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December 2005
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José Alberto Garibaldi describes his priority for action on global warming. You can play the low bandwidth or the high bandwidth version
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The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network works to improve management and conservation of coral reefs by providing manuals, equipment, databases, training, problem solving, and helps with finding funds for reef monitoring.
The Cities for Climate Protection Campaign assists cities to adopt policies and implement quantifiable measures to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and enhance urban livebility and sustainability.
zerocarbonbritain details how Britain can eliminate emissions from fossil fuels in 20 years and break dependence on imported energy.
Plan B, from the Earth Policy Institute, details how to rescue a planet under stress by cutting carbon emissions 80 per cent by 2020.
And finally,
Lorraine Berry was commissioned by the Environmental Change Network to produce a web-based creative work, as Seasons Change, drawing on data and knowledge concerning 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.
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December 31 2005: Katrina survivors found shot dead - 07:52 (AEDT) THREE members of a US family who survived Hurricane Katrina and were facing eviction from a Texas apartment complex where they had found shelter have been found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide. - The Australian
December 31 2005: Sydney, Hong Kong kick off celebrations - 04:25 (AEDT) FIREWORKS lit up the sky from Sydney to Hong Kong as the cities rang in 2006, kick-starting a night of celebration around the world as revellers bid farewell to a year scarred by violence and natural disasters. - The Australian
December 31 2005: 25 dead as police storm refugees - The Age
December 31 2005: Firefighters on alert during heatwave - Sydney Morning Herald
December 31 2005: Palestinian Gunmen Storm Gov't Offices - Newsday (AP update)
December 31 2005: FEMA Dumps Unused Hurricane Drinking Water - Newsday (AP update)
December 31 2005: Somalis wonder what happened to tsunami aid - Mail & Guardian Online
December 31 2005: Coke pays for pollution - AddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1587068,0002.htm", "Coke pays for pollution"); - Hindustan Times
December 31 2005: A year of catastrophe - Bomb blasts in London, an earthquake in Pakistan, an American city laid waste by a hurricane. - Guardian Unlimited
December 31 2005: Weather turns warmer after three die in snow and ice - Guardian Unlimited
December 31 2005: Palestinian police storm Gaza-Egypt border - China Daily (World)
December 31 2005: Department of Homeland Security criticized - WASHINGTON: Nearly three years after US President George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security after the September 11 attacks, the sprawling agency still faces management problems that were partly to blame for the poor response to Hurricane Katrina, an internal audit showed. - China Daily (World)
December 31 2005: Plantations may do more harm than good, says CSIRO - A global study on the use of forest plantations for carbon sequestration has found they may not always benefit the environment. - ABC News Online
December 31 2005: Australia's environment minister has ridiculed calls to send a naval ship to the Antarctic waters where a stand-off has developed between Japanese whalers and conservationists. - ABC News Online
December 31 2005: The Federal Opposition says Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane is wrong to say the Kyoto Protocol on climate change has failed. - ABC News Online
December 31 2005: World Briefings: 'Miracle baby' gives hope to families hit by tsunami - Washington Times
December 31 2005: Storm strands hundreds in Britain - Washington Times
December 31 2005: Heavy rains flood northern California - Washington Times
December 31 2005: Kenyan prison inmates to skip dinner to help famine victims - BBC (World)
December 31 2005: Egypt 'must probe Cairo violence' - Egypt is urged to set up an independent inquiry after more than 20 Sudanese die as police storm a protest camp. - BBC (Africa)
December 31 2005: Snow leaves passengers stranded - BBC
December 31 2005: Tropical Storm Zeta continues trek - CNN
December 31 2005: Mudslides and floods in California - CNN
December 31 2005: A year of epic disasters, terrorism and politics - Natural disasters, terrorism and politics drove the top stories of 2005, according to an unscientific poll of CNN.com readers. - CNN
December 31 2005: Moderate Earthquake Jolts Taiwan - China Internet information Centre
December 31 2005: Elephants in Danger Due to Forest Fires - All Africa News
December 31 2005: Four More Die of Hunger - Four more people were reported dead in Wajir District as the military intensified food delivery to victims of biting famine in northern Kenya. - All Africa News
December 31 2005: Storm Brings More Misery to the West - ABC News
December 31 2005: Exhibition captures tsunami survivors' tales - Ireland On-Line
December 31 2005: Energy standards 'will reduce carbon emissions' - Ireland On-Line
December 30 2005: 8.25am Twenty dead as police storm Sudan protest - The Australian
December 30 2005: Twenty dead as police storm Sudan protest - The Australian
December 30 2005: 7.54am Winter storm pounds California - The Australian
December 30 2005: Winter storm pounds California - 07:54 (AEDT) WARNINGS of possible flooding and landslides were issued in Northern California as the latest of a series of storms hit the state.. - The Australian
December 30 2005: Tropical Storm Zeta forms in Atlantic - Tropical Storm Zeta has formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, but forecasters said the straggler storm did not threaten land. - The Age
December 30 2005: Avalanche kills 7 in Tajikistan - An avalanche in ex-Soviet Tajikistan killed seven people when it crashed through a major highway, the emergencies ministry said. - The Age
December 30 2005: Goldman sees markets as solution to global warming - Stuff
December 30 2005: Researchers Show How Air Pollution Can Cause Heart Disease - Science Daily
December 30 2005: First Air-breathing, Liquid Fuel-powered Scramjet Takes Flight - At an altitude of 63,000 feet, the Freeflight Atmospheric Scramjet Test Technique (FASTT) vehicle became the first air-breathing, liquid hydrocarbon fuel-powered scramjet engine to ... - Science Daily
December 30 2005: Northern Calif. Braces for Storms - Newsday (AP update)
December 30 2005: Palestinian Police Storm Gaza-Egypt Border - Newsday (AP update)
December 30 2005: 25 People Killed in Pakistan Avalanche - Newsday (AP update)
December 30 2005: Europe Hammered by a Second Snowstorm - Newsday (AP update)
December 30 2005: Drought Strikes Three E. African Nations - Newsday (AP update)
December 30 2005: Winter Storm Shuts Down Roads in Colorado - Newsday (AP update)
December 30 2005: It was a year of natural disasters - the most North Atlantic tropical storms ever recorded and a spate of killer earthquakes - and a growing fear of climate change - New Scientist
December 30 2005: NewScientist.com's top 10 news stories of 2005 - These stories were the ones you clicked on the most – a stimulating mix of mystery, brain work, climate change, weaponry and sex - New Scientist
December 30 2005: Kenya's 'Christmas famine' kills at least 20 - Mail & Guardian Online
December 30 2005: First test-tube dolphin in Japan dies of starvation - The Japan Times
December 30 2005: Sewa braves cold to help victims - Fresh tremors and drop in temperature is hampering both the relief and rehabilitation work in earthquake ravaged Pakistan. - Hindustan Times
December 30 2005: Warmer weather on the way - Heavy snow and strong winds have caused more travel chaos, but forecasters said the cold snap is coming to an end. - Guardian Unlimited
December 30 2005: Gallery: your snow pictures - Guardian Unlimited
December 30 2005: Ford Issues Climate Change Report - GreenBiz
December 30 2005: Carbon Storage May Cause Other Environmental Problems, Study Suggests - GreenBiz
December 30 2005: Deal agreed to tap into coalbed site - China United Coalbed Methane Corp Ltd has agreed to co-operate with Canadian firm TerraWest Energy Corp to jointly tap coalbed methane (CBM) resources in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. - China Daily (Business)
December 30 2005: Police Storm Gaza-Egypt Border - CBS
December 30 2005: * - Police Storm Gaza-Egypt Border - CBS
December 30 2005: Second Wave Of Storms For West - CBS
December 30 2005: * - Second Wave Of Storms For West - CBS
December 30 2005: * - Famine Fears In E. Africa - CBS
December 30 2005: Naval ship 'counterproductive' in whaling stand-off - Australia's environment minister has ridiculed calls to send a naval ship to the Antarctic waters where a stand-off has developed between Japanese whalers and conservationists. - ABC News Online
December 30 2005: Hobart beach pollution under investigation - The Hobart City Council is investigating potential sources of pollution at some of the beaches along the River Derwent. - ABC News Online
December 30 2005: Labor denies Kyoto has failed - The Federal Opposition says Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane is wrong to say the Kyoto Protocol on climate change has failed. - ABC News Online
December 30 2005: Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell has accused an international protest group of trying to damage Japanese whaling vessels in the Southern Ocean. - ABC News Online
December 30 2005: Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has declared the Kyoto Protocol on climate change a failure. - ABC News Online
December 30 2005: Child's right to clean environment in focus - OneWorld
December 30 2005: Many killed in Pakistan avalanche - BBC (World)
December 30 2005: Police storm Gaza crossing point - BBC
December 30 2005: Tsunami and Iraq top BBC poll - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 30 2005: Iraq and tsunami top BBC poll - BBC (Middle East)
December 30 2005: Hope, sorrow for tsunami bereaved - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 30 2005: In pictures: Police storm camp - BBC (World)
December 30 2005: More snow disrupts European travel - CNN
December 30 2005: 'Horrific body count' - From terrorism to storms, CNN's Henry Schuster reviews a tumultuous year - CNN
December 30 2005: Salt Tide Threatens Water Supplies in South China - A severe drought in southern China's Guangdong province is letting sea water flow further up rivers than usual, contaminating fresh water with salt and disrupting normal supplies. - Environmental News Network
December 30 2005: SPACE 2006: Comet Dust Coming to Earth - Stardust will drop its cargo of comet particles in the Utah desert in mid-January. - Discovery Online
December 30 2005: Tianshan's Glacier Thawing Faster - China Internet information Centre
December 30 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 30 2005: California Readies for Rainstorms - ABC News
December 30 2005: Tropical Storm Zeta Forms in Atlantic - ABC News
December 30 2005: Energy standards 'will reduce carbon emissions' - Ireland On-Line
December 29 2005: Los Angeles Times via WBCSD - LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29, 2005 - The United States has not joined the Kyoto Protocol to cut greenhouse gases, but the pact nevertheless is boosting sales for American companies that market "clean" energy technologies. - GreenBiz
December 29 2005: World Bank Launches Large-Scale Carbon Credit Facility - GreenBiz
December 29 2005: 'Pornographic' art sparks EU storm - 06:00 (AEDT) CONTROVERSIAL images from an art project promoting Austria's EU presidency were removed by organisers yesterday after a storm of protest. - The Australian
December 29 2005: Snowstorm helps police catch burglars - The Age
December 29 2005: Plamegate - Katrina / Hurricanes - CBS
December 29 2005: Bush's Domestic Spying - Tsunami Relief - CBS
December 29 2005: Pakistan Earthquake - CBS
December 29 2005: Hospitals swamped as heatwave kicks in - Sydney Morning Herald
December 29 2005: Talent drought gives grateful Arthurs a chance - Sydney Morning Herald
December 29 2005: Tiny Pikas Seem To Be On March Toward Extinction In Great Basin; Climate Change, Human Factors Likely Culprits - Science Daily (Climate)
December 29 2005: (December 29, 2005) - - The tiny rabbit-like pika, an animal species considered to be one of the best canaries in a coal mine for detecting global warming in the western United States, appears to be veering toward the brink ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 29 2005: At Least 8 Killed in Yemen Avalanche - Newsday (AP update)
December 29 2005: Winter Storm Prompts Calif. Flood Warnings - Newsday (AP update)
December 29 2005: 2005: The year in environment - It was a year of natural disasters - the most North Atlantic tropical storms ever recorded and a spate of killer earthquakes - and a growing fear of climate change - New Scientist
December 29 2005: Famine threatens Horn of Africa - Somalia's transitional president on Thursday appealed for $60-million in urgent aid for about two million southern Somalis facing severe food and water shortages amid an increasing threat of famine across large swaths of the drought-stricken Horn of Africa. - Mail & Guardian Online
December 29 2005: Storms, floods batter southern Malawi - Mail & Guardian Online
December 29 2005: Regions suffering under snow to get financial aid - The Japan Times
December 29 2005: Forecast warns of heavy snow to come - Britain braced for more freezing weather as forecasters warn of widespread snow tonight and tomorrow. - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2005: New threat as wolves make comeback - Protections eased after big increase in numbers as environment groups fear backlash by ranchers. - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2005: Readers' snow best - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2005: In pictures: - Your images of winter snow in the UK and beyond. - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2005: Public interest in carbon trading will rise as polluters pass on the costs, writes - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2005: The tiny rabbit-like pika, an animal species considered to be one of the best canaries in a coal mine for detecting global warming in the western United States, appears to be veering toward the brink of extinction in the Great Basin. - EurekAlert!
December 29 2005: A FASTT first from the Office of Naval Research - At an altitude of 63,000 feet, the Freeflight Atmospheric Scramjet Test Technique (FASTT) vehicle became the first air-breathing, liquid hydrocarbon fuel-powered scramjet engine to fly. - EurekAlert!
