Dec 07, 2011 4:00PM
Dec 05, 2011 2:15PM
The human genome is comprised of some 3 billion nucleotide bases (of which there are four, represented by the four letters A, T, C, G) which pair up and comprise our DNA, which in turn is spread out...
Nov 30, 2011 10:05AM
The world?s largest investors have urged the Government to take new and reassuring steps to fight against climate change.Over 280 investors have given a joint statement requesting urgent policy action...
Nov 29, 2011 10:24PM
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Nov 29, 2011 9:30PM
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Nov 29, 2011 8:28PM
Shawn Lesser discusses the top 10 clean energy highlights of Berlin, Germany.
Nov 29, 2011 12:57PM
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Nov 28, 2011 12:05AM
TAG Energy Solutions hosted the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change officially opening its
Nov 24, 2011 1:01AM
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Nov 23, 2011 2:21PM
Contrary to what you might hear in the media, younger and older people have a lot of shared concerns - not least of which is how society should best manage its affairs so that future generations can h...
Nov 23, 2011 2:13PM
This morning, outside of the Houses of Parliament, activists from both Greenpeace and the National Pensioners Convention undertook the first of what I hope will be many joint initiatives. With sofas a...
Nov 23, 2011 12:05AM
A Foresight Report has said that refugees that have been forced to leave their homes due to global warming weather conditions may end up in areas that have been more negatively affected.It claims that...
Nov 22, 2011 9:53PM
Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of drought in many of the world's peatlands which, in turn, is liable to release far more carbon dioxide than had previously b...
Nov 22, 2011 9:51PM
Nova Scotia wind turbine. Nova Scotia now has the most aggressive renewable energy target in North America AND an aggressive feed-in tariff to back it up. Today, I'm going to do a few round-up...
Nov 22, 2011 9:25PM
After a lot of pressure from grassroots citizen activists, including from the Sierra Club, which posted a story here on Planetsave about the matter last week, “the vote to allow ‘fracking&...
Nov 22, 2011 12:05AM
Over 90 of the world?s largest businesses are being urged to sign up to the 2oC Challenge Communiqu
Nov 18, 2011 10:20AM
Public money ?needed to meet climate change finance targets? under the Copenhagen Accord, it was agreed the
Nov 17, 2011 11:00PM
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Nov 17, 2011 4:48PM
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which includes some of the most well-known activists on the planet, is getting ready for its 8th Antarctic expedition to stop the Japanese whaling fleet from kil...
Nov 17, 2011 4:40PM
On the sustainability front, most people think of UPS's (NYSE: UPS) efforts to reduce fuel consumption, but the company is involved with larger green initiatives too. It recognizes that no matt...
Nov 17, 2011 4:37PM
Scientists based in Iowa sent a letter to presidential candidates urging them to acknowledge the reality of climate change and implement "appropriate policy responses" to the threat, reports...
Nov 17, 2011 12:06AM
Public money ?needed to meet climate change finance targets? under the Copenhagen Accord, it was agreed the
Nov 16, 2011 1:42PM
Jonathon Porritt, Co-founder of Friends of the Earth and Founding Director of Forum for the Future, reiterates what Dr Jeremy Leggett, Founder and Chairman of SolarCentury, and I said in our CNBC &...
Nov 16, 2011 1:18PM
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest analysis of global temperatures, October 2011 was the 8th warmest October ever recorded since 1880.
Nov 16, 2011 12:45PM
Africa has never been a quiet country, often the centre of attention for all the wrong reasons; wars, famine, drought, poverty, AIDS, to name just a few. Now, according to new research, climate cha...
Nov 16, 2011 12:44PM
Since our office was threatened with closure by the South Jakarta district authority last week, our staff pulled out all the stops to keep the office open. We have had great support from Indonesian ci...
Nov 16, 2011 12:05AM
The government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has recently carried out a survey that has found that less than a quarter of UK firms recognise climate risk and opportunities within ...
Nov 15, 2011 5:31AM
When Paul Simonon, former bassist for The Clash, told Frank Heweston, action coordinator for Greenpeace UK, that he wanted to join a Greenpeace ship's crew and make a stand against Arctic oil dri...
Nov 15, 2011 4:12AM
A reader actually shared news about this project with me over 2 months ago, but due to the steady stream of so many interesting cleantech stories, other responsibilities, and the fact that the shared ...
Nov 15, 2011 2:16AM
We talk a lot about water conservation and keeping our waterways healthy and clean around here, and the folks at Sea Shepherd are activists working to protect marine life. There’s more to Sea Sh...
Nov 14, 2011 10:31PM
I don't watch a heap of news, so I was surprised to hear that people are expecting 2012 to end thanks to a massive solar flare as a result of the oncoming solar maximum. Thankfully, even as I h...
Nov 14, 2011 10:28PM
The U.S. EPA has just released test results indicating that at least one common fracking chemicalhas contaminated drinking water in the town of Pavillion, Wyoming. The finding is significant because t...
Nov 14, 2011 9:49PM
the New7Wonders of Nature project was stated in 2007 and led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber, with organizational work done by the Swiss-based New7Wonders Foundation. Through a global poll, the projec...
Nov 14, 2011 9:37PM
It was an incredibly moving sight last night as we walked by Tower Bridge and saw the Rainbow Warrior III, at anchor on the Thames, come into view. Lights illuminated her majestic 50-metre tall masts,...
Nov 14, 2011 9:35PM
Michael and Emily Eavis joined the Rainbow Warrior III yesterday for a trip up the Thames. Glastonbury Festivals gave a generous donation to help pay for the new ship and the ship's mess has b...
Nov 11, 2011 7:49PM
A farm near Ardstraw in Northern Ireland uses technology that allows the production of heat and power from animal waste and vegetation. Fuelled by organic matter produced on the farm, this power plant...
Nov 11, 2011 7:48PM
Ninety per cent of global trade still depends on goods carried by sea. The ships that transport them take on significant amounts of ballast water to remain stable when their holds are empty. Dischargi...
Nov 11, 2011 6:30PM
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a stern report today, warning the world has five years before it locks in irreversible climate change. "There is still time to act, but the window o...
Nov 11, 2011 6:04PM
In the not-so-distant past, very few people thought about conserving water. Water was in never-ending supply, one of life's natural essentials that merely recycled itself over and over again. The...
Nov 11, 2011 6:01PM
Well, I don't think there's much doubt about this: the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline that would be "the fuse to the biggest carbon bomb on the planet" or "game over" for...
Nov 11, 2011 5:56PM
Storm chasers are usually depicted as high-octane meteorologists chasing tornadoes across tornado valley in the United States, but a truck-mounted radar dish that is often used to chase these torna...
Nov 11, 2011 5:52PM
Just like the recent extinction of the Vietnamese Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus), “lack of political will” is cited as a contributing factor. The Diceros bicornis longipes...
Nov 10, 2011 4:41PM
As Thailand is reeling from historic floods, AccuWeather reports a mighty"snowicane" - a hurricane with snow - is pounding western Alaska. With the pressure equivalent of a Category 4 hurri...
Nov 09, 2011 1:57PM
Last night Panorama attempted to answer the question what is fuelling rising energy bills, instead viewers were treated to a steady stream of arguments against renewable energy that went more or less ...
Nov 09, 2011 1:52PM
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), violence associated with logging companies is not uncommon, but evidence and testimonies collected by Greenpeace show that the Yalisika community of Bosa...
Nov 09, 2011 1:49PM
It might be grey and drizzly out there but a splash of colour has just been added to one small corner of London, because the distinctive green hull of the Rainbow Warrior III arrived in London this mo...
Nov 08, 2011 8:43PM
One of the most common misunderstandings amongst climate “skeptics” is the difference between short-term noise and long-term signal. In fact, “it hasn’t warmed since 1998&rdqu...
Nov 08, 2011 8:38PM
How fast do animal and plant populations on land have to travel to stay ahead of climate change and remain in the climates they prefer? And how fast is it for plant and animal populations in the ocean...
Nov 08, 2011 8:37PM
The slow moving weather systems that lead to massive snowfalls like the now popularly known Snowmageddon that hit the East Coast of the United States in the winter of 2009-10 are now seen to be mor...
Nov 08, 2011 8:35PM
This Tea-Party-led Congress (well, all of the Republican party) has attacked our water, air, and climate protections more than any in history. It is out of this world how little care they have for the...
Nov 08, 2011 8:32PM
There's no denying it - reports of massive earthquakes have been rocking the news lately. All this recent seismic activity has caused many to wonder: has the earth always been this shaky?
Nov 08, 2011 8:31PM
In solidarity with the over 10,000 U.S. activists who circled the (real) White House yesterday to oppose construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, UK climate activists circled a model, mini ...
Nov 08, 2011 8:29PM
Tar Sands activists in the US and UK weren't the only ones fighting climate change and bringing awareness to its causes this weekend. Greenpeace activists near Johannesburg, South Africa chained ...
Nov 07, 2011 4:11PM
>The civic momentum to stop the Tar Sands Keystone XL pipeline continues to grow. Today, thousands of people got out and encircled the White House to show their solidarity in opposition to this ...
