June 2010

These are news articles that we have featured on our home page from the month of June 2010:

Are attacks on climate science eroding public trust?

Jun 30, 2010 - Nature

INVESTIGATION - Many climate researchers worry that scepticism about global warming is on the rise. Jeff Tollefson investigates the basis for that concern and what scientists are doing about it.

BP relief well weeks away, hurricane hurts cleanup

Jun 30, 2010 - Reuters

HOUSTON - A relief well that might divert the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak is still weeks from completion, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday, as the season's first Atlantic hurricane disrupted cleanup efforts.

Most Welsh businesses see power behind renewable energy

Jun 30, 2010 - Wales on-line

WALES - Nearly Welsh businesses believe that developing renewable power will have a positive effect on the economy, the latest Welsh Business Watch has revealed.

Special report: Is Tesla the future or the new Government Motors?

Jun 29, 2010 - Reuters

SAN FRANSCISCO - A review of Tesla Motor's turbulent past shows that a string of deals with the old-guard auto companies (that Tesla CEO Elon Musk loves to diss) and the deep pockets of the U.S. federal government have been crucial to keeping the electric car maker on the road in its moments of deepest crisis.

Saddle up, it's Bike to Work Day

Jun 25, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG - City streets are likely boasting a few more bicycle commuters today, many scrambling for free T-shirts and danishes. Mayor Sam Katz has declared this Bike to Work Day and he is biking into the office himself today.

Canada to phase out older coal-fired power plants

Jun 25, 2010 - Reuters

CALGARY - Canada will phase out older coal-fired power plants to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said on Wednesday, as it moves to make natural-gas fired plants the new clean-power standard.

New panel could end deadlock on emissions deal

Jun 24, 2010 - Toronto Star

TOTONTO - World leaders will give final approval on a plan to radically overhaul the global climate change debate at summit meetings in Toronto this weekend in the hope of breaking the deadlock in talks for an international emissions-reduction deal, the Toronto Star has learned.

An LED that mimics an old standby

Jun 24, 2010 - New York Times

TECHNOLOGY - Bulb manufacturers are working on a variety of replacements for the old 60 watt light bulb, including halogens and compact fluorescents. But in August, Osram Sylvania will introduce another lamp it hopes will take a share of the market, using light-emitting diodes, or LEDs.

Business schools warming up to climate change

Jun 17, 2010 - Wall Street Journal

LONDON - Business schools are realizing that climate issues go beyond corporate social responsibility. Retooling for a low-carbon economy must be a central concern for businesses, they say, particularly since governments around the world are likely to eventually require it.

Oily activists demand clean energy

Jun 17, 2010 - Toronto Sun

TORONTO - Dozens of G20 protesters dressed as a human oil slick took to downtown streets in a global day of action against the coming summit in Toronto.

Zero-carbon vision sees UK as cleaner, greener within 20 years

Jun 16, 2010 - The Guardian

LONDON - It's 2030, only 20 years from now: you have driven to work, there is meat for dinner and you are considering taking your partner to India to visit family later in the year. So far, so normal, but this is also a vision of a zero carbon Britain: where not a single gram of the greenhouse gases are emitted

Tories put climate change on G8 agenda after pressure from world leaders

Jun 14, 2010 - Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Canada has added climate change to the G8 agenda after coming under pressure from world leaders and environmentalists.

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Ottawa called on to protect infrastructure vulnerable to climate change

Jun 13, 2010 - Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The federal government is trying to come up with ways to protect millions of dollars worth of vulnerable infrastructure and coastline, years after it was urged to adapt to the effects of climate change.

Canada can’t wait on U.S. for climate policy

Jun 10, 2010 - Prince George Free Press

PRINCE GEORGE, BC - Speaking at the 2010 Bioenergy Conference and Exhibition in Prince George on Wednesday, Canadian Bioenergy Association executive director Doug Bradley says Canada needs a national climate change policy and can’t wait for the U.S. to develop one first.

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Melting mountains put millions at risk in Asia: study

Jun 10, 2010 - Reuters

SINGAPORE - Increased melting of glaciers and snow in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau threatens the food security of millions of people in Asia, a study shows, with Pakistan likely to be among the nations hardest hit.

Canada and two other countries accused of carbon 'cheating'

Jun 9, 2010 - BBC News

BONN - Some rich countries are seeking new rules under the UN climate convention that campaigners say would allow them to gain credit for "business as usual".

Tar sands protesters will be naked except for barrels

Jun 9, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG - Employees from the LUSH Cosmetics store in the Polo Park Shopping Centre will be stripping down to nothing but a barrel at noon today to officially launch a national campaign against Canadian tar sands development.

How an Amazonian tribe is using the Internet to save their forest

Jun 8, 2010 - Der Spiegel

BRAZIL - The Surui people from the Brazilian rainforest are fighting to stop the destruction of their homeland. But instead of bows and arrows, they are using the Internet, GPS and Google Earth. Next they plan to start carbon emissions trading.

Cities world over join climate battle

Jun 7, 2010 - The Telegraph

BONN - Mayors and representatives from more than 50 cities across the world met last month to demand “a stronger voice and presence in global climate negotiations”, as cities joined the battle to save the earth. Till now, cities have had no role in climate talks.

Churchill polar bears doomed says new study

Jun 7, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG - Manitoba may have just a handful of polar bears by 2035, as the world's leading experts on the iconic Arctic species believe the bears that summer around Churchill are doomed.

In drastic green energy proposal, U.S. pays most

Jun 7, 2010 - Reuters

OSLO - The world could generate 95 percent of electricity from renewable energies by 2050 in a drastic shift from fossil fuels, with the United States paying about a third of a giant bill, green lobby groups said on Monday.

Viscount Monckton, another fallen idol of climate denial

Jun 3, 2010 - The Guardian

BACKGROUND - Every so often, someone with a strong stomach and time to spare volunteers to devote weeks or months of their life to a grisly task: investigating the claims of a person who dismisses the science or significance of man-made climate change. Now Viscount Monckton's assertions have been comprehensively discredited.

Go veggie, cut fossil fuels to aid planet: study

Jun 2, 2010 - Reuters

OSLO - An overhaul of world farming and more vegetarianism should be top priorities to protect the environment, along with curbs on fossil fuel use, a U.N.-backed study said on Wednesday.

US airlines mount legal challenge to EU emission cuts

Jun 1, 2010 - The Ecologist

WASHINGTON - US airlines have begun legal action in an attempt to exempt themselves from a European carbon emissions trading scheme, due to come into force in 2012.

Temperatures reach record high of 53.7 Celsius in Pakistan

Jun 1, 2010 - The Guardian

ISLAMABAD - Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan today entered the modern history books after government meteorologists recorded a temperature of 53.7C (129F). As the temperatures peaked, four people died, including a prisoner serving a life sentence for murder and an elderly woman. Dozens are said to have fainted.

As climate changes, Minnesota’s fish feel heat

Jun 1, 2010 - Minneapolis Star Tribune

BRAINERD, MINN. - This spring's summerlike weather may be embraced by Minnesotans, but it spells trouble for ciscoes, a cold-water fish that serves as food for gamefish such as walleyes, northerns, muskies and lake trout.

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