December 29 2005: In tsunami's spindrift, a calming peace - Christian Science Monitor
December 29 2005: Snow covers a post box and silage bags on a farm in Leicestershire, central England. Britain is preparing itself for more freezing weather, with snow expected to return yesterday night. - China Daily (World)
December 29 2005: Beijing to set example for energy efficiency - China Daily (Home)
December 29 2005: Pause Before More Storms - CBS
December 29 2005: Campbell condemns 'war-like' whaling protests - Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell has accused an international protest group of trying to damage Japanese whaling vessels in the Southern Ocean. - ABC News Online
December 29 2005: Kyoto a failure, Macfarlane says - Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has declared the Kyoto Protocol on climate change a failure. - ABC News Online
December 29 2005: The South Australian Environment Department has started its annual crackdown on native animal keepers who do not have current wildlife permits. - ABC News Online
December 29 2005: The organisers of the Falls Music Festival in southern Tasmania are confident measures in place to protect the environment will be successful. - ABC News Online
December 29 2005: A British study has found the European Union is not cutting greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet its obligations under the Kyoto treaty. - ABC News Online
December 29 2005: Europe frozen in its tracks - Europe shivered yesterday in the grip of an icy cold snap, with France hit hardest by blizzards that have cut rail and road links and left thousands of motorists stranded in subzero temperatures. - Washington Times
December 29 2005: Katrina helps US charities boost coffers - Legislation passed to encourage giving in the wake of Hurricane Katrina looks likely to make 2005 the best year for charities in US history. But the measure will reduce taxes the US government collects by billions of dollars. - Financial Times
December 29 2005: Football: Liverpool storm to win - BBC (World)
December 29 2005: Holiday rush - Tourists banish tsunami fears to return to the Andamans - BBC
December 29 2005: Bosnia helps trace tsunami dead - BBC (Americas)
December 29 2005: Bosnia lab to test Katrina bodies - DNA experts who identified victims in Bosnia's mass graves are helping identify the dead of Hurricane Katrina. - BBC (World)
December 29 2005: Alert as Somali drought deepens - BBC (Africa)
December 29 2005: Somalia's slow Tsunami recovery - BBC (Africa)
December 29 2005: Britain braced for more snow - The UK prepares itself for more freezing weather, with snow expected to return on Thursday night. - BBC
December 29 2005: In pictures - Wintry weather blankets much of Europe in snow - BBC (World)
December 29 2005: See your photos of snow covering parts of the UK - BBC
December 29 2005: Europe hit by freezing conditions - Heavy snow and freezing conditions continue to disrupt travel across Europe amid warnings that more severe weather is on the way. - CNN (Europe)
December 29 2005: Avalanche kills 24 in Pakistan - CNN
December 29 2005: Much of California under flood watch - CNN
December 29 2005: Scientists Say Coral Reefs Spared in Tsunami - After hundreds of dives in the waters off Phuket, a team of scientists concluded that it was the intervention of humans, and not the havoc wreaked by the tsunami, that posed the greatest threat to the reefs. - Environmental News Network
December 29 2005: On Truth, Fact, Values, Climate Change, and Doughnuts -- A Guest Commentary - The ongoing brouhaha over the misuse of science in the political process – especially around controversial issues such as stem cells, evolution, and climate change – results from a conflict between facts and values, and persists because of a fundamental misunderstanding of science. - Environmental News Network
December 29 2005: The Maine coast has dozens of methane gas fields on the ocean bottom where mud-trapped gas occasionally bubbles to the surface, according to a team of University of Maine scientists. - Environmental News Network
December 29 2005: Stardust's Picture of Comet Wild 2 - Discovery Online
December 29 2005: By Irene Mona Klotz - Stardust will drop its precious cargo of comet particles in the Utah desert in mid-January. - Discovery Online
December 29 2005: News blog: send us your snow pix - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2005: News blog: - A year after the tsunami, Sri Lanka's government and rebels again have daggers drawn, writes - Guardian Unlimited
December 29 2005: Famine Death Toll Hits 39 - Twelve people have died of hunger in Garissa and Samburu districts, bringing the famine death toll in the country to 39. - All Africa News
December 29 2005: MPs Want Famine Declared a National Disaster - MPs yesterday asked President Kibaki to declare the famine in various parts of the country a national disaster. - All Africa News
December 29 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 29 2005: Snow Over Europe - ABC News
December 29 2005: Flood Warnings in Northern California - ABC News
December 28 2005: 9.29am Volcano rains debris on villages - The Australian
December 28 2005: Volcano rains debris on villages - 09:29 (AEDT) GUATEMALA'S Volcano of Fire belched more ash and lava today and continued raining debris on nearby villages one day after it began erupting. - The Australian
December 28 2005: Cold snap cuts road and rail links - 06:07 (AEDT) EUROPE shivered in the grip of an icy cold snap, with France hardest hit by blizzards that have cut rail and road links and left thousands of motorists stranded in sub-zero temperatures. - The Australian
December 28 2005: Guatemala's Volcano of Fire rumbling - Guatemala's Volcano of Fire belched more ash and lava and continued raining debris on nearby villages one day after it began erupting. - The Age
December 28 2005: Commuters struggle to work after English blizzards - Stuff
December 28 2005: NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2005 - Managers from Winslow Green Growth Fund, New Alternatives Fund, and Portfolio 21 discuss the opportunities and challenges of investing in solar power. - GreenBiz
December 28 2005: (December 28, 2005) - - A few weeks before leaving for the Antarctic Concordia Station, the Italian-French crew that will spend over one year in one of the harshest, isolated environments on Earth, attended two days of ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 28 2005: - Arsenic from treated lumber used in decks, utility poles and fences will likely leach into the environment for decades to come, possibly threatening groundwater, according to two research papers ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 28 2005: Reefs Recovering from Tsunami - Sci-Tech Today
December 28 2005: Environment News Service (ENS) - OneWorld
December 28 2005: Student Who Died in Tsunami Remembered - Newsday (AP update)
December 28 2005: Chicago Museum Exhibit Looks at Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)
December 28 2005: Heavy Snow Snarls Traffic Across Europe - Newsday (AP update)
December 28 2005: Good Weather Lowers Western Avalanche Risk - Newsday (AP update)
December 28 2005: CONGO: Scores homeless in Brazzaville floods - BRAZZAVILLE, 28 December (IRIN) - Torrential rains have caused widespread flooding and mudslides in the northern suburbs of Brazzaville leaving scores of people homeless. - IRIN
December 28 2005: By JANE PERLEZ AND RAYMOND BONNER / NYT - When Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold sealed its relations with the military, the fledgling Indonesian Environment Ministry could do little but watch as the waste piled up from the company's mine in Papua. - International Herald Tribune
December 28 2005: Warming may be O.K. - but not for humans - International Herald Tribune
December 28 2005: By ANDREW C. REVKIN / NYT - Earth scientists with the longest frames of reference, particularly those whose specialties begin with the prefix "paleo," often seem to be the least agitated about human-caused global warming. - International Herald Tribune
December 28 2005: AddMyLinkImage("/news/7752_1584124,000200170001.htm", "Warming the Online adv market"); - Hindustan Times
December 28 2005: Colombo Diary: - AddMyLinkImage("/news/7752_1582667,004100180006.htm", "Tsunami in SL: More needs to be done"); - Hindustan Times
December 28 2005: Chaos as freeze hits Europe - Major travel disruption as more snow and freezing conditions forecast over the next two days. - Guardian Unlimited
December 28 2005: Sweden, Britain on target, but EU way behind on greenhouse gas emissions control - Earth Times
December 28 2005: One of a group of 267 Eritrean, Ethiopian and Sudanese migrants evicted from a building by Italian police clasps a blanket in the street in Milan yesterday. The migrants had been living in the mansion without heat, water or electricity for over a month, and were taken early yesterday in a snowstorm to a shelter by police. (REUTERS) - China Daily (World)
December 28 2005: Fatah reunites for election as gunmen storm offices - China Daily (World)
December 28 2005: Heavy snow snarls traffic in Europe - VIENNA: A storm that dumped heavy snow from the Czech Republic to Croatia created headaches for commuters yesterday, causing trucks to jack-knife in Austria and stranding hundreds of motorists overnight in northern France. - China Daily (World)
December 28 2005: Cataract surgery proves costly for patients' eyesight - SHANGHAI: Police and medical departments are currently investigating a serious medical scandal in Suzhou, East China's Anhui Province, in which nine out of 10 cataract patients had to have their eyeballs removed following cataract surgery in an allegedly non-sterile environment. - China Daily (Home)
December 28 2005: * - Cleaner Air Aids Global Warming - CBS
December 28 2005: Year 2005 - From rescued cats to road trips, hurricane standups and RWDs (reporting while driving), CBSNews.com staffers pick their favorite Web extra moments. - CBS
December 28 2005: Consumer Confidence in U.S. Rises to Highest Since Before Gulf Hurricanes - U.S. consumer confidence rose in December to the highest since before hurricanes devastated the Gulf Coast, helped by falling gasoline prices and an improving labor market. - Bloomberg
December 28 2005: 'Strict environmental guidelines' in place for Falls Festival - The organisers of the Falls Music Festival in southern Tasmania are confident measures in place to protect the environment will be successful. - ABC News Online
December 28 2005: Environment group Planet Ark is reminding people to recycle their Christmas cards. - ABC News Online
December 28 2005: Dozens charged over Katrina fraud - Almost 50 people face charges in the US for allegedly stealing Red Cross funds meant for hurricane victims. - BBC (Americas)
December 28 2005: Kenya drought condemnation - BBC (Africa)
December 28 2005: Snow disrupts roads and railways - BBC
December 28 2005: Comfortable future - What does climate change mean for our consumption society? - BBC
December 28 2005: Europe freezes - Images of snow storms sweeping across parts of Europe - BBC
December 28 2005: Heavy snow snarls traffic across Europe - CNN
December 28 2005: Heavy snow snarls Europe traffic - CNN
December 28 2005: Heavy snow snarls Europe traffic - A storm that dumped heavy snow from the Czech Republic to Croatia creates headaches for European commuters, causing trucks to jackknife in Austria and stranding hundreds of motorists overnight in northern France. - CNN (Europe)
December 28 2005: Scientists Say Maine Coast Has Gas Fields - The Maine coast has dozens of methane gas fields on the ocean bottom where mud-trapped gas occasionally bubbles to the surface, according to a team of University of Maine scientists. - Environmental News Network
December 28 2005: A recent study says hotter, drier Southwestern summers will become a reality by the late 21st century if human-caused global warming continues. - Environmental News Network
December 28 2005: Good Weather Lowers Western Avalanche Risk - Following a deadly avalanche season marked by two deaths within ski areas, forecasters around the West say favorable weather has kept the risk of slides relatively low so far this winter. - Environmental News Network
December 28 2005: Sub-Saharan Africa Phases Out Leaded Fuel, U.N. Environment Agency Says - All 49 Sub-Saharan Africa countries will have phased out leaded fuel from their pumps and refineries by the end of the year a U.N. environment agency said Tuesday. - Environmental News Network
December 28 2005: Villagers Block Roads around U.S. Steel Serbia to Protest Pollution - Dozens of villagers blocked roads Tuesday around U.S. Steel Serbia to protest alleged pollution by the steelmaker. - Environmental News Network
December 28 2005: US$2.5b Committed to Renewable Energy - China Internet information Centre
December 28 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 28 2005: Green Party: Govt ‘not grasping seriousness of greenhouse emissions' - Ireland On-Line
December 27 2005: After the drought, this water's a bit of a lark - Sydney Morning Herald
December 27 2005: Letters: The acid rain of cynicism falls where it belongs - Sydney Morning Herald
December 27 2005: A Year On From The Asian Tsunami, Satellites Are Aiding Regional Rebuilding - Science Daily (Climate)
December 27 2005: (December 27, 2005) - - The deadly Indian Ocean tsunami that swept across coastlines on 26 December 2004 took the lives of more than 200 000 people. The sheer scale of the catastrophe meant that Earth Observation was vital ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 27 2005: Researchers: Treated Wood Poses Long-term Threat - Arsenic from treated lumber used in decks, utility poles and fences will likely leach into the environment for decades to come, possibly threatening groundwater, according to two research papers ... - Science Daily
December 27 2005: (December 27, 2005) - - Arsenic from treated lumber used in decks, utility poles and fences will likely leach into the environment for decades to come, possibly threatening groundwater, according to two research papers ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 27 2005: Top Science Stories of 2005 - 2005 has been a year of tempests both literal and figurative. Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma led a record pack of devastating storms; the issue of whether to teach intelligent ... - Scientific American
December 27 2005: EU approves aid for Africa’s 'silent tsunamis' - OneWorld
December 27 2005: World Marks One-Year Tsunami Anniversary - Newsday (AP update)
December 27 2005: Man Says Thai Hotels Not Ready for Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)
December 27 2005: Northern Maine Gets 3-Plus Feet of Snow - Newsday (AP update)
December 27 2005: China Sends Carbon to Help Russia Fight Toxic Spill - China has sent Russia a second batch of activated carbon to help mitigate the effects of a toxic spill in a river flowing towards the border dividing the two countries. - MosNews
December 27 2005: Tsunami: One year later - Mail & Guardian Online
December 27 2005: Somalis wonder what happened to tsunami aid - Somalis said prayers in mosques along their Indian Ocean coastline for more than 30 000 survivors left homeless and without livelihoods by the tsunami that traversed the sea from Asia, with many wondering what had happened to promised aid, presidential spokesperson Yusuf Ismail said on Monday. - Mail & Guardian Online
December 27 2005: Kenya's 'Christmas famine' kills at least 20 - At least 20 people have died from hunger and related illness in drought-hit northern Kenya this month, local officials said on Tuesday as President Mwai Kibaki prepared to inspect relief operations in the region. There has been a national outcry over what local media have dubbed the "Christmas famine". - Mail & Guardian Online
December 27 2005: Britain braced for snowfall - Snow hits eastern Britain, with heavier falls forecast. - Guardian Unlimited
December 27 2005: Back to tsunami's fatal shore - Guardian Unlimited
December 27 2005: Mourners honour tsunami victims - Guardian Unlimited
December 27 2005: Special report: the tsunami - Guardian Unlimited
December 27 2005: - John Aglionby: Drawn back to tsunami's fatal shore - Guardian Unlimited
December 27 2005: US$2.5b committed to renewable energy - China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation (CECIC), one of the country's flagship State-owned enterprises for alternative energy development, plans to invest at least 20 billion yuan (US$2.47 billion) over the next five years to build new projects across the nation. - China Daily (Business)
December 27 2005: Cleaner Air Aids Global Warming - CBS
December 27 2005: EU gas emissions not on target: report - A British study has found the European Union is not cutting greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet its obligations under the Kyoto treaty. - ABC News Online
December 27 2005: World mourns tsunami victims - Washington Times
December 27 2005: Tsunami carried lessons to world on preparedness - Washington Times
December 27 2005: Time to prepare for economic storm - Financial Times
December 27 2005: Half of tsunami drugs to be destroyed - Financial Times
December 27 2005: Swedes mark tsunami disaster - BBC (Europe)
December 27 2005: Hope amid sorrow - Tsunami relatives seek closure a year after loved ones' deaths - BBC
December 27 2005: Mourners mark tsunami disaster - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 27 2005: Aid for African 'silent tsunamis' - BBC (Africa)
December 27 2005: Europe 'behind on Kyoto pledges' - The UK is almost alone in the EU in honouring commitments to cut greenhouse gases, a think-tank warns. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 27 2005: More snow as big freeze continues - Motorists are warned to expect treacherous conditions with more snow forecast for eastern and central England. - BBC
December 27 2005: See your photos of snow covering parts of the UK - BBC
December 27 2005: Scientists: Coral reefs spared worst of tsunami's effects - CNN
December 27 2005: Gulf Hurricanes Triple Requests for Rigs-to-Reefs - Damage to offshore oil and gas platforms from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has tripled the number of requests to converts rigs into artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico. - Environmental News Network
