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We've seen the future ... and we may not be doomed.
Humanity stands on the threshold of a peaceful and prosperous future – but is likely to blow it through inequality, violence and environmental degradation. So says a massive new UN report.
London Independent.
14 July 2008
Help to save the world, Pope tells Australia.
Ten kilometres above the earth, the Pope delivered a message to the people of Sydney: the world is God's creation and humanity needs to safeguard it against the ravages of climate change.
Sydney Morning Herald.
14 July 2008
North Carolina, TVA square off over pollution.
To North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, the Tennessee Valley Authority is a public nuisance whose coal plants literally are killing the resident`s of the Tar Heel state.
Chattanooga Times Free Press.
14 July 2008
Chief scientist: China's North Pole trip focuses only on climate studies.
China's scientific expedition to the North Pole is purely aimed at studies on climate change in the area rather than exploration of natural resources, the expedition's chief scientist said Friday.
Xinhua News Agency.
14 July 2008
Global warming 'will multiply pests'
Global warming will allow exotic plants and animals to invade vulnerable Australian ecosystems, the WWF conservation group has warned.
Australian Associated Press.
14 July 2008
Russian researchers flee melting Arctic ice floe.
Russian scientists are evacuating a research station built on an Arctic ice floe because global warming has melted the ice to a fraction of its original size, a spokesman said.
Associated Press.
14 July 2008
Study: hurricane season longer, big storms sooner.
Hurricane seasons are arriving early and hanging around longer during the past century, and the big storms are forming earlier, some climate scientists say.
Xinhua News Agency.
14 July 2008
Invasion of the jellyfish.
Beaches throughout region are awash a lot earlier this year.
New London Day.
14 July 2008
Dutch eye role as CO2 capture and storage hub.
Home to Europe's biggest port, a major hub for oil, coal and biofuels, Rotterdam is counting on plans to capture and store CO2 in old gas fields so it can pursue industrial development and also meet ambitious targets to cut emissions by 2025.
Reuters.
14 July 2008
Australia falls behind on easiest greenhouse cuts.
Australia lags behind most rich nations in taking the easiest steps to make an emissions trading scheme as cheap as possible: becoming more energy efficient at home, work and on the road.
Melbourne Age.
14 July 2008
Merkel calls for slower nuclear phase-out in Germany.
Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a contentious call Sunday to slow Germany's planned phase-out of nuclear energy, amid growing fears it will be impossible to slash greenhouse gas emissions without it.
Agence France-Presse.
14 July 2008
Forest funding 'could put billions in wrong hands.'
The rush to protect forests as a way to tackle global warming could see billions of pounds handed over to corrupt politicians, criminals and polluting industries, experts have warned.
London Guardian.
14 July 2008
Pulling the plug.
With electricity costs rising -- along with global-warming guilt -- consumers across the country are struggling to wean themselves from the A/C.
Wall Street Journal.
14 July 2008
The environment wetlands: Key to climate change adaptation.
Of all the natural resources, wetlands are the least regarded. This natural resource is found on every continent and supports wildlife as well as human life. Wetlands could hold the key to climate change adaptation.
Accra Daily Mail.
14 July 2008
Nation of climate sinners.
Chief executive of the Climate Institute, John Connor, said research suggested the opportunity to cut the cost of reducing emissions would be squandered unless individuals and companies improved their energy use.
Sydney Morning Herald.
14 July 2008
Bulgarian eco town 'the biggest mistake of Norman Foster's career', say protesters.
The proposed 540-acre carbon-neutral resort has enraged Bulgaria's growing band of ecologists who say it will destroy the Black Sea coast's last remaining virgin stretches of beach.
London Guardian.
14 July 2008
Nuclear call to combat global warming.
The world must go back to embracing nuclear power as one of its options if it is going to win the fight against global warming, economist Jeffrey Sachs warns.
Melbourne Age.
14 July 2008
Dallas landfill wants to speed up methane process.
City officials in Dallas plan to have the first landfill in the state that speeds production of methane gas through biotechnology and then captures it for conversion into natural gas to be used in homes.
Associated Press.
14 July 2008
Maine communities 'cool' down the planet.
A very cool thing has been happening in Maine for the past few years. A number of towns, including most in southern York County, have undertaken measures intended to cool down the planet from global warming, "one Maine community at a time."
Portsmouth Herald.
