Guardian: The US south-west, a region that is experiencing one of the fastest rates of…
Month: May 2008
Shell quits UK windfarm
Reuters: Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) was disappointed to pull out of a…
Report: Congress must pay to counteract global warming’s effect on Great Lakes
Detroit Free Press: The Great Lakes are likely to face serious threats from global warming…
United States: Markey unveils sweeping global warming bill
Boston Globe: Representative Edward J. Markey, the chairman of the special House committee on global…
Japan: How the ice breaks too early in the land of the rising sun
Guardian: The open deck of the Aurora fills as soon as its captain, Keiichi Hori,…
Germany Pledges Funds for Protection of Tropical Forests
Spiegel: Stopping global warming means putting a halt to deforestation. At the UN biodiversity conference…
GE, Schlumberger agree CO2 alliance
Reuters: General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and oilfield services company Schlumberger Ltd (SLB.N:…
Forest carbon credits could help development in Congo
Mongabay: An initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by offering carbon credits to countries that…
Exxon to cut funding to climate change denial groups
Guardian: The oil giant ExxonMobil has admitted that its support for lobby groups that question…
United Kingdom: Defra launches invasive species strategy
Telegraph: Rising global temperatures are fuelling the growth of invasive foreign plants and animals in…