December 27 2005: British Biologist Uses Carbon Trading To Grow Forests - Environmental News Network
December 27 2005: Environmental Security in a Post-Tsunami World -- A Guest Commentary - Environmental News Network
December 27 2005: Study Finds Climate Change May Melt Permafrost - Climate change could melt the top 11 feet of Alaska permafrost by the end of the century, according to a new study. - Environmental News Network
December 27 2005: Hexi Corridor Becomes Home for China's Biggest Wind Power Project - China Internet information Centre
December 27 2005: Newsblog: send us your snow pix - Guardian Unlimited
December 27 2005: Thai resorts 'still unprepared' - A leading meteorologist, who warned a tsunami could strike Thailand seven years before one hit, says coastal hotels and resorts are still unprepared for another killer wave. - CNN (Asia)
December 27 2005: ONE YEAR ON - Scientists: Coral reefs spared worst of tsunami impact - CNN (Asia)
December 27 2005: EU Commits Aid to 'Invisible Victims' of Natural Disasters - All Africa News
December 27 2005: Stemming Migration Flood to Europe - All Africa News
December 27 2005: Climate Change Tactic Could Damage Environment - All Africa News
December 27 2005: Tsunami Memorials - ABC News
December 27 2005: Chicago Museum Exhibit Looks at Tsunami - ABC News
December 27 2005: Irish Red Cross received €31m in tsunami donations - Ireland On-Line
December 27 2005: Ireland unlikely to see snow before New Year - Ireland On-Line
December 27 2005: Taoiseach pays tribute to tsunami response - Ireland On-Line
December 27 2005: Green Party: Govt ‘not grasping seriousness of greenhouse emissions' - Ireland On-Line
December 26 2005: 9.49am Heatwave leads to total fire ban - The Australian
December 26 2005: Heatwave leads to total fire ban - The Australian
December 26 2005: 9.46am Storms tear roof off pub - The Australian
December 26 2005: Storms tear roof off pub - 09:46 (AEDT) VICIOUS storms wreaked havoc in Queensland's southeast and outback, unroofing several buildings including a pub. - The Australian
December 26 2005: Sweden mourns tsunami dead - 05:07 (AEDT) SWEDEN, which suffered more deaths in the Indian Ocean tsunami than any nation outside Asia, yesterday remembered its 543 citizens who died in the disaster one year ago. - The Australian
December 26 2005: Sweden marks tsunami, PM criticised - Relatives of Swedes who died in the tsunami lit candles and wept at a memorial while PM Goran Persson deflected criticism of his handling of the crisis. - The Age
December 26 2005: Congo floods leave thousands homeless - Rain storms, floods and mudslides have left thousands of people homeless in the Congo Republic capital Brazzaville, according to local officials. - The Age
December 26 2005: LIGHT FROM DARKNESS: New Zealander Kelly Sharp releases a lantern on Phi Phi island in Thailand one year after a tsunami hit the area. - Stuff
December 26 2005: We were just doing our job, say tsunami heros - Stuff
December 26 2005: Asia remembers tsunami disaster - Stuff
December 26 2005: The Cutting Edge: Tsunami Forensics - Sydney Morning Herald
December 26 2005: Hurricanes, Runoff Tax Water Quality Management - Science Daily
December 26 2005: Storing Carbon To Combat Global Warming May Cause Other Environmental Problems, Study Suggests - Science Daily
December 26 2005: (December 26, 2005) - - Growing tree plantations to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to mitigate global warming -- so called "carbon sequestration" -- could trigger environmental changes that outweigh some ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 26 2005: A long 'last mile': the lesson of the tsunami - OneWorld
December 26 2005: Tsunami: Wave of Change - Scientific American
December 26 2005: Mexico's snowy 'smoking mountain' spits ash, rocks [#155][#155] - MEXICO CITY - Mexico's giant Popocatepetl volcano threw up an ash column almost 2 miles high and spat... - New Zealand Herald
December 26 2005: At Least 216,000 Dead, Missing in Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)
December 26 2005: Tsunami Survivors Return to Thai Beaches - Newsday (AP update)
December 26 2005: Some Parents Continue Search After Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)
December 26 2005: AP Photographer Returns to Tsunami Scene - Newsday (AP update)
December 26 2005: Sweden Honors Tsunami Victims With Vigils - Newsday (AP update)
December 26 2005: Mexican Volcano Erupts; No Threat to Towns - Newsday (AP update)
December 26 2005: Elizabeth Honors Tsunami, Bombing Victims - Newsday (AP update)
December 26 2005: Avalanche Kills 2 in Russia's Dagestan - An avalanche has killed one Russian border guard and one local resident in the highland district of Tsunta in Dagestan. Another border guard is missing. - MosNews
December 26 2005: 'Next tsunami, matter of time' - Hindustan Times
December 26 2005: Tsunami anniversary a day of sorrow: Bush - Hindustan Times
December 26 2005: Mourners honour tsunami victims - Ceremonies were held today to mark the first anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami which killed at least 216,000 people in one of the world's most deadly natural disasters. - Guardian Unlimited
December 26 2005: Many expected at Boxing Day hunts - Severe weather and snow forecast - Guardian Unlimited
December 26 2005: News file: Tsunami - Financial Times
December 26 2005: Indian Ocean tsunami warning system by mid-2006 - GENEVA - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced on Friday that plans to install an early tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean were on track to be completed by June or July next year. - Earth Times
December 26 2005: A wave that reshaped global response - Continued response to the tsunami shows a new level of international cooperation. - Christian Science Monitor
December 26 2005: Downside of cleaner air: more warming - Christian Science Monitor
December 26 2005: Tsunami priority: homes - Christian Science Monitor
December 26 2005: Survivors hope for miracles in Aceh - ULEE LHEUE, Indonesia: Yasrati's 13-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son have been missing since the tsunami swept across her village in the Indonesian province of Aceh, yet she clings to the hope they somehow survived. - China Daily (World)
December 26 2005: Impact of tsunami - China Daily (World)
December 26 2005: China joins global mourning - Chinese civil society yesterday joined the rest of the world in mourning the devastating human loss caused by the tsunami a year ago and reaffirmed its commitment to helping reconstruction efforts in hard-hit countries. - China Daily
December 26 2005: Tsunami's Wrath Remembered - CBS
December 26 2005: Tsunami carried lessons to world on preparedness - Washington Times
December 26 2005: By Betsy Pisik - The eight-second earthquake that created the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami one year ago today also produced an unexpected silver lining: The world is more focused on preparing for massive disasters and fine-tuning the emergency response. - Washington Times
December 26 2005: Survivors mark first anniversary of Asian tsunami - Washington Times
December 26 2005: A year after the giant wave... - Although tsunami survivors have picked up the threads of their lives, the pain of having lost their near ones remain. - Times of India
December 26 2005: Tsunami medical aid under scrutiny - Financial Times
December 26 2005: US greenhouse gas output falls - Financial Times
December 26 2005: Asia marks anniversary of Tsunami - Financial Times
December 26 2005: Tsunami picture galleries - Financial Times
December 26 2005: UK on track to meet greenhouse gas targets - Financial Times
December 26 2005: Hurricane clear-up differs from town to town - Financial Times
December 26 2005: Then and now: Tsunami one year on - BBC (World)
December 26 2005: In pictures - Then and now: Tsunami one year on - BBC
December 26 2005: Swedes mark tsunami anniversary - BBC
December 26 2005: EU aids African 'silent tsunamis' - BBC (World)
December 26 2005: Mourners mark tsunami anniversary - Ceremonies are held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. - BBC
December 26 2005: Aid for African 'silent tsunamis' - The European Union will give $200m in aid to African countries suffering what an official calls "silent tsunamis". - BBC (Africa)
December 26 2005: Tsunami: Somalia's slow recovery - BBC (Africa)
December 26 2005: Tsunami damage - BBC (Africa)
December 26 2005: Britons commemorate tsunami - BBC
December 26 2005: Straw apology to tsunami families - BBC
December 26 2005: Mexico volcano spews rock, ash - CNN
December 26 2005: Mexican volcano spews glowing rock - CNN
December 26 2005: Harpist dons blue hospital scrubs for unusual recital -- in the operating theater - TSUNAMI: ONE YEAR ON - CNN
December 26 2005: Mexico's Snowy 'Smoking Mountain' Spits Ash, Rocks - Mexico's giant Popocatepetl volcano threw up an ash column almost 2 miles high and spat glowing rocks down its snow-clad slopes Sunday, but nearby towns were not affected. - Environmental News Network
December 26 2005: The Oct. 8 earthquake that flattened much of northern Pakistan has taught a lesson to mountain villagers that conservationists had long failed to instill: the importance of their forests. - Environmental News Network
December 26 2005: Expert Stresses Environmental Protection in Tibet - The protection of ecological environment is the fundamental approach of development for Tibet because of its special location and fragile ecological environment, an expert said. - China Internet information Centre
December 26 2005: News blog: - A collaborative blog formed after last year's tsunami became the prime souce of information about the disaster, writes - Guardian Unlimited
December 26 2005: discusses the massive relief effort's challenges and goals with the head of the U.S. agency working on tsunami aid. - CBS
December 26 2005: Siren's wail marks tsunami moment - CNN (Asia)
December 26 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 26 2005: Study: Climate Change May Melt Permafrost - ABC News
December 26 2005: World Marks One-Year Tsunami Anniversary - ABC News
December 26 2005: Tsunami Victims Remembered - Friends and family mourn the thousands of loved ones lost in last year's cataclysmic tsunami. - ABC News
December 26 2005: Tsunami Photos: A Year Later - ABC News
December 26 2005: Ireland unlikely to see snow before New Year - Ireland On-Line
December 26 2005: Irish Red Cross received €31m in tsunami donations - Ireland On-Line
December 26 2005: Taoiseach pays tribute to tsunami response - Ireland On-Line
December 25 2005: 5.57am Hundreds pray for tsunami dead - The Australian
December 25 2005: Hundreds pray for tsunami dead - 05:57 (AEDT) HUNDREDS prayed today in a southern Thailand temple once used to store the bodies of tsunami victims, as mourners gathered ahead of services for the disaster's first anniversary. - The Australian
December 25 2005: 04:08 (AEDT) BRITAIN'S Queen Elizabeth described 2005 as a "terrible year" for many in her Christmas message overnight, focusing on natural disasters and the London bomb attacks. - The Australian
December 25 2005: Tsunami prayers mark Xmas in Thailand - Simple Buddhist ceremonies have marked Christmas Day in Thailand's tsunami zone on the eve of the Indian Ocean disaster's first anniversary. - The Age
December 25 2005: Queen says 2005 was 'terrible year' - Britain's Queen Elizabeth described 2005 as a "terrible year" for many in her Christmas message, focussing on natural disasters and the London bomb attacks. - The Age
December 25 2005: One dead in Japan train crash - Heavy snow killed six people in Japan at the weekend, disrupted holiday traffic and was blamed for a fatal passenger train derailment. - The Age
December 25 2005: Aceh tsunami poster child prepares for film debut - Stuff
December 25 2005: Kiwi tsunami heroes to get medals - Stuff
December 25 2005: Family remember couple killed in tsunami - Stuff
December 25 2005: After the Waves: Asia's Tsunamis - One Year On - Sydney Morning Herald
December 25 2005: Tsunami Victims Remembered Across Asia - Newsday (AP update)
December 25 2005: Parents Still Look for Kids After Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)
December 25 2005: A Family Rebuilds After Tsunami Heartbreak - Newsday (AP update)
December 25 2005: Tsunami Survivor Returns to Thailand - Newsday (AP update)
December 25 2005: Japan Blizzard Death Toll Rises to Eight - Newsday (AP update)
December 25 2005: Experts Say Pollution Level in Russian River 'Acceptable' and Lowering Further - MosNews
December 25 2005: Storms, floods batter southern Malawi - Heavy storms and flooding displaced hundreds of villagers this week in two drought-stricken southern Malawi districts, officials said on Saturday. Two tributaries of the Shire River burst their banks in Nsanje, flooding five villages, District Commissioner Tobby Solomoni said. - Mail & Guardian Online
December 25 2005: Happy Holidays! - We're taking off! The management and staff of the Environment News Service will take our annual publishing break from December 25 through January 1. Our next publishing day will be January 2, 2006. Thanks to all our readers for your interest in our work. Our warmest wishes to all for a safe and joyous holiday and a healthy New Year. - Environmental News Service
December 25 2005: Four people die as snow continues to fall on Sea of Japan coast - The Japan Times
December 25 2005: House gone in tsunami, mother killed by father, UNICEF’s face stares at grim tomorrow - Ayear after, as the world prepares to remember the tsunami, Manni Kannan, a UNICEF symbol of the tragedy, faces a new life. Without his mother, who’s dead, and father, who’s in jail for crushing her to death. - Indian Express
December 25 2005: , December 23, 2005 (ENS) – United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has won a million dollar Global Leadership for the Environment prize. Members of an international jury were unanimous in their decision to award the 2005 Zayed Prize to Annan, who is in the ninth year of his two five-year terms as leader of the world body. - Environmental News Service
December 25 2005: Link between exposure to air pollution, heart trouble: study - Earth Times
December 25 2005: A tsunami survivor plays on the beach in a fishing village of Akkarapettai in Nagapattinam, about 325 kilometres from the southern Indian city of Chennai on Saturday. (Reuters) - China Daily (World)
December 25 2005: Indian tsunami survivors pray during a Christmas mass at a church in the fishing village of Akkarapettai in Nagapattinam, about 325 kilometres from the southern Indian city of Chennai yesterday. (REUTERS) - China Daily (World)
December 25 2005: BAAN NAM KHEM, Thailand: The primary school in this tiny Thai village got so many donations to help rebuild after last year's tsunami that it's now a sparkling new complex with an expanded programme for toddlers. - China Daily (World)
December 25 2005: BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Bustari Mansyur shrugs wearily when asked how many bodies his workers retrieved from the mangled wreckage of last December's tsunami. The question seems irrelevant. - China Daily (World)
December 25 2005: Victims remembered on tragic anniversary - Remembrance activities will take place around the Indian Ocean today to remember the more than 220,000 people killed in the December 26 tsunami, unleashed by one of the world's largest-ever earthquakes which struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. - China Daily (World)
December 25 2005: Life goes on after bird flu causes major losses - HEISHAN, Liaoning: Zhao Guangyu keeps wiping sweat off his forehead in the newly established greenhouse, while outside is -20 C. - China Daily (Home)
December 25 2005: Remembering Tsunami Victims - CBS
December 25 2005: * - Tsunami's Lessons Of Giving - CBS
December 25 2005: Christmas revellers urged to recycle - Environment group Planet Ark is reminding people to recycle their Christmas cards. - ABC News Online
December 25 2005: Survivors mark first anniversary of Asian tsunami - Washington Times
December 25 2005: By Alisa Tang - Amid Christmas lights strung along the beachfront, a cluster of mourners bowed their heads toward the ocean at dusk yesterday and offered prayers for the hundreds of thousands killed a year ago in the Indian Ocean tsunami. - Washington Times
December 25 2005: Tsunami escape route still a theory - Washington Times
December 25 2005: Tsunami 'alters Andamans' - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 25 2005: Tsunami threat to water supplies - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 25 2005: Local action 'key in tsunami aid' - BBC
December 25 2005: Thailand begins tsunami memorials - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 25 2005: UK tsunami victims remembered - BBC (Europe)
December 25 2005: Coral 'little damaged by tsunami' - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 25 2005: England braced for heavy snowfall - Parts of south and east England are expected to receive heavy snow showers this week. - BBC
December 25 2005: Queen highlights year's tragedies - The Queen praises humanitarian responses to natural disasters and terrorism in her Christmas speech. - BBC
December 25 2005: Tsunami: Mangroves 'saved lives' - BBC
December 25 2005: Tsunami trees - How mangrove forests helped save lives in the tsunami disaster - BBC (World)
December 25 2005: Tsunami memorials - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 25 2005: Quiet ceremonies mark tsunami - CNN
December 25 2005: Heavy snow kills 6 - CNN
December 25 2005: 'Roof of the World' Threatened by Deteriorating Environment - The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, dubbed as the Roof of the World, is facing the threat of deteriorating environment, according to a latest geological survey. Geologists said drought of lakes, shrinking of glaciers and decrease of grassland are the major problems threatening the plateau. - China Internet information Centre
December 25 2005: Quiet ceremonies mark tsunami - Grieving relatives gathered on beaches and at mass graves Sunday to remember the 216,000 people killed or washed away by the tsunami that crashed into coastlines from Asia to Africa one year ago. - CNN (Asia)
December 25 2005: Tsunami victims remembered - CNN (Asia)
December 25 2005: Heavy snow kills 6 in Japan - CNN (Asia)
December 25 2005: Post-Tsunami Thailand Slowly Recovers - ABC News
