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Britain: a leader in tackling climate change? Far from it, says new report.
Britain's true contribution to global warming is much higher than official figures show, ministers admit. And it has been rising rapidly at the very time that they have been boasting that it has been falling.
London Independent.
06 July 2008
At $100 for tank of gas, some choke on 'fill it.'
Owners of large vehicles have hit an uncomfortable price milestone and are cutting back on recreational driving.
New York Times.
06 July 2008
How China’s thirst for oil can save the planet.
The pioneers of green energy report a ‘gold rush’ mentality as soaring oil prices speed up the search for alternatives.
London Times.
06 July 2008
American energy policy, asleep at the spigot.
Today’s oil crisis could have been foreseen, but analysts say chances to head it off were ignored, missed or blocked.
New York Times.
06 July 2008
Prospects dim for G8 climate change deal.
Prospects that the G8 would reach a meaningful agreement to how best to fight global warming at their annual summit dimmed on Sunday.
Reuters.
06 July 2008
Airline companies try to find more ways to fly green.
Although aviation represents only 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, that share is likely to rise as air traffic grows.
Baltimore Sun.
06 July 2008
Manure magic.
Dealing with large amounts of manure on industrial livestock farms has never been easy, environmentally sustainable, or profitable, but that's starting to change.
Living On Earth.
06 July 2008
Ethereal, exotic and exceptionally fragile.
As Canada's great butterfly census begins, some of those who study them see a darkening future for the insects and, by extension, for all life.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
06 July 2008
Global warming may spoil India's wheat crop.
Amid record wheat output estimate, here comes the dampener: The country's wheat production may fall by about half a ton per hectare in 10 years if suitable steps are not taken to tackle climate change, says a study.
The Hindu.
06 July 2008
Warming may cause rapid plant species loss on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Global warming could cause a dramatic decline in plant species diversity on the rangelands of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in southwest China, say Chinese and U.S. scientists.
Xinhua News Agency.
06 July 2008
U.N. Climate Chief: Climate change to worsen global food crisis.
The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the United Nations climate chief said, 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.
06 July 2008
Penguin in a coal mine?
Populations are dwindling from a combination of global warming and pollution.
Associated Press.
06 July 2008
Wheat yield on decline due to temperature rise.
Global warming coupled with climate change will adversely affect wheat production in India, according to an industry study.
Indo-Asian News Service.
06 July 2008
June rain breaks 20-year record in Chandigarh.
With 376.4 mm rainfall this year during the month, Chandigarh experienced the highest recorded June rainfall in the last 20 years - breaking the previous record of 256.6mm in 1988.
Indo-Asian News Service.
06 July 2008
Region's 5-year wet streak hits a dry patch.
Despite chronic storm threats and occasional drops of actual rain, a brown tide has crept across the Philadelphia region's landscape.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
06 July 2008
Knowing the problem, searching for solutions.
Despite the dire stakes, most Aspen Ideas Festival speakers on climate and sustainibility expressed a belief that humanity would solve the climate crisis.
Aspen Daily News.
06 July 2008
Responses to green energy programs lack energy.
Even as more Americans look to shrink their carbon footprints, relatively few have switched to providers of electricity generated by wind, water and sun.
Associated Press.
06 July 2008
Scientists set forth proposals to tame climate.
Scientists from 12 academies round the world have met in Tokyo to issue a statement on the inevitable long-term rise in temperature.
The Hindu.
06 July 2008
California beats New Mexico in race to build zero emissions car.
California has gazumped New Mexico to land the new plant that electric car company Tesla Motors will build to manufacture its upcoming zero emissions sedan, the Model S.
London Observer.
06 July 2008
Vt. officials lead on system for carbon emissions.
Vermont has been instrumental in shaping the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which is designed to help the Northeast aggressively cut its carbon pollution levels.
Rutland Herald.
06 July 2008
Responses to green energy programs lack energy.
Even as more Americans look to shrink their carbon footprints, relatively few have switched to providers of electricity generated by wind, water and sun.
Associated Press.
06 July 2008
U.S. West feeling its oats.
Western states are riding a commodity price wave and increasingly are looking to influence the national debate, particularly on energy and climate change.
Edmonton Journal.
06 July 2008
Challenges abound for Bush at last economic summit.
Atop the summit agenda is reaching a deal that would set targets for reducing the pollution that causes global warming. But few expect major headway or concessions from Bush.
Associated Press.
06 July 2008
EU ministers 'discover' biofuels not an obligation.
European Union energy ministers announced during an informal meeting Saturday that they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels.