Nov 07, 2011 4:06PM
A composite image, to scale, of the asteroids that have been imaged at high resolution. As of 2011 they are, from largest to smallest: 4 Vesta, 21 Lutetia, 253 Mathilde, 243 Ida and its moon Dactyl, 4...
Nov 07, 2011 3:47PM
Elephants are beautiful, thoughtful creatures - people love them. I imagine this is why they are in so many ads and movies. However, some of the people and companies that own elephants are not elephan...
Nov 07, 2011 3:38PM
A few days ago, we revealed that Asia Pulp and Paper, the world's most notorious rainforest destroyer, has lost more customers, with lots of big clients walking away because APP keeps on using In...
Nov 04, 2011 8:00PM
Western grid operators have been making plans for large-scale renewable energy imports into the California electricity market, prompting the governor's Senior Advisor for Renewable Energy Facilit...
Nov 04, 2011 7:58PM
Given the ridiculous strings of comments we receive here on CleanTechnica from time to time regarding global warming (claims that it's not happening or isn't caused by humans), I thought ...
Nov 04, 2011 7:44PM
Onyx Service & Solutions has been developing a "plug-n-play" all-in-one solar panel this year that you may be able to buy from your local Home Depot, Lowe's, or other such store soo...
Nov 04, 2011 6:30PM
At three times the diameter of the Earth - 25, 000 miles/40,000 km wide and 50,000miles / 80,000 km long - the newest sunspot to make its appearance on our sun's surface is the largest seen in ye...
Nov 04, 2011 6:28PM
>The battle of domestic energy production verses the protection of natural resources and wildlife "treasures" has many fronts. With attention largely focused on the environmental and clim...
Nov 04, 2011 6:27PM
A sobering media release from WWF has confirmed that the number of rhinos killed in South Africa during the first 10 months of 2011 has already exceeded last year's total of 333.
Nov 04, 2011 6:14PM
It almost happened again. I was in Kohl's and purchased a handful of items - not enough to warrant packing them into a plastic shopping bag - so as the clerk reached below the counter, I stopped ...
Nov 03, 2011 7:16PM
A new and extensive study that is the biggest of its kind, involving over 40 academic institutions around the world, has tackled one simple question: did humans or climate change cause the extinctio...
Nov 03, 2011 7:15PM
In the midst of its third field campaign in Antarctica, NASA's Operation IceBridge mission has provided the first ever detailed airborne measurements of the process of a massive iceberg calving...
Nov 03, 2011 2:27PM
Robert Thompson, a local guide in Alaska, explains how climate change is affecting his remote Alaskan community - and the spectacular Arctic wildlife. Within the next few weeks, we're expectin...
Nov 03, 2011 2:22PM
In addition to the regular crew sailing aboard our shiny new flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, we've got some New Hands on Deck, and they're going to take you on a journey behind the news, belo...
Nov 01, 2011 10:20PM
I recently noticed an inane article in the Daily Mail trying to create another scandal out of climate skeptic Richard Muller's recent finding that the climate scientists were right after all. App...
Nov 01, 2011 10:16PM
he ever-witty and insightful video-making expert Peter Sinclair has made one of his signature "Climate Denial Crock of the Week" videos around the topic of the recent BEST climate study, a s...
Nov 01, 2011 10:08PM
For too long, there has been a loophole in federal regulations that allows notorious animal abusers and inexperienced individuals to use endangered chimpanzees for purely commercial purposes and in ho...
Nov 01, 2011 10:05PM
The largest floating vessel ever constructed -- the first-ever floating natural gas refinery, schedule to begin operations in 2016 near Australia. Operated by Royal Dutch Shell The Incompatible Tre...
Nov 01, 2011 8:45PM
A third Pacific salmon has been found with infectious salmon anemia. Until the recent finding of two wild Pacific salmon with infectious salmon anemia, the virus has only been found in the Atlantic Oc...
Nov 01, 2011 8:40PM
A dike built to separate the Northern Aral Sea from the Southern Aral Sea has restored enough of the ecosystem that the fisheries have rebounded. There's still a long way to go, but it's a g...
Nov 01, 2011 8:36PM
Despite being surrounded by water, the Great Lakes area actually has a limited groundwater supply, and residents are going through that water faster than nature can replenish it. The infographic above...
Nov 01, 2011 8:31PM
We've talked here before about how hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," threatens clean drinking water, but fracking also requires quite a bit of water to execute. In drought-stricken T...
Nov 01, 2011 8:29PM
While much of the United States continues with extreme droughts, huge swaths of Asia are struggling with record rains.
Nov 01, 2011 8:25PM
Yesterday, we talked a bit about Atlanta's extreme drought conditions, but what about areas that have been struggling with even more severe droughts?
Nov 01, 2011 8:21PM
Back in 2009, Georgia's state climatologist said that Atlanta was out of drought, but two years later, the Atlanta drought persists.
Nov 01, 2011 8:20PM
A new report sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation, "Feast and Famine in the Great Lakes: How Nutrients and Invasive Species Interact to Overwhelm the Coasts and Starve Offshore Waters&q...
Nov 01, 2011 12:05AM
The UK government needs to be open about the true extent of carbon emissions cuts, according to a leading scientist.Professor Robert Watson, the government's chief environment scientist, said that if ...
Oct 31, 2011 5:52PM
A study published last week reveals the conclusions of a study led by Richard Muller from the University of Berkeley. The study claimed, with irrefutable evidences, that Earth’s average temperat...
Oct 31, 2011 3:31PM
Remember the photoshoot we staged outside a fashion industry event in Italy? The one reminding companies that make and use leather that the Amazon is not for walking over? Here's a great little v...
Oct 31, 2011 3:24PM
Like millions of people I have the next few Wednesday evenings mapped out already - I'll be watching David Attenborough's groundbreaking new series Frozen Planet.
Oct 31, 2011 12:30PM
The Clinton Climate Initiative is all over energy efficient retrofits for commercial buildings these days, and its latest
Oct 30, 2011 1:00PM
The world’s largest investors are using their assets – a combined $20 trillion – to push international
Oct 27, 2011 10:05PM
This column is brought to you by Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a nonprofit group of eco-conscious consumers, businesses and conservation organizations started by Google and Intel in 2007.Since ...
Oct 26, 2011 2:48PM
How many things can you fit in during a 24 hour trip to Edinburgh? The answer is a huge amount if you're Kumi Naidoo, head of Greenpeace across the world.
Oct 26, 2011 1:29PM
Until two days ago, I was in Indonesia. I'd travelled there to work with colleagues in Jakarta and Sumatra on our continuing campaign to end the devastation of the country's magnificent rain...
Oct 26, 2011 1:27PM
Big news today for the planet - a huge research project triggered by climate sceptic claims of 'dodgy data' has underlined a key truth: our planet is warming dangerously fast - by a whole de...
Oct 25, 2011 5:38PM
Who could have conceived of this brilliant thought(!) - spending now to switch over to clean energy (i.e. wind and solar) that is already cost-competitive with fossil fuels (i.e. coal, oil, and natura...
Oct 25, 2011 5:37PM
'Global warming is real' says a new study released by researchers from the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature group, which finds 'reliable evidence' of a global increase in the a...
Oct 25, 2011 5:34PM
One of the common arguments to dismiss those supporting the idea that the climate is warming as a result of manmade carbon dioxide emissions is that global warming is a natural thing; that it has al...
Oct 25, 2011 5:22PM
A group of chimpanzees there was recently treated to a series of televised “social dramas” featuring ape-costumed human actors. One particular episode featured a young female “city a...
Oct 25, 2011 5:00PM
SeaRoc has announced it will project-manage the supply, installation and commissioning of two lattice meteorological towers in accordance with a specification provided by Forewind – the consorti...
Oct 25, 2011 12:05AM
The Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has outlined that the UK do need to take precautions to ensure that we are not the victims of a deepwater drilling disaster as has been experienc...
Oct 24, 2011 5:19PM
As part of its initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases, the EU has proposed ranking the fuels it uses on carbon intensity to guide fuel suppliers to the lower carbon sources.
Oct 21, 2011 5:48PM
Indonesian authorities have expelled a second Greenpeace campaigner within a week. Immigration officers yesterday picked up forests campaigner Andy Tait at Jakarta's main airport, where he was ...
Oct 21, 2011 5:43PM
Today, I have the honour of congratulating Greenpeace photographer Daniel Beltra on becoming the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Daniel made his winning picture for Greenpeace, o...
Oct 21, 2011 12:05AM
MP Glyn Davies has spoken out that he feels the plans to include hundreds of onshore wind turbines in mid Wales will make ?no economic or climate change sense whatsoever?.The proposal includes the ere...
Oct 20, 2011 7:30PM
By Josh Zepps, energyNow!Climate change threatens an increasing list of worst-case scenarios: melting ice caps, rising sea levels, longer droughts, and more violent storms. Climate scientists have lar...
Oct 20, 2011 6:47PM
Yesterday, we talked a bit about Atlanta's extreme drought conditions, but what about areas that have been struggling with even more severe droughts?