December 25 2005: Tsunami Victims Remembered - ABC News
December 24 2005: Tsunami relief spending to increase - THE pace of welfare expenditure will increase next year to help restore communities shattered by the Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami a year ago, the Australian Red Cross (ARC) says. - The Mercury
December 24 2005: Thailand to mark tsunami anniversary - 02:57 (AEDT) FINAL preparations are being made for hundreds of commemoration ceremonies around the Indian Ocean to mark tomorrow's first anniversary of the deadly Boxing Day tsunami that killed at least 216,000 people. - The Australian
December 24 2005: Tsunami relief spending to increase - 01:28 (AEDT) THE pace of welfare expenditure will increase next year to help restore communities shattered by the Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami a year ago, the Australian Red Cross (ARC) says. - The Australian
December 24 2005: Thai ceremony marks tsunami anniversary - Survivors have launched a boat laden with flowers, candles and incense in the first ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami. - The Age
December 24 2005: Tsunami angel's wings clipped - The Age
December 24 2005: Tsunami's angel of mercy has wings clipped - Sydney Morning Herald
December 24 2005: The second flood - money - Sydney Morning Herald
December 24 2005: After the tsunami - one year on - Sydney Morning Herald
December 24 2005: A long 'last mile': the lesson of the Asian tsunami - SciDev.Net
December 24 2005: Ecosystem assessment wins top environment award - SciDev.Net
December 24 2005: Mourners Remember 216,000 Tsunami Victims - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2005: Tsunami Survivors Mark First Anniversary - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2005: Tsunami Failed to Bring Peace in Sri Lanka - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2005: Tsunami Victims Return to Thai Resorts - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2005: Swedish Boy Mourns Mother Lost in Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2005: Tsunami Warning System a Work in Progress - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2005: Earthquake Rattles Ecuador's Amazon Jungle - Newsday (AP update)
December 24 2005: Emperor turns 72, frets blizzard woes - The Japan Times
December 24 2005: Tsunami rides on memory waves - Hindustan Times
December 24 2005: Special report: Life after the tsunami: Rebuilding Nusa - Guardian Unlimited
December 24 2005: Illinois Ethanol Producer Must Install Air Pollution Controls - Environmental News Service
December 24 2005: GENEVA, Switzerland - , December 24, 2005 (ENS) - New data from meterologists around the world shows that 2005 is currently the second warmest year on record and is likely to be among the warmest four years in the temperature record since 1861, but the World Meteorological Organization says official figures will not be released until February. - Environmental News Service
December 24 2005: 2005 Was the Second Warmest Year on Record - Environmental News Service
December 24 2005: UN Chief Wins Million Dollar Environmental Leadership Prize - , December 23, 2005 (ENS) – United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has won a million dollar Global Leadership for the Environment prize. Members of an international jury were unanimous in their decision to award the 2005 Zayed Prize to Annan, who is in the ninth year of his two five-year terms as leader of the world body. - Environmental News Service
December 24 2005: WASHINGTON, DC, - December 23, 2005 (ENS) – Revisions to the national air quality standards for fine particle pollution, and for some coarse particles, have been proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental and clean air critics call the new standards a gift to industry. - Environmental News Service
December 24 2005: Nonpoint Source Pollution Cleanup Essential to Great Lakes Strategy - Environmental News Service
December 24 2005: Developing Countries Funded for Ozone Safe Technology - Environmental News Service
December 24 2005: U.S. Endured Record Heat, Drought, Hurricanes in 2005 - Environmental News Service
December 24 2005: Indonesia's most famous tsunami survivor Martunis, 8, holds a ball as he poses for a photographer with his classmates near his school on the outskirts of Banda Aceh on December 5, 2005. (Reuters) - China Daily (World)
December 24 2005: Aceh poster child set for film debut - An Indonesian boy, found wandering delirious on a beach in ruined Aceh Province three weeks after last December's tsunami, made headlines around the world with his miraculous story of survival. - China Daily (World)
December 24 2005: Cuba offers to play match for storm victims - China Daily (World)
December 24 2005: WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives passed a US$453.3 billion defence spending bill on Thursday, which included US$50 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and funding for other needs including rebuilding from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. - China Daily (World)
December 24 2005: Thailand's Tsunami Anniversary - CBS
December 24 2005: * - White House Releases Tsunami Plan - CBS
December 24 2005: Tsunami's Lessons Of Giving - CBS
December 24 2005: Allen Pizzey - discover the generosity of the tsunami victims, as he explains in this Reporter's Notebook. - CBS
December 24 2005: Trails reopen after Adelaide floods - Walking trails through Morialta Falls Conservation Park in Adelaide's north-east suburbs have been reopened, after being damaged by severe flooding last month. - ABC News Online
December 24 2005: World Briefings: Tsunami escape route still a theory - Washington Times
December 24 2005: Asian tsunami: One year later - BBC
December 24 2005: In pictures - Survivors of the tsunami photograph their own lives - BBC
December 24 2005: Tsunami shock and anger still reverberate in Sweden - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 24 2005: Sweden's tragedy - Tsunami shock and anger still reverberate in Sweden - BBC (World)
December 24 2005: Thailand begins tsunami services - BBC (World)
December 24 2005: Thailand begins tsunami memorials - Ceremonies in memory of the tens of thousands of victims of last year's tsunami begin in Thailand. - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 24 2005: UK victims of tsunami remembered - Remembrance services for UK victims of last year's Boxing Day tsunami have been held in Phuket, Thailand. - BBC (Europe)
December 24 2005: Service tribute for tsunami Britons - Commemorations for the Britons who died in last year's tsunami are held in Phuket, Thailand. - BBC
December 24 2005: Britons return to tsunami scene - BBC
December 24 2005: UK victims of Asian tsunami - BBC
December 24 2005: How the Indian Ocean tsunami alert system is progressing - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 24 2005: Tsunami: One year on - CNN
December 24 2005: Tsunami Special - CNN
December 24 2005: Survivors mark tsunami anniversary - CNN (Asia)
December 24 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 24 2005: One Year Later, Slow Progress in Tsunami Recovery - ABC News
December 24 2005: Tsunami Anniversary Observed - ABC News
December 23 2005: Phuket's Aussies counting tsunami cost - The Age
December 23 2005: Tsunami hero Jess our Woman of the Year - The Age
December 23 2005: Paradise not lost in Phuket, says Kiwi - A year after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami shattered the billion-dollar tourism industry in southern Thailand, Kiwi guesthouse and bar owner David Simone is still annoyed. - Stuff
December 23 2005: 'Unscrupulous' Kiwi hits Canada - A dubious New Zealand businessman has taken Canada by storm, signing up for businesses and properties worth millions of dollars. - Stuff
December 23 2005: Dynamic Bed Causes Irregular Course Of River - How can you manage and design rivers such that no floods occur, whilst still ensuring navigation for shipping and a continuation of the agricultural, ecological and recreational functions? Dutch ... - Science Daily
December 23 2005: (December 23, 2005) - - How can you manage and design rivers such that no floods occur, whilst still ensuring navigation for shipping and a continuation of the agricultural, ecological and recreational functions? Dutch ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 23 2005: Nizamuddin Siddiqui - reports on efforts to improve Pakistan's ability to detect and study earthquakes. - SciDev.Net
December 23 2005: A long 'last mile': the lesson of the Asian tsunami - SciDev.Net
December 23 2005: Ecosystem assessment wins top environment award - SciDev.Net
December 23 2005: Primordial comet dust to drop to Earth next month [#155][#155] - New Zealand Herald
December 23 2005: Outpost Sees Promise of Renewal in Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)
December 23 2005: Survivors Prepare for Tsunami Anniversary - Newsday (AP update)
December 23 2005: Tsunami Death Toll - Newsday (AP update)
December 23 2005: Texas' Last Hurricane Shelter Closes Up - Newsday (AP update)
December 23 2005: Top-order drought needs run-rain before Pak tour - Indian Express
December 23 2005: Advani is scheduled to quit as BJP chief after the party's silver jubilee conference in Mumbai next week. - Tsunami, a year on - Hindustan Times
December 23 2005: Special report: Indian Ocean tsunami - Guardian Unlimited
December 23 2005: Tree-planting projects may not be so green - Knock-on effect thwarts carbon offsetting plan - Guardian Unlimited
December 23 2005: December 23: - Knock-on effect thwarts carbon offsetting plan - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 23 2005: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Gains Traction in Northeast - EnergyOnline Daily News
December 23 2005: White House Releases Tsunami Plan - CBS
December 23 2005: Barry Petersen - spent weeks covering the Asian tsunami. A year later, he reports on progress in the area. - CBS
December 23 2005: Trish Regan - has the story of a New Orleans woman and her family who are determined to celebrate Christmas despite their losses to Hurricane Katrina. - CBS
December 23 2005: Researchers: Treated wood poses long-term threat - Arsenic from treated lumber used in decks, utility poles and fences will likely leach into the environment for decades to come, possibly threatening groundwater, according to two research papers published online Wednesday. - EurekAlert!
December 23 2005: Boats 'could harm' tsunami areas - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 23 2005: Facing the horror - UK families return to remember those they lost in the tsunami - BBC
December 23 2005: Early warning - How the Indian Ocean tsunami alert system is progressing - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 23 2005: Tsunami school links are growing - BBC
December 23 2005: Video: James Meek - visits a street that lost half its population in the tsunami. (Quicktime, 12.5mb) - Guardian Unlimited
December 23 2005: Fears for Dwindling Forests in Pakistani Quake Zone - The Oct. 8 earthquake that flattened much of northern Pakistan has taught a lesson to mountain villagers that conservationists had long failed to instill: the importance of their forests. - Environmental News Network
December 23 2005: Many Local Leaders Weren't Aware of Government Pollution Health Risk Scores - The health-risk scores that the government created over the last decade to identify communities with potential hazards from industrial air pollution caught many local officials by surprise. - Environmental News Network
December 23 2005: A restless volcano near Alaska's most populated region is being watched by scientists and officials, who warned Thursday of the risk of clouds of ash and a tsunami from a possible eruption. - Environmental News Network
December 23 2005: Aquarium Scientist Predicts Quick Recovery for Most Coral Reefs Impacted by Deadly Tsunami - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 23 2005: - By New England Aquarium - In the aftermath of last year’s cataclysmic tsunami, Dr. Gregory Stone of the New England Aquarium co-led an expedition to survey the damage caused to Thailand’s coral reefs. The expedition’s results indicate a quick recovery for most of the reefs affected by the tsunami, as reported in a recently released technical report available on the New England Aquarium Web site and in December’s issue of - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 23 2005: Investments in Luxury Projects Curbed - China plans to limit the building of villas, golf courses and other luxury projects in an effort to protect the environment and prevent wasteful investments. The restrictions are among a list of targets issued by authorities calling on local officials to encourage promising industries such as telecoms while discouraging businesses that waste energy and other resources. - China Internet information Centre
December 23 2005: Starvation At Christmas - Thousands of Kenyans are facing a slow death from starvation, while the rest of our country is planning to eat and drink its way through a very merry Christmas. - All Africa News
December 23 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 23 2005: U.S. Tsunami Alert Plan Issued - ABC News
December 22 2005: Tsunami generation see hope for the future, according to survey - OneWorld
December 22 2005: Land rows challenge tsunami recovery - Land disputes, housing shortages and the rights of migrant workers are major challenges facing Thailand a year after the tsunami, the United Nations says. - The Age
December 22 2005: Heavy snow causes havoc in Japan, Korea - The Age
December 22 2005: Downer slammed over tsunami service snub - The husband of an Australian woman who died in last year's tsunami has criticised the Foreign Minister for not attending a memorial service in Thailand. - The Age
December 22 2005: Still caught up in the tsunami's net - The Age
December 22 2005: Tsunami survivors look for work one year later - Stuff
December 22 2005: Pollution is protecting us from harsh rays of the sun - Sydney Morning Herald
December 22 2005: Study Finds Significant Independent Association Between Air Pollution And Cardiovascular Risk - Science Daily
December 22 2005: Mistrust and delays hit tsunami alert plans - OneWorld
December 22 2005: Mistrust and delays hit plans for tsunami alert system - Asian nations are developing their own tsunami warning systems, after failing to agree on a regional alert centre. - SciDev.Net
December 22 2005: Local Leaders in the Dark on Pollution - Sci-Tech Today
December 22 2005: IBT is an independent television production company specialising in making programmes on development, environment and human rights issues. The Trust's aim is to promote a wider understanding of these issues through the use of the media. - OneWorld
December 22 2005: Primordial comet dust to drop to Earth next month [#155][#155] - WASHINGTON - A sample of comet dust, collected by a robotic space probe with what looks a bit like a... - New Zealand Herald
December 22 2005: Seattle Scientists Expand Tsunami Research - Newsday (AP update)
December 22 2005: East Texans Suffer Two Fold After Storms - Newsday (AP update)
December 22 2005: New Institute to Study Hurricane Recovery - Newsday (AP update)
December 22 2005: Fear still haunts Tsunami survivors - New Scientist
December 22 2005: American global warming gas emissions accelerate to a record high - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 22 2005: December 22: - Emissions of global warming gases from the United States have nearly doubled in 14 years and reached an all-time high in 2004, according to figures released by the American government. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 22 2005: Pollutants ward off global warming, study finds - Guardian Unlimited
December 22 2005: December 22: - Cutting air pollution could trigger a greater surge in global warming than previously thought, suggesting future rises in sea level and other environmental consequences have been underestimated, climate scientists report today. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 22 2005: Study foresees huge release of carbon by 2100 - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 22 2005: UK trade gap hits record high - Britain's trade gap reaches record high as insurance claims from Hurricane Katrina affect performance. - Guardian Unlimited
December 22 2005: China - UK coal fired carbon capture deal announced - EDIE
December 22 2005: Pesticide pollution tackled through water friendly farming - EDIE
December 22 2005: $10m fine for 'magic pipe' pollution ship - EDIE
December 22 2005: US scientists expand tsunami impact research - SEATTLE: Tsunami research was a small field with relatively small amounts of research dollars until last December, when the South Asia tsunami killed at least 200,000 people. - China Daily (World)
December 22 2005: LEUPUNG, Indonesia: Abdul Malik usually sleeps late. With no job and a solitary goat his only asset, there is not much else to do in the Aceh town of Leupung where he lives in a wooden shelter for victims of the December 26 tsunami. - China Daily (World)
December 22 2005: Here are some key facts about the tsunami relief and rebuilding effort. - China Daily (World)
December 22 2005: Record snow hits Japan, South Korea - China Daily (World)
December 22 2005: Cold comfort: Students at Xinkai Township of Huangmei County, Hubei Province, attend classes yesterday in makeshift tents in freezing weather. Their classrooms were destroyed in an earthquake late last month.(Xinhua) - China Daily
December 22 2005: Pollutants keeping global warming at bay, says study - China Daily
December 22 2005: * - Locals In Dark On Pollution Scores - CBS
December 22 2005: * - 7 States Unite On Global Warming - CBS
December 22 2005: 7 States Unite On Global Warming - CBS
December 22 2005: spent weeks covering the Asian tsunami. A year later, he reports on progress in the area. - CBS
December 22 2005: Notebook: Tsunami – One Year After - CBS
December 22 2005: Tsunami Survivors Find Hope - looks at how the tsunami survivors are rebuilding their homes, their lives and their spirits. - CBS
December 22 2005: One Reporter On The Tsunami's Toll - CBS
December 22 2005: ’Tsunami officer’ takes on demanding tasks - Financial Times
December 22 2005: Third of tsunami funds go on overheads - Financial Times
