NewsRack: demo/Climate-Change

Five Ways You Can Help Pakistan (and the Rest of Us) - Truthout - All Articles

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

As the world comes to terms with the mind-boggling scale of the tragedy in Pakistan, many Americans are asking what we can do to aid the flood victims.

Some may hesitate to contribute to flood relief because we associate Pakistan with qualities we don’t admire—nuclear proliferation, religious fundamentalism, the oppression of women, and a corrupt and powerful military. But the people of Pakistan are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators of these problems, and above all else, they are fellow human beings in dire need.

Another Item for Climate Panel's To-Do List - NY Times: Science

By ANDREW C. REVKIN — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change would do well to cultivate contacts between its authors and reporters in poor countries.

Mexico FM dampens expectations for Cancun talks - Boston Globe: Latest

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Mexico FM dampens expectations for Cancun talks

Miliband brothers fighting for top Labour post - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Mom is neutral. Everyone else has an opinion.

Why the 'sixth extinction' will be unpredictable - New Scientist: Being Human

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Why the 'sixth extinction' will be unpredictable

India needs to shift from coal to other sources of energy: IEA - New Kerala: World News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Prince Charles urges people to wear old clothes - Hindustan Times: News

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has urged people to wear more old and recycled clothes, and natural fabrics like him so as to help reduce the world's carbon footprint and halt climate change.

Live chat: Organic Fortnight kicks off - The Guardian -- Front Page

Adam Vaughan — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

With Organic Fortnight starting today, join us at 1pm to discuss organic food, products and farming with Peter Melchett, policy director of the Soil Association To mark the start of Organic Fortnight today and discuss everything to do with organics, we're joined between 1 and 2pm by Peter Melchett. Melchett is policy director at the UK organic food and farming organisation, the Soil Association , which has organised the fortnight of events from a festival to farm visits . Whatever you want to ask on organic produce and issues, this is your chance. Interested in Zac Goldsmith's idea that food for schools, hospitals and care homes should be organic ? Want to quiz Melchett on a specific aspect of the Soil Association's work, such as how it ...

Tripura docu-feature screened in Green Film Festival - New Kerala: World News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

BP points to innovations arising from gulf oil spill - Washington Post: Nation

Marc Kaufman — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

BP points to innovations arising from gulf oil spill

Storm surge a growing menace as sea levels rise worldwide - Boston Globe: Massachusetts

Beth Daley, Globe Staff — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Storm surge a growing menace as sea levels rise worldwide

On Our Radar: Tibet's High-Altitude Meadows Disappear - NY Times: Science

By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

On Our Radar: Tibet's High-Altitude Meadows Disappear

Leader of Climate Panel Review Discusses Findings - NY Times: Science

By ANDREW C. REVKIN — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Leader of Climate Panel Review Discusses Findings

Openness urged on UK's emissions - BBC: Science

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.

Economic climate change hits water policy - Seattle Times: Opinion

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

State revenue problems are forcing a serious conversation about how the state might overhaul the management and financing of Washington water resources. New ways of raising money and a hard look at old water laws are headed to the Legislature from the state Department of Ecology.

Heavy European Snowfall Caused by 'Weather Collision' - Wired Top Stories

Duncan Geere — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The uncharacteristically snowy weather that hit Northern Europe and North America in the winter of 2009 to 2010 was caused by a rare combination of two separate weather oscillations in the Atlantic and Pacific, claim meteorologists.

China Sustains Blunt 'You First' Message on CO2 - New York Times (blog) - google news

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

China Sustains Blunt 'You First' Message on CO2 New York Times (blog) We have continued to see additional steps domestically since Copenhagen — including new implementation efforts on energy efficiency and new spending plans ... China's Climate Change Policy: Domestic And Global Implications Eurasia Review all 153 news ...

Tibetan nomads struggle as grasslands disappear from the roof of the world - The Guardian -- World Latest

Jonathan Watts — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate change Like generations of Tibetan nomads before him, Phuntsok Dorje makes a living raising yaks and other livestock on the vast alpine grasslands that provide a thatch on the roof of the world. But in recent years the vegetation around his home, the Tibetan plateau, has been destroyed by rising temperatures, excess livestock and plagues of insects and rodents. The high-altitude meadows are rarely mentioned in discussions of global warming, but the changes to this ground have a profound impact on Tibetan politics and the world's ecological security. For Phuntsok Dorje, the issue is more down to earth. He is used to dramatically ...

Best of the Web Today: James Lee's Awakening - Wall St. Journal: Opinion

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A lesson in the dangers of extremist rhetoric.

Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash - SFGate: Top Stories

By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash

Gunman's reality show pitch to Discovery - MSNBC

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Gunman's reality show pitch to Discovery

Open letter to Chris Huhne on feed-in tariffs - Guardian: Environment

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Coalition of green, countryside and housing groups warns that cutting schemes that subsidise household generation of renewable energy would jeopardise job creation, energy security and greenhouse gas targets Dear secretary of state [for energy], A recent newspaper article based on an interview with Charles Hendry (Minister with the energy to bat for Britain, 23 August) suggested that funding "may be slashed" for feed-in tariff technologies such as solar PV and the forthcoming renewable heat incentive. As you know, heat is responsible for 47% of UK emissions and 49% of UK energy demand, so no government serious about climate change or energy security can ignore half the problem. Both renewable heat and solar PV are decentralised ...

Energy secretary Chris Huhne warned not to cut subsidies for green electricity - Guardian: Environment

Adam Vaughan — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Reducing funding for household generation of renewable energy will jeopardise job creation and energy security, Huhne is told A coalition of green, countryside and housing groups has warned energy secretary Chris Huhne not to cut subsidies for green electricity and heating as part of the government's spending review. The 22 groups, including green energy trade body RenewableUK , the National Farmers Union and the Federation of Master Builders , said in a letter to Huhne that cutting schemes that subsidise household generation of renewable energy would jeopardise job creation, energy security and greenhouse gas targets. The move was sparked by comments from the Department of Energy and Climate Change's minister of state, Charles Hendry , who ...

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change must keep its eye on the ball | Myles Allen - Guardian: Environment

Myles Allen — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Instead of producing reports 3,000 pages long, the IPCC should focus only on the key questions that everyone is interested in If the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change didn't exist, would we need to invent it? Many people find it helpful to have a single point of reference on the big, global questions that everyone is interested in: can we detect human influence on climate, how large are changes expected to be in future, what are the main impacts likely to be and what can (not should) be done about it? These are questions on which the level of scientific consensus is far higher than most non-scientists believe, so an institution like the IPCC clearly has a role to play to assess and communicate the extent – and limits – of that ...

Norway keen to exploit carbon capture lead - Financial Times: Science & Tech

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Sleipner platform is something of a holy site for believers in carbon capture and storage, a promising but controversial technology in the fight against climate change