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Jim Salinger describes his priority for action on global warming. You can play the low bandwidth or the high bandwidth version
Featured sites
Plan B, from the Earth Policy Institute, details how to rescue a planet under stress by cutting carbon emissions 80 per cent by 2020.
The e-newsletter from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat provides a comprehensive overview of major news and announcements regarding the climate negotiations.
The OzoneAction Education Pack provides primary school teachers with practical, hands-on and entertaining curricula material to educate their students about ozone depletion.
The Youth Climate Pledge is a collaborative plan of action that young people can sign on to and get others to commit to.
And finally,
The United Nations Paint for the Planet exhibition features paintings by child artists on the theme of climate change.
About Newswatch
Tiempo Climate Newswatch is a weekly on-line magazine with news, features and comment on global warming, climate change, sea-level rise and development issues. It is edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich and maintained by Mick Kelly and Mike Salmon. The cartoons are created by Lawrence Moore.
The news stories carried by Newswatch are updated weekly. Comment, features, interviews and other sections of the magazine are updated on a weekly to monthly basis.
Newswatch automatically scans a number of news sites once an hour, searching for a set of keyphrases. The raw news feed can be accessed in standard or PDA format.
Part of the Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, Tiempo Climate Newswatch is hosted by the Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is a co-production of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
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July 31 2008: Soil's Carbon Storage Capacity Investigated - Terra Daily
July 31 2008: No relief as more floods threaten - Stuff
July 31 2008: Racism storm as store bans 'coloureds' - Sydney Morning Herald
July 31 2008: European Birds Flock To Warming Britain, While Some Northern Species Not Faring As Well - Science Daily
July 31 2008: July 30, 2008 - - Road safety, energy efficiency, and traffic congestion are the main challenges currently faced by the European transport system. The use of new in-vehicle technologies has the potential to contribute ... > - Science Daily
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 - - Researchers from the University of Murcia have demonstrated the vulnerability of the Mar Menor coastal lagoon to climate change. As a result of an up to 5degrees C increase in water temperatures over ... > - Science Daily
July 31 2008: Solar Eclipse On The Morning Of August 1st - Science Daily
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 - - On 1st August 2008 there will be a total eclipse of the Sun, visible from Canada, northern Greenland, Svalbard, the Barents Sea, Russia, Mongolia and China. From the whole of the British Isles ... > - Science Daily
July 31 2008: Insect Biodiversity In Amazon May Be Result Of Ice Age Climate Change And Ancient Flooding, Not River Barriers - Science Daily
July 31 2008: News 7/30/08 - Ancient Greek Eclipse Calculator Marked Olympics - Scientific American
July 31 2008: Total Eclipse Draws Crowds to Siberia - Sci-Tech Today
July 31 2008: Texas Starts Cleanup After Hurricane - Sci-Tech Today
July 31 2008: Solar Eclipse To Be on the Internet - Sci-Tech Today
July 31 2008: Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:01 AM ET - By Simon Shuster MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has not approved any projects to cut greenhouse gases under the - Reuters
July 31 2008: -warming CO2 emissions.... - Reuters
July 31 2008: Image: "A successful conclusion to Doha will bring us closer to uncontrollable climate change" (C) - OneWorld
July 31 2008: Image: Transport pollution and health in India (C) - OneWorld
July 31 2008: Centre for Science and Environment - OneWorld
July 31 2008: Lightning kills 11 cattle that sheltered under a tree during storm in Germany - Newsday (AP update)
July 31 2008: Infrastructure needs rise as floods recede - Science Daily
July 31 2008: California to sue EPA on greenhouse gas emissions - Science Daily
July 31 2008: What climate change does - The 2nd in a 3-part series - IRIN
July 31 2008: NASA says liquid confirmed on moon of Saturn - At least one of many lake-like features on Titan, one of Saturn's moons, contains liquid hydrocarbons, making it the only body in the solar system besides Earth known to have liquid on its surface, NASA said Wednesday. - International Herald Tribune
July 31 2008: By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD - Scientists have found that the Antikythera Mechanism not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic Games. - International Herald Tribune
July 31 2008: Beijing pollution may force new crackdown for Olympics - International Herald Tribune
July 31 2008: Driver's narrow escape in storm - Guardian Unlimited
July 31 2008: Interactive: Total eclipse of the sun - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
July 31 2008: How Friday's eclipse will appear from Britain - Guardian Unlimited
July 31 2008: Miliband: I was right to write article - Foreign secretary provokes firestorm of speculation over leadership ambitions after Guardian article - Guardian Unlimited
July 31 2008: Leslie Guevarra - Jiri Skopek, the CEO for ECD Energy and Environment Canada, talks to GreenBiz Radio about the deal that brought his firm under the umbrella of real estate giant Jones Lang LaSalle. - GreenBiz
July 31 2008: Microbe diet key to carbon dioxide release - EurekAlert!