December 22 2005: Stardust comet mission - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 22 2005: Boats may harm tsunami areas - BBC (World)
December 22 2005: Boats 'could harm' tsunami areas - Powerful new boats donated to fishermen after last year's tsunami could end up harming communities, experts say. - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 22 2005: Tsunami orphans - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 22 2005: Tsunami 'still affects children' - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 22 2005: Stardust targets lightning return - The US space agency is confident it can land samples from a comet back on Earth next month without mishap. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 22 2005: Looking forward - Sri Lanka's mental health care improves post-tsunami - BBC
December 22 2005: Hurricane Katrina - CNN
December 22 2005: EU Commission Proposes Stricter Emissions Standards for Cars - The European Commission approved a bill Wednesday to impose stricter emission standards on vehicles and seek to close a loophole that allows gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles to escape the EU pollution limits. - Environmental News Network
December 22 2005: Schools Closed Due to Snow - China Internet information Centre
December 22 2005: Heavy Snow Paralyzes Cities' Traffic - Blizzards, lightning and snowstorms hit Weihai and Yantai in the eastern parts of the Shandong Peninsula on Tuesday and yesterday, bringing traffic to a halt. - China Internet information Centre
December 22 2005: Working From Home Tips - TSUNAMI TRAGEDY - CBS
December 22 2005: TSUNAMI: ONE YEAR ON - CNN (Asia)
December 22 2005: Death On the Prowl As Drought Bites Hard - Yussuf Aligelle from Kargi in Marsabit, wonders how his children will survive now that Khartoum, his only camel, has succumbed to the biting drought. - All Africa News
December 22 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 22 2005: Tsunami Ravaged Areas Anticipate Winter Travel Boom - ABC News
December 21 2005: Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia - The Age
December 21 2005: Wind turbines get consent in Wellington - Meridian Energy has resource consent to build 70 super-sized wind turbines near Makara in Wellington. - Stuff
December 21 2005: Tsunami aid worker upset at politicians - Stuff
December 21 2005: NZ tsunami survivors decline trip - Stuff
December 21 2005: Opponents applaud demise of carbon tax - Stuff
December 21 2005: NZ backs down on carbon tax plans - Sydney Morning Herald
December 21 2005: Tsunami survivors still homeless and vulnerable, UN finds - Sydney Morning Herald
December 21 2005: reports on efforts to improve Pakistan's ability to detect and study earthquakes. - SciDev.Net
December 21 2005: Mistrust and delays hit plans for tsunami alert system - Asian nations are developing their own tsunami warning systems, after failing to agree on a regional alert centre. - SciDev.Net
December 21 2005: Media: Hurricane Katrina Top Story of 2005 - Newsday (AP update)
December 21 2005: Tsunami Upended Ordinary People's Lives - Newsday (AP update)
December 21 2005: U.S. Takes on Key Project in Tsunami Area - Newsday (AP update)
December 21 2005: An American's Ordeal in Tsunami Area - Newsday (AP update)
December 21 2005: Experts Say Katrina Hit As a Weaker Storm - Newsday (AP update)
December 21 2005: Record US greenhouse gas emissions in 2004 - New Scientist
December 21 2005: Illegal trade in chloroflurocarbons in China could set back repair of the Antarctic ozone hole by years - New Scientist
December 21 2005: India makes waves over tsunami warning system - Scientific American
December 21 2005: Chinese Workers Rush to Cut River-Borne Pollution Bound for Russia - MosNews
December 21 2005: Police raid 117 sites in Aneha probe - Police raid 117 locations in Tokyo and five other prefectures, including the offices of property developers and disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha, to gather any remaining criminal evidence connected to the earthquake resistance data falsification scam. - The Japan Times
December 21 2005: Sibal writes to Environment: please help us save Ice Age survivor - Indian Express
December 21 2005: Turkey and all the trimmings: 2m tonnes of extra greenhouse gases - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 21 2005: December 21: - While we make merry and indulge in too much turkey, mince pies and wine, our planet has to live with the hangover of extra greenhouse gases. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 21 2005: Motorbikes '16 times worse than cars for pollution' - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 21 2005: December 21: - Motorbikes are churning out more pollution than cars, even though they make up only a small fraction of vehicles on the roads, according to a report. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 21 2005: Melting of permafrost threatens homes and roads - Study foresees huge release of carbon by 2100 - Guardian Unlimited
December 21 2005: December 21: - Study foresees huge release of carbon by 2100 - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 21 2005: One of Britain's best-known seabirds, the puffin, is being wiped out by invading fast-growing alien plant species because of global warming. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 21 2005: Environment - - EurActiv
December 21 2005: FEMA to Cover 100 Percent of Hurricane Recovery Through June - Environmental News Service
December 21 2005: BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, - December 20, 2005 (ENS) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will continue to cover 100 percent of the costs of hurricane ... - Environmental News Service
December 21 2005: Seven Northeast States Launch Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Environmental News Service
December 21 2005: One region's bid to slow global warming - Christian Science Monitor
December 21 2005: Melting Arctic permafrost threatens homes and roads - Global warming could melt almost all of the top layer of Arctic permafrost by the end of the century. - China Daily (World)
December 21 2005: Tsunami survivors sway between hope, despair - SERUTHUR, India: By now Indian fisherman Kolandavelu should be back at sea and he should be caring for his four-month-old daughter, who was born after four of his five children perished in the killer waves of last year's tsunami. - China Daily (World)
December 21 2005: China, UK ink carbon capture technology deal - China and the United Kingdom yesterday agreed upon a joint development programme of carbon capture and storage technology (CCS), in an effort to combat global warming. - China Daily (Home)
December 21 2005: Residents in Weihai, East China's Shandong Province, brave the snowstorm to go to work and school yesterday after public transport was brought to a halt. - China Daily
December 21 2005: Heavy snow paralyzes cities' traffic - YANTAI, Shandong Province: Blizzards, lightning and snowstorms hit Weihai and Yantai in the eastern parts of the Shandong Peninsula on Tuesday and yesterday, bringing traffic to a halt. - China Daily
December 21 2005: New: - Post-Tsunami Baby Boom Coming - CBS
December 21 2005: Economy Grew, Despite Hurricanes - CBS
December 21 2005: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:11 AM ET - WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand scrapped plans on Wednesday to introduce a carbon tax from 2007, saying it would not achieve its aim of cutting greenhouse gases. - Reuters
December 21 2005: Have Your Say - One year on from the Asian tsunami: Your views and experiences - BBC (World)
December 21 2005: UK-Saudi Eurofighter deal is boost for BAE - Eurofighter secured its first significant export order, when Britain agreed a deal worth up to £10bn to replace Saudi Arabia’s fleet of Tornado fighter aircraft. - Financial Times
December 21 2005: Tsunami agencies ‘caused waste and confusion’ - Financial Times
December 21 2005: How to spend it? - Following the £422m donated by Britons to tsunami relief - BBC
December 21 2005: Satellite honours tsunami victim - BBC
December 21 2005: EPA Proposes New Health-Based Soot Limits on Air Pollution - The EPA proposed stricter daily limits Tuesday for how many microscopic particles of air pollution, or soot, are safe for all Americans to breathe from the nation's smokestacks and tailpipes. - Environmental News Network
December 21 2005: Seven U.S. States Sign CO2 Plan in Break with Bush - Seven northeastern U.S. states have signed the country's first plan to create a market for heat-trapping carbon dioxide by curbing emissions at power plants. - Environmental News Network
December 21 2005: Space Weather Forecasts Improve - GPS navigation system owners can finally get a heads-up for a solar storm. - Discovery Online
December 21 2005: City on Alert for Cadmium River Pollution - China Internet information Centre
December 21 2005: Full Story - City on Alert for Cadmium River Pollution - China Internet information Centre
December 21 2005: River Pollution Assessment Underway in NE China - China Internet information Centre
December 21 2005: Technology blog: Google pollution - Guardian Unlimited
December 21 2005: 10 Die in Mandera As Hunger Bites - At least 10 people have been confirmed dead as Mandera District grapples with the worst drought in three years. - All Africa News
December 21 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 21 2005: Katrina Was Weaker Than Believed - It's considered the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, but Hurricane Katrina was only a Category 3 storm when it struck, a new report says. - ABC News
December 20 2005: 4.43am Natural disasters cause record losses - The Australian
December 20 2005: SE India Braces For Cyclone Mala - Terra Daily
December 20 2005: New Delhi (AFP) Dec 19, 2005 - As many as 50,000 people were expected to be evacuated from coastal areas Monday in southeast Indian after the weather office sounded a cyclone alert, a government official said. - Terra Daily
December 20 2005: Killer Tsunami Showcases India Disaster Skills, Global Ambitions - Terra Daily
December 20 2005: New Delhi (AFP) Dec 19, 2005 - Within hours of the killer tsunami slamming into its shores last December, India sent naval ships neighbouring to Sri Lanka to help in relief efforts. - Terra Daily
December 20 2005: Global warming may decimate the top 10 feet (3 meters) or more of perennially frozen soil across the Northern Hemisphere, altering ecosystems as well as damaging buildings and roads across Canada, Alaska, and Russia. - Terra Daily
December 20 2005: QUESTIONS OVER AID: There are claims that private relief agencies have stashed money pledged for victims of last year's Boxing Day tsunami for future disasters. - Stuff
December 20 2005: Govt to say carbon tax unworkable - Stuff
December 20 2005: Surprising Killer Of Southeastern Salt Marshes: Common Sea Snails - From South Carolina to Texas, salt marshes have experienced a massive die-off in recent years, threatening fisheries and leaving coastal areas vulnerable to flooding. The culprit, ecologists have ... - Science Daily
December 20 2005: (December 20, 2005) - - From South Carolina to Texas, salt marshes have experienced a massive die-off in recent years, threatening fisheries and leaving coastal areas vulnerable to flooding. The culprit, ecologists have ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 20 2005: Nizamuddin Siddiqui - reports on efforts to improve Pakistan's ability to detect and study earthquakes. - SciDev.Net
December 20 2005: Flood Death Toll Rises to 35 in Thailand - Newsday (AP update)
December 20 2005: Fear still haunts Tsunami survivors - New Scientist
December 20 2005: This mother reclaims her motherhood - It’s been a tough year at the relief shelter for residents of Kottilapdu, a coastal village in Nagercoil. The tsunami last year almost wiped the village off the map, killing 210. But on Christmas, when P Raj and his wife Agnes say their prayers, they will add a big Thank You. - Indian Express
December 20 2005: Complete coverage of the tsunami tragedy and its aftermath - Hindustan Times
December 20 2005: December 20: - Scientists have used genetic modification to create remote-controlled worms. The researchers took a gene from algae that makes a light-sensitive protein and copied it into the neurons and muscle cells of translucent nematode worms. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 20 2005: Climate change - Guardian Unlimited
December 20 2005: Researchers show how air pollution can cause heart disease - EurekAlert!
December 20 2005: New Orleans' Levees Will Be Rebuilt for Category 3 Hurricanes - Environmental News Service
December 20 2005: Millions for Developing Countries Sought to Extend Ozone Recovery - Environmental News Service
December 20 2005: Indian Industry to Measure Greenhouse Gases, Promote Sustainablity - Environmental News Service
December 20 2005: Done Everest. Next: earthquake relief - Mountaineers are helping to locate and bring aid to Pakistan's high-altitude earthquake survivors. - Christian Science Monitor
December 20 2005: A new place to go after a disaster - West Virginia is setting aside housing for victims of local floods - or national emergencies. - Christian Science Monitor
December 20 2005: Tsunami survivors live in poor conditions - GENEVA: A year after the Indian Ocean tsunami, many survivors still live in "substandard conditions" that fail to meet international criteria for adequate housing, United Nations human rights investigators said. - China Daily (World)
December 20 2005: TOKYO: Japanese police raided offices and homes yesterday looking for clues in a growing scandal centred on an architect who ignored safety standards for apartments and hotels, leaving them vulnerable to even moderate earthquakes. - China Daily (World)
December 20 2005: Gunmen storm Bethlehem city hall - Washington Times
December 20 2005: Eurozone industrial production dips - Financial Times
December 20 2005: US tourists key to Mexico’s recovery after storm - Financial Times
December 20 2005: Sterilised mother who lost all four daughters in tsunami gives birth - BBC (World)
December 20 2005: First post-tsunami birth op baby - BBC
December 20 2005: Jobs 'return to tsunami region' - BBC (World)
December 20 2005: Identifying tsunami victims - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 20 2005: Tsunami zone: Are tourists returning? - CNN
December 20 2005: Chinese Companies, World Bank Deal Sign $930 Million Deal To Sell Pollution Credits - A World Bank fund will buy pollution credits from two Chinese chemical companies under a plan that lets richer countries meet commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions by paying for reductions in poorer economies. - Environmental News Network
December 20 2005: U.S. Greenhouse Gases Rose Two Percent - Emissions of gases blamed for warming the atmosphere grew by 2 percent in the United States last year, the Energy Department reported Monday. - Environmental News Network
December 20 2005: Indian Ocean Nations Prepare for Next Tsunami - The next time a tsunami strikes the Indian Ocean rim, an early warning system should detect it and trigger warnings in time to millions living in coastal communities. - Environmental News Network
December 20 2005: Periwinkle Snails Harming Louisiana Marshes - Having suffered the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in August, Louisiana's dwindling coastline must deal with another nemesis: the marble-sized periwinkle snail. - Environmental News Network
December 20 2005: Are tourists going back to tsunami zone? - CNN (Asia)
December 20 2005: Minister hails response to tsunami disaster - Ireland On-Line
December 19 2005: Governments Take Forward Fight to Save Ozone Layer - UNEP
December 19 2005: Hyderabad, India (AFP) Dec 16, 2005 - India said Friday it would not share information on earthquakes below a magnitude of six on the Richter scale due to security concerns, drawing criticism from the United Nations. - Terra Daily
December 19 2005: Tokyo (AFP) Dec 18, 2005 - Heavy snow in Japan caused one death and derailed a train Sunday, with the weather agency expecting cold conditions to continue. - Terra Daily
December 19 2005: Chennai, India (AFP) Dec 18, 2005 - At least 45 people, mostly women, were killed and more than 50 injured Sunday in a stampede for food coupons at a flood relief camp in the southern Indian city of Chennai, officials said. - Terra Daily
December 19 2005: One year on, tsunami survivors remember - Stuff
December 19 2005: Reports to show gaps in tsunami response - Stuff
December 19 2005: Half of tsunami aid yet to be spent - Sydney Morning Herald
December 19 2005: Howard weathers the voters' storm - Sydney Morning Herald
December 19 2005: European leaders endorse role of science in Africa - European Union leaders have issued a statement urging the recognition of science and technology as key to sustainable development in Africa. - SciDev.Net
December 19 2005: Experts: Tsunami Bad, Humans Worse - Sci-Tech Today
December 19 2005: U.N.: Tsunami Generated Unprecedented Aid - Newsday (AP update)
December 19 2005: Children Hurt in Flood Out of Hospital - Newsday (AP update)
December 19 2005: Heavy snow blankets coast of Sea of Japan - Heavy snow hits regions along the Sea of Japan coast and some other parts of the country, and at least two people are killed in weather-related accidents. - The Japan Times
December 19 2005: Complete story of the tsunami tragedy and its aftermath - Hindustan Times
December 19 2005: December 18: - One of Britain's best-known seabirds, the puffin, is being wiped out by invading fast-growing alien plant species because of global warming. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 19 2005: Climate change likely to exacerbate crumbling. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 19 2005: Full text: Charles Kennedy's speech on climate change - Guardian Unlimited
December 19 2005: Kennedy hits back with attack on new-look Tories - Liberal Democrat leader attacks the Conservatives as "Johnny-come-latelies" on the environment. - Guardian Unlimited
December 19 2005: Motorcycles collectively emit 16 times more hydrocarbons, three times more carbon monoxide and a "disproportionately high" amount of other air pollutants compared to passenger cars, according to a Swiss study to be published in the Jan. 1 issue of the American Chemical Society's journal - EurekAlert!