Agence France-Presse.
06 July 2008
On eve of summit, G-8's relevance is unclear.
As leaders of the world's major developed nations meet this week in a tranquil mountain resort in Japan, their gathering probably will be overshadowed by the turbulent global economy and deepening unrest over soaring oil and food prices.
Los Angeles Times.
06 July 2008
Harper government not counting on climate deal with G8.
Canada isn't expecting a new deal on climate change at next week's Group of Eight summit in Japan, Environment Minister John Baird said Saturday.
Ottawa Citizen.
06 July 2008
Green G8 summit to get underway in Japan.
World leaders are heading to the Japanese island of Hokkaido, to take part in arguably the most ecologically-friendly G8 summit.
Russia Today.
06 July 2008
Protests as G8 gathers for diplomacy.
Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations meet this week in northern Japan to grapple with a raft of problems from soaring food and fuel prices to African poverty and global warming amid doubts about how much the annual diplomatic pageant can achieve.
Reuters.
06 July 2008
Global warming progress unlikely at G-8 Summit.
A foreign policy expert expects no breakthroughs on global warming at the summit.
Associated Press.
06 July 2008
President George W. Bush, World Leaders Lay Out Goals For G-8 Summit.
Japanese prime minister Fukuda has made climate change the centerpiece of the meetings involving leaders from the U.S., Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Russia and Canada.
Associated Press.
06 July 2008
China needs carbon trading commitment, Australia's Garnaut says .
China, India and Indonesia must become involved with emissions trading to counter climate change, Ross Garnaut, the Australian government's adviser on global warming, said today.
Bloomberg News.
06 July 2008
Don't expect climate deal at G-8 summit, Baird says.
Plotting its stance in the high-profile global climate change negotiations, the Harper government is looking beyond President George W. Bush to the next U.S. administration.
Toronto Star.
06 July 2008
Seoul aims for voluntary compliance with greenhouse gas protocols: envoy.
South Korea plans to seek flexible and voluntary compliance with the international effort to cut back on greenhouse gases, the country's climate change ambassador said Sunday.
Yonhap News Service.
06 July 2008
G8 won't set emission targets: Baird.
The G8 won't set fixed mid-term targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020 when it meets in Japan next week, Environment Minister John Baird says.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
06 July 2008
Public will have to be informed on climate measuresin Australia.
Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has hinted at a government advertising campaign to inform the public of measures to counter the threat of global warming.
Australian Associated Press.
06 July 2008
Australia's quality of life at risk without action on climate change.
Australia was urged today to "think big" on climate change and to adopt without delay a broad-based greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme in as many industries as possible, including the energy and transport sectors.
London Guardian.
06 July 2008
Dion grabs bull by horns.
The federal Liberal leader drew on his past as a national-unity fighter to pitch his carbon tax plan to Albertans, saying the risk to Canada's future is as grave now as it was during the 1995 referendum.
Toronto Star.
06 July 2008
Labour rebels back green car tax plan.
A backbench rebellion over controversial plans to increase the tax on polluting vehicles was averted easily on Wednesday after Labour MPs were won over by the government.
London Financial Times.
06 July 2008
High gas prices? Mr. Hypermiler to the rescue.
Wayne Gerdes is a hypermiler, someone who works, and excels, at getting every mile out of a gallon of gas.
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune.
06 July 2008
Bid to ban peatland wind farms in Scotland comes under attack.
A high-profile campaign to ban wind farms from peat bogs has come under sustained attack in the wake of new scientific evidence on climate pollution.
Glasgow Sunday Herald.
06 July 2008
Mexico plants 8 million trees in latest green project.
Mexicans went out and planted more than 8 million trees across the country on Saturday as part of a government push to shed its reputation for environmental mismanagement and rampant illegal logging.
Reuters.
06 July 2008
Alberta 'damaged' by lax environmental record.
Liberal Leader Stephane Dion threw down the gauntlet Saturday insisting Alberta's reputation has been tarnished by the Tory governments' laggard environmental policies.
CanWest News.
06 July 2008
Construction on controversial coal plant to officially begin Monday.
Though Dominion Virginia Power officially began construction of a power plant here Monday, those opposed to the project say the $1.8 billion facility remains up in the air.
Bristol Herald Courier.
06 July 2008
Soaring food, gas prices have people in Indiana digging in the garden.
As reports warn of food prices soaring, even “skyrocketing,” and as fuel prices stretch budgets, more and more Wabash Valley folks are getting down and dirty — in their own backyard gardens.
Terre Haute Tribune Star.
06 July 2008
