Carbon dioxide level crosses milestone at Hawaii site Date: 13-May-13 Country: USA Author: Deborah Zabarenko The amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million at a key observing station in Hawaii for the first time since measurement began in 1...
Date: 14-Mar-13 Country: NORWAY Author: Alister Doyle and Nerijus Adomaitis A driver leaves a free car park reserved for electric vehicles in Oslo February 25, 2013. Norway's buzzing little market for pure electric cars has in its very success shown the severe drawbacks to a model tha...
Exclusive: Foreign investors set to sue Spain over energy reform Date: 15-Feb-13 Country: SPAIN Foreign investors in renewable energy projects in Spain have hired lawyers to prepare potential international legal action against the Spanish government over new rules they say break their...
Big cities' heat can change temperatures a continent away: study Date: 29-Jan-13 Country: USA Author: Deborah Zabarenko The energy big cities burn - mostly coal and oil to power buildings, cars and other devices - produces excess heat that can get into atmospheric currents and influen...
Exclusive: Deforestation appears to rise again in Brazil's Amazon Date: 25-Jan-13 Country: BRAZIL Author: Paulo Prada An aerial photograph shows an opening cut in the Amazon rainforest by loggers and farmers, in the Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Territory in Para State of northeastern Bra...
U.N. clinches global deal on cutting mercury emissions Date: 21-Jan-13 Country: SWITZERLAND Author: Tom Miles and Emma Farge A general view of Rangeley Lake, which is being monitored for mercury levels, in Rangeley, Maine in this file photo taken August 23, 2005. Photo: Brian Snyder M...
Date: 11-Jan-13 Country: CHINA Author: Wan Xu and David Standway China's carbon intensity, or its emissions relative to economic output, fell more than 3.5 percent in 2012, outperforming its average annual target, China's chief climate change official said on Thursday. China aims to c...
Date: 29-Nov-12 Country: QATAR Author: Regan Doherty Coal-dependent Poland is set to host next year's U.N. talks on slowing climate change after OPEC member Qatar in 2012, a move dismaying environmentalists who say both oppose action to reduce use of fossil fuels. Poland formally subm...
NZ joins Australia in court against Japanese whaling Date: 27-Nov-12 Country: NEW ZEALAND Author: REUTERS ?A crew member holds a grippling hook Photo: ?SEA SHEPHERD New Zealand has joined Australia in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a case against Japanese whaling in the S...
Date: 28-Sep-12 Country: BELGIUM Author: Barbara Lewis ?Wind turbines are seen near the village of Piansano, 90 km (60 miles) north of Rome, April 16, 2012. Photo: Max Rossi Installed EU wind capacity has reached the 100 gigawatt mark - the equivalent of power generated from 39 nuclea...
EU U-turn spells doom for food-based biofuels boom Date: 21-Sep-12 Country: UK/BELGIUM Author: Nigel Hunt and Charlie Dunmore European Union plans to cap the use of food-based biofuels are a major setback for an industry once seen playing a central role in the fight against climate ch...
Date: 03-Sep-12 Country: USA Author: Laura Zuckerman Gray wolves in Wyoming, the last still federally protected in the northern Rockies, will lose endangered species status at the end of next month, opening them to unregulated killing in most of the state, the U.S. government said on ...
Toshiba, Hitachi, others to invest $1.53 billion on wind power: Nikkei Date: 04-Sep-12 Country: JAPAN Author: Swetha Gopinath Toshiba Corp, Hitachi Zosen Corp, JFE Steel Corp and three other companies plan to invest 120 billion yen ($1.53 billion) over a decade to set up offshore wind...
China To Flood Nature Reserve With Latest Yangtze Dam Date: 30-Mar-12 Country: CHINA Author: Lucy Hornby The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei province is seen in this aerial view taken December 2, 2009. Photo: REUTERS China's Three Gorges Corp. on Thursday marke...
Stubborn Drought Expected To Tax Mexico For Years Date: 22-Mar-12 Country: MEXICO Author: Mica Rosenberg and Noe Torres Cattle graze on dry land in Chihuahua February 17, 2012. A severe drought in Mexico that has cost farmers more than a billion dollars in crop losses alone and set ba...
Moscow Air Talks To Debate Measures Against EU: Draft Date: 20-Feb-12 Country: BELGIUM Author: Barbara Lewis Nations opposing a European Union law that forces all airlines to pay for their carbon emissions will next week debate an array of counter-measures, a draft agenda seen by Reut...
Analysis: As Solar Panels Eclipsed, Installers In Limelight Date: 20-Feb-12 Author: Matt Daily A steep decline in solar panel prices is helping solar installers attract new capital, a trend likely to trigger consolidation in the fragmented industry and drive down the cost of putting t...
Soil Erosion Increasing Global Warming Threat: UNEP Date: 14-Feb-12 Country: UK Author: Nina Chestney Global warming will get worse as agricultural methods accelerate the rate of soil erosion, which depletes the amount of carbon the soil is able to store, a United Nations' Environment...
Analysis: U.S. Weighs Retaliation Over Europe Aviation Law Date: 09-Jan-12 Country: USA Author: John Crawley and Andrew Quinn A Brussels Airlines aircraft prepares for landing in Cointrin airport during sunrise over the Mont Blanc in Geneva December 1, 2011. Photo: Denis Balibouse The...
Water Use Rising Faster Than World Population Date: 26-Oct-11 Country: USA Author: Deborah Zabarenko A man walks along Lake Travis after water receded during a drought in Austin, Texas September 10, 2011. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Lott Like oil in the 20th century, water could well be the...
EU Lawmakers Call For Action To Protect Bees Date: 16-Nov-11 Country: FRANCE Author: Christopher Le Coq European Union lawmakers on Tuesday called for stronger action to protect Europe's bees, saying that the rapid decline in the bee population could affect the growth of important foo...
Bangkok Strengthens Defenses As Floods Close In Date: 14-Oct-11 Country: THAILAND Author: Panarat Thepgumpanat Workers protect their factory in the event of more flooding in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok October 12, 2011. Photo: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom Workers a...
House Passes Bill To Block EPA Clean Air Rules Date: 26-Sep-11 Country: USA Author: Timothy Gardner The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to block regulations that force industry to reduce unhealthy air emissions, such as mercury from coal-fired power plants, but the Wh...
Monsanto Wins Lawsuit Against Indiana Soybean Farmer Date: 22-Sep-11 Country: USA Author: Carey Gillam Monsanto Co., the world's largest seed company, has prevailed in another lawsuit against a U.S. farmer, earning a ruling from a federal appeals court that protects Monsanto's interes...
Monsanto Wins Lawsuit Against Indiana Soybean Farmer Date: 22-Sep-11 Country: USA Author: Carey Gillam Monsanto Co., the world's largest seed company, has prevailed in another lawsuit against a U.S. farmer, earning a ruling from a federal appeals court that protects Monsanto's interes...
Switch From Coal To Natural Gas No Boon To Climate Date: 12-Sep-11 Country: USA Author: Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent Relying more on natural gas than on coal would not significantly slow down the effects of climate change, even though direct carbon dioxide emissions wo...
Greenpeace: Fukushima Schools Unsafe After Clean-Up Date: 30-Aug-11 Country: JAPAN Author: Natalia Konstantinovskaya A worker of an office cleaning company monitors the level of radiation at a playground of an elementary school in Fukushima, northern Japan August 6, 2011. Photo: Reute...
Climate Change Brings Tea And Apricots To Britain Date: 29-Jul-11 Country: UK Author: Tasim Zahid British farmers are experimenting with crops such as olives and nectarines which have traditionally been imported from southern Europe while the first British tea plantation has opened wi...
Date: 24-Aug-11 Country: JAPAN Author: Antoni Slodkowski and Yuriko Nakao Reuters/Yuriko Nakao Photo: A geiger counter is placed in front of sunflowers in full bloom in Fukushima, northern Japan August 6, 2011. Sparks from burning strips of paper swirled into the hot summer sky, carry...
Mitsui, Toshiba Plan Japan's Largest Solar Plant: Nikkei Date: 22-Aug-11 Country: INDIA Author: Aman Shah Japan's Mitsui Chemicals Inc, Mitsui & Co and Toshiba Corp plan to construct the country's largest solar power facility with an output of 50,000 kilowatts (KW), the Nikkei busines...
