs.
Australia is about to wean itself off the big smoke. Not the tobacco variety, which does enough harm, but the even riskier addiction to coal-fired power and petrol-driven transport.
Sydney Morning Herald.
05 July 2008
Eastern EU states unite for overhaul of CO2 curbs.
The European Union geared up on Friday for deep cuts in greenhouse gases as eight ex-communist states sought help in overhauling their infrastructure for a low-carbon future.
Reuters.
05 July 2008
Act now or face disaster, Garnaut report warns.
Petrol should be included in Australia's carbon emissions trading scheme, but low-income households should be compensated for higher power and fuel bills, the nation's top climate change expert has warned.
Melbourne Age.
05 July 2008
Support for wave energy swells.
Drawing power from the ocean could meet as much as 10 percent of the U.S.'s power needs, but some who make their living on the water worry harnessing it will leave them high and dry.
MarketPlace.
05 July 2008
Panel details energy action plan.
South Carolina emissions could be brought back to 1990 levels by 2020, and 10 percent of energy could come from renewable sources and new efficiency standards.
Charleston Post and Courier.
05 July 2008
Tropical sinks gobble greenhouse gases.
A team of scientists recently discovered that sinks in the tropical Atlantic are eating up greenhouse gases such as ozone at a faster rate than previously predicted.
Living On Earth.
05 July 2008
Clearing up the confusion on carbon tax.
Let's clear up how B.C.'s carbon tax on gasoline is calculated.
Victoria Times Colonist.
05 July 2008
South Asian countries unite to combat climate change.
Eight South Asian nations have adopted an environmental action plan to mitigate against the impact of climate change in the region and to promote programs for mass awareness of a "low-carbon society".
UN IRIN.
05 July 2008
Passing up life in the fast lane.
Kosinski is a “hypermiler.” The buzzword describes people who change their driving habits to increase their car’s fuel economy.
Buffalo News.
05 July 2008
Poll shows ignorance over rainforest role.
Most people are ignorant of the crucial role the rainforests play in keeping the global climate stable, with more than 60 per cent of people questioned thinking air travel and home heating produces more greenhouse gases than forest destruction.
London Daily Telegraph.
05 July 2008
Counting cost of carbon emission.
Dairy farming is the worst specialty for intensive greenhouse gas emissions. Beef production comes next, according to a new league table.
Yorkshire Post.
05 July 2008
India is second largest carbon emitter from fuel.
Amid the rising demand for crude oil and coal, India is likely to overtake the US as the second largest emitter of carbon from energy use by 2050 after China, a latest study said.
Zee News.
05 July 2008
County tallies its greenhouse gas emissions.
In a sign of growing attention to a warming planet, Mecklenburg County has finished its first greenhouse-gas inventory of county government operations.
Charlotte Observer.
05 July 2008
Australia's harsh reality: adapt or perish.
A stark ultimatum outlining the scale of climate disruption for Australia's leaders concludes climate change "is a diabolical policy problem. It is harder than any issue of high importance that has come before our polity in living memory."
Sydney Morning Herald.
05 July 2008
Only seven years left for global warming target: UN panel chief.
The head of the UN's Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists on Friday said only seven years remained for stabilising emissions of global-warming gases at a level widely considered safe.
Agence France-Presse.
05 July 2008
EU airline pollution plan could spark trade wars: industry officials.
A plan by the European Union to impose a carbon dioxide emissions quota for all airlines flying into and out of the bloc could spark trade wars, aviation industry officials warned.
Agence France-Presse.
05 July 2008
Protests ahead of Japan G8 summit.
Farmers and activists concerned about soaring food prices and global warming are gathering for a demonstration in Hokkaido's main city of Sapporo.
BBC.
05 July 2008
Japan rues Kyoto climate experience.
Jun Arima, lead negotiator for Japan's energy ministry, said the 1990 baseline for CO2 cuts agreed at Kyoto was arranged for the convenience of the UK and Germany.
BBC.
05 July 2008
Balm to help ease way to climate change deal before G8?
