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10/2/2010
IS THE emissions trading scheme the republic issue revisited: a policy the public supports in theory but not in practice? The federal government's ETS, like the republic in the late 1990s, almost became a reality but fell short because of a split ...
9/2/2010
Farmers' fields are a far bigger source of water contamination in China than factory effluent, the Chinese government revealed today in its first census on pollution.
Senior officials said the disclosure, after a two-year study involving ...
9/2/2010
In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to ...
9/2/2010
The Obama administration proposed a new climate service on Monday that would provide Americans with predictions on how global warming will affect everything from drought to sea levels.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
9/2/2010
Conservation group WWF-India has enlisted the support of sports stars and celebrities to raise awareness of the threat, citing government estimates that there are just over 1,400 tigers left in the wild.The campaign, fronted by India's ...
9/2/2010
Just over two years ago, Rajendra K. Pachauri seemed destined for a scientist’s version of sainthood: A vegetarian economist-engineer who leads the United Nations’ climate change panel, he accepted the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the ...
9/2/2010
As snow flurries continued to cause disruption across the country today, spring may feel further away than ever. But recent winters have been ending earlier than ever before, according to a new assessment of Britain's wildlife that reveals global ...
9/2/2010
India will decide tomorrow whether to approve its first genetically modified (GM) food crop. It is a move that supporters argue will help to avert a global food crisis but which critics say is being rushed through recklessly.
The new ...
9/2/2010
Hundreds of millions of tonnes of palm oil look set to be pumped into Britain's vehicles despite scientific evidence showing that chopping down rainforests to make way for plantations exacerbates climate change, according to a leaked ...
9/2/2010
Scientists have made a surprising link between climate patterns in Australia and Antarctica.
If you thought the drought affecting south-west WA since the 1970s was extreme, you were right.
But just how extreme has been a matter ...
9/2/2010
In his article Antony Blakey alleges that groups like Friends of the Earth are "vilifying' biofuels. In fact, Friends of the Earth is supportive of biofuels like biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil that deliver real greenhouse gas savings ...
9/2/2010
In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to ...
9/2/2010
In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to ...
9/2/2010
In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to ...
9/2/2010
In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to ...
9/2/2010
In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to cover up flawed data; moves to ...
9/2/2010
China said Tuesday it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity and could breed 1,000 more every year, amid international controversy over the benefits of farming the endangered species.
The numbers were announced by Yin Hong, vice head of ...
9/2/2010
India has halted the cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified (GM) vegetable crop because of safety concerns.
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said more studies were needed to ensure genetically modified ...
9/2/2010
The Obama administration announced plans yesterday to create a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Service.
The proposed entity would provide "user-friendly" information to help governments and businesses adapt to ...
9/2/2010
China on Tuesday named pollution from farms as a major cause for concern, as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases released its first nationwide survey on sources of environmental degradation.
"There were some outstanding ...
9/2/2010
David Adam on internecine war in IPCC over glacier error |
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Guardian
9/2/2010
Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems -- the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.
"I don't see Toyota as an infallible ...
9/2/2010
As CO2 levels increase and the world warms, land use, precipitation and the availability of water will also change.
In response to all these disruptions, plants will emit greater levels of fragrant chemicals called biogenic volatile ...
9/2/2010
The Obama administration delivered a vote of confidence in climate science today by founding a service to study and report on global warming.
It will put scientists and data from the national weather service and various departments of ...
9/2/2010
Africa's failure to embrace modern farming methods is a greater impediment to food production than global warming, according to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.
Adopting this approach would help the ...