posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
The current UK government carries the scars of repeated blows from the
environmental lobby over its failure to "walk the walk" on climate change.
So with some interest as to whether the umbrella of the UK ...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the south-west coast of New
Zealand, prompting a brief tsunami warning but causing little damage. The
tremor struck around the tip of New Zealand's South Isla...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
Ambitious plans to generate one third of UK electricity from renewables by
2020 form the centrepiece of government plans for a low carbon future.
Financial packages for wind and wave energy and changes to ...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
The government has announced what it describes as radical plans to cut our
emissions. The measures are designed, ministers say, to allow communities to
"walk the walk" when it comes to reducing their carbo...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
The government seized control of key levers in the energy sector today in an
attempt to kickstart a stalling "green energy" revolution and head off the
threats of global warming and a rundown in North Sea ...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will double the share of its electricity
generated from low carbon sources by 2020 as part of plans to cut emissions
and counter global warming, the government said on Wednesday.
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand and Australia canceled tsunami
warnings on Wednesday after an earthquake struck the south of New Zealand,
causing minor damage but no injuries.
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
PARIS (Reuters) - Production of biodiesel in the European Union rose by more
than 35 percent in 2008 and capacity will grow again this year although half
the plants are idle due to poor demand, the EU prod...
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A dramatic warming of the planet 55 million years ago
cannot be solely explained by a surge in carbon dioxide levels, a study
shows, highlighting gaps in scientists' understanding of ...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON, DC, July 14, 2009 (ENS) - This year's Atlantic hurricane season
could be less severe than usual due to start of another El Nino period in
June. The Pacific Ocean warming phenomenon has a major ...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 7 hours ago
The oil giant that environmentalists love to hate, ExxonMobil, which for
years denied the existence of man-made climate change, is sensationally
"going green" in a very literal sense - investing $600m (£36...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 1 day ago
Britain's honeybees are disappearing at an "alarming" rate, yet the
government is taking "little interest" in the problem, a group of MPs has
said. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says bees, vital for ...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 1 day ago
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is scrambling to divert power supplies to the
countryside to irrigate rice and oilseed crops and limit damage after the
worst start to the vital monsoon season in eight decades ...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 1 day ago
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission approved on Tuesday state aid
involved in a British scheme for trading carbon dioxide emissions, part of
the country's effort to fight global warming.
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 1 day ago
Beijing, China -- Major China-based producers and users of palm oil have
announced they intend to provide more support for sustainable palm oil, an
important boost for efforts to halt tropical deforestatio...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 1 day ago
GOLDEN, Colorado, July 14, 2009 (ENS) - Thin film technologies are inspiring
new solar applications with potential to increase the generation of clean
electricity, such as printed modules that double as ro...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 1 day ago
The publication of the government's climate change strategy tomorrow should
herald the beginning of a new era in the fight against climate change. While
the public-facing, energy-saving policies may catch ...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 2 days ago
The UK must invest more in nuclear and clean coal energy and put less
emphasis on wind power if it wants a secure low-carbon future, business
leaders say. The CBI says government energy policy is "disjoint...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 2 days ago
Watching the US political drama the West Wing one night, Ed Miliband found
he had something in common with Josh Lyman, who plays the deputy White House
chief of staff. Both, Miliband says, have been exaspe...
posted by null at Save Our Earth Environmental News - 2 days ago
Climate scientists have warned of wild weather in the year ahead as the
start of the global "El Niño" climate phenomenon exacerbates the impacts of
global warming. As well as droughts, floods and other ext...
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