July 31 2008: Conservationists Seek Firm Limits on Gulf Dead Zone Pollution - Environmental News Service
July 31 2008: Poll: Economy More Important Than Environment to Americans - Environmental News Service
July 31 2008: Innovative Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Facility - Terra Daily
July 31 2008: Sustainable soil management 'could cut costs' - The construction industry can save money and help the environment by signing up to voluntary soil management rules, Government has said. - EDIE
July 31 2008: Pollution drops but waste sector poses challenge for EA - EDIE
July 31 2008: Mobile Earthquake Simulator (1:51) - CBS
July 31 2008: EDITORIAL: Flash flood in Kobe - Asahi
July 31 2008: TIMOR-LESTE: Fragile environment in jeopardy - IRIN
July 31 2008: CO poisoning knocks out 12 at Osaka bakery - Twelve people collapse at a popular Osaka bakery in what appears to be an accidental case of carbon monoxide poisoning. - The Japan Times
July 31 2008: Malaria train - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)
July 31 2008: China unveils emergency pollution plans - Financial Times
July 31 2008: Eurozone inflation surges to 4.1% - Financial Times
July 31 2008: UK carbon emissions higher than thought - BBC (Sci/Tech)
July 31 2008: UK in 'delusion' over emissions - The UK has been living under a delusion over its claim to be cutting greenhouse gases, according to two reports. - BBC
July 31 2008: Why carbon dating may not solve the Jersey abuse case - BBC
July 31 2008: Mirrors in space - a shortcut to halt global warming? - BBC
July 31 2008: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:03 PM ET - LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - British carbon credit exchange operator - Reuters
July 31 2008: China issues emergency Olympics smog plan - CNN
July 31 2008: Ice sheet breaks loose off Canada - CNN
July 31 2008: Total eclipse stirs hearts - CNN
July 31 2008: Marine life loves a tectonic collision - The biodiversity "hotspots" with the greatest variety of fish, molluscs and corals may have shifted according to the movement of the Earth's crust - New Scientist
July 31 2008: We round up five ways humans can trigger natural disasters. - New Scientist
July 31 2008: Lawsuit Aims to Force Wal-Mart to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Environmental News Network
July 31 2008: Around the World on Solar Power - Environmental News Network
July 31 2008: How vulnerable to flooding is New York City? - Environmental News Network
July 31 2008: Should Nasa boss discuss global warming? - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
July 31 2008: Hot potato - Should Nasa's boss come clean about his opinions on warming? - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
July 31 2008: BLOG: Lake Ahoy: Titan's Liquid Pools - Scientists find a huge pool of liquid ethane and methane on Saturn's moon. Irene Klotz reports. - Discovery Online
July 31 2008: Republicans Belittling Obama's Decent, if Overstated, Energy Efficiency Idea - ABC News
July 31 2008: Genting Trailblazer will showcase the best of sports, environment and tourism - VietnamNews.Net
July 31 2008: China detains teacher for earthquake photos - VietnamNews.Net
July 31 2008: Food And Water Shortages Escalate - Recurrent droughts, in addition to rising food and kerosene prices, have exacerbated food insecurity in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, according to a senior UN official. - All Africa News
July 31 2008: 5 day Snow Forecasts, Webcams, and more, all at metservice.com - New Zealand Herald
July 31 2008: Mt Isa pollution to be independently tested - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: August 1, 2008 08:00:00 - The State Govt will begin independent monitoring of pollution levels in Mount Isa in north-west Qld. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: August 1, 2008 02:02:00 - Malcolm Turnbull says it is unrealistic to talk about a start date for the Coalition's policy on climate change. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 17:25:00 - An indigenous tourism strategy for Kakadu National Park - including a new park logo featuring the rainbow serpent - has been unveiled by the Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: ACT Government Departmetns are being urged to use bike fleets at work to help the environment. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: Beijing pollution not a big deal: AOC - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 14:31:00 - The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is playing down concerns about the effect of Beijing's air pollution on athletes. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: Nelson views lower Murray drought - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 17:39:00 - Opposition leader Brendan Nelson tours the lower Murray in SA and urges more drought funding. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: Federal Golf Club moves to drought proof course - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 12:08:00 - The Federal Golf Club (FGC) is proposing to build three irrigation ponds in an attempt to drought proof the course. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: Farmers wary of climate change training - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 09:49:00 - SA farmers are wary of an offer of climate change training. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: Nelson 'worse than Howard' on climate change - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 09:45:00 - Government renews attack on Coalition over carbon trading uncertainty. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: Sydney should be 'carbon trading hub' - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 09:00:00 - New South Wales is calling on the Federal Government to make Sydney the base for the National Carbon Market. - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: Seafood industry fears carbon trading impact - ABC News Online
July 31 2008: July 31, 2008 08:37:00 - The Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) says it has concerns about the impact a carbon emissions trading scheme will have on the industry. - ABC News Online
July 30 2008: Storm grows over mercenaries 'abuse' - OneWorld
July 30 2008: Inflated prices: - Cyclone used to 'rip off' power users - The Mercury
July 30 2008: Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor - GETTING ahead of the world in our response to climate change is a risk that is not worth taking. - The Australian
July 30 2008: WTO failure bodes ill for climate change: delegates - Terra Daily
July 30 2008: Typhoon kills two in Taiwan: officials - Terra Daily