Oct 20, 2011 6:46PM
The Thailand floods in September and October of 2011 are some of the worst the country has seen in living memory, resulting in more than $3 billion in damage. The rainfall in Thailand has been about ...
Oct 20, 2011 6:39PM
In the deep sea northwest of the UK, bottom trawlers are destroying ancient and mostly undiscovered ecosystems. They are part of an unsustainable fishing industry kept afloat by EU taxpayer subsidies....
Oct 20, 2011 6:37PM
As cattle ranching is responsible for about 80 per cent of deforestation in Brazil, it is likely that Brazilian shoe leather comes from areas of cleared rainforest. So a team of Greenpeace activists h...
Oct 20, 2011 6:31PM
As we reported today, Germany is adding thousands of jobs and new industries by converting from nuclear energy to renewables. The same could happen in the US.
Oct 20, 2011 12:05AM
Many of the UK?s Law Firms have united in their approach to reducing their carbon footprint. Almost one-third of Solicitors and legal practices in England and Wales are due to announce their carbon em...
Oct 18, 2011 7:30PM
By Alyson Kenward, Climate CentralSince the solar energy technology manufacturer Solyndra
Oct 18, 2011 4:42PM
Making green urban transit system work effectively demands the launch of a smart network containing a set of transit hubs and options that seamlessly blend automobile, rail, bike, foot, and other mode...
Oct 18, 2011 4:35PM
There has been coverage of bamboo bicycles and cars that feature hard wood as part of the design plan. These vehicles are great because they are light weight - a factor that is very important especial...
Oct 18, 2011 4:15PM
Back on Oct. 3, I wrote a post about the Dept. of Energy awarding $3 million for Connecticut's FuelCell Energy to carry out a three-year project that entails evaluating the use of the company...
Oct 18, 2011 4:02PM
Today is Blog Action Day, with the topic being Food this year, and our network is participating. So, what’s cleantech got to do with food? Well, while we don’t write about it a lot. Cle...
Oct 18, 2011 10:43AM
Oct 17, 2011 4:13PM
We’d like to welcome our monthly Guest Contributor, Debra Duneier, creator of the EcoChi System, a new design approach for living to help you: establish and materialize your goals, nurture your ...
Oct 17, 2011 4:01PM
Saving water directly is an important way to conserve, but did you know that electricity uses billions of gallons of water every year?
Oct 17, 2011 3:56PM
In this video from Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, the folks at Greywater Action talk about how you can use greywater in your home to rely less on the water grid, or even to disconnect entirely.
Oct 17, 2011 3:26PM
Anyone I ask hasn't heard about it, but a full third of Thailand is under water at the moment. The worst floods in 50 years have submerged a third of the country, which is bracing to protect its ...
Oct 17, 2011 3:22PM
Looking for an excuse to visit Berlin? Try EcoPrint, the world’s first exhibition 100% focused on sustainable print production. EcoPrint Europe LIVE 2012 will held in September 26–27 and w...
Oct 17, 2011 3:17PM
According to the survey of more than 25,000 Internet respondents in 51 countries, concern about climate change/global warming among online consumers around the world has taken a back-seat to other env...
Oct 17, 2011 3:15PM
Cleanweb is the idea that information technology can be the most leveraged way to address resource constraints of climate, energy, water, food, and land use. We already see examples in companies like...
Oct 17, 2011 3:02PM
Last week, the European Commission announced a key change to legislation that could virtually stop the import of fuel made from tar sands into the EU. If it becomes law, it would make tar sands projec...
Oct 17, 2011 3:00PM
The Earth has a new champion. This afternoon at a small ceremony in Bremerhaven, Germany, our Executive Director Kumi Naidoo, christened the world's first purpose-built, crowd-bought, eco-sleek ...
Oct 17, 2011 2:57PM
It should be a day to celebrate. It's now five years since the sound of chainsaws in the Amazon went from a roar to a whisper. Some of you will have even helped to make this incredible result pos...
Oct 17, 2011 2:08PM
BP are hoping that everyone has forgotten about the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, and are quietly putting in place plans to drill in the deep waters off of the west of Shetla...
Oct 13, 2011 4:53PM
Today the Norwegian government will launch Energy +, a global initiative to finance access to renewable energy, energy efficiency and low carbon development in developing countries. WWF welcomes ...
Oct 13, 2011 4:34PM
Who doesn't long for fall and eventually winter? The winter months are filled with so much warmth, family, baked goods (yum!)....and colds. Ick.
Oct 13, 2011 4:17PM
Maybe camping out in New York's Liberty Park isn't on your agenda, though you'd like to. Maybe you're in a small Nebraska town just trying to get by but want to take a stand aga...
Oct 12, 2011 11:24PM
The Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment, invited all families in the Ottawa-Gatineau region to participate in a forest activity organized by Environment Canada, in partnership with the ...
Oct 11, 2011 6:30PM
Students from Tracy High School recently visited the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLN) in California to learn more about the carbon-cycle by entering a contest that required them to use a c...
Oct 11, 2011 12:05AM
Chris Huhne is preparing himself to make a speech to defence experts this week that will identify his thoughts on climate change creating an increased threat of war, violence and military action.He co...
Oct 10, 2011 5:21AM
According to new research from Future Friendly, 69 per cent of Brits would like to be more environmentally friendly - but still don’t do the little, everyday things that can help make a differen...
Oct 10, 2011 5:20AM
A new report, commissioned by the UK Government and written by the UK's National Centre for Biorenewable Energy, Fuels and Materials (NNFCC), suggests bio-liquids could play an important role in ...
Oct 10, 2011 5:10AM
Ramky International (Singapore) Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd., India, have announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CITENCO,
Oct 10, 2011 3:21AM
For those wanting to know more about solar power and how we obtain energy from the sun, this information from the Photovoltaic Education Network will prove to be of immense use.
Oct 09, 2011 10:08PM
Protecting tuna is not just about dressing up as sharks and exposing the companies selling unsustainable tinned tuna. Our ship the Esperanza is currently on the high seas in the Pacific to find, docum...
Oct 09, 2011 12:05AM
Scotland is halfway to its target of reducing carbon emissions 42% by 2020, with emissions falling over 20% since 1990, according to the latest official figures.The statistics published by the Scottis...
Oct 07, 2011 12:05AM
The Royal Society, the UK's leading scientific establishment, has earlier this month, published its own layman's guide to the science of climate change, in the hope of countering the confusion and ina...
Oct 04, 2011 7:53AM
Simple story: one morning, Bill Gates wanted some chocolate for breakfast. The next thing that happened is that his foundation analyzed the prices of chocolate worldwide, the price of cocoa, someone i...
Oct 04, 2011 6:03AM
I came across two data tidbits recently about U.S. energy consumption - each of which was interesting independently, but collectively seemed to indicate diverging trends
Oct 04, 2011 5:43AM
Visiting Singapore is a glimpse into the future. It is glimpse into how the cities of the future will manage water or urban water management.
Oct 04, 2011 5:35AM
A joint study by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) on the relationship betwee...
Oct 02, 2011 6:00PM
Will freely operating markets, unencumbered by the heavy hand of government, ensure an economically efficient transition to technologies that protect Earth from climate change? Fat chance, says a stud...
Oct 02, 2011 5:15PM
Want to follow up the climate change education from 24 Hours of Climate Reality by bringing the info to more people? If so, check out this call to action and offer of support from Al Gore and other...
Oct 02, 2011 5:09PM
The founder of Planetsave wrote a post here on Planetsave about a month and a half ago regarding his new project, Click it for Good. The essence of the project is that by “liking,” “...
Oct 02, 2011 5:07PM
>This morning, South Africa's notorious "Groenewald gang" made another court appearance. Is progress being made in efforts to bring this (alleged) rhino horn syndicate to justice?
Oct 02, 2011 4:40PM
Check out this super cool bicycling video — beautiful music and graphics. Though, would be nicer without the subtitles (if you understood the language, I guess.. or maybe even if you didn’...
Oct 02, 2011 3:20PM
Lunera® Lighting, Inc. a Silicon Valley company that designs, manufactures, and markets next-generation LED lighting, announced today it has been included among the prestigious group of GoingGreen...
Oct 02, 2011 3:18PM
Only Sustainable 2011, one of the most prestigious events on American sustainable energy will take place during November 7th - 9th in downtown Miami, FL. The international event will be held at the Wo...
Oct 02, 2011 12:05AM
The government's "bonfire of the quangos" looks more like a towering inferno to the thousands of people affected directly. As expected, bodies on the periphery of government that advise on environment...
Oct 01, 2011 7:00PM
Scientists in the Marine and Atmospheric Research Department
Sep 30, 2011 2:31PM
In the next 20 years, the world population will grow from 6.9 billion to 8.3 billion people. The urban population will grow even faster, from 3.5 billion to 5.0 billion. For the first time in huma...
Sep 30, 2011 2:05PM
The overwhelming majority of climate scientists have no doubt that man-made climate change is real. Evidence of its reality
Sep 30, 2011 1:56PM
The technology needed to cut the world's greenhouse gas emissions by 85% by 2050 already exists, according to a joint statement by 11 of the world's largest engineering organizations. Col...