December 19 2005: . Particularly worrisome are the high levels of hydrocarbons emitted by these two-wheelers. Some hydrocarbons have been linked to global warming, while others are suspected of being carcinogenic. - EurekAlert!
December 19 2005: YEREVAN, Armenia, - December 19, 2005 (ENS) - A new wind power plant in northern Armenia marks the country’s intent to develop renewable energy sources, but it will be a long time before it offers a real alternative to nuclear power. The country’s heavy reliance on nuclear power from the Metsamor power station is focusing minds on need for alternative energy. - Environmental News Service
December 19 2005: Floods inundate northern Malaysia: Residents push their vehicles through a flood street in northern Malaysia's town of Jitra, in the state of Kedah, on Sunday. Floods in northern peninsular Malaysia has left thousands of people sheltering in community halls and schools, reports said yesterday.(REUTER) - China Daily (World)
December 19 2005: Indian prostitute mum sparks storm with book - China Daily (World)
December 19 2005: Joyce awaits proof of over-irrigation - Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce wants more proof that the amount of water taken out of the Condamine-Balonne river system in Queensland is damaging farmers' livelihoods and the environment in New South Wales. - ABC News Online
December 19 2005: By K. N. Arun - Thousands of flood victims waiting in line for relief vouchers yesterday stampeded into a government-run distribution center in southern India, killing at least 42 persons and injuring 37, police said. - Washington Times
December 19 2005: Tsunami's wake - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 19 2005: Thailand floods death toll rises - BBC (World)
December 19 2005: Nameless victims - More than 800 tsunami bodies yet to be identified in Thailand - BBC (World)
December 19 2005: Deadly drought hits Somalia - BBC (Africa)
December 19 2005: Trade can 'export' CO2 emissions - Reducing carbon dioxide emissions in western countries could lead to a global increase, research suggests. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 19 2005: Climate change: The big emitters - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 19 2005: GIFT OF SNOW - CNN
December 19 2005: Tsunami's Environmental Damage Huge; Human Impact Bigger - The tsunami's environmental devastation is immense, yet experts say it pales in comparison with what humans had already managed to inflict before the giant waves struck. - Environmental News Network
December 19 2005: Temperatures Climb as Warming Talks Stall - Environmental News Network
December 19 2005: Conservationists File Lawsuit to Protect Polar Bear Under Endangered Species Act As Global Warming, Melting Ice Threaten Bear with Extinction - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 19 2005: Narwhal's Sensitive Tooth Revealed - The nerve-exposed tooth of the "unicorn of the sea" lets it test its environment. - Discovery Online
December 19 2005: Big Chinese Step in Carbon Emissions Trading - China Internet information Centre
December 19 2005: Wind Power Utilized - China Internet information Centre
December 19 2005: Snow Blankets Coastal Cities in Shandong Province - China Internet information Centre
December 19 2005: Death toll rises in Thai floods - CNN (Asia)
December 19 2005: Experts Weigh Damage by Tsunami, Humans - ABC News
December 19 2005: Exhibition highlights effects of tsunami money - Ireland On-Line
December 19 2005: Minister hails response to tsunami disaster - Ireland On-Line
December 18 2005: Cobra Hydro - Air Pollution Control - EDIE
December 18 2005: Drought kills turtles by the thousand - WHEN Queensland's extended drought completely dried up Lake Numalla in Queensland's far southwest this year, an estimated 10,500 turtles died. - The Mercury
December 18 2005: A Quality Dog-Owner Relationship No Help To Storm-phobic Canines - Having a sympathetic owner did not lower the stress reaction of dogs that become anxious or fearful during noisy thunderstorms but living in a multi-dog household did, a Penn State study has ... - Science Daily
December 18 2005: Signs of Devastation Linger in Tsunami Zone - Newsday (AP update)
December 18 2005: Aceh Shows Best, Worst of Tsunami Spending - Newsday (AP update)
December 18 2005: Experts: Human Impacts Outweigh Tsunami's - Newsday (AP update)
December 18 2005: Pollution on Canada Reservation Is Probed - Newsday (AP update)
December 18 2005: Stampede Kills 42 India Flood Survivors - Newsday (AP update)
December 18 2005: Ind. Woman Injured in Nov. Tornado Dies - Newsday (AP update)
December 18 2005: Goma's traders say they will vote 'yes' on Sunday - Tired of a transition that has dragged on, traders at Virunga market at the foot of the towering Nyiragongo volcano in Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo plan to vote "yes" massively in Sunday's referendum on the country's future Constitution. - Mail & Guardian Online
December 18 2005: How climate change could erase the African savannah - Mail & Guardian Online
December 18 2005: In Car Nicobar, a fighter base rises from the tsunami debris - Indian Express
December 18 2005: Puffins being wiped out as shrub chokes nesting sites - One of Britain's best-known seabirds is being wiped out by alien plant species because of global warming. - Guardian Unlimited
December 18 2005: Aceh's next generation - How have the children of the tsunami been affected by the paths to rebuilding their parents have chosen? - Christian Science Monitor
December 18 2005: 42 killed, 50 injured in Indian stampede - At least 42 people, mostly women, were killed and more than 50 injured yesterday in a stampede for food coupons at a flood relief camp in the southern Indian city of Chennai, officials said. - China Daily (World)
December 18 2005: ECB chief urges action on Labour reforms - Eurozone countries at risk of inflation - Financial Times
December 18 2005: No shelter - A year on, Andaman tsunami victims are still homeless - BBC (World)
December 18 2005: Sharon's political earthquake - BBC
December 18 2005: Snow in Austria triggers avalanche - CNN
December 18 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 18 2005: Temperatures Climb as Warming Talks Stall - ABC News
December 18 2005: Exhibition highlights effects of tsunami money - Ireland On-Line
December 17 2005: Air Pollution Control - EDIE
December 17 2005: Crews work to restore power - 10:12 (AEDT) ELECTRICITY crews worked through the night to restore power to around 45,000 homes in south-east Queensland after a severe thunderstorm. - The Australian
December 17 2005: 20:59 (AEDT) ABOUT 20,000 homes are without power tonight after a fierce storm left a trail of destruction across Brisbane. - The Australian
December 17 2005: Chopper rescues mountain duo - Two experienced climbers rescued yesterday after a week stranded in Fiordland National Park stayed put because they feared getting killed in an avalanche. - Stuff
December 17 2005: Baby 81, lost in the horror of the tsunami, can laugh again - Sydney Morning Herald
December 17 2005: Natural disasters: more to come? - SciDev.Net
December 17 2005: Quinrin Schiermeier - writes about the world's growing vulnerability to natural disasters like the 2004 tsunami and the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. - SciDev.Net
December 17 2005: Canada can't lecture anyone on climate change - OneWorld
December 17 2005: 500,000-Plus Without Power After Ice Storm - Newsday (AP update)
December 17 2005: Illegal CFCs imperil the ozone layer - New Scientist
December 17 2005: Blizzard, gales in store for weekend - The Japan Times
December 17 2005: Gulf Coast Disaster - The latest news, maps, photos and video. Plus, looks at how hurricanes form and the costliest U.S. storms. - CBS
December 17 2005: Engineers develop tsunami prediction model - As the first anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami nears, Queensland engineers have developed a model to predict the impact of tsunamis on the coastline. - ABC News Online
December 17 2005: Mexico's volcano rabbit and monkey-faced bats in Fiji are among hundreds of species facing imminent extinction but protecting the remaining scraps of their habitat could save them, a new study says. - ABC News Online
December 17 2005: 'Politics, not drought' behind southern Africa crisis - OneWorld
December 17 2005: Snow worries - BBC
December 17 2005: Dozens killed in Vietnam flooding - BBC (World)
December 17 2005: 500,000 powerless after ice storm - CNN
December 17 2005: 'Zambia is Committed to Reduce Greenhouse Gases Emission' - ENVIRONMENT deputy minister Nedson Nzowa has said Zambia is committed to reducing greenhouse gases emission in an effort to offset the impacts of climate change. - All Africa News
December 17 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 17 2005: Temperatures Climb As Warming Talks Stall - ABC News
December 17 2005: Protesters Try to Storm Hong Kong WTO Site - ABC News
December 17 2005: Churches to hold collections for earthquake victims - Ireland On-Line
December 16 2005: 9.31am Poor response to Tsunami anniversary - The Australian
December 16 2005: Poor response to Tsunami anniversary - 09:31 (AEDT) THAI authorities are reporting a disappointing response to their offer to subsidise accommodation for tsunami victims and their relatives who plan to attend next weekend's tsunami anniversary events. - The Australian
December 16 2005: 2005 the 'hottest year ever' - 18:30 (AEDT) AFTER drought, cyclones and heatwaves, 2005 was today officially declared Australia's hottest year on record. - The Australian
December 16 2005: Yokohama, Japan (AFP) Dec 15, 2005 - An ambitious Japanese-led project to dig deeper into the Earth's surface than ever before will be a breakthrough in detecting earthquakes including Tokyo's dreaded "Big One," officials said Thursday. - Terra Daily
December 16 2005: Indonesia Admits Making Mistakes In Tsunami Response - Terra Daily
December 16 2005: Jakarta (AFP) Dec 15, 2005 - Indonesia made mistakes in responding to last year's tsunami disaster but recovery is gaining momentum, the government body overseeing reconstruction said in a report Thursday. - Terra Daily
December 16 2005: Indian Ocean nations should build cost-effective early warning systems that include forecasting for tropical storms and not just rare tsunamis, a UN expert said Thursday. A system purely forecasting tsunamis would not be financially sustainable in the long run. - Terra Daily
December 16 2005: Past Year Set To Be One Of Warmest Years On Record - Terra Daily
December 16 2005: Geneva (AFP) Dec 15, 2005 - The year 2005 is set to confirm a pattern of more intense global warming over the past decade by being one of the hottest on record, according to data released by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Thursday. - Terra Daily
December 16 2005: Christmas is damaging the environment - Stuff
December 16 2005: Study doubts carbon tax costs - Stuff
December 16 2005: GMOs / Biotech - Scoop
December 16 2005: Delivering Earth's First Comet - Science Daily
December 16 2005: Warmer 2005 For U.S., Near-record Warmth Globally -- Hurricanes, Floods, Snow And Wildfires All Notable - Science Daily (Climate)
December 16 2005: (December 16, 2005) - - After a record-breaking hurricane season, blistering heat waves, lingering drought and a crippling Northeast blizzard, 2005 is ending as a warm year in the United States. It will come close to the ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 16 2005: Unsafe levels of lead have been found in soil and sediments left behind in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and could pose a heightened health threat to returning residents, particularly ... - Science Daily
December 16 2005: - Unsafe levels of lead have been found in soil and sediments left behind in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and could pose a heightened health threat to returning residents, particularly ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 16 2005: Despite the apparent success of the international negotiations on climate change, new approaches to reaching agreement on reducing carbon emissions in an equitable way are needed more than ever, say David Dickson and Johanna Wolf. - OneWorld
December 16 2005: Natural disasters: more to come? - SciDev.Net
December 16 2005: Quinrin Schiermeier - writes about the world's growing vulnerability to natural disasters like the 2004 tsunami and the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. - SciDev.Net
December 16 2005: Climate, storms hit extremes in 2005 [#155][#155] - New Zealand Herald
December 16 2005: NOAA Reports Warmer 2005 for the United States, Near-record Warmth Globally Hurricanes, Floods, Snow and Wildfires All Notable - NOAA
December 16 2005: 6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan - Newsday (AP update)
December 16 2005: Frame of ‘quiet’ tsunami grief world’s best press photo - Indian Express
December 16 2005: Waste and pollution - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 16 2005: Hi-tech research project to protect historic buildings - Climate change likely to exacerbate crumbling. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 16 2005: Kyoto a far greater threat to us than global warming - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 16 2005: November 3: - I'm not a climate change denier. But its impact has been vastly exaggerated, says - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 16 2005: Renewable energy - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 16 2005: Natural disasters - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 16 2005: Climate change: - Guardian Unlimited
December 16 2005: Special report: climate change - Guardian Unlimited
December 16 2005: Climate change - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 16 2005: Nonpoint Source Pollution Cleanup Essential to Great Lakes Strategy - Environmental News Service
December 16 2005: Developing Countries Funded for Ozone Safe Technology - Environmental News Service
December 16 2005: DAKAR, Senegal - , December 16, 2005 (ENS) - A budget of US$470 million to support developing countries as they switch to technologies that do not deplete the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer has been approved by the member states of the Montreal Protocol. The funds will be used during the three year period 2006 to 2008. - Environmental News Service
December 16 2005: U.S. Endured Record Heat, Drought, Hurricanes in 2005 - Environmental News Service
December 16 2005: Free trade wrecks environment and communities - report - EDIE
December 16 2005: * - Ice Storm Proves Deadly - CBS
December 16 2005: * - Air Pollution Worries Parents - CBS
December 16 2005: Bush spying claim causes storm - BBC
December 16 2005: 2005 warmest on record in north - BBC (Europe)
December 16 2005: U.S. winter storms misery - CNN
December 16 2005: ENN Weekly: December 12th - 16th - ENN summarizes the week's most compelling environmental news stories. This week: Toxic whales, a Great Lakes pact, pollution inequities, a breeding breakthrough, and more. - Environmental News Network
December 16 2005: Christmas is Damaging the Environment, Report Says - Environmental News Network
December 16 2005: UN Launches $500 Million Emergency Relief Fund - The U.N. General Assembly approved the establishment Thursday of a new $500 million emergency fund aimed at providing swift relief following natural disasters. - Environmental News Network
December 16 2005: Climate, Storms Hit Extremes in 2005 - Catastrophic storms like Hurricanes Katrina and Stan took weather extremes to new levels in 2005, with flooding and heatwaves touching almost every continent. - Environmental News Network
December 16 2005: President Bush pledged on Thursday to rebuild New Orleans' shattered levee system taller and stronger than before Hurricane Katrina struck. - Environmental News Network
December 16 2005: Alaskan Volcano Showing Signs of Erupting - A sulfurous steam plume, hundreds of miniature earthquakes and a new swath of ash on snowy Augustine Volcano have scientists looking for a possible eruption. - Environmental News Network
December 16 2005: News blog: - The government - which emits as much CO2 as Liverpool - isn't doing much better than the rest of us at combating global warming, writes - Guardian Unlimited
December 16 2005: Southern Ice Storm Renders Many Powerless - ABC News
December 16 2005: Churches to hold collections for earthquake victims - Ireland On-Line
December 15 2005: A moderate earthquake jolted northern India on Wednesday, a day after the region was shaken by a 6.7 magnitude quake in the remote mountains of northeastern Afghanistan. - Terra Daily
December 15 2005: Indian Ocean Nations Upgrading Tsunami Alert Systems Fast: UN - Terra Daily
December 15 2005: New Delhi, India (AFP) Dec 14, 2005 - Indian Ocean nations are rapidly upgrading tsunami detection systems and plan to put in place a deep-sea sensor network so those at risk can be warned faster, a UN conference heard Wednesday. - Terra Daily
December 15 2005: Three Times As Many Women As Men Died In Tsunami: Report - Terra Daily
December 15 2005: Singapore (AFP) Dec 14, 2005 - The construction of permanent homes for victims of a devastating tsunami in Indonesia's Aceh province is proceeding well after early mistakes in the reconstruction effort, the World Bank said Wednesday. - Terra Daily
December 15 2005: Swiss Re Says 'Significant Lessons' For Insurers After US Hurricanes - Terra Daily
December 15 2005: London (AFP) Dec 14, 2005 - Swiss Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, said here Wednesday the world's insurance industry had "significant lessons" to learn following recent US hurricanes. - Terra Daily
December 15 2005: Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany (SPX) Dec 15, 2005 - Because of the decreasing availability of oil, interest has been renewed world-wide in the production of liquid hydrocarbons from carbon monoxide and hydrogen using metal catalysts, also known as Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. - Terra Daily
December 15 2005: Climate, storms 'hit extremes' in 2005 - Stuff
December 15 2005: Carbon Tax Study unconvincing - Scoop
December 15 2005: Ancient Glaciers Still Affect The Shape Of North America, Say Scientists - Science Daily (Climate)
December 15 2005: (December 15, 2005) - - Long after the disappearance of the glaciers that once covered much of North America, the land they rested upon is still recovering from their weight - and the slow movement of this recovery includes ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 15 2005: Microbes Under Greenland Ice May Be Preview Of What Scientists Find Under Mars' Surface - The presence of methane in Mars' atmosphere has led some scientists to propose that methane-producing microbes live under the surface. If that's true, UC Berkeley's Buford Price knows ... - Science Daily
December 15 2005: (December 15, 2005) - - The presence of methane in Mars' atmosphere has led some scientists to propose that methane-producing microbes live under the surface. If that's true, UC Berkeley's Buford Price knows ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 15 2005: Alaskan Volcano Showing Signs of Erupting - Newsday (AP update)
December 15 2005: Latest snowstorm packs a bit of everything - Newsday (AP update)
December 15 2005: Ocean floor boring ship may aid quake prediction - The deep-sea vessel has completed its maiden voyage - its mission will be to drill samples from the Earth's mantle to help improve the prediction of earthquakes - New Scientist
December 15 2005: 'Trojan cells' treat brain diseases from the inside - Genetically modified cells, similar to stem cells, could be sneaked into the brain to produce drugs for treating Parkinson's and motor neurone disease - New Scientist
December 15 2005: Liverpool storm into Club World Championship final - Guardian Unlimited
December 15 2005: A quality dog/owner relationship no help to storm-phobic canines - Having a sympathetic owner did not lower the stress reaction of dogs that become anxious or fearful during noisy thunderstorms but living in a multi-dog household did, a Penn State study has found. - EurekAlert!