July 30 2008: Sudan dam floods villages: farmers - Terra Daily
July 30 2008: Scientists Search For Answers From The Carbon In The Clouds - Terra Daily
July 30 2008: Over 600,000 evacuated as tropical storm hits China: reports - Terra Daily
July 30 2008: Japan adopts action plan against global warming - Terra Daily
July 30 2008: China insurers expect 1.5 bln dlrs in snow, quake claims: officials - Terra Daily
July 30 2008: California 'dodges bullet' as 5.4 earthquake rocks region - Terra Daily
July 30 2008: Storm cuts path of destruction - Stuff
July 30 2008: Storm photo gallery - Stuff
July 30 2008: Cyclone aid skimmed off by junta - Sydney Morning Herald
July 30 2008: European Birds Flock To Warming Britain - Science Daily
July 30 2008: - Researchers argue that China's new title as the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter is at least partly due to consumption of Chinese good in the ... > - Science Daily
July 30 2008: Soil's Carbon Storage Capacity Investigated - Science Daily
July 30 2008: July 30, 2008 - - Three new studies explore the potential roles of soils as a carbon sink in different regions in the Western Hemisphere. Scientists have investigated soil carbon balance in distinct agroecosystems ... > - Science Daily
July 30 2008: New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From Grasses And Yard Waste - Science Daily
July 30 2008: July 29, 2008 - - University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available nonfood crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, ... > - Science Daily
July 30 2008: Climate Change: Secret Life Cycles Of Atmospheric Aerosols Can Be Illuminated With New Technology - Science Daily
July 30 2008: July 29, 2008 - - For scientists looking at climate change, a large area of uncertainty has to do with the effects of airborne particles -- such as carbon-laden soot -- but new technology is now helping researchers ... > - Science Daily
July 30 2008: Insect Biodiversity In Amazon May Be Result Of Ice Age Climate Change And Ancient Flooding, Not River Barriers - Science Daily
July 30 2008: Peru mountain glaciers 'receding rapidly' - SciDev.Net
July 30 2008: Tibetan plateau melts in the face of climate change - The Tibetan plateau is feeling the effects of climate change, with glacial retreat and permafrost degradation among the effects. - SciDev.Net
July 30 2008: Using Crop Residue for Biofuels Hurts Soil Quality - Scientific American
July 30 2008: Ancient Greek Eclipse Calculator Marked Olympics - Scientific American
July 30 2008: Solar Eclipse To Be on the Internet - Sci-Tech Today
July 30 2008: Texas Starts Cleanup After Hurricane - Sci-Tech Today
July 30 2008: Enterprise Agility Requires BPM-Enabled Environments - Sci-Tech Today
July 30 2008: treaty by the end of 2009 to succeed the UN's Kyoto Protocol. Johannessen gave Reuters a hitherto... - Reuters
July 30 2008: Governments have agreed to negotiate a new - treaty by the end of 2009 to succeed the UN's Kyoto Protocol. Johannessen gave Reuters a hitherto... - Reuters
July 30 2008: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:23 PM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - Birds have been moving north in Europe over the past 25 years because of - Reuters
July 30 2008: Earthquake strongly jolts "lucky" L.A. - Science Daily
July 30 2008: ENVIRONMENT BLOG - New Scientist
July 30 2008: Miscanthus can meet US biofuels goal using less land than corn or switchgrass - EurekAlert!
July 30 2008: Starvation risk to 1m in northeast - IRIN
July 30 2008: Modest earthquake, not the 'Big One,' rattles California - International Herald Tribune
July 30 2008: Environment - - EurActiv
July 30 2008: Chino Hills Earthquake Felt Far and Wide - Environmental News Service
July 30 2008: Brazil's Petrobras starts commercial biodiesel production - Terra Daily
July 30 2008: MPs urge pollution controls on Olympic construction - EDIE
July 30 2008: Bush OKs $48 billion for AIDS as famine looms - Christian Science Monitor
July 30 2008: SoCal Earthquake - CBS
July 30 2008: 12 fall ill of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at bakery - Asahi
July 30 2008: By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - American blacks are likely to suffer disproportionately from - Reuters
July 30 2008: ANALYSIS-Market remedy to climate change stalls - Reuters
July 30 2008: Reforms that would help euro punch its weight - No one knows who speaks for the eurozone. No single body is designated to represent the bloc in international discussions, write - Financial Times
July 30 2008: UN warns on North Korea shortages - North Koreans are experiencing their worst food shortages since the famine of the late 1990s, a UN agency says. - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
July 30 2008: Turbine will harness wave power - BBC (Sci/Tech)
July 30 2008: Mystery smog - BBC
July 30 2008: Up in the air - Can China conquer its smog problems before Olympics? - BBC (Sci/Tech)
July 30 2008: Blowing in the wind - America and China are taking a surprising lead in harnessing energy from wind power. - CNN
July 30 2008: We explore five ways humans can trigger natural disasters, from floods to earthquakes and more... - New Scientist
July 30 2008: ENVIRONMENT NEWS - New Scientist
July 30 2008: Birds fly north in climate change vanguard: study - Environmental News Network
July 30 2008: Prize Winners to be Honored; Expert Panel to Weigh Climate Change Options - Environmental News Network
July 30 2008: Algae Based Biofuels in Plain English: Why it Matters, How it Works. - Environmental News Network
July 30 2008: Organic Agriculture, World Hunger and Global Warming: Report from the IFOAM Organic World Congress - Environmental News Network
July 30 2008: Inside the Middle East - Hala Gorani visits an oasis, where monsoon rains create a unique ecosystem; Sat 0730, 1330, 1830; Sun 1130, 1730 (All Times GMT) - CNN
July 30 2008: A magnitude-5.4 earthquake rocks California from L.A. to San Diego. - Discovery Online
July 30 2008: BLOG: Of News Cycles and Six-Legged Deer - What does a six-legged deer have to do with earthquakes? Larry O'Hanlon muses. - Discovery Online
July 30 2008: Countries aim to agree a successor by the end of next year to the - Protocol on climate change, a 1997 treaty which commits developed countries to limit... - Reuters
July 30 2008: July 30, 2008 20:05:00 - Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson says Coalition MPs who met in Canberra today have agreed unanimously on climate change policy. - ABC News Online
July 30 2008: The newly re-elected president of the NSW Farmers' Association has sounded a warning over the way carbon emissions in agriculture are accounted for. - ABC News Online
