People in Britain have begun to think the unthinkable. That climate change is actually here. As huge swaths of the country are under water, with many communities without power or water people are asking whether this is a freak of nature or this is climate change. In may places over a month’s rain fell in … Read More
Climate Change
A Hummer And a Divided Nation
Interesting story in today’s Independent about events in Brandywine Street, a suburb of Washington DC, which the paper argues is “now on the frontline of America’s fractious debate about climate change.” It reports: “Early on Monday morning, two masked men arrived there wielding baseball bats and a machete. They then set about attacking the enormous … Read More
Sea Levels May Rise by 9 Inches This Century
The melting of mountain glaciers and ice caps as a result of global warming over the next century is likely to cause bigger than expected increases in sea levels, according to scientists. An assessment of the volume of water running into the oceans from melting ice caps suggests that sea levels could rise by two … Read More
Celebs Target India in Climate Change Drive
As part of Global Cool’s campaign to raise awareness of climate change in India, Hollywood celebrity actress Sienna Miller has joined forces with Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan to urge Indians to do more to curb global warming. The Hollywood actress, and star of “Casanova,” “Layer Cake” and “Alfie” met Bachchan in Mumbai at the start … Read More
US Urged to Act on Energy
The US should adopt the toughest possible fuel economy standards for motor vehicles and join a global framework for managing carbon dioxide emissions. These are the findings of a Bush administration-commissioned study of the energy industry, led by Lee Raymond, the former chairman of Exxon.
Crisis in the Himalaya
Yesterday the Independent highlighted how rising sea-level rise is causing catastrophe in the South Pacific, and today the New York Times reports of melting Himalayan glaciers, which “points to a looming worldwide concern, with particularly serious repercussions for India and its neighbors”. The paper reports: “The thousands of glaciers studded across 1,500 miles of the … Read More
S.O.S South Pacific
The Independent leads with yet another climate change related front page about how climate change is ravaging Tuvalu in the South Pacific. “For Tuvalu, reports the paper “a string of nine picturesque atolls and coral islands, global warming is not an abstract danger; it is a daily reality. The tiny South Pacific nation, only four … Read More
BP: Back to Profit
Well it was on the cards that with a change in leadership came a change in direction. Tony Hayward, chief executive of BP, is planning a cultural shift at BP by playing down Lord Browne’s emphasis on the environment and refocus BP on profit. Mr Hayward and other directors have discussed the corporate mantra “Beyond … Read More
New Study Counters Climate Sceptics’ Main Argument
The sceptics must be choking on their corn-flakes this morning, as one of their main arguments to counter the mainstream consensus about climate change has yet again been shot down in flames. In building their argument that human activity is not to blame for climate change, the sceptics have argued that the current warming is … Read More
Zero Carbon Nation
Britain could cut carbon emissions to zero in 20 years but only if people accept a virtual end to air travel and stop using fuel-driven cars, a report by the Centre for Alternative Technology argues Meat would also need to disappear off many menus and an “armada” of wind turbines built around the coast to … Read More