December 15 2005: Environment - - EurActiv
December 15 2005: New Jersey Sues Three Companies for Passaic River Dioxin Pollution - Environmental News Service
December 15 2005: AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Dam Breaks, Flooding Missouri Town - Environmental News Service
December 15 2005: UN Conference Agrees Long Term Actions to Control Global Warming - Environmental News Service
December 15 2005: Study: America's poor and blacks suffer greater health risks on account of pollution - Earth Times
December 15 2005: Zero-Carbon Private Planes Cater to Entertainment Bigwigs - GreenBiz
December 15 2005: 'Christmas is damaging environment' - SYDNEY: Christmas is damaging the environment, says a new report by the Australian Conservation Foundation. - China Daily (World)
December 15 2005: Experts begin testing cross-border river - HARBIN: The toxic slick that has plagued the Songhua River since November 13 was expected to enter overnight the Heilong River, the border river between China and Russia, according to sources from Heilongjiang Province Environment Protection Bureau. - China Daily (Home)
December 15 2005: * - Southeast Gets Major Winter Storm - CBS
December 15 2005: 2005 hottest year ever in Australia - As Australians begin lapping up the summer sun, the Bureau of Meteorology has found there has been no shortage of rays this year, with 2005 declared the warmest in history. - ABC News Online
December 15 2005: The Federal Government is being warned Australia can no longer remain outside the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. - ABC News Online
December 15 2005: Climate, storms hit extremes in 2005: UN - Reuters
December 15 2005: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:14 PM ET - By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - Catastrophic storms like Hurricanes Katrina and Stan took weather extremes to new levels in 2005, with flooding and heatwaves touching... - Reuters
December 15 2005: Bats have an "ear" for flying in the dark because of a remarkable auditory talent that allows them to determine their physical environment by listening to echoes. But an Ohio University neurobiology professor says bats have a "feel" for it, too. - EurekAlert!
December 15 2005: Presidential palace row in Ghana - Ghanaian opposition MPs storm out of a debate on a $30m loan to build a presidential palace. - BBC (Africa)
December 15 2005: 2005 warmest ever year in north - 2005 has been the warmest year in the northern hemisphere on record, and the second warmest globally. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 15 2005: Carbon dioxide continues its rise - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 15 2005: 3) Liverpool storm into final - Guardian Unlimited
December 15 2005: Southeast hit by ice storm - CNN
December 15 2005: Alaskan volcano showing signs of erupting - CNN
December 15 2005: Alaskan volcano set to erupt - Sulfurous steam plume, miniature earthquakes and ash spotted - CNN
December 15 2005: No Agreement on Northeast CO2 Emissions Pact - Talks broke down Wednesday among state officials trying to reach an agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the Northeast. - Environmental News Network
December 15 2005: California Regulators Unveil Solar Power Plan - California energy regulators unveiled one of the nation's most ambitious programs to expand the market for solar power. - Environmental News Network
December 15 2005: Experts Say Arkansas Duck Numbers Down 50 Percent - Drought conditions during the summer left Arkansas wetlands dry this winter, forcing a 50 percent decrease in the number of ducks statewide. - Environmental News Network
December 15 2005: EPA Would Ease Pollution Reporting Rules - If the Bush administration has its way, some factories won't have to report all the pollution spewed from their smokestacks. - Environmental News Network
December 15 2005: Environmental Rules Get Benched in Gulf Coast - Regulators say environmental rules had to be set aside to save the Gulf Coast from the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. - Environmental News Network
December 15 2005: Americans in Air Pollution Hot Spots Worry about Kids - The people who breathe the nation's most unhealthy factory air worry about whether their daily dose of toxic pollution is slowing the academic and physical development of their children. - Environmental News Network
December 15 2005: - By World Land Trust - Fund raising for conservation charity the World Land Trust (WLT) in 2005 is all set to break previous records despite the massive set-backs caused by the tsunami and Himalayan earthquake which impacted fund-raising for wildlife and the natural environment. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 15 2005: New System Aims to Curb Water Pollution - China Internet information Centre
December 15 2005: Harbin Holding Ice-snow Festival Despite Toxic Spill - China Internet information Centre
December 15 2005: Thousands Face Starvation As Rains Fail - Thousands of Kenyans are on the brink on starvation following poor rains across the country. - All Africa News
December 15 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 15 2005: Icy Storm Cuts Power to 350,000 in South - ABC News
December 15 2005: Alaska Volcano May Erupt Soon - ABC News
December 15 2005: $1.5B Sought to Build Levees - President Bush will request $1.5 billion more to rebuild the New Orleans levees, though officials would not say if they would be built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. - ABC News
December 15 2005: AP: Pollution, Affects on Kids a Concern - ABC News
December 15 2005: Scientists Sound Warning on Global Warming - ABC News
December 15 2005: Minor earthquake detected off Wicklow coast - Ireland On-Line
December 14 2005: Sunshine Coast mops up after storms - 09:27 (AEDT) QUEENSLAND'S south east can expect calmer weather today after wild storms lashed the Sunshine Coast, blacking out homes and bringing down trees and power lines. - The Australian
December 14 2005: 09:16 (AEDT) SOUTH Australia is on high fire alert today, with soaring temperatures and severe thunderstorms forecast. - The Australian
December 14 2005: Tsunami's mystery of the deep - The Age
December 14 2005: Powerful Earthquake Causes Panic In South Asia - Terra Daily
December 14 2005: Jalalabad, Afghanistan (AFP) Dec 13, 2005 - A strong tremor triggered panic Tuesday among survivors of October's earthquake disaster in South Asia, forcing people out of temporary shelters and into the freezing Himalayan winter. - Terra Daily
December 14 2005: US In The Calm Between The Storms - Terra Daily
December 14 2005: Miami (AFP) Dec 13, 2005 - It was the year that shattered hurricane records and made New Orleans' worst nightmare come true, and experts say this could just be the beginning. - Terra Daily
December 14 2005: Brussels (AFP) Dec 13, 2005 - European Union governments approved Tuesday a controversial new set of rules regulating the use of chemicals to better protect people and the environment. - Terra Daily
December 14 2005: Children Excluded From Relief Planning After Tsunami - Terra Daily
December 14 2005: Bangkok (AFP) Dec 13, 2005 - Children were excluded from relief and reconstruction planning after last year's tsunami, leading aid agencies to waste much-needed resources, the global children's charity Plan said Tuesday. - Terra Daily
December 14 2005: Anyway You Slice It, Tomatoes Cut Through Drought With New Gene - Science Daily
December 14 2005: Changes To Land Cover May Enhance Global Warming In Amazon, Reduce It In Midlatitudes - Science Daily
December 14 2005: (December 13, 2005) - - New simulations of 21st-century climate from the National Center for Atmospheric Research show that human-produced changes in land cover could produce additional warming in the Amazon region ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 14 2005: The need for new strategy on climate policy - Despite the apparent success of the latest international negotiations on climate change, new approaches to reaching agreement on reducing carbon emissions in an equitable way are needed more than ever. - SciDev.Net
December 14 2005: More U.S.Blacks Live with Pollution - Sci-Tech Today
December 14 2005: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - - The chief executive's prize for health, safety and the environment in 2005 was presented to Statoil's Lufeng life extension project in the South China Sea on December 14th. - Rigzone
December 14 2005: NOAA Reviews Record-setting 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season; Active Hurricane Era Likely to Continue - NOAA
December 14 2005: A Bird's Eye View of Hurricane Katrina's Destruction - NOAA
December 14 2005: How climate change could erase the African savannah - Africa's fabled grasslands could vanish due to climate change, causing huge changes to both the economy and the ecology of much of the continent, say researchers on the Science and Development Network website, - Mail & Guardian Online
December 14 2005: Snow slows Tokaido bullet trains - The Japan Times
December 14 2005: ‘No way I am going out until December 26’ - There is no rational basis for this fear. But so strong is the memory of last year’s Black Tsunami Sunday (December 26), that cyclonic winds lashing this island for the past three days have brought fear—and an unmistakable sense of foreboding. - Indian Express
December 14 2005: The puzzle of environment and cancer - International Herald Tribune
December 14 2005: Hyundai donates Rs 1 cr as flood relief to TN - Hindustan Times
December 14 2005: Waste and pollution - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 14 2005: December 10: - The US administration was facing condemnation last night after it refused to sign up to a UN statement intended to reopen worldwide talks on how to tackle climate change. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 14 2005: Expanding forests in the temperate zones of Europe, the US and Asia could add to global warming. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 14 2005: Old fridges delay closure of ozone hole - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 14 2005: Kyoto a far greater threat to us than global warming - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 14 2005: November 3: - I'm not a climate change denier. But its impact has been vastly exaggerated, says - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 14 2005: Renewable energy - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 14 2005: Natural disasters - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 14 2005: Climate change - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 14 2005: UC Davis scientist Rosie Woodroffe is co-author of two reports released today in Great Britain that say the controversial practice of killing wild badgers to prevent tuberculosis in cattle can actually make matters worse. - British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - EurekAlert!