July 30 2008: PNG has 'role to play' in combating climate change - ABC News Online
July 30 2008: July 30, 2008 12:05:00 - Great Britain is calling on Papua New Guinea to play a leading role in combating climate change. - ABC News Online
July 30 2008: Federal Coalition backbenchers will today get their say on how Opposition has handled its views on climate change. - ABC News Online
July 29 2008: Earthquake strikes Southern California - VietnamNews.Net
July 29 2008: China prepares for storm damage - VietnamNews.Net
July 29 2008: Buildings evacuated as quake hits LA - 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits California - The Mercury
July 29 2008: Subs explore world's deepest lake - TWO Russian mini-submarines today dived to the bottom of the world's deepest lake to draw attention to its fragile environment but failed in a record-setting attempt, organisers said. - The Australian
July 29 2008: LA rattled by quake - A 5.4 MAGNITUDE earthquake rattled Los Angeles today, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. - The Australian
July 29 2008: Typhoons Bury Tons Of Carbon In The Oceans - Terra Daily
July 29 2008: Paying To Save Tropical Forests Could Be A Way To Reduce Global Carbon Emissions - Terra Daily
July 29 2008: One dead after typhoon pounds Taiwan - Terra Daily
July 29 2008: Disaster warning after floods kill 26 in Ukraine and Romania - Terra Daily
July 29 2008: Coastal evacuations in China as typhoon nears - Terra Daily
July 29 2008: Climate Change In The USA To Cost Billions - Terra Daily
July 29 2008: Amazon Outflow Is Found To Power Ocean Capture Of Carbon Dioxide - Terra Daily
July 29 2008: Severe storm drenching North Island - Stuff
July 29 2008: Storm photos - Stuff
July 29 2008: Opportunities in a warming world - Sydney Morning Herald
July 29 2008: - A snapshot of New Zealand's climate 40 million years ago reveals a greenhouse Earth, with warmer seas and little or no ice in Antarctica, according to research published in the journal ... > - Science Daily
July 29 2008: Explosion In Marine Biodiversity Explained By Climate Change - Science Daily
July 29 2008: Nanoparticle Research Points To Energy Savings - Science Daily
July 29 2008: July 28, 2008 - - NIST experiments with varying concentrations of nanoparticle additives indicate a major opportunity to improve the energy efficiency of large industrial, commercial, and institutional cooling systems ... > - Science Daily
July 29 2008: - Microbiologists are studying how interactions on a microscopic scale could change how we think of energy production, climate change and even soil contamination. "Microbes play significant roles in ... > - Science Daily
July 29 2008: Phonon Floodgate In Monolayer Carbon: Unexpected Gap-like Feature Found In Energy Spectrum Of Electrons Tunneling Into Graphene's Single Layer Of Atoms - Science Daily
July 29 2008: Peru mountain glaciers 'receding rapidly' - Glacier experts say climate change has caused north Peru's mountain glaciers to recede by 26 per cent in the last 33 years. - SciDev.Net
July 29 2008: Timeline: The 1859 Solar Superstorm - Scientific American
July 29 2008: Are Backyard Ethanol Brewers an Answer to High-Priced Gas? - Scientific American
July 29 2008: Texas Starts Cleanup After Hurricane - Sci-Tech Today
July 29 2008: Hurricane Dolly Lashes Texas Coast - Sci-Tech Today
July 29 2008: Less dependency on biofuels in EU - Reuters
July 29 2008: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 5:03 AM ET - are down and energy efficiency measures are up as the European Union's ambitious plan to fight - Reuters
July 29 2008: (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved a long list of action plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in coming years. - to raise the proportion of... - Reuters
July 29 2008: of such "unconventional" fossil fuel investments in a carbon-constrained economy, where governments affix a price on - -warming CO2 emissions.... - Reuters
July 29 2008: By Simon Baskett MADRID (Reuters) - Heat and humidity levels will be of more concern to competing athletes at the Beijing Olympics than pollution levels,... - Reuters
July 29 2008: More problems from - than pollution, say Spain - Reuters
July 29 2008: Beijing - shrouded in gloom - Olympics: air pollution reduction measures are in place but (oops!) pollution is increasing. - On Line Opinion
July 29 2008: China is about profit not human rights and Beijing will rapidly retreat back under the veil of pollution post Olympics - On Line Opinion
July 29 2008: The Corner House - Image: I Tornado GR4 Saudi Arabia Airforce ©BAE - OneWorld
July 29 2008: Weather better but several dozen residents, vacationers still stranded after N.M. flood - Newsday (AP update)
July 29 2008: Biggest earthquakes in recent California history - Newsday (AP update)
July 29 2008: Earthquake jolts Los Angeles, no major damage - Science Daily
July 29 2008: ENVIRONMENT BLOG - New Scientist
July 29 2008: How climate change works - IRIN
July 29 2008: Natural disasters spur regional cooperation - IRIN
July 29 2008: IRIN in-depth on climate change - IRIN
July 29 2008: Climate change in-depth - IRIN
July 29 2008: Earthquake spares L.A. energy facilities - International Herald Tribune
July 29 2008: Beijing weighs added pollution plans for Olympics - International Herald Tribune
July 29 2008: By JOHN M. BRODER - Al Gore said the goal of using only electricity produced by renewable energy in 10 years was achievable and necessary for national security. - International Herald Tribune
July 29 2008: Feast and famine - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
July 29 2008: Japan Promotes Carbon Trading, Hybrids - Greentech Media
July 29 2008: July 29, 2008 - The Asian government has approved a plan to reduce the country's greenhouse emissions by up to 80 percent by 2050. - Greentech Media
July 29 2008: Biofuels and Electricity Take Out the Trash - Greentech Media
July 29 2008: July 29, 2008 - Municipalities have been turning waste into electricity for decades, but biofuels - which have been under pressure from market conditions and under attack for concerns about their impact on the environment and food prices - are now competing for garbage. - Greentech Media
July 29 2008: Consol Energy and Synthesis Energy Systems plan to build the nation's first "modern" coal-to-liquids plant. And, Massachusetts enacts a law requiring more biofuels and freeing cellulosic ethanol from state taxes. - Greentech Media
July 29 2008: Carnegie Mellon University's Christopher L. Weber argues that China's new title as the world's larget greenhouse gas emitter is at least partly due to consumption of Chinese good in the West. - EurekAlert!
