Pelosi Statement on Bill Protecting Gulf of Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

prnewswire.com , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Sino-Forest Corporation Releases 2007 Independent Forest Asset Valuation Report

prnewswire.com , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes

The conference is meant for researchers with an interest in land use and impact assessment, landscape research, environmental economics, agriculture, forestry, rural sociology, urbanization and science policy interface for political decision makers at national and super-national levels and professionals.

EU Business , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Undercut and under fire: UK biofuel feels heat from all sides

British biofuels industry faces competition from cheap US imports and hostility from campaigners

Guardian Unlimited , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Help chart the fortunes of UK birds

Science & environment: Stephen Moss: From dawn today, more than 30,000 people will go out in the field to undertake the biggest ever survey of our birdlife

Guardian Unlimited , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Argentine government makes offer to end farm strike

Argentina's government offered small farmers a package of measures on Monday designed to end a 19-day farm revolt over soy export taxes, but farmers said their strike would continue until Wednesday at least.

Yahoo! News , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Gore plans 10m-strong green army

Science & environment: Alliance for Climate Protection plans to spend $300m to force politicians to act on climate change

Guardian Unlimited , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Gore to recruit 10m-strong green army

Alliance for Climate Protection plans to spend $300m to force politicians to act on climate change

Guardian Unlimited , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Call for EU action on biofuels scam

Demand for crackdown against trade scam exploiting US subsidies to undermine climate change fight

Guardian Unlimited , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Leader: Whitehall's unsustainable biofuels scam

Leader: Despite all the talk of sustainable energy, Whitehall is using biofuels as a cop-out

Guardian Unlimited , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Demands for crackdown on biofuels scam

EU urged to take action to stop a trading loophole that flouts the spirit of producing green fuel by transporting it needlessly across the Atlantic

Guardian Unlimited , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Demands for crackdown on biofuels scam

The EU is being urged to take action to stop a biofuel trading scam that exploits US agricultural subsidies and undermines the fight against global warming.

Guardian Unlimited , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Giant panda genome project begins

Cardiff researchers join an international project on the first genome sequence of the giant panda.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Protestors 'flash mob' Terminal 5

Climate campaigners marked the opening day of Heathrow's controversial new Terminal 5 with a flash mob in the arrivals lounge of the new building.

Environment Data Interactive Exchange , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Eco-towns? Britons say no thanks

The British may be among Europeans most concerned by climate change, but few people in a tiny English village want to be part of their government's latest proposal for a low-carbon future: an initiative called eco-towns.

International Herald Tribune , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

UN Body Meets To Act On Ship Gases, Cleaner Seas

LONDON - Curbing greenhouse gas emissions from ships, slashing other air pollutants they generate and cleaning up the world's oceans, top the agenda at a meeting of the world's chief maritime body in London this week.

Planet Ark , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Businesses urged to embrace biodiversity

Businesses must wake up to the opportunities of conserving biodiversity, according to a new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Shell International.

Environment Data Interactive Exchange , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Energy giant calls for delayed decison on coal-fired power station

Environment campaigners said the Government suffered a "major blow" yesterday after the energy giant E.ON argued that a decision on whether it should build Britain's first coal-fired power station since 1984 should be delayed until later in the year.

Belfast Telegraph , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

E.ON delays coal-fired power plant to await carbon capture ruling

Energy group reluctant to commit to building new station if future regulations prevent use of CCS technology

Guardian Unlimited , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Climate protesters on Esso roof

Three people dressed as clowns climb onto the roof of a Plymouth petrol station to demonstrate about climate change.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Robot planes take to Antarctic skies

A team of scientists have successfully flown robotic aeroplanes across the Antarctic wastes for the first time.

Environment Data Interactive Exchange , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Climate change protest 'halts mine work'

DEMONSTRATORS today claimed to have stopped work at an open-cast coal mine in a protest about climate change.

I C Wales , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Science Weekly podcast: environment writer Fred Pearce on climate change and biofuels

Environment writer Fred Pearce discusses his latest book, and Michio Kaku explains the physics of the impossible. Plus, the biofuels and embryology debates that have seen politicians and scientists lock horns

Guardian Unlimited , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Gore Launches US$300 Mln Climate Change Campaign

WASHINGTON - Al Gore, former US vice president, Academy Award winner and Nobel peace laureate, on Monday launched a $300 million, three-year campaign to mobilise Americans on climate change.