Sep 27, 2011 11:00PM
The 17th session of the Conference of Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) is coming up; and, regardless of the session’s diplomatic outcome, the...
Sep 27, 2011 10:55PM
For several years now, people have been aware that our over-reliance on fossil fuels, specifically oil, is dangerous because it is a finite resource and soon the supply won't be able to reach o...
Sep 27, 2011 8:19PM
Around campus there seems to be a little more eco consciousness about drinking coffee - mostly in the form of more reusable mugs being used. But one gadget that doesn't seem that green to me are ...
Sep 27, 2011 12:48PM
I will never forget Pyramiden, an abandoned Russian mining town on Svalbard that I visited last year. Walking over green grass unheard of in the Arctic and passing by building complexes that could be ...
Sep 27, 2011 12:40PM
The Sumatran tiger is a graceful and prestigious animal. It's the 'King of the Jungle', a symbol of the richness of the forest, and an inspiration in Indonesian culture. To survive in...
Sep 27, 2011 11:54AM
September 11, 2001 was not only a day of major tragedy in the US that changed the world we are living in, it was also a day of hope for the Deni. The Deni are an indigenous group living in semi-isolat...
Sep 27, 2011 10:05AM
Sep 25, 2011 7:00PM
Pattern Energy Group and Samsung Renewable Energy are forging ahead with four wind farm projects in Ontario. The companies have
Sep 25, 2011 12:05AM
The EU has agreed a unilateral target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by 2020. Furthermore, it has pledged to increase its target to 30% if other countries make comparab...
Sep 24, 2011 12:05AM
Last month the EU Environment Council met in Luxembourg to discuss the failure to reach agreement with discussion of the European Commission?s recent 2050 Low Carbon Roadmap.Chris Huhne, UK?s Energy a...
Sep 23, 2011 6:00PM
What do Target, McDonalds and the New York City Housing Authority all have in common? This summer,
Sep 23, 2011 5:51PM
The Forestry Commission has launched a new Woodland Carbon Code, intended to offer clarity to those investing in tree planting projects.
Sep 23, 2011 5:17PM
Thousands of charcoal-burning cookstoves in Mozambique, Africa will be replaced with cleaner ethanol stoves, thanks to an innovative business model being launched by leading cleantech company Novozy...
Sep 23, 2011 12:07AM
In an attempt to create a greener Government, David Cameron ? Coalition Prime Minister has announced that its members will now travel in economy seats. Ministers and Civil Servants will no longer trav...
Sep 21, 2011 12:25AM
The environmental consequences of our addiction to oil are innumerable; however, marine life continues to bear the brunt of fossil fuel accidents.
Sep 21, 2011 12:05AM
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is an expert, independent, statutory public body, created to assess how the UK can best achieve its emissions reduction targets for 2020 and 2050 and to assess p...
Sep 20, 2011 1:00AM
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Sep 19, 2011 4:43PM
Yesterday, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported that Arctic sea ice had reached its annual minimum. It is the second lowest extent in recorded history, just behind the all-time record from 2...
Sep 16, 2011 10:00PM
By Alyson Kenward, Climate CentralIn order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve America’s energy security, President Obama has laid out agoal for the U.S. to generate
Sep 16, 2011 8:41PM
As reported yesterday the University of Colorado at Boulder’s National Snow and Ice Data Center announced that the Arctic sea ice minimum extent would come in as second lowest since recording be...
Sep 16, 2011 8:39PM
August was a month of extremes across the whole of our planet, with tornadoes, droughts and La Niña conditions reemerging despite having only disappeared a few months earlier. For a pictu...
Sep 16, 2011 8:36PM
According to America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2011's August was the eighth warmest since record keeping began back in 1880 and the period of June to August was th...
Sep 16, 2011 8:34PM
Jeannie Moulton recently wrote a good post over on our sister site Eat Drink Better on an action opportunity I think many of you would be interested in helping out with. Here’s the intro to the ...
Sep 16, 2011 8:23PM
Aside from the Northeast’s unprecedented hurricane/tropical storm, Irene, as well as the record-setting, unprecedented drought, heat, and fires in Texas and the wildfires in Arizona, many more r...
Sep 16, 2011 8:14PM
The WEF launched a new report this week focused on a group of 16 exemplary companies that are creating unconventional and profitable solutions that positively impact economic growth and enhance ove...
Sep 16, 2011 12:42PM
Sep 15, 2011 5:10PM
Like it or not, Facebook has become a daily part of our culture and has established itself as a powerful communication and networking tool. Luckily some people know how to use it for a good cause.
Sep 15, 2011 4:51PM
Arctic sea ice acts like the planet's air conditioning system and, like miners who used canaries to warn of deadly gases, we have the extent and volume of this ice to warn us of climate change...
Sep 15, 2011 4:44PM
Greenpeace Environmental Trust is an integral part of Greenpeace globally. As a separate entity to Greenpeace Limited - our campaigning arm, Greenpeace Environmental Trust is a registered UK charity...
Sep 15, 2011 4:30PM
Whenever there are people out on the ice, it's necessary for a couple of people at least, and more if there's fog, to be keeping a look out. On these occasions there's usually one pe...
Sep 15, 2011 4:21PM
70% of China's rivers and lakes are now dangerously polluted: manufacturing industry being the main cause.
Sep 14, 2011 7:36PM
The Atlanta Botanical Garden has created a beautiful area of colorful landscape gardens and a green wall constructed entirely of edible vegetables, fruits and herbs. The Edible Garden, which first ope...
Sep 14, 2011 1:20AM
Georgia Hirsty writes about her role in the recreation of Vitruvian Man. She's a deckhand aboard the Arctic Sunrise, at 80 degrees north.
Sep 14, 2011 1:17AM
Our activists are protesting at VW forecourts across the UK, France and Germany, but we need your help to reach as many VW dealerships as possible. Volkswagen has so far solidly refused to stop lobb...
Sep 14, 2011 1:14AM
A few months ago I took the train down from London to Cambridge with my colleague Frida Bengtsson, who is leading this expedition, so that we could meet up with Professor Peter Wadhams. As head of ...
Sep 14, 2011 1:03AM
Another week, another push for reckless oil drilling by a UK company. This time it's BP, which wants to drill its deepest ever well in UK waters - a 1300 metre well - off the coast of North Uis...
Sep 13, 2011 11:33PM
After just three months of driving, range anxiety among new electric vehicle operators dropped, according to the results of a new study, but despite having to make few changes to their daily drivin...
Sep 13, 2011 11:31PM
Although the burning of natural gas emits far less carbon dioxide than coal, a new study concludes that a greater reliance on natural gas would fail to significantly slow down climate change.
Sep 13, 2011 11:09PM
Former Vice President Al Gore continues his climate change awareness mission this week with a 24-hour streaming broadcast highlighting extreme climate events occuring in every time zone around the glo...
Sep 07, 2011 12:05AM
Government needs to increase support for wind, says Hillier It has recently been reported that planning permissions which result in approvals for wind farms have dropped 50%.Meg Hillier is Shadow Secr...
Sep 06, 2011 3:21PM
Ronnie Cummins provides ten solid reasons to buy organic. . .
Sep 04, 2011 12:06AM
Section 36 environmental consents have been granted to two major green energy projects. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has approved the projects with a view to stabilising and secu...
Sep 02, 2011 12:06AM
A report has been published by the Government in an attempt to deal with the consequential effects of climate change and to also help participating Countries to set their economy on track to a low car...
Aug 30, 2011 1:01AM
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Aug 25, 2011 12:35PM
Only a quarter of Britons believe climate change is one of the most important environmental issues facing the UK today, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos MORI and released to the Ecologist last...
Aug 18, 2011 6:16PM
Governor Rick Perry tells a tale of global warming, while praying for the end of the worst drought to hit Texas in more than 100 years.
Aug 17, 2011 12:05AM
UNFCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres has advised that the Government has ?an unavoidable responsibility to make clear progress towards the 2011 climate objectives which they agreed in Cancun....
Aug 12, 2011 12:06AM
Major cities globally are showing strong leadership in implementing climate change strategies. According to the first global cities report from the Carbon Disclosure Project, 58 core cities of the C40...
Aug 11, 2011 7:49PM
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Aug 11, 2011 12:05AM
Ahead of the Climate Change Conference due to be held in December in Copenhagen, initial discussions are due to commence in a pre-meeting in Bonn, Germany. The meeting is in an attempt to ensure agree...
Aug 03, 2011 12:05AM
Following the approval of the Copenhagen Accord at the UNFCCC COP 15, there is now a need to accelerate solutions to mitigate climate change. Fortunately, many of these business, finance and technolog...
Jul 30, 2011 12:05AM
The current Climate Change Minister, Stewart Stevenson is to present a united front with the rest of the UK in support of international action on tackling the effects of climate change.The Minister wi...
Jul 29, 2011 12:05AM
The outcome of the next instalment of the international climate negotiations due to be held in Canc
Jul 27, 2011 2:42PM
Shawn Lesser reveals his top 10 highlights of Cleantech Zurich, Switzerland
Jul 26, 2011 12:05AM
The UK government should put a moratorium on shale gas operations until the environmental implications are fully understood, a report says.The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research report comes a...
Jul 23, 2011 12:05AM
The Maldives has a huge potential in marine energy and as a result of which, Scotland has agreed to support the Country in developing this renewable source of energy.Scotland will begin their input wi...
Jul 20, 2011 7:11PM
If you think $4.00 gasoline is a problem, wait until you see this. . .
Jul 20, 2011 12:05AM
Figures from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) suggest uncertainty is undermining the coalition?s pledge to be the ?greenest government ever?. The government has again been urged to clear th...
Jul 16, 2011 12:05AM
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Jul 15, 2011 8:00PM
By Felicity Carus, AOL EnergyGermany and the US are about to enter into a fresh period of deeper cooperation on energy and climate policies, said a top environmental minister from Europe’s leadi...
Jul 15, 2011 7:00PM
The new technologies that change our world only seem to happen overnight. Really, they’re built on constantly pushing forward scientific research. That’s the sort of thing University of Ke...
Jul 10, 2011 12:05AM
The Government has recently announced changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment Scheme (CMC) and it has been suggested by leaders in the carbon and energy field that this will mean over 15,000 organi...
Jul 08, 2011 8:00PM
The switchable electric battery company, Better Place, has announced the opening of the first battery changing station in Denmark just outside Copenhagen in the city of Gladsaxe. Earlier this year, we...
Jul 03, 2011 4:00PM
By: Carrie Gonnella, 2011 EDF Climate Corps Public Sector FellowThis summer I am lucky to have a fellowship at Catawba College‘s
Jun 24, 2011 8:00PM
Summer has a way of changing people’s habits. When the heat is on, people tend to go out of their way to seek respite from the sun’s simmering rays. Extreme temperatures can send drivers, ...
Jun 23, 2011 12:05AM
A large set of decisions has recently been made at the United Nations Annual Climate Conference in an attempt to not only battle the changes but to create certainty within the market, particularly for...
Jun 21, 2011 12:05AM
Lord Hunt of Chesterton has acknowledged that ?monumental changes? must be made after the recognition last year that environmental conditions cannot be preserved.The accord was reached in December of ...
Jun 19, 2011 12:05AM
The Department for Energy and Climate Change has recently published its report on the prospects of Climate Change Agreements which outlines the most and least popular proposals in tackling the green i...
Jun 18, 2011 3:52PM
As any energy manager knows, it’s one thing to find energy-saving projects that are worth doing, and quite another to get them implemented.
Jun 17, 2011 3:29PM
Italian voters turn out in record numbers to oppose nuclear development.
Jun 15, 2011 4:22PM
Jun 15, 2011 2:30PM
Geothermal energy has been used since the Roman times for space heating and some countries, like Iceland, almost run entirely on geothermal. Geothermal is extremely cost effective, reliable and sustai...
Jun 14, 2011 3:35PM
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has recently raised a challenge whereby disciplines such as architects, designers, engineers and students in such industries are to attempt to re-think the ...
Jun 09, 2011 2:24PM
First of all, if you haven't watched Peter Sinclair's excellent video "Unwinding Hide the Decline"
Jun 07, 2011 6:14PM
Last month in Portland, Oregon the Northwest Institute For Social Change, with the stated goal of teaching
Jun 06, 2011 12:00AM
The Renewable Energy Foundation has published its findings of its recent investigation into the 2010 renewable energy target.The Foundation looked at data provided from both the Department of Energy a...
Jun 04, 2011 5:00PM
Many of us desire an electric vehicle to call our own. But not all of us have the time to charge an electric car in the garage overnight–or even a garage to charge it in. Designer Daniel Fitzger...
Jun 01, 2011 9:00PM
According to a new Gallup poll, consumers are willing to shift their buying habits towards more fuel efficient cars as gasoline reaches $5 a gallon, but not to the extent that causes a drastic change ...
May 31, 2011 6:45PM
Every year, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) challenges some of the nation’s top MBA students to head into corporate America and make it greener through the EDF Climate Corps. This year, 57 ...
May 28, 2011 12:06AM
Despite no mandatory reporting requirements or consistent measurement standards, a new research study by PwC and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) shows large businesses, which are measuring and rep...
May 19, 2011 4:49PM
How exactly is climate change affecting the pH level of northern seas? A
May 19, 2011 12:06AM
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference that is being held in Bangkok on 3-8 April 2011, the UN?s head climate change official ? Ms Figueres ? has called for the Government to give ?continued moment...
May 17, 2011 2:01AM
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May 17, 2011 12:05AM
Cities worldwide use two-thirds of the world?s energy and also produce two-thirds of the world?s greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore to tackle the effects of climate change, cities need to be targeted...
May 12, 2011 12:15AM
The Government has given clarification as to what it considers to be the meaning of a ?carbon budget?. Under the Climate Change Act, three sets of five-year budget periods must always be in place ? fo...
May 09, 2011 7:39PM
Findings from a major international panel on climate change released today suggest close to 80 percent of the world’s energy supply could come from renewables by mid-century if backed by proper ...
May 09, 2011 6:46PM
Part of the basic strategy involved in choosing a location for a wind power generation farm is considering places with consistent wind density. It stands to reason if you want to create energy from wi...
May 09, 2011 3:08PM
Massive rainfalls towards the end of April, 2011, have increased water levels along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, bringing them to record level highs.
May 09, 2011 3:02PM
The American Lung Association (ALA) recently released State of the Air 2011, its annual report on air pollution and which cities have got the worst.
May 06, 2011 3:17PM
A two-part study investigating the impact of methane - one of the most potent of greenhouse gases - has found that millions of tonnes of methane currently frozen in sediment beneath the Arctic Ocean...
May 05, 2011 4:09PM
Written by Louisiana author, Lynda Deniger, and illustrated by Paulette Ferguson, <em>Patti Pelican and the Gulf Oil Spill</em> is a cleverly done children's book inspired by Deepwate...
May 04, 2011 4:32PM
NASA satellite imagery shows us just how much sea ice is being lost compared to the average in the Arctic.
May 02, 2011 9:55PM
April 27 and April 28 saw the deadliest outbreak of tornado's strike the United States since 1974.
Apr 28, 2011 5:37PM
We've written about earthquakes a ton in the past month or two, as well as before that.
Apr 27, 2011 9:23PM
Yeah, that’s a long title. A number of recent political statements seem to indicate that us green bloggers aren’t the only ones frustrated by the GOP’s (and a handful of fossil-fuel-...
Apr 27, 2011 4:30PM
Household energy bills rarely come up as a topic of conversation, making them essentially invisible to others. The Energy Flair competition seeks to change that by igniting a little friendly competiti...
Apr 27, 2011 3:22PM
A report has been delivered to the United States Congress which assesses climate change risks and how these risks could impact water
Apr 26, 2011 1:57PM
New research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire shows that many Americans disagree on why climate change is occurring.
Apr 26, 2011 1:37PM
Gallup Surveys The World on Climate Change
Apr 21, 2011 10:54AM
I used to think that those who describe the Coalition Government as ‘Maoist’ in its overall approach were just a little over the top. Now I’m not so sure. Even after one ...
Apr 19, 2011 11:28PM
As we follow the chasing arrows reminding us to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle it's important to follow that order: Reduce what we consume; Reuse everything; and then when there's no further use ...
Apr 19, 2011 3:05PM
[Editor's Note: In this column we invited Katie Fehrenbacher, founding editor of Earth2Tech.com, and a writer for GigaOM.com, to write a column for us related to the upcoming Green:Net conference this...
Apr 19, 2011 12:18PM
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Apr 16, 2011 6:07PM
Gray wolves are being stripped of their status as an endangered species across most of the northern Rockies. I’ll bet you didn’t think they could do that, did you?
Apr 14, 2011 9:51PM
The internet has made communicating with politicians and corporations easier than ever, right?
Apr 13, 2011 6:42PM
There are some very widespread and incorrect conceptions about renewable energy sources. I mention and discuss some of the most common ones below.
Apr 12, 2011 5:35PM
New research out of The Australian National University has recorded for the first time what was once thought to be only theoretical; yo-yo subduction in the Earth's crust.
Apr 11, 2011 8:29PM
Understanding why the Antarctic Peninsula was warmed over the last half-century has been a complex study for scientists, as has been understanding the steady warming of the continental West Antarctica...
Apr 07, 2011 8:57PM
Most people will have seen the images depicting the devastating impact of the 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake which destroyed coastal towns along the Japanese east coast near Sendai.
Apr 07, 2011 8:53PM
A new paper which looks at three separate studies shows that humanities understanding of climate change and global warming is at times unduly influenced by something as simple as how cold or warm it i...
Apr 07, 2011 3:15PM
The United Kingdom’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set the goal of installing 53 million smart meters in 30 million homes over the next eight years. The department claims th...
Apr 06, 2011 12:01AM
A new analysis conducted by a team of scientists, led by Drew Shindell of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, used global composition climate modelling to examine the impact of adopting ...
Apr 05, 2011 9:21PM
Climate change is sometimes portrayed as a victimless crime, but it’s not.
Apr 04, 2011 12:01AM
It appears that the US is gradually winning its battle against greenhouse gas emissions after the US Energy Information Administration reported that there were 6,576million metric tons carbon dioxide ...
Mar 31, 2011 10:51PM
Last month, we covered an epic new study by Dr. Paul Epstein,
Mar 30, 2011 7:45PM
Toyota announced a series of production date changes following the
Mar 30, 2011 4:07PM
Most people think of volcanoes as explosive cloud belching behemoths that interrupt air travel or end civilizations.
Mar 30, 2011 4:01PM
Russia’s boreal forest is the largest continuous expanse of forest in the world. It is located in the northern reaches of the country, includes much of Siberia, and is approximately the size of ...
Mar 28, 2011 12:29PM
Trust Swedish Volvo to design an electric car able to withstand extreme cold. It has been a major concern in the development of the first electric models, that fluctuations in temperature will negativ...
Mar 22, 2011 7:39PM
Editor Brigid Darragh reports on the USDA's announcement to award $60mil in funding to continued research on the effect of climate change on U.S. agriculture.
Mar 16, 2011 3:44PM
As Forum’s work on cities shows, a sustainable future depends on how well cities can perform – as places to live, work and flourish (see our city-related projects: Megacities on the m...
Mar 11, 2011 7:52PM
Okinawa, Japan is home to 14 large U.S. military bases. With news of the massive earthquake in Japan and resulting tsunami, many U.S. citizens are legitimately concerned about their relatives in Okina...
Mar 11, 2011 7:44PM
Humanity often thinks it has explored to the known reaches of our world; seen everything there is to see, and now we’re just waiting for better space travel.
Mar 10, 2011 7:33PM
A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan, show that more Americans believe in “climate change” than in “global warming.”
Mar 10, 2011 12:05PM
Exxon’s Tillerson rejects BP take on spill. [Financial Times]GOP will move bill to block EPA climate rules despite Dem pleas for a delay. [E2Wire via The Hill]US names 19 priority renewable energy pr...
Mar 09, 2011 12:07PM
Subpar record-keeping at Energy Dept.'s loan guarantee program, audit finds. [Los Angeles Times]Iberdrola bids $3.5 Billion for shares in Renovables Renewable-energy unit. [Bloomberg]Climate scientist...
Mar 08, 2011 11:25AM
Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne paid a visit to firm global clean power systems company , Intelligent Energy, yesterday as he explored the UK’s role in developing commercial app...
Mar 07, 2011 7:35PM
UK marine energy development 'will benefit from clustering' The "building blocks" which will support the UK's marine energy future are being laid in locations across the UK, e...
Mar 04, 2011 3:41PM
Can a pull on the heartstrings prompt us to change old habits?Would sustainability at home come more naturally if resource use was a clear, emotional choice?That’s the idea behind Yan Lu’s...
Mar 03, 2011 4:47PM
A group of major apparel and footwear brands joined with NGOs and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week to launch the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.
Mar 03, 2011 4:33PM
Global warming is "loading the dice" to increase the frequency of record-setting snowstorms like those that have pounded the United States and Europe the past two winters, according to sci...
Mar 01, 2011 7:02PM
Editor Jimmy Mengel reports as the world's coral reefs could be history by 2050, according to a new report from the The World Resources Institute.
Mar 01, 2011 5:04PM
In the past, innovation and creativity has often been a negative part of our sustainability conundrum – generating more ‘stuff’ to fuel ‘use and chuck’ lifestyles, creati...
Mar 01, 2011 5:00PM
GHG emissions due to human activity substantially increased the odds of damaging floods occurring in England and Wales in Autumn 2000 according to new research from Oxford University which has been...
Mar 01, 2011 3:34AM
New research amongst 16-24 year olds in the United Kingdom shows that young people are optimistic about achieving a sustainable future, although in some areas, such as reducing their meat intake, many...
Mar 01, 2011 12:32AM
The Envisat – Environmental Satellite – launched by the European Space Agency in 2002 captured this image using the MERIS on 5 February 2011 of the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches bey...
Mar 01, 2011 12:27AM
Over 64,000 trees were planted in 15 minutes last Thursday, setting a world record for the largest number of trees being simultaneously planted. The planting occurred in the province of Camrines Sur i...
Feb 28, 2011 11:41PM
For the contiguous United States of America, January saw snow reach every one of the 50 states except for Florida. The image comes courtesy of NASA's MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite, showing...
Feb 28, 2011 6:20PM
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Feb 28, 2011 4:59PM
In the 20-state area that participates in a cap-and-trade program to reduce NOx emissionsfrom power plants, NOx emissions have declined dramatically. The reduction is visible even from space, scien...
Feb 28, 2011 4:34PM
A study led by Tim Nawrot from the Hasselt University in Belgium reached a stunning conclusion: chances are people can suffer a heart attack because of pollution than because of marijuana, coffee, ...
Feb 28, 2011 2:54PM
For those of you who care about population issues, here’s a small thing you can do right now. Sign up to the Population Institute’s “Million for a Billion” campaign petition ww...
Feb 25, 2011 11:19PM
Researchers led by members of the University of Pittsburgh have extracted a sediment core from the lakebed of Castor Lake in north central Washington which provides a six thousand year climate record ...
Feb 25, 2011 11:14PM
Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is dogged in his pursuit to expose global warming as the "largest hoax ever perpetrated on mankind" - even if he has to perpetrate a few hoaxes of his own to p...
Feb 25, 2011 10:56PM
West Virginia’s new job growth brings landfills, drug rehab centers, 4-wheeler trails, and prisons. Now, that’s what I call progress. If coal is such a good thing for West Virginia, then w...
Feb 25, 2011 12:38AM
The 6.3 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday apparently caused a massive iceberg, estimated at 30 - 40 tonnes, to shear off from Tasman Glacier and drop in Tasman G...
Feb 24, 2011 8:29PM
A new comprehensive analysis finds that 75% of the world's coral reefs are currently threatened by local and global pressures. For the first time, the analysis includes threats from climate cha...
Feb 24, 2011 8:23PM
Even as a fierce debate rages in Congress about whether or not to handcuff the ability of the EPA to deal with coal-fired power plant pollution, a new report from the Environmental Integrity Projec...
Feb 24, 2011 3:27PM
Given the Chamber's ardent undercutting of all efforts to deal with climate change in a thoughtful manner during the last Congress - see, for instance, this Washington Post article from late 2009...
Feb 22, 2011 4:49PM
There is no shortage of articles or arguments about how much humans contribute to climate change and extreme weather- you could even say there is a flood of them. What there is less of, though, perhap...
Feb 21, 2011 4:50PM
Contributing editor Paul Scott reviews Carbon Nation.
Feb 18, 2011 2:07PM
The large scale roll out of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) will be hindered unless investors stimulate demand, lower the cost of public charging infrastructure and manage the impact on the grid, acc...
Feb 17, 2011 9:38PM
If An Inconvenient Truth created a cultural shift toward going green, then the movie Climate Refugees is a wake up call that will help people to understand that extreme climatic shifts will create env...
Feb 17, 2011 8:53PM
Climate change minister calls for tighter security for carbon registries Climate change minister Greg Barker has called for tighter security measures to be put in place surrounding European Union (EU)...
Feb 17, 2011 3:17PM
Green Chip Living's Angela Guss reports on a new report detailing ways the U.S. beef industry can take steps toward lowering global warming emissions.
Feb 17, 2011 12:59PM
Yesterday I was asked to share my practical tips on how to get a Board involved, and to stay involved in sustainability. The venue was the M&S Plan A supplier conference; the audience, was, well, ...
Feb 16, 2011 4:39PM
The world's second largest palm oil company has agreed to a new standard to conserve vulnerable carbon-rich forests and peatlands in Indonesia, according Geneva-based nonprofit The Forest Trus...
Feb 16, 2011 3:16PM
President Obama today presented John Adams, the founding director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor. Adams is...
Feb 16, 2011 3:01PM
[Editor's Note: The Environmental Defense Fund [EDF] is our guest writer for this column. In it Jill Logeman,
Feb 15, 2011 11:31PM
Much of the world’s focus is on reducing carbon dioxide emissions – but have we overlooked the emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the process?
Feb 15, 2011 10:04PM
A fascinating article in Slate noted that 55% of scientists in the U.S. are Democrats, as opposed to 6% Republicans (with the remainder being independents or “don’t know”). Since mo...
Feb 15, 2011 7:47PM
The clean energy industry has criticised the Federal Government's decision to cut clean energy funding by $495 million to fund the flood relief package.
Feb 15, 2011 7:07PM
An independent Climate Commission has been launched and Professor Tim Flannery has been appointed as Chief Commissioner, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet has anno...
Feb 15, 2011 5:30PM
Sick of your kids always leaving the lights and television on, wasting energy and contributing to global warming? Vote your support for the Smart and Cute Power Monitor in this year’s Ecomaginat...
Feb 15, 2011 5:00PM
Climate change could cripple UK infrastructure in the future if action is not taken to mitigate its effects, a new report has warned. Engineering the Future was presented to the government's c...
Feb 15, 2011 4:54PM
The government's decision to review the FiT payments for farm-based AD has been welcomed by members of the industry. Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne announced this week the ...
Feb 15, 2011 4:20PM
The Renewable Fuel Agency's second annual report shows that big oil companies - including BP, Chevron, Murco, Total, INEOS and Morgan all missed all three sustainability performance targets set a...
Feb 11, 2011 6:28PM
Editor Jimmy Mengel discusses the hostile questioning of EPA Chief Lisa Jackson and how Republican congressmen are seeking to protect the profits of big energy companies at the expense of public healt...
Feb 09, 2011 12:00PM
Despite move by Congress to curtail the oversight powers of the Environmental Protection Agency, a new USA TODAY/Gallup survey shows Americans want the agency to do more – not less t...
Feb 07, 2011 5:23PM
The Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC), located appropriately enough in Fairbanks, Alaska, has earned LEED Platinum certification. That makes it the northernmost building in the world to gai...
Feb 07, 2011 2:43PM
Tony Hayward Preps Come Back Tony Hayward, the former chief executive officer of BP, is understood to be preparing a return to the corporate scene, and is considering several offers, including a ventu...
Feb 07, 2011 11:22AM
I’ve never been one for corporate jargon – I don’t “push the envelope”. My thought processes are never “blue sky” or “out of the box”. So when I c...
Feb 06, 2011 10:56PM
There is no evidence that environmental degradation linked to climate change would result in large flows of international migrants, according to research published today. The International Institut...
Feb 04, 2011 10:36PM
Following a series of symbolic votes by the newly reenergized Republican Party, including one to “repeal” the health care law, this week saw a GOP-led effort to roll back the Environmental Protection...
Feb 04, 2011 6:04PM
What happens when you place top MBA students in major companies with a mission to develop practical, actionable energy efficiency plans that cut costs and greenhouse gas emissions? According to Victor...
Feb 02, 2011 7:11PM
Last monday night BBC Four aired a documentary which took a look at climate change sceptics and in particular one of the movement's most prominent poster boys, Lord Christopher Monckton, 3rd Visc...
Feb 01, 2011 10:44PM
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) is working with the Obama Administration to develop a proposal for an energy standard that would require 80% of the nations power to come from cleaner sources--as s...
Feb 01, 2011 5:13PM
Republican Sen. John Barrasso, who is fast becoming Congress’ most prominent climate change denier, introduced a bill Monday to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s powers to regulate greenhou...
Feb 01, 2011 4:28PM
While it may be tempting to conclude the biting cold and endless snow characterizing this winter in the Northern US and Europe is just a random weather event, scientists say it's a result of very...
Jan 31, 2011 10:10PM
The Brazilian government has issued a "partial" installation license for an enormous hydroelectric dam opposed by human rights and environmental advocacy groups.
Jan 28, 2011 6:06PM
2010 was the World's second warmest year since records began in 1850 according to the UK's CU. Meanwhile, Australian climate scientists said that climate change has likely intensified the ...
Jan 27, 2011 8:05PM
Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, Calif., and Dan Barber, owner of Blue Hill in Manhattan, have signed a pledge not to serve bluefin in their restaurants. They join more than 25,000 pe...
Jan 26, 2011 9:56PM
More than 50% of large businesses and 60% of their suppliers have seen cost savings as a result of carbon management activities, according to a new supply chain report.
Jan 26, 2011 4:55PM
R.T. Jones shares his thoughts on killing off the EPA.
Jan 26, 2011 1:44AM
Carol Browner, who headed the Obama administration's push for comprehensive climate change, is leaving her White House post. She gave way to the term Climate Czar shortly after President Obama to...
Jan 25, 2011 8:17PM
Japan is expected to further its environmental push after the Nikkei revealed the government will adopt energy efficiency standards for industrial motors as early as fiscal 2012.
Jan 25, 2011 12:10PM
Sulfurcell, the German maker of CIS thin-film photovoltaic modules, has secured €18.8 million ($25 million) in equity funding from long-time backers, including Intel Capital, the chip-maker’s V...
Jan 24, 2011 6:38PM
Green Chip Living's Angela Guss reports on a recent report by The Pew Center on Global Climate Change regarding transportation emissions within the United States.
Jan 23, 2011 1:10AM
Los Angeles, it would seem, is taking an aggressive stance on cleaning up its smoggy reputation. First, we received word that L.A. Metro had retired its last diesel bus, in favor of a cleaner-burning ...
Jan 22, 2011 3:55PM
Europe needs tougher targets to stay competitive, say companies. Some of Europe’s largest corporations, including Acciona, Google, Marks & Spencer and Nike, have called on the EU to set toug...
Jan 22, 2011 1:22AM
BP: Carbon emissions will peak after 2020 Global carbon emissions are set to peak just after 2020, despite the reduction targets set by a number of individual nations, a new analysis by BP predicts. I...
Jan 22, 2011 12:40AM
According to a new study by the NREL climate control loads can reduce charge depleting range in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles by as much as 35 per cent. However, its study also found that it is pos...
Jan 21, 2011 1:26AM
The future of the CIA's Center on Climate Change and National Security is in jeopardy, with the influx of conservative lawmakers in Washington and pressure to reduce intelligence budgets. That&...
Jan 18, 2011 5:46PM
Follow Arctic sea ice changes, calculate your local wind energy capacity, and learn about car-free transportation alternatives, all from your iPhone or iPad, courtesy of Climate Central's Alana Range....
Jan 17, 2011 8:13PM
The bodies of virtually all U.S. pregnant women carry multiple chemicals, including some banned since the 1970s and others used in common products such as non-stick cookware, processed foods and perso...
Jan 15, 2011 7:32PM
Martha Stewart made it pretty and KB Homes made it what they say is green–’it’ being the KB Home “GreenHouse: An Idea Home,” a new net-zero residence featured by Builder ...
Jan 15, 2011 6:52PM
A leading environmental charity is calling for action on air pollution in the UK after recent research revealed that it could contribute to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths a year in the UK....
Jan 14, 2011 7:56PM
Edinburgh has "particular claim" as GIB location Edinburgh is a strong candidate for the location of the GIB, energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne has claimed. Speaking at a meeti...
Jan 14, 2011 5:14PM
Contributing editor Craig Shields offers a rational response to the climate change debate.
Jan 14, 2011 3:08AM
Global surface temperatures in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on record, according to an analysis released Wednesday by researchers at NASA's GISS in New York. The two years differed by less than ...
Jan 11, 2011 2:12AM
Long-term climate predictions have shown sea levels could rise 13 feet within the next 1,000 years. Published in Nature Geoscience, the report is the first to look at the effects of climate change ove...
Jan 10, 2011 2:59PM
Editor Brigid Darragh reports on the latest effects of climate change in India, where rising temperatures and frenetic rainfall patterns are altering an important national crop.
Jan 09, 2011 8:09PM
2011 - the year for biodiversity, Saharan solar power and consumer supremacy. 1. Nowhere to hide, as the open society finally arrives 2. Africa: from basket case to boomtime? 3. Biodiversity: it'...
Jan 09, 2011 7:56PM
We’d like to respond to some comment on the web, which appears to misunderstand the purpose of our Megacities on the move scenarios. When Forum for the Future develops scenarios they aren’...
Jan 09, 2011 6:00PM
Incoming New Mexico Republican Governor Susana Martinez has canceled the planned publication in the state register of two rules: the New Energy Economy rule aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions...
Jan 07, 2011 10:55PM
After a two-week hiatus, G.E.R.’s The Week In Green Energy is back! And in Washington, after four years in the minority, Republicans are also back! Dark days for green energy lie ahead. The last...
Jan 07, 2011 5:56PM
Community projects aimed at improving carbon emissions in Scotland are being asked to apply for the next round of the Scottish government's CCF. Measures announced in the draft budget in Novem...
Jan 06, 2011 1:13AM
On February 1, Green Energy Reporter (G.E.R.) will roll out a premium subscription package that will offer exclusive information and analysis on critical policy decisions and financing affecting clean...
Jan 05, 2011 2:24AM
As Republicans move to prevent the US EPA from regulating carbon emissions, and countries drop their carbon trading schemes because of lack of international action, extreme climate-change related weat...
Dec 30, 2010 7:06PM
A satirical "thank you" from Big Oil.
Dec 23, 2010 4:38AM
A new study has suggested airborne pollution may have contributed to the premature death of up to 200,000 Brits. The COMEAP study said such pollution, especially particles released from cars and ot...
Dec 22, 2010 1:24AM
Thousands of events and activities, highlighting the positive steps being taken to help combat climate change, are being planned by organisations from every sector for the UK's first Climate Week...
Dec 22, 2010 1:21AM
2010 is set to be the hottest year on record according to leading meteorological organisations, despite the freezing December weather in the UK and Europe. NASA recently released data which showed tha...