July 29 2008: Environment - - EurActiv
July 29 2008: Product Carbon Labeling Takes Shape in South Korea - Environmental News Service
July 29 2008: SEOUL, South Korea, July 28, 2008 (ENS) - The South Korean government has decided that selected products will carry labels in the marketplace to show the size of their carbon footprints. During the testing phase, just 10 products will get carbon labels, but if the program is successful, it will be used more widely. - Environmental News Service
July 29 2008: Ireland slows down in biofuel race - EDIE
July 29 2008: Biofuels 'not linked to food prices' - EDIE
July 29 2008: Cow power could light homes - Cow manure could be used to power up to 3% of North America's electricity needs and slash greenhouse gas emissions, researchers have claimed. - EDIE
July 29 2008: Planning system to go green - New measures are to be introduced to make planning regulations more environmentally sustainable and bring them in line with national climate change policies. - EDIE
July 29 2008: Oil prices and climate change fuel green gold rush - EDIE
July 29 2008: Ashton-in-Makerfield leads the way in carbon technology - EDIE
July 29 2008: Understanding Earthquakes - CBS
July 29 2008: Ground Shakers - Learn about what triggers an earthquake and get details on some of the world's worst. - CBS
July 29 2008: Japan says to start trial carbon trading in October - Reuters
July 29 2008: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:13 AM ET - By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - American blacks are likely to suffer disproportionately from - Reuters
July 29 2008: Australians strongly back carbon trade scheme: poll - Reuters
July 29 2008: Four killed in Kobe flash flood - The Japan Times
July 29 2008: Swimming: Hackett tips Phelps to set record - Beijing air pollution - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
July 29 2008: Floods kill 26 in eastern Europe - BBC (Europe)
July 29 2008: Quake rocks southern California - An earthquake measuring 5.4 rocks the US city of Los Angeles, causing buildings to sway but no injuries, early reports say. - BBC (Americas)
July 29 2008: Roosevelt revisited - 100 months to halt dangerous climate change - BBC (Sci/Tech)
July 29 2008: Brazil defends biofuels' merits - BBC (Americas)
July 29 2008: Fuel harvest - In spite of global fears, Brazil hails its ethanol revolution - BBC (Sci/Tech)
July 29 2008: Hong Kong choking on pollution - CNN
July 29 2008: Baby found alive in tornado rubble - CNN
July 29 2008: Earthquake shakes Los Angeles but causes little damage - CNN
July 29 2008: Earthquake rocks Los Angeles - CNN
July 29 2008: Five ways to trigger a natural disaster - It's the stuff of big-budget Hollywood fiction, but can humans really trigger natural disasters? - New Scientist
July 29 2008: ENVIRONMENT NEWS - New Scientist
July 29 2008: Peru mountain glaciers 'receding rapidly' - Environmental News Network
July 29 2008: Beijing says "sauna" haze will not last over Games - Environmental News Network
July 29 2008: U.S. Army works to cut its carbon "bootprint" - Environmental News Network
July 29 2008: U.S. should find way to price carbon emissions, say execs - Environmental News Network
July 29 2008: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) - Environmental News Network
July 29 2008: Earthquake rattles Los Angeles - Al Jazeera
July 29 2008: Coral Reef 'Glue' Damaged by Climate Change - Discovery Online
July 29 2008: Strong Quake Shakes Southern California - A magnitude-5.4 earthquake rocks California from L.A. to San Diego. - Discovery Online
July 29 2008: Total Solar Eclipse to Fall on China - A rare solar eclipse, known in China as the "sun-eating dragon," will fall again this Friday. - Discovery Online
July 29 2008: Coal on a roll with high prices warming hearts of investors - Sydney Morning Herald
July 29 2008: Sewage, Pollution Close Many Beaches - ABC News
July 29 2008: Typhoon swamps Taiwan, kills two - CNN (Asia)
July 29 2008: Don't compete if smog ails you, athletes told - The threat emerged as Australian athletes were again told they could withdraw from events if they believed competing in the smog might damage... - VietnamNews.Net
July 29 2008: July 30, 2008 07:55:00 - Federal Coalition backbenchers will today get their say on how Opposition has handled its views on climate change. - ABC News Online
July 29 2008: Govt launches farmer climate change training program - ABC News Online
July 29 2008: July 29, 2008 17:00:00 - The Federal Government has launched a $26 million scheme to give farmers access to training programs to deal with the impacts of climate change. - ABC News Online
July 29 2008: Carbon plan for Nullarbor limestone - ABC News Online
July 29 2008: July 29, 2008 10:21:00 - Scientists consider how Nullarbor limestone might help trap carbon emissions. - ABC News Online
July 29 2008: Wong stands by 2010 carbon trading start-up - ABC News Online
July 29 2008: July 29, 2008 08:02:00 - The ACT National Parks Association says an increase in the number of European wasps is threatening Namadgi park's biodiversity. - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: Japanese flooding destroys towns - VietnamNews.Net
July 28 2008: 500,000 evacuated as deadly typhoon nears - The Mercury
July 28 2008: Taiwan battens down against oncoming typhoon - Terra Daily
July 28 2008: Saharan Dust Storms Sustain Life In Atlantic Ocean - Terra Daily
July 28 2008: Hurricane Genevieve forms in Pacific - Terra Daily
July 28 2008: Greenhouse Gases May Be Released As Destruction Of Wetlands Worsens - Terra Daily
July 28 2008: California passes strict shipping pollution laws - Terra Daily
July 28 2008: At least 16 dead in flooding in Ukraine, Romania: governments - Terra Daily
July 28 2008: Air Pollution Is Causing Widespread And Serious Impacts To Ecosystems - Terra Daily
July 28 2008: Second storm could be worse than first - Stuff
July 28 2008: Ill fated boat's anchor broke in storm - company - Stuff
July 28 2008: Marine Biodiversity Due To Climate Change? - Science Daily
July 28 2008: Explosion In Marine Biodiversity Explained By Climate Change - Science Daily
July 28 2008: Population Policy Needed In Order To Combat Climate Change, Experts Argue - Science Daily
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 - - The biggest contribution UK couples can make to combating climate change would be to have only two children or at least have one less than they first intended, argues an editorial in the British ... > - Science Daily
July 28 2008: Region Hit Hard By 1993 Floods Showed Economic Resiliency, Study Indicates - Science Daily
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 - - With the first wave of clean-up efforts behind them, residents of communities affected by this year's Midwest floods may find hope in a new study on the economic impact of the 1993 flood that ... > - Science Daily
July 28 2008: Typhoons Bury Tons Of Carbon In The Oceans - Science Daily
July 28 2008: New Piece Of Climate Change Puzzle Found In Ancient Sedimentary Rocks - Science Daily
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 - - Researchers have added a new source of carbon dioxide to the complex climate change puzzle by showing that ancient rocks can release substantial amounts of organic matter into Earth's rivers and ... > - Science Daily
July 28 2008: Paying To Save Tropical Forests Could Be A Way To Reduce Global Carbon Emissions - Science Daily
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 - - Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about [#36]1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new ... > - Science Daily
July 28 2008: 'Nanonet' Circuits Closer To Making Flexible Electronics Reality - Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications ... > - Science Daily
July 28 2008: Hurricane Preparedness Survey: Worries About Drinking Water And Medical Care - Science Daily
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 - - A new survey finds the top worries of respondents threatened or hit by Hurricane Katrina are that they would not have enough fresh water to drink (42 percent very worried) and that they would not be ... > - Science Daily
July 28 2008: Scientists Test System To Forecast Flash Floods Along Colorado's Front Range - Science Daily
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 - - People living near vulnerable creeks and rivers along Colorado's Front Range may soon get advance notice of potentially deadly floods, thanks to a new forecasting system being tested this summer by ... > - Science Daily
July 28 2008: It's Back! Total Solar Eclipse Hits Skies Friday Night - Scientific American
July 28 2008: As Ocean Warms, Coral Loses Anchor in Acidic Waters - Coral reefs can't find a strong purchase in the eastern tropical Pacific thanks to more acidic waters--a potential precursor of what the ocean will be like under global warming - Scientific American
July 28 2008: Bracing the Satellite Infrastructure for a Solar Superstorm - Scientific American
July 28 2008: Texas Starts Cleanup After Hurricane - Sci-Tech Today
July 28 2008: Hurricane Dolly Lashes Texas Coast - Sci-Tech Today
July 28 2008: US should find way to price carbon emissions, say execs - Reuters
July 28 2008: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:05 AM ET - David declined to back a particular approach for assigning a cost to emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas associated with global - Reuters
July 28 2008: Body found in debris from N.M. flash flooding; pulley, basket used to get stranded people out - Newsday (AP update)
July 28 2008: Residents evacuate in northeast Missouri as lake designed to prevent flooding nears capacity - Newsday (AP update)
July 28 2008: Storm spawns Farmingdale funnel cloud - Newsday (AP update)
July 28 2008: One killed, hundreds stranded by New Mexico flood - Science Daily
July 28 2008: Biofuels main reason for food price rises: World Bank - Science Daily
July 28 2008: ENVIRONMENT BLOG - New Scientist
July 28 2008: Calls to reduce taxes and controls on food aid - IRIN
July 28 2008: HT City bash - White as snow: - Hindustan Times
July 28 2008: More articles on climate change - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
July 28 2008: on disease prevention and medical engineering. - Boots and homeopathy, Saharan solar power, and why Lonesome George may not be so lonesome after all - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
July 28 2008: (11 pictures) - Young designers take the style world by storm at Amsterdam fashion week - Guardian Unlimited
July 28 2008: Sunshine to give way to thunderstorms - Guardian Unlimited
July 28 2008: Beijing draws up anti-smog plan B - Olympic organisers work on new set of emergency measures to reduce pollution after initial steps failed - Guardian Unlimited
July 28 2008: Scientists hit out at coal station plans - New power plants built without technology to minimise emissions will accelerate global warming - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
July 28 2008: New Report Assesses Climate Change Vulnerability - GreenBiz
July 28 2008: Soil's carbon storage capacity investigated - EurekAlert!
July 28 2008: Three dead in Japan flooding: police - EurActiv
July 28 2008: Researchers Generate Hydrogen Without The Carbon Footprint - Terra Daily
July 28 2008: Irish homes to be carbon neutral by 2013 - EDIE
July 28 2008: 'Unprecedented level of mobilisation needed' to go zero-carbon - EDIE
July 28 2008: Schools to join carbon trading scheme - EDIE
July 28 2008: Australia eyes pay-to-pollute scheme - Businesses will have to pay to pollute under Australian government proposals for a carbon emissions trading scheme. - EDIE
July 28 2008: Heavy rain triggers flash flood, killing 4 - Asahi
July 28 2008: Heavy rain causes flooding, landslides in Hokuriku; 1 injured - Asahi
July 28 2008: PAKISTAN: Karachi better prepared for monsoon this year - IRIN
July 28 2008: Post Carbon Institute Releases Plan for Al Gore's Generational Challenge to Repower America - Environmental News Service
July 28 2008: Typhoon heading to Sakashima chain - The Japan Times
July 28 2008: Failure to address climate change like spitting in the wind - The Japan Times
July 28 2008: Beijing looks to more drastic pollution cuts - Financial Times
July 28 2008: West Bank ‘tsunami’ hits Hamas and allies - Financial Times
July 28 2008: Floods kill 26 in eastern Europe - At least 26 people die in Ukraine and Romania as severe storms and flooding force thousands to abandon their homes. - BBC (Europe)
July 28 2008: Lingering pollution worries China - BBC
July 28 2008: Typhoon Fung-Wong lashes Taiwan - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
July 28 2008: Obama's biofuels policy tension - BBC (Sci/Tech)
July 28 2008: CERs are project-based offset credits traded under the - Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism scheme. India is the world's second biggest source of... - Reuters
July 28 2008: China braced for Typhoon Fung-Wong - CNN
July 28 2008: Floods force hundreds from N.M. homes - CNN
July 28 2008: 33% of China's carbon footprint blamed on exports - Economists now say that one-third of China's carbon dioxide emissions come making exported goods many of them for developed countries - New Scientist
July 28 2008: Beijing shrouded in haze 11 days before Olympics - Environmental News Network
July 28 2008: Security becomes main cost in UK GMO crop trials - Environmental News Network
July 28 2008: Toronto Pays Citizens Hefty Grants For Projects Reducing Carbon Footprint - Environmental News Network
July 28 2008: Athletes wary of pollution risk - Al Jazeera
July 28 2008: Smog lingers as Beijing games near - Al Jazeera
July 28 2008: Total Solar Eclipse to Fall on China - Discovery Online
July 28 2008: Wind Powers Entire Home - ABC News
July 28 2008: Wasps threaten Namadgi's biodiversity - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: July 29, 2008 07:14:00 - The ACT National Parks Association says an increase in the number of European wasps is threatening Namadgi park's biodiversity. - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: Opposition to meet over its climate change policy - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: July 29, 2008 00:00:00 - The federal Coalition begins two days of meetings in Canberra today, which will focus on the Opposition's climate change policy. - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: Forestry company looking at reducing carbon - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 20:40:00 - Forestry Tasmania is developing projects to try to store more carbon emissions. - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has again ridiculed the Opposition's climate change policy. - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 17:44:00 - Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has again ridiculed the Opposition's climate change policy. - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: Climate change hurting marine snails - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 15:49:00 - Tasmanian scientists are concerned a microscopic marine snail species found in the Southern Ocean may soon die out due to climate change. - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: Greenpeace paint grim climate change message - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 11:05:00 - Greenpeace is taking its anti-coal protests to the seas this morning, and is currently writing climate change messages on coal carriers in north Queensland waters. - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: AMWU formulating climate change strategy - ABC News Online
July 28 2008: July 28, 2008 08:17:00 - The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) says tackling climate change could be a huge opportunity for the industry if it is managed properly by government. - ABC News Online
July 27 2008: Mount Ruapehu: - Wild storm kills five, destroys homes - The Mercury
July 27 2008: Skiers scurry as storm rages over Ruapehu - Stuff
July 27 2008: Typhoon takes aim at Taiwan - Stuff
July 27 2008: Storm photo gallery - Stuff
July 27 2008: Snow business overrated - Sydney Morning Herald
July 27 2008: Unions want carbon tariff to protect jobs - Sydney Morning Herald
July 27 2008: Wealth Does Not Dictate Concern For The Environment, Study Finds - Science Daily
July 27 2008: July 27, 2008 - - Resisting pressures to convert wetlands for agriculture, bio-fuels and hydro-electricity is vital to avoid destroying ecosystems that provide a suite of services essential to humanity, including ... > - Science Daily
July 27 2008: For humans in the path of destructive hurricanes and tsunamis, an accurate warning of the pending event is critical for damage control and survival. Such warnings, however, require a solid base of ... > - Science Daily
July 27 2008: July 27, 2008 - - For humans in the path of destructive hurricanes and tsunamis, an accurate warning of the pending event is critical for damage control and survival. Such warnings, however, require a solid base of ... > - Science Daily
July 27 2008: 9 hours ago - Typhoon nears Taiwan, markets to close Monday - Scientific American
July 27 2008: Tech Awards: De-Icing Goo, Headlights - Scientists have exposed some of the mystery of the northern lights. NASA says magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause aurora borealis to burst in spectacular shapes and colors - Sci-Tech Today
July 27 2008: Texas Starts Cleanup After Hurricane - Sci-Tech Today
July 27 2008: Hurricane Dolly Lashes Texas Coast - Sci-Tech Today
July 27 2008: The protest came a day before the Australian government's key adviser on - change, prominent economist Ross Garnaut, releases a report on carbon... - Reuters
July 27 2008: The 'mianji' (making face) Olympics - China is about profit not human rights and Beijing will rapidly retreat back under the veil of pollution post Olympics - On Line Opinion
July 27 2008: Officials: 13 dead, 2 missing after days of storms and floods in western Ukraine - Newsday (AP update)
July 27 2008: Taiwan braces for Typhoon Fung Wong, the second in a week - Newsday (AP update)
July 27 2008: Lost land: Midwest flooding strips region of valuable soil as sand, silt pile up in fields - Newsday (AP update)
July 27 2008: Typhoon nears Taiwan, markets to close - Science Daily
July 27 2008: 300 evacuated from flooding in Ruidoso, N.M., area - International Herald Tribune
July 27 2008: Flood protest to hit PM's holiday - PA - Guardian Unlimited
July 27 2008: Experts hit out at coal station plans - Fears climate change will speed up as new power plants lack emission-reducing technology - Guardian Unlimited
July 27 2008: Parents face a perfect storm: college kids and plastic - Christian Science Monitor
July 27 2008: Firms squeeze the workweek - The rise of four-day weeks promises energy savings and more productivity, but only in some cases. - Christian Science Monitor
July 27 2008: Storm warning for Fung Wong - CCTV
July 27 2008: --Business is calling for a phased introduction of a national emissions trading scheme in 2010 that would correspond to a post- - climate change... - Reuters
July 27 2008: Floods kill 16 in eastern Europe - BBC (World)
July 27 2008: Typhoon Fung-Wong heads to Taiwan - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
July 27 2008: Taiwan typhoon - CNN
July 27 2008: 'Worst storms in 100 years' batter Ukraine - CNN
July 27 2008: 'Worst storms in 100 years' hit Ukraine - CNN
July 27 2008: Second typhoon bears down on Taiwan - CNN
July 27 2008: Beijing smog still a problem ahead of Olympics - CNN
July 27 2008: Floods kill many in eastern Europe - Al Jazeera
July 27 2008: Fighting Deforestation - In the West African nation of Burkina Faso, millions of trees are planted every year to reverse desertification. However the growing socio-economic needs of local populations pose a constant threat to these efforts. - All Africa News
July 26 2008: Chinese Earthquake Provides Lessons For Future - Terra Daily
July 26 2008: Search to resume for canoeist missing as storm eases - Stuff
July 26 2008: Peters staunch in the eye of a political storm - Stuff
July 26 2008: Deadly trash avalanche in Guatemala - Stuff
July 26 2008: Northland cops it as storm sweeps island - Stuff
July 26 2008: Northern Wildfire Smoke May Cast Shadow On Arctic Warming - The Arctic may get some temporary relief from global warming if the annual North American wildfire season intensifies, according to a new study. Smoke transported to the Arctic from northern forest ... > - Science Daily
July 26 2008: Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three percent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas ... > - Science Daily
July 26 2008: Tech Awards: De-Icing Goo, Headlights - Scientists have exposed some of the mystery of the northern lights. NASA says magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause aurora borealis to burst in spectacular shapes and colors - Sci-Tech Today
July 26 2008: Texas Starts Cleanup After Hurricane - Sci-Tech Today
July 26 2008: Hurricane Dolly Lashes Texas Coast - Sci-Tech Today
July 26 2008: Image: Climate change induces outbreaks of pests such as the desert locust. Image credit: Gerald Yuvallos - OneWorld
July 26 2008: Global Warming - Newsday (AP update)
July 26 2008: Environmental Pollution - Newsday (AP update)
July 26 2008: Investors move into banks on pledge to not issue flood of new shares, not signs crisis over - Newsday (AP update)
July 26 2008: Africa: Crop Failure and Climate Change Links - Climate change has a profound effect on food security in Africa, as increasing temperatures and shifting rain patterns reduce access to food across the continent. - OneWorld
July 26 2008: Brit students to get Indian business experience - As many as 40 British students will spend six weeks in India with top companies to have a closer understanding of the business environment. - Hindustan Times
July 26 2008: Blake Morrison: - Even the best car journeys are a guilt trip, now we know the effect of carbon emissions - Guardian Unlimited
July 26 2008: Solar Power Partners Seeks $100M - Greentech Media
July 26 2008: Saddam soap - In the wake of the BBC's climate change drama, - OneWorld
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