14 July 2008
'Emission cuts will lead to a clean energy economy'
Solar energy is like dollar bills lying on the sidewalk, we just have to pick them up," said RK Pachauri, who was the joint winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize along with Al Gore for his work on climate change.
India Post.
14 July 2008
Yellow submarine: Unmanned sub studies the ocean.
Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves, collecting scientific data along the way.
Associated Press.
14 July 2008
Newlyweds rethink carbon footprint, offer green party favors.
Some of us learn to live with our contradictions. We might talk corporate responsibility but still shop at Wal-Mart. Or worry about global warming, but leave every light on.
Zanesville Times Recorder.
14 July 2008
Book's ideas can help you shrink carbon footprint.
Are you taking more from the environment than you give? Are you making a negative imprint on the planet? Are you as green as you can be?
Scripps Howard News Service.
14 July 2008
Freight emissions set to double by 2020: report.
New figures reveal carbon emissions from the freight transport sector in Australia are set to increase by 100 per cent by 2020.
ABC News.
14 July 2008
Protest halts coal train for six hours,
Thirty-seven demonstrators were arrested after about 1000 people halted trains in Newcastle yesterday in a protest against the coal industry's role in climate change.
Sydney Morning Herald.
14 July 2008
Forests to fall for food and fuel.
Demand for land to grow food, fuel crops and wood is set to outstrip supply, leading to the probable destruction of forests, a report warns.
BBC.
14 July 2008
'Birth dearth' worries pale in comparison to overpopulation.
Water and food shortages present larger challenges than economic woes linked to a declining population, says author.
Christian Science Monitor.
14 July 2008
Population boom will pressure forests.
Booming demand for food, fuel and wood as the world's population surges from six to nine billion will put unprecedented and unsustainable demand on the world's remaining forests.
Reuters.
14 July 2008
Enforcement of emission regulation urged.
Vehicles were responsible for 45 per cent of environmental pollution, Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (PEPA) Director-General Asif Shuja Khan said at a workshop on air quality and global warming organised by the NED University of Engineering and Technology.
Karachi News International.
14 July 2008
Protesters disrupt loading at Australian coal port.
Environmental protesters in Australia disrupted operations at the world's biggest coal terminal for a second day on Monday after four activists chained themselves to a conveyor belt.
Reuters.
14 July 2008
N.C. eager to snuff.
The claim, buried in the dry prose of a lawsuit, is in-your-face aggressive: the Tennessee Valley Authority prematurely kills N.C. residents and sickens thousands a year.
Charlotte Observer.
14 July 2008
Emissions lawsuit begins today in N.C.
North Carolina's top attorney argues that the increasingly opaque atmosphere is thick with unhealthy smokestack emissions - and that the TVA is largely to blame, putting the coal-fired power plants of the nation's largest utility on trial.
Associated Press.
14 July 2008
B.C. oil could ease crisis.
Canada could play a crucial role in helping alleviate the international energy crisis if it continues to expand Alberta oilsands production and considers allowing exploration off B.C.'s pristine coastline, says a senior official with the International Energy Agency.
Vancouver Sun.
14 July 2008
Questioning NF3.
Increasing demand for electronic products, including flat-panel displays, has triggered concern among atmospheric scientists over emissions of nitrogen trifluoride, a potent greenhouse gas.
Chemical & Engineering News.
14 July 2008
Marine methane mystery explained.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and oceanic contributions to the global methane budget are not well understood.
Chemical & Engineering News.
14 July 2008
Bush climate action now? "Bogus": Schwarzenegger.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Sunday the Bush administration did not believe it should do anything about global warming and that any last-minute action before leaving office would be "bogus."
Reuters.
14 July 2008
India left launch nuclear protest.
Left-wing parties stopped supporting the government last week in protest at its decision to push ahead with the deal to meet India's soaring energy needs.
BBC.
14 July 2008
Govs punt on global warming.
Congress and the White House aren’t the only ones who can’t agree on a comprehensive energy plan. Neither can the nation’s governors.
Stateline.org.
14 July 2008
G-8 endorses emissions cuts.
Leaders of the world's eight richest nations, who met last week in Japan, have pledged to cut global greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, but their declaration is short on details.
Chemical & Engineering News.
14 July 2008
G8 help sought on climate change.
Indonesia has invited environment ministers from developed nations to find a solution to the contentious issues of emission reduction targets and transfer of funds and technology to combat climate change.