Experts under the leadership of former UK prime minister Tony Blair have prepared a report described as a "useful balm applied at the right moment to tense muscles" in an attempt to crack a global deal on climate change in international talks ahead of the upcoming G8 summit in Japan.
UN IRIN.
05 July 2008
Beathtaking venue with no protesters to spoil the view.
The decision to invite an unprecedented number of leaders from non-G8 nations to one of the remotest parts of Japan is testing the country's reputation for logistical excellence to the limit.
London Guardian.
05 July 2008
G8 faces pressure to raise food aid.
The G8 nations will come under strong pressure at their annual summit in Hokkaido next week to boost food aid sharply, after the Asian Development Bank added its voice to those warning that rising prices pose a grave threat to the world’s poor.
London Financial Times.
05 July 2008
Ahead of G8, Bush stresses climate change bottomlines.
President George Bush has reiterated that there will never be an effective agreement on climate change without the participation of emerging economies like China and India.
Indo-Asian News Service.
05 July 2008
UK's Brown: G8 must not give up on climate change.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned the G8 against a retreat into isolationism, saying the looming threat to the global economy instead required a speeding up of the fight against climate change and poverty.
Reuters.
05 July 2008
US hopes for climate change accord including India, China by yearend.
The White House says before the end of the year it hopes to get a global agreement on climate change that will include emerging economies like India and China, a point being insisted upon by US President George Bush.
Beijing News.
05 July 2008
Gordon Brown: West must not give up on aid and climate change.
Gordon Brown today warned Britain's G8 partners against a retreat into isolationism, and insisted that the looming threat to the global economy instead required a speeding up of the fight to tackle climate change and poverty.
London Guardian.
05 July 2008
Indigenous people urge G8 action on climate change.
Indigenous people from around the world on Friday called on leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations to think about them by taking action on climate change at their summit next week.
Agence France-Presse.
05 July 2008
UN climate chief spurs talks on new global warming pact.
UN climate chief Yvo de Boer called on industrialised countries Friday to start showing some of their cards in a poker game whose prize will be a new pact to tackle global warming.
Agence France-Presse.
05 July 2008
Indigenous peoples say G-8's economic agenda responsible for global warming, food crisis.
A gathering of indigenous peoples on Friday blamed the G-8's economic agenda for global warming and rising food and fuel prices -- the very problems the G-8 leaders plan to tackle at their summit next week.
Associated Press.
05 July 2008
UN chief to G8: Climate change, food crisis linked.
he global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.
Associated Press.
05 July 2008
UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked.
The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.
Associated Press.
05 July 2008
Japanese professor: Breakthrough on climate change issue unlikely at G8 summit.
The upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit is not likely to achieve a breakthrough on climate change due to the differing national interests and approaches of developed and developing countries, as well as lack of consensus among developed nations.
Xinhua News Agency.
05 July 2008
Australia needs carbon trading to fight climate change.
A major climate change report for Australia's government on Friday recommended the rapid introduction of an emissions trading scheme to curb greenhouse gases and warned that delay could be disastrous.
Agence France-Presse.
05 July 2008
Target for 2020 not the main aim.
The Rudd Government should not seek to achieve its target of having 20per cent of electricity sourced from renewable energy by 2020 at any cost, Ross Garnaut has warned.
Sydney Australian.
05 July 2008
Act soon or suffer, Australia told.
Describing climate change as a diabolical policy problem for the Federal Government, review author Prof. Ross Garnaut said Australia's way of life was under threat unless painful action was taken quickly.
Melbourne Herald Sun.
05 July 2008
Emissions trading delay second-best option.
The Rudd Government could soften the political effect of an emissions trading scheme by delaying its full implementation for two years, under an option contained in the Garnaut report.
Sydney Morning Herald.
05 July 2008
Act now or face climate disaster: Garnaut.
Climate change is real and urgent, and Australia must have emissions trading in place in 2010 or face a catastrophe.
Australian Associated Press.
05 July 2008
Sparks will fly over emission problems.
Ross Garnaut has formally acknowledged the possibly useful role of a phasing-in period beginning in 2010 for emissions trading to reduce Australia's output of the main greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
Sydney Australian.