December 14 2005: Environment - - EurActiv
December 14 2005: Sustainable Dev. - - Sustainable development review: weak on ambition and targets - EurActiv
December 14 2005: Whales, Dolphins Die in Cape Cod Storm - Environmental News Service
December 14 2005: BREWSTER, Massachusetts - , December 14, 2005 (ENS) - A powerful, fast moving snowstorm that battered Cape Cod last weekend, leaving tens of thousands without ... - Environmental News Service
December 14 2005: California Seismic Safety Commission: Tsunami Risk is Real - Environmental News Service
December 14 2005: SACRAMENTO, California - , December 14, 2005 (ENS) - California is at risk from both local and distant tsunamis, according to a new report by the ... - Environmental News Service
December 14 2005: European Commission Offers Renewable Energy Action Plan - Environmental News Service
December 14 2005: Solar power company listed in New York - China Daily (Business)
December 14 2005: New system aims to curb water pollution - China Daily (Home)
December 14 2005: China and neighbours to improve sea safety - GUANGZHOU: Joint measures to improve maritime safety and the marine environment are set to be introduced by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). - China Daily (Home)
December 14 2005: 1.5M Still Homeless From Tsunami - CBS
December 14 2005: GM wheat not considered salinity solution - The people behind the trial of Western Australia's first genetically modified (GM) wheat crop say it should not be seen as the answer to the state's salinity crisis. - ABC News Online
December 14 2005: Council blamed for big fish, bird kill - An environment group has blamed Richmond Valley Council for the recent fish kill and bird deaths in Salty Lagoon at Evans Head in northern NSW. - ABC News Online
December 14 2005: Regional Queensland's public schools are now using green energy to help protect the environment. - ABC News Online
December 14 2005: The Western Australian Nationals leader, Brendon Grylls, says the State Government needs to start making some hard decisions about the future of genetically modified crops in Western Australia. - ABC News Online
December 14 2005: US states to sign climate initiative - Seven north-eastern US states are likely to finalise plans to begin curbing their greenhouse gas emissions. - Financial Times
December 14 2005: Starting again - Thai tsunami victim reopens devastated resort, one year on - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 14 2005: Research Project Reveals Industrial Pollution Inequities - A data analysis shows black Americans are 79 percent more likely than whites to live in neighborhoods where industrial pollution is suspected of posing the greatest health danger. - Environmental News Network
December 14 2005: Songhua Pollution Sparks Rethink of Industrial Distribution - China Internet information Centre
December 14 2005: ADB Loan for Henan Environmental Project - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday it will provide a US$100 million loan to help improve sewage disposal and reduce river pollution around a highly polluted river basin in central China's Henan Province. - China Internet information Centre
December 14 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 14 2005: Parents Ask How Air Pollution Affects Kids - ABC News
December 14 2005: Minor earthquake detected off Wicklow coast - Ireland On-Line
December 13 2005: Over $400 million in Ozone Support to Developing Countries - UNEP
December 13 2005: 9.11am Clean-up after storms lash Queensland - The Australian
December 13 2005: Clean-up after storms lash Queensland - 09:11 (AEDT) MOPPING-up has begun in south-east Queensland today following violent thunderstorms that brought down trees and power lines and blacked out homes. - The Australian
December 13 2005: 8.47am Ageing pipes 'severe flood risk' - The Australian
December 13 2005: Ageing pipes 'severe flood risk' - 08:47 (AEDT) A MAJOR Adelaide hospital and more than 1600 other properties are at risk of flooding in a severe storm, new research has shown. - The Australian
December 13 2005: 08:47 (AEDT) A MAJOR Adelaide hospital and more than 1600 other properties are at risk of flooding in a severe storm, new research has shown. - The Australian
December 13 2005: Pakistan quake aid focus below snowline - The focus of earthquake relief in Pakistan's mountains is shifting to nearly two million people below the snowline, a UN official said. - The Age
December 13 2005: Next stop in New Orleans: disaster tours - Visitors to New Orleans who once toured the graceful mansions of its Garden District have a new attraction: The Hurricane Katrina disaster tour. - The Age
December 13 2005: Vanuatu Volcano Still Spewing Ash - Terra Daily
December 13 2005: Sydney (AFP) Dec 12, 2005 - Thousands of tonnes of ash are continuing to spew from a volcano in Vanuatu, but officials said Monday the activity on the South Pacific nation was not likely to result in a major deadly eruption. - Terra Daily
December 13 2005: Tehran Being 'Poisoned' By Smog - Terra Daily
December 13 2005: West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 13, 2005 - Civil engineers at Purdue University are developing a new generation of bridges that will contain corrosion-resistant plastic bars reinforced with glass or carbon fibers, promising to double the number of years between expensive repairs. - Terra Daily
December 13 2005: New air pollution limits introduced - Switzerland has set itself new air pollution limits based on the Göteborg Protocol, which came into effect in the country on Tuesday. - Swiss Info
December 13 2005: Climate treaty gets second wind - Environment ministers have agreed to a road map to extend the Kyoto Protocol climate pact beyond 2012, breaking two weeks of deadlock in Montreal. - Swiss Info
December 13 2005: Shocked scientists find tsunami legacy: a dead sea - Sydney Morning Herald
December 13 2005: Probst to stay with Survivor - Sydney Morning Herald
December 13 2005: San Andreas Fault Observatory At Depth Reveals New Insights Into The 'Earthquake Machine' - Science Daily
December 13 2005: Prelude To An Earthquake? - Science Daily (Climate)
December 13 2005: (December 13, 2005) - - A geophysicist from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has identified possible seismic precursors to two recent California earthquakes, including ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 13 2005: Study Shows Forests Thrive With Increased Carbon Dioxide Levels - Science Daily
December 13 2005: Peacetime Grenades Harm Environment - Science Daily
December 13 2005: New Working Environment Act Will Have Impact on Petroleum Activities - Rigzone
December 13 2005: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - - According to plan, the Working Environment Act will be amended from and including January 1, 2006. This will have an impact on the parties in the petroleum industry. - Rigzone
December 13 2005: International Institute for Environment and Development - OneWorld
December 13 2005: Shrinking habitat 'islands' doom hundreds of species [#155][#155] - Mexico's volcano rabbit and monkey-faced bats in Fiji are among hundreds of species facing imminent... - New Zealand Herald
December 13 2005: The puffs of ice crystals that appear where ice and sea meet may not be solely responsible for the seasonal dip in ozone near the poles - New Scientist
December 13 2005: Panel to combat epidemics induced by global warming - The Japan Times
December 13 2005: Special report: Indian Ocean tsunami - Guardian Unlimited
December 13 2005: Life after the tsunami - Guardian Unlimited
December 13 2005: Millions for Developing Countries Sought to Extend Ozone Recovery - Environmental News Service
December 13 2005: Indian Industry to Measure Greenhouse Gases, Promote Sustainablity - Environmental News Service
December 13 2005: U.N. Conference Agrees on Long-Term Actions to Control Global Warming - GreenBiz
December 13 2005: Dupont, BP, Bayer Honored as Low-Carbon Leaders - GreenBiz
December 13 2005: Digital Cameras - HURRICANE KATRINA - CBS
December 13 2005: Schools get the power to turn green - Regional Queensland's public schools are now using green energy to help protect the environment. - ABC News Online
December 13 2005: NSW Environment Minister Bob Debus is assuring communities they will be consulted on the final make-up of a new marine park planned for the south coast. - ABC News Online
December 13 2005: Study pinpoints species facing extinction threat - Mexico's volcano rabbit and monkey-faced bats in Fiji are among hundreds of species facing imminent extinction but protecting the remaining scraps of their habitat could save them, a new study says. - ABC News Online
December 13 2005: The New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation says a breakdown in a nearby sewerage treatment plant is not responsible for a fish kill at Evans Head on the state's north coast. - ABC News Online
December 13 2005: Daughter's tsunami death was lie - BBC
December 13 2005: Mass Stranding of Whales, Dolphins on Cape Cod Investigated - Animal protection workers were investigating Monday the mass stranding and death of 24 pilot whales and 15 dolphins during a winter storm on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. - Environmental News Network
December 13 2005: Gas Drilling Raises Dust Clouds Throughout the West - While oil and gas development creates other problems, dust is just about universal in the booming methane fields of Wyoming and other states rich in natural gas. - Environmental News Network
December 13 2005: Atlas of China's Glacier, Frozen Earth, Desert Makes Debut - China Internet information Centre
December 13 2005: UN Praises China for Pollution Control - China Internet information Centre
December 13 2005: Harbin to Examine Pollution Impact - China Internet information Centre
December 13 2005: Blizzard Threatens Coastal Cities - Classes were canceled Monday in two Shandong coastal cities as meteorological bureaus predicted a blizzard would hit the already snow-covered region in the next three days. - China Internet information Centre
December 13 2005: Top Environment Official Inspects NE China Pollution - China Internet information Centre
December 13 2005: Govt Acts to Speed Up Maize Importation - Zambia's agriculture minister, Mundia Sikatana, says the government has decided to waive a requirement that scientists check whether duty-free maize imported from South Africa has been genetically modified in order to speed up shipments. - All Africa News
December 13 2005: Anyway you slice it, tomatoes cut through drought with new gene - EurekAlert!
December 13 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 13 2005: AP: More Blacks Live With Pollution - ABC News
December 12 2005: Quake rocks Afghanistan - 09:51 (AEDT) A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early today, the US Geological Survey said. - The Australian
December 12 2005: Quake hits Afghanistan, residents flee - An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said. - The Age
December 12 2005: The Italian government said Saturday it would look again at the impact on the environment of the planned high-speed rail link between Italy and France after stubborn protests by Alpine communities. - Terra Daily
December 12 2005: Prelude To An Earthquake? - Terra Daily
December 12 2005: Tehran (AFP) Dec 10, 2005 - Residents of the smog-choked Iranian capital will have the use of their cars restricted in the coming week in a bid to decrease the pollution which has shut the city down in the past days, police said Saturday. - Terra Daily
December 12 2005: Portugal is turning to wind, wave and solar power to reduce its huge dependence on oil imports and meet its international commitments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. - Terra Daily
December 12 2005: Lisbon (AFP) Dec 11, 2005 - Portugal is turning to wind, wave and solar power to reduce its huge dependence on oil imports and meet its international commitments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. - Terra Daily
December 12 2005: Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Dec 09, 2005 - Glaciers, rivers and shifting tectonic plates have shaped mountains over millions of years, but earth scientists have struggled to understand the relative roles of these forces and the rates at which they work. - Terra Daily
December 12 2005: Kyoto Protocol Confirmed As The Only Game In Town - Terra Daily
December 12 2005: Montreal (AFP) Dec 12, 2005 - Critics damn it for a long list of reasons and it has been declared dead several times, but the Kyoto Protocol emerged stronger than ever after the Montreal conference on climate change that ended here Saturday. - Terra Daily
December 12 2005: Residents flee homes in Afghan quake - ISLAMABAD: An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early today, the United States Geological Survey said. - Stuff
December 12 2005: Pop Corn Type Thunderstorms - Scoop
December 12 2005: Glacial Pace Of Erosion Was Not So Slow, New Technique Shows - Glaciers, rivers and shifting tectonic plates have shaped mountains over millions of years, but earth scientists have struggled to understand the relative roles of these forces and the rates at which ... - Science Daily
December 12 2005: (December 12, 2005) - - Glaciers, rivers and shifting tectonic plates have shaped mountains over millions of years, but earth scientists have struggled to understand the relative roles of these forces and the rates at which ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 12 2005: The need for new strategy on climate policy - Despite the apparent success of the latest international negotiations on climate change, new approaches to reaching agreement on reducing carbon emissions in an equitable way are needed more than ever. - SciDev.Net
December 12 2005: U.S. Alone in Stance on Global Warming - Sci-Tech Today
December 12 2005: California Not Ready for Tsunami - Sci-Tech Today
December 12 2005: TOP STORY - Biodiversity: a new perspective - New Scientist
December 12 2005: Climate negotiators agree to set tougher targets - Talks ended at the Montreal meeting with a deal to begin negotiating tougher greenhouse gas targets after Kyoto, but sceptics complain nations have simply agreed to carry on talking - New Scientist
December 12 2005: By ANDREW C. REVKIN / NYT - The two-week United Nations conference ended Saturday with many scientists and others who keep track of climate change saying that much more urgent action was needed. - International Herald Tribune
December 12 2005: December 10: - The US administration was facing condemnation last night after it refused to sign up to a UN statement intended to reopen worldwide talks on how to tackle climate change. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 12 2005: Expanding forests in the temperate zones of Europe, the US and Asia could add to global warming. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 12 2005: No 10 calls for carbon trading extension as green groups urge UK not to 'bottle out' again. - Guardian Unlimited
December 12 2005: Gulf Seafood From Hurricane Affected Waters Called Safe - Environmental News Service
December 12 2005: WASHINGTON, DC - , December 12, 2005 (ENS) - There is no reason for concern about consuming seafood from the Gulf region due to hurricanes ... - Environmental News Service
December 12 2005: First Bush-Clinton Hurricane Grants to Schools, Faith, Governors - Environmental News Service
December 12 2005: UN Conference Agrees Long Term Actions to Control Global Warming - Environmental News Service
December 12 2005: MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada - , December 11, 2005 (ENS) - The United Nations Climate Change Conference closed Saturday with the adoption of more than 40 decisions that will strengthen global efforts to fight climate change. "This has been one of the most productive UN Climate Change Conferences ever," said Richard Kinley, acting head of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat. - Environmental News Service
December 12 2005: Climate Change Threatens Southern Africa's Food Security - Environmental News Service
December 12 2005: Katrina gives new meaning to simplicity - The hurricane could help bring out the true spirit of Christmas, ending material and spiritual poverty. - Christian Science Monitor
December 12 2005: Jane Goodall, honorary chairwoman of the roundtable, delivers her speech on sustainable development in China. - China Daily (Business)
December 12 2005: Children giving hope for a greener - Global warming, the exhausting of energy reserves and water supplies, pollution, insufficient land to support a growing population, abject poverty and uneven distribution of resources were identified as the world's major problems by delegates at China Daily's 21st CEO Roundtable. - China Daily (Business)
December 12 2005: Four dead in latest Japanese suicide pact - TOKYO: Three men and a woman were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a car in Japan's latest suspected Internet suicide pact, police said yesterday. - China Daily (World)
December 12 2005: A woman rides her bicycle under a shroud of smog in downtown Lanzhou, capital city of Northwest China's Gansu Province, in the afternoon of November 24. - China Daily (Home)
December 12 2005: Harbin to examine pollution impact - China Daily (Home)
December 12 2005: Bid to reduce emissions stepped up - The end of last week's conference to try to extend the Kyoto Protocol climate pact marked another step by the world towards curbing global warming. - China Daily (Home)
December 12 2005: Arlo Rides Train He Made Famous - He's on Amtrak's "City of New Orleans" to help raise money for musicians hurt by Hurricane Katrina. As - CBS
December 12 2005: Oxygen shortage results in massive fish kill - The New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation says a breakdown in a nearby sewerage treatment plant is not responsible for a fish kill at Evans Head on the state's north coast. - ABC News Online
December 12 2005: Nationals concern over future of GM crops in WA - The Western Australian Nationals leader, Brendon Grylls, says the State Government needs to start making some hard decisions about the future of genetically modified crops in Western Australia. - ABC News Online
December 12 2005: Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell says Australia will participate in post-Kyoto Protocol talks because the signatories have agreed that binding targets do not work. - ABC News Online
December 12 2005: The Western Australian Minister for Agriculture, Kim Chance, says forming a reference group to explore genetically modified (GM) agriculture issues is not the first step in lifting the moratorium on the technology. - ABC News Online
December 12 2005: US move paves way for new climate change talks - Financial Times
December 12 2005: to tackle - climate change, after the US withdrew its objections to such discussions at the end of a marathon negotiating session in Montreal. - Financial Times
December 12 2005: Afghanistan hit by strong quake - A strong earthquake hits north-eastern Afghanistan, the US Geological Survey says. - BBC (World)
December 12 2005: Snow caused whale, dolphin deaths - CNN
December 12 2005: Report: California not ready for tsunami - CNN
December 12 2005: U.S. isolated on climate change - CNN
December 12 2005: Environmentalists Using 'Syriana' in Calls for Oil Conservation - After years of trying to wean Americans off oil with warnings about arctic drilling and air pollution, some environmentalists are using the movie "Syriana" to help make their points. - Environmental News Network
December 12 2005: - By National Center for Policy Analysis - The only progress made at the Montreal summit on climate change is publication of a “rule†book specifying how emissions will be measured, emissions trades accounted for and how penalties will be assessed for failure to meet goals, according to NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 12 2005: Ozone Recovery Slower Than Expected - Discovery Online
December 12 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 12 2005: Katrina Victims Get New Check-Out Date - Responding to a class action lawsuit, a judge ordered the extension of the FEMA hotel program for hurricane evacuees. - ABC News
December 12 2005: Report: California Unprepared for Tsunami - ABC News
December 11 2005: Kyoto rejection 'a costly mistake' - THE Australian Greens said the Federal Government is making a multibillion dollar mistake by rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. - The Mercury
December 11 2005: 5.40am Tsunami warning after PNG quake - The Australian
December 11 2005: Tsunami warning after PNG quake - 05:40 (AEDT) AN earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted an area off the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific today, seismologists said, prompting a warning of local tsunamis. - The Australian
December 11 2005: Kyoto rejection 'a costly mistake' - 04:00 (AEDT) THE Australian Greens said the Federal Government is making a multibillion dollar mistake by rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. - The Australian
December 11 2005: PNG in tsunami warning after quake - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted an area off the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific, prompting a warning of local tsunamis. - The Age
December 11 2005: More than 150 nations, including Switzerland, agreed early on Saturday