Planet Ark , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

South Africa To Boost Food Output To Help Fight Inflation

CAPE TOWN - South Africa plans to boost livestock and crop production by up to 15 percent in the next two to five years and help tame soaring food inflation, a senior agriculture official said on Monday.

Planet Ark , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Centre takes water switch plunge

A leisure centre in Coatbridge is among the first companies to switch water supplier.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

George Monbiot: Jobs are used to justify anything, but the numbers don't add up

George Monbiot: The credibility of the employment claims made for projects like nuclear newbuild is rarely, if ever, questioned

Guardian Unlimited , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

'Kyoto II' Climate Talks Open In Bangkok

BANGKOK - The first formal talks in the long process of drawing up a replacement for the Kyoto climate change pact opened in Thailand on Monday with appeals to a common human purpose to defeat global warming.

Planet Ark , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Eight protesters arrested at coal plant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eight protesters who locked themselves to bulldozers at a Duke Energy Corp coal-fired power plant in North Carolina as part of a day of international actions on climate change were arrested on Tuesday, police said.

Reuters , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Poor nations fear being left in cold on global warming

Outraged poor nations bearing the brunt of global warming have become increasingly bold in UN-led climate talks, but some worry that recent meetings of large countries are sidelining their voices.

Yahoo! News , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Big Oil Comes Under Lawmaker Heat

Senior executives of the five largest US oil companies were to appear before a Congress where they were likely to find frustrated lawmakers in no mood for small talk

Time Magazine , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Antrim households keen to cut carbon emissions

More than 100,000 households in Northern Ireland have made commitments to cut carbon emissions, with residents in County Antrim the most enthusiastic.

Environment Data Interactive Exchange , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Two arrested in energy blockade

Two people are arrested as environmental protesters blockade the offices of an energy firm.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

World cooling on biofuel solution to climate change

Once a golden promise in the fight against climate change, biofuels are fast losing their lustre as high demand for essential crops drives land clearing and pushes up the price of food.

Yahoo! News , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Students monitor endangered bird

Dundee University students and staff will head to Trinidad to help in the reintroduction of the blue and gold macaw.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Gore seeks to recruit 10 million to fight global warming

Al Gore and his climate protection group plan a $300 million advertising blitz over three years to recruit Americans to lobby.

International Herald Tribune , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tourists seen as a lifeline for Laos elephants

VIENTIANE (Reuters Life!) - Laos, once known as the Land of a Million Elephants, faces warnings from conservationists that it could lose its herds within 50 years if it does not move quickly to protect them with tourism eyed as a possible savior.

Reuters , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Pakistan 'dumped nuclear waste'

The Afghan government says Pakistan dumped nuclear waste in their country during the Taleban rule.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

London 2012 won't fall into terminal decline

Unlike the opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the dead-hand of British 'can't do' philosophy won't be allowed a millions miles near the Olympics, says Sue Mott.

Telegraph , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Anger over planned recycling site

People living in a Leicestershire town say they are determined to fight plans for a recycling plant in the area.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Minister targets food recycling

Councils in Wales are being asked to collect more food waste from homes as £50m grants are unveiled.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

City to burn neighbours' rubbish

Waste from across much of Devon is likely to be transported to Plymouth in a £1.5bn scheme for disposal in the future.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Council landfill costs increasing

The tax that councils pay to dump rubbish in landfill sites is rising sharply.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Activists slam changes to green grants

Government shakes up its controversial grant system for renewable energy technologies

Guardian Unlimited , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Arrests after coal mine protests

Police arrest two people after opencast mine protesters chain themselves to machinery and stop work.

BBC , Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Energy Efficiency Project Involving Burlington College and the Association of Vermont Independent Co...

prnewswire.com , Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Recycle Your E-Waste in San Bernardino!

prnewswire.com , Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

New Version of Car Care Guide Shows How to Save Gas and Drive Green

prnewswire.com , Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

British Airways: The world's least favourite airline?

British Airways has the second-worst record among European airlines for losing bags and has now been left red-faced by the shambles that is the opening of Heathrow Terminal Five. Have you taken to the skies with BA recently, or been left grounded by Willie Walsh and co?

The Times , Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CDM problems "temporary" ? EB chair

27 March: Rajesh Kumar Sethi, the new chair of the Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board, told Carbon Finance that problems over the past year are temporary phenomena which will decline soon.

carbon-financeonline.com , Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT