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China sets price for cooperation on climate changeOct 28, 2008 - Reuters BEIJING - China wants rich countries to commit 1 percent of their economic worth to help poor nations fight global warming, and will press for a new international mechanism to spread "green" technology worldwide. |
UK unveils CO2 footprint standardOct 28, 2008 - BBC News LONDON -
A new standard that allows UK firms to measure the size of their goods' carbon footprints has been launched. |
Arctic ice thickness 'plummets'Oct 28, 2008 - BBC News LONDON - The thickness of Arctic sea ice "plummeted" last winter, thinning by as much as one-fifth in some regions, satellite data has revealed. |
Risks of global warming greater than financial crisis: SternOct 27, 2008 - Reuters HONG KONG - The risks of inaction over climate change far outweigh the turmoil of the global financial crisis, a leading climate change expert said on Monday, while calling for new fiscal spending tailored to low carbon growth. |
China report warns of greenhouse gas leapOct 22, 2008 - Reuters BEIJING - China's greenhouse gas pollution could double or more in two decades says a new Chinese state think-tank study that casts stark light on the industrial giant's role in stoking global warming. |
Climate change accelerating far beyond the IPCC forecast: WWFOct 20, 2008 - Telegraph LONDON -
Climate change is happening much faster than the world's best scientists predicted and will wreak havoc unless action is taken on a global scale, a new report warns. |
A home with no furnace - in Ontario!Oct 20, 2008 - Globe and Mail FLAMBOROUGH, ON — Come this winter, David Braden predicts he'll be warm and toasty in a house that doesn't have a furnace. He plans to keep it warm at practically no cost, relying mainly on sunlight streaming through his bank of south-facing windows to heat the place, and perhaps a little help from the waste heat from appliances such as hair dryers. No longer available |
French-speaking nations pledge to cut emissions in half by 2050Oct 19, 2008 - AFP QUEBEC CITY - Governments of 70 French-speaking nations pledged to help cut global greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, at the close of the 12th Francophonie summit on Sunday. No longer available |
On Global Warming, McCain and Obama AgreeOct 19, 2008 - New York Times WASHINGTON - Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama part company on many issues, but they agree that the Bush administration’s policies on global warming were far too weak. |
Yosemite glacier on thin iceOct 19, 2008 - Sacramento Bee ON THE LYELL GLACIER – As signals of climate change begin to come into focus in the Sierra Nevada, its melting glaciers reflect what scientists are beginning to uncover: that the Sierra snowpack – the source of 65 percent of California's water – is dwindling, too. No longer available |
Electric bicycles take Winnipeg by stormOct 16, 2008 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - Five hundred electric bicycles or electric conversion kits have been sold in Manitoba since 2007, a research project at the University of Winnipeg has found. |
EU upholds climate plan despite financial turmoilOct 16, 2008 - Reuters BRUSSELS - Europe's financial market crisis will not interfere with an expensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the continent, leaders of the EU pledged Thursday. |
Arctic air temperatures climb to record levelsOct 16, 2008 - Reuters WASHINGTON - Fall air temperatures have climbed to record levels in the Arctic due to major losses of sea ice as the region suffers more effects from a warming trend dating back decades, a report released on Thursday showed. |
OIL SANDS-PART 1: Showdown at Ft. McMoneyOct 16, 2008 - IPS News FT. MCMURRY, AB - The tar sands currently account for around 5 percent of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and that number is expected to rise as production levels increase. By 2030, the tar sands could account for more than half of all the greenhouses gases we produce in Canada. |
California issues plan to slash greenhouse gas emissionsOct 16, 2008 - Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO - California forged ahead Wednesday in its bold attempt to turn back the clock of climate change, issuing its final draft of an economy-wide plan to slash the state's greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels. No longer available |
Climate deal seen helping overcome financial crisisOct 14, 2008 - Reuters WARSAW - Tackling climate change will help, not hinder, governments' efforts to overcome the global financial crisis, the EU's environment chief said on Tuesday. |
Pay-to-protect forest plan gets cautious welcomeOct 14, 2008 - Guardian LONDON - A proposal for a giant global fund to pay the owners of the world's forests not to cut them down has received a guarded welcome from environmental groups. |
2008 tornado season could blow away recordsOct 13, 2008 - USA Today WASHINGTON - The 2008 tornado season is on track to set a record for the number of tornadoes in the USA, according to National Weather Service data. |
Carbon tax seen as best way to slow global warmingOct 13, 2008 - Planet Ark NEW YORK - Climate taxes, not cap and trade markets alone, will lead to the vast technological changes the world's energy system needs to fight global warming, a top US economist said on Thursday. No longer available |
Focus sharpens on forests for climate fixOct 9, 2008 - Reuters NEW YORK - Payments from polluters in rich countries to tropical communities in exchange for slowing deforestation may soon play a bigger role in combating climate change if problems like measuring preservation efforts can be overcome. |
Environmentalists criticise World Bank on climate ahead of annual meetingOct 8, 2008 - Guardian WASHINGTON - Ahead of the World Bank annual meeting in Washington this weekend, an alliance of US environmental campaigners today stepped up their criticism of the Bank's proposed funds to combat climate change. |
Back carbon tax, leading economists tell politiciansOct 7, 2008 - Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA - More than 230 academic economists have signed an open letter to the leaders of the federal political parties, urging them to acknowledge that putting a price on carbon is "the best approach" to combatting climate change. |
U.N. sees risks mounting for global warming fightOct 6, 2008 - Reuters LONDON / BARCELONA - The struggle against climate change must not follow world trade talks into limbo as risks mount that the credit crisis will sap commitment to the fight, the U.N. climate chief said on Monday. |
EU's climate package 'in crisis'Oct 6, 2008 - Physorg.com BRUSSELS - The EU's attempts to lead the world to a new deal on climate change will crumble unless its current policy crisis is resolved, a study has warned. |
Canadian ZENN electric car debuts in QuebecOct 4, 2008 - CNews ST. JEROME, PQ - This weekend ZENN makes its Canadian debut in Saint-Jerome, Que., where the cars are manufactured. Hundreds of Quebecers will now be able to test-drive the low speed vehicle, which is powered entirely by electricity, during a three-year pilot project approved by the province's ministry of transportation. No longer available |
Bear markets and bull clean-tech investmentsOct 4, 2008 - Grist Cleantech venture investment hits record $2.6 billion in third quarter. Venture capital investment in clean tech has been soaring in recent years because of high energy prices along with the growing concern and growing action on global warming. |
Electric cars legalized in VancouverOct 1, 2008 - CBC News VANCOUVER - Vancouver city council voted Tuesday afternoon to give a green light to low-speed electric vehicles. |
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