Jakarta Post.
14 July 2008
Emirates chief slams British, EU aviation policies.
Tim Clark wrote that the aviation industry was going through "the greatest crisis" in its history, and while it was working towards becoming more environmentally friendly, the EU's emissions trading system and Britain's aviation duty were holding it back.
Agence France-Presse.
14 July 2008
To fellow governors, Pawlenty was step ahead of energy crisis.
Pawlenty has tried to forge an all-of-the-above consensus on energy policy, emphasizing the importance of conservation and alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and ethanol, an important Minnesota industry.
Minneapolis Star Tribune.
14 July 2008
Huntsman miffed by Bush official's pessimism on energy future.
As the nation's governors were calling for an energy revolution that would eliminate the reliance on foreign oil and fight climate change, a Bush administration official told them it wasn't "realistic" to think the United States could or should become energy independent.
Salt Lake Tribune.
14 July 2008
Climate conflicts.
Last month's failure by supporters of climate-change legislation to muster enough votes to formally bring a bill to the Senate floor signals what lies in store for Congress next year when it rejoins this thorny debate.
Chemical & Engineering News.
14 July 2008
Rell looks to add rebates to global warming plan.
Concerned the state's plans to combat global warming could hike energy prices, Gov. M. Jodi Rell wants to amend the strategy to also provide rebates to utility customers.
Stamford Advocate.
14 July 2008
Schwarzenegger slams Bush on climate change.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says the Bush administration's move to delay a decision on regulating greenhouse gases shows it does not believe in global warming.
Agence France-Presse.
14 July 2008
Jakarta protests Yale University over green index.
The government will lodge a formal protest against Yale University over its newly released environmental performance index report, which ranked Indonesia among the world's least environmentally friendly countries.
Jakarta Post.
14 July 2008
NED holds workshop on global warming.
The NED University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi, Pakistan organized a workshop on air quality and global warming.
Australian Associated Press.
14 July 2008
Australia FinMin says no delay in emissions trade.
Australia's government said on Monday it would not delay the 2010 kick-off of an emissions trade scheme expected to reshape the A$1 trillion ($971 billion) carbon-intensive economy, as farmers warned against "arbitrary" start dates.
Reuters.
14 July 2008
ETS targets top 1000.
About 1000 of the nation's biggest polluters will be required to purchase permits under the Federal Government's emissions trading scheme (ETS).
Australian Associated Press.
14 July 2008
Sceptic Pell backs Pope's climate call.
Sydney Catholic Archbishop George Pell says his scepticism towards climate change is not incompatible with the Pope's decision to set the issue as the theme for his visit to Australia.
ABC News.
14 July 2008
Just 32 farmers receive payout to quit the land.
Only a handful of farmers have been given a $150,000 federal grant to walk away from their debt-ridden farms, leaving millions of dollars unspent.
Sydney Morning Herald.
14 July 2008
Top 1000 polluters to need permits.
Penny Wong has assured businesses they will not face a GST-style red tape tangle when the Rudd Government introduces its planned emissions trading scheme to tackle climate change.
Sydney Australian.
14 July 2008
Global warming is upon us: want to bet on it?
If we're all going to fry, you might as well make a bit of cash trading on the doom and gloom. At least that's what bookmakers reckon.
Crikey.
14 July 2008
37 arrested at Australian climate protest.
Thirty-seven people were arrested at a climate change protest in Australia on Sunday when they blocked a railway line delivering coal, police said.
New Delhi Times of India.
14 July 2008
MPs criticise government over CO2.
Ministers want departments and agencies to reduce emissions by 12.5% by 2010/11 compared with 1999/2000 levels - and to be carbon-neutral by 2012.
BBC.
14 July 2008
Brown sets 'no limit' on number of nuclear reactors to be built.
Gordon Brown is to fast-track the building of at least eight nuclear power stations to cut Britain's dependence on oil following the dramatic rise in its price.
London Independent.
14 July 2008
How rubbish in the tank could slash fleet carbon emissions.
James Ingall of liquid biomethane producer Gasrec explains how fuel made from landfill waste is side-stepping many of the problems dogging other biofuels
BusinessGreen.com.
14 July 2008
Iraq's electricity-starved capital goes solar.
In a city with constant electricity shortages but no lack of sunshine, the new buzz is solar energy.
Los Angeles Times.
14 July 2008
