Metro: Glaciers in the Himalayas are at risk of disappearing by the year 2035, according…
Month: November 2008
Italy to Miss Kyoto Treaty Carbon-Pollution Pledge
Bloomberg: Italy will fail to meet its pledge to limit greenhouse gases under the Kyoto…
First batch of “sustainable” palm oil on way to UK
Business Green: The first shipment of palm oil certified as environmentally sustainable by the Roundtable…
Fedex pledges to slash aircraft emissions
Business Green: Logistics and delivery giant FedEx has announced plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions…
EU unveils plan to weaken Russian grip on gas supply
Guardian: Europe yesterday stepped up attempts to reduce its exposure to potential Russian blackmail over…
Corralling The Carbon Cycle: Calculating How Much Carbon Dioxide Is Absorbed And Released By Plants
ScienceDaily: Scientists may have overcome a major hurdle to calculating how much carbon dioxide (CO2)…
Are Human Beings Hard-Wired to Ignore the Threat of Catastrophic Climate Change?
AlterNet: Three years ago, I became obsessed with global warming. Practically overnight, my worries about…
Coal power plants may have to limit emissions
USA Today: About 100 proposed coal-fired power plants in the USA may be required to…
How fast can Obama fix US environment policy?
New Scientist: For eight years the US has been seen as a global outlier on…
How much carbon does a plant absorb and release?
Indo-Asian News Service: Scientists are on the verge of overcoming a major hurdle in calculating…