Archive for March, 2010
Britain brandishes olive branch to restart global climate change talks
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Climate secretary Ed Miliband conceded considerable ground, offering to sign a new Kyoto treaty as developing countries' demand, but while also requiring that those nations enshrine their commitments to tackling global warming in international law.
UK government claims world first with public sector climate change regime
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Rachel Fielding, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 31 March 2010 at 15:56:00 Carbon Reduction Delivery and Adaptation Plans set out for every major government department The UK government has today unveiled one of the widest ranging public sector climate change strategies in the world, the the publication of detailed new strategies outlining how every major government department will address the ...
Maggie Gyllenhaall, Kevin Bacon, Zach Braff and other celebs unite against climate change
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Celebs including Zach Braff, Maggie Gyllenhall, Kevin Bacon and more were out in force last night to help raise public awareness about climate change.
Climate Change Plan published today
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Defra’s Climate Change Plan was published today as part of a cross-Government initiative to tackle climate change. The plan is one of 16 being launched by all major Government departments, in a joint effort to tackle the challenges the country faces from climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE: From Copenhagen to Cochabamba
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Source: IPS A different way of fighting global warming will be tried out in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba when government representatives and thousands of activists gather for the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.
Climate change scandal: MPs exonerate professor (Independent)
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Professor Phil Jones, the climate scientist at the centre of the scandal over the leak of sensitive emails from a university computer, has been largely exonerated by a powerful cross-party committee of MPs who said his scientific reputation remains intact.
Oil conglomerate ’secretly funds climate change deniers’
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
An oil conglomerate has allegedly spent nearly £16.5 million ($25 million) on campaigns to discredit climate change and clean energy policies, according to a new report.
Oil conglomerate ’secretly funds climate change deniers’ (Daily Telegraph)
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
An oil conglomerate has allegedly spent nearly £16.5 million ($25 million) on campaigns to discredit climate change and clean energy policies, according to a new report.
Climate change sceptics on your TV
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Winning over hearts and minds in the fight against climate change has run into a cold front: America's television weather forecasters. Perhaps even more worring for the climate change camp are the 63% of weather presenters who think global warming is caused mainly by natural environmental change.
Climate change sceptics on your TV (Guardian Unlimited)
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Winning over hearts and minds in the fight against climate change has run into a cold front: America's television weather forecasters. Perhaps even more worring for the climate change camp are the 63% of weather presenters who think global warming is caused mainly by natural environmental change.