Dec 21, 2010 5:39AM
Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), one of the lead climate change deniers in the House of Representatives, is set to become the vice chair of the House Science Committee. He agreed to take the second-in-c...
Dec 17, 2010 10:21PM
Certainty — albeit short term certainty — that’s what the renewable energy industry got this week. By signing a controversial bill extending the Bush tax cuts, President Obama also e...
Dec 17, 2010 6:30PM
Energy reforms laid out by the government could see three-quarters of the UK's power coming from low-carbon sources by 2030, energy secretary Chris Huhne has claimed.
Dec 16, 2010 4:40PM
An interesting news regarding how pollution actually works and how nature tries to combat it comes from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher, Harald Stark. He says that during ...
Dec 16, 2010 1:55AM
If you read yesterday's wrap-up coverage on the UN climate conference in Cancun, you may have noticed it included no information on the initiative to reduce tropical deforestation--known as RED...
Dec 14, 2010 4:49PM
Delegates at the United Nations' (UN) summit in Cancun reached an agreement on curbing climate change, although the pledge was not as strong as some had hoped. The deal called for stricter r...
Dec 13, 2010 10:56PM
The global community is a long way from having a new treaty on climate change, but the general consensus, following Sunday's conclusion of UN talks in Cancun, is that the negotiating process is...
Dec 13, 2010 10:46PM
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the release of the U.S. Department of Agricultures Climate Change Science Plan last week at UN climated talks in Cancun. The plan's stated objective ...
Dec 10, 2010 6:16PM
Carbon emissions from the United Nations climate change summit in Cancun will total 25,000 tonnes, the Mexican government has revealed. The two-week conference is being attended by representatives...
Dec 09, 2010 3:20PM
Internet giant Google, certainly no slouch when it comes to dealing with issues related to green technology, opened up another front for itself in this arena last week at the International Climate Cha...
Dec 07, 2010 5:30PM
Commentators are so pessimistic about the odds of success at the United Nations’ Cancun climate change talks that they’ve been talking about failure in Mexico since Copenhagen failed. Now ...
Dec 06, 2010 11:15PM
Approximately 5 million people will die over the next ten years due to climate change. They are currently dying at a pace of 350,000 per year, and that rate will increase to one million fatalities per...
Dec 06, 2010 11:13PM
Two species of seals, threatened by climate change and diminishing sea ice, may soon gain protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NOAA's Fisheries Service is proposing to list four...
Dec 06, 2010 10:36PM
Specific emissions pledges are expected to be made by more countries this week, according to Mexico - the host of the current United Nations climate change summit. Some 85 nations made specific ple...
Dec 06, 2010 10:33PM
The Met Office has dramatically revised predictions made about the impact climate change will have on rising sea levels. A new report by the organisation has effectively halved the "worst case sc...
Dec 06, 2010 10:17PM
Let's face it, the weather gods must be climate sceptics. Why else would they choose the start of the Cancun summit to smother half of Europe in snow?
Dec 06, 2010 10:08PM
For a surprisingly large number of environmentalists, offsetting is a still a dirty word. Deep scepticism about the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism, combined with a few early stories...
Dec 06, 2010 12:16AM
Developing countries are determined that action on climate change must not stifle their economies or deny their citizens a better standard of life. They need to identify affordable sources of energy t...
Dec 06, 2010 12:13AM
Experts estimated that by 1950 every street in cities like London and New York would be buried nine feet deep in horse manure. A massive public health and sanitation crisis loomed, yet there was no ...
Dec 06, 2010 12:03AM
While working on sustainable innovation in Silicon Valley and New York, I picked up some great tips from some of the top thinkers out there. Here’s five: Ask challenging questions. Look in the r...
Dec 05, 2010 2:55AM
Climate Change Linked to Increased Occurrence of Floods, Drought, Storms. Yet another report, released just over a week ago, details the effects of climate change and the growing number of natural d...
Dec 04, 2010 10:09PM
On 2 November 2010 Chris Huhne, the Secretary of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced the Energy Security and Green Economy Bill - known as the "Green Deal". The b...
Dec 03, 2010 3:15PM
It isn’t every day an announcement heralding confirmation of a new process for producing vast amounts of cheap energy comes over the transom. So skepticism is in order. Plus, we’re talkin...
Dec 03, 2010 2:12PM
Large British companies increasingly believe the benefits of carbon reporting outweigh the costs, a new report has suggested.
Dec 03, 2010 2:09PM
The United Nations' (UN) climate change summit in Cancun will not produce a binding agreement on global warming, energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne has claimed.
Dec 03, 2010 2:04PM
Scotland's religious leaders have written to the prime minister slamming the attitude of the western world towards climate-related issues in developing nations.
Dec 01, 2010 1:18AM
To nab mobsters, law enforcement has to do business with some pretty unsavory characters. A similar reality might be at play in the U.S. government's pursuit of job-creating clean-energy projec...
Nov 26, 2010 2:47PM
Following the release of the Environmental Audit Committee's (EAC) report on air quality published back in March this year, the Government's has put a figure on the effect that air pollution...
Nov 24, 2010 9:59PM
Cap-and-Trade is dead even though it was originally a Republican idea. Rather than adding new carbon taxes, cap-and-trade uses the free market to trade emission credits, but even that is now viewed as...
Nov 24, 2010 9:15PM
Brands create desire. That's how they work. Not just the desire to have and to hold that soft leather handbag or slick shiny laptop - but to be the swish lady or creative type in the ad. But can ...
Nov 23, 2010 8:05PM
China reiterated its stance on climate change ahead of UN climate summit in Cancun next week, promising effective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years. A worker stands...
Nov 22, 2010 7:12PM
A global analysis, published in Nature Geoscience and conducted by researchers in the UK, predicted that carbon emissions will increase by three percent this year, which is similar to the growth rates...
Nov 21, 2010 11:07PM
A new report says the temperature in India could increase by 3.8°F by 2030, due largely in part to climate change. The new report is the work of 220 Indian scientists and 120 research institu...
Nov 19, 2010 5:32PM
More must be done to combat climate change Climate change is now a central feature in UK board rooms, but Britain must do more to combat the risks it presents, the CBI has warned. Richard Lambert said...
Nov 18, 2010 10:05PM
A new industry workgroup, including Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO, HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Sony Electronics (NYSE: SNE), will begin work developing energy efficiency targets and best practices for networking techn...
Nov 18, 2010 9:33PM
Ice Melt Due To Global Warming Could Trigger Colder Winters In Northern Regions, Study Claims By Ovidiu Sandru in Global Warming on November 18, 2010 Glaciers under treat Berg 019 300x286 Ice Melt...
Nov 18, 2010 8:26PM
Technology and the will to actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the US have led to the lowering of carbon dioxide that exits the tailpipes by 14 percent per mile over the last six years, while ...
Nov 18, 2010 7:49PM
Here's a great solution to the NIMBYism that building new transmission dredges up, commissioned by Landsnet, a public company that owns and runs the electrical transmission system in Iceland.
Nov 17, 2010 10:12PM
The troposphere, the lower part of the atmosphere closest to the Earth, is warming and this warming is broadly consistent with both theoretical expectations and climate models, according to a new sc...
Nov 17, 2010 8:47PM
We know irrigation works- meaning, we know that we can turn a desert into farmland. But how much do we know about the side effects? A new report from two New York researchers entitled Irrigation and 2...
Nov 17, 2010 7:45PM
A group of the world's largest investors has called for decisive action in the fight against climate change to avoid economic crisis. The statement, signed by 259 investors with assets totallin...
Nov 17, 2010 12:52AM
Apparently, the prevailing winds in the "free" atmosphere about 1,000 meters above the ground are maintained by a temperature gradient that decreases toward the poles. According to Ren, ...
Nov 16, 2010 9:30PM
Many great civilisations have fallen, leaving nothing but cracked ruins and scattered genetics. Although the number of collapsed nations is high, the underlying problems which provoke their demise ten...
Nov 15, 2010 5:50PM
Previous assumptions that rainforests could become extinct due to global warming have been challenged in a new study. Conducted by The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and published in the jou...
Nov 10, 2010 6:06PM
Collective national commitments to reduce greenhouse gases are not likely to be enough to meet the targets set out in the Copenhagen Accord, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Oct 26, 2010 2:24PM
A team of U.S. and Canadian researchers have recently showed how new routes connecting trade partners on the premises of the warming and ice melting in the Arctic Ocean could further accelerate the ic...
Oct 25, 2010 3:04PM
Climate Strategy & Partners, a specialist consultancy in strategies relating to climate change, has issued a white paper aimed at unravelling many of the complex issues surrounding the financing o...
Oct 22, 2010 1:48PM
The UK's leading scientific establishment has published its own layman's guide to the science of climate change, in the hope of countering the confusion and inaccurate claims that continue t...
Oct 21, 2010 11:05PM
Ross Secord, a researcher from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln theorizes how a past global warming that occurred about 56 million years ago could have been influenced by an even older pulse of warm...
Oct 20, 2010 9:22PM
Threats to marine life are approaching a tipping point, according to a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released Tuesday at the biodiversity summit in Nagoya, Japan.
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