05 July 2008
'Dire consequences' without transitional industry assistance.
Australia's energy suppliers have mounted an attack on Kevin Rudd's chief climate change adviser, warning of dire consequences for the national economy without transitional help from the Government for the switch to the emissions trading scheme.
Sydney Australian.
05 July 2008
Australia must lead climate fight.
Australia will suffer more from climate change than any other developed nation and must take the lead in global action to tackle the problem, Professor Ross Garnaut will argue in his report today.
Sydney Morning Herald.
05 July 2008
Kevin Rudd's 2010 emissions trade target attacked.
Kevin Rudd's pledge to deliver an emissions trading scheme by 2010 is being attacked today as a mission impossible that will hurt business and families.
Sydney Australian.
05 July 2008
Tough love 'vital' for polluters.
Business has been given a tough love message on climate change: the environment needs more help than you do, so stop lobbying the Government for special treatment.
Melbourne Age.
05 July 2008
'We must stay competitive'.
Manufacturing, mining and big business have backed a broad-based emissions trading scheme, but are insisting the competitiveness of industries must be maintained.
Sydney Australian.
05 July 2008
Protesters rally over climate change.
Governments are not acting fast enough to reduce carbon emissions, hundreds of protesters have heard at a climate change rally in Melbourne.
Melbourne Sunday Herald Sun.
05 July 2008
Europe weighs price of unity on climate, energy policy.
European environment ministers on Friday wrapped up a two-day meeting that exposed an East-West divide within the EU over how to slash carbon pollution across the 27-nation bloc by 2020.
Agence France-Presse.
05 July 2008
Europe weighs price of unity on climate, energy policy.
European environment ministers on Friday wrapped up a two-day meeting that exposed an East-West divide within the EU over how to slash carbon pollution across the 27-nation bloc by 2020.
Agence France-Presse.
05 July 2008
EU ministers look to building sector to push energy efficiency.
European Union energy ministers on Friday vowed to place energy efficiency at the heart of plans to ease the soaring cost of fossil fuels and help meet the EU's goals on climate change.
Agence France-Presse.
05 July 2008
Only seven years left for global warming target: UN panel chief.
The head of the UN's Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists on Friday said only seven years remained for stabilising emissions of global-warming gases at a level widely considered safe.
Agence France-Presse.
05 July 2008
Miners at the coalface of change.
After an encounter in Patagonia -- seeing a melting glacier and being confronted by a local about his profession -- former coal miner Graham Brown is now a deeply committed environmental activist.
Sydney Morning Herald.
05 July 2008
No gloating for Big Oil.
The one clear point of accord at the World Petroleum Congress in Madrid was that the era of cheap energy is over.
Time Magazine.
05 July 2008
Gas pains.
New public opinion polls show concern about high gas prices pushing people to favor more energy production.
Living On Earth.
05 July 2008
Powys cannot restrict wind farms.
An "unlimited" number of wind farms could be built in parts of Mid Wales despite Powys County Council's attempt to limit development.
Cardiff Western Mail.
05 July 2008
Winter: Plenty of reasons for vegging out.
If you've ever considered eliminating meat from your diet - or cutting back - now might be a good time to experiment.
Denver Rocky Mountain News.
05 July 2008
Ailing sewerage works poison rivers, oceans.
Communities in the Eastern and Southern Cape are being poisoned by the municipalities who serve them, with raw sewage being tapped into river systems to ease sewerage works buckling under the pressure of new developments.
Needs Publisher.
05 July 2008
AES proposes Bahamas Electrical Corporation switch to natural gas.
AES Corporation, which wants to build an LNG plant in The Bahamas, could potentially help the Bahamas Electricity Corporation both save millions in fuel costs and become more environmentally friendly, the company contends.
Nassau Bahama Journal.
05 July 2008
White Plains Y completes energy-efficient makeover.
Modernizing the 80-year-old White Plain Family YMCA building has slashed energy consumption by more than half and is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1,292 tons a year.
Lower Hudson Valley Journal News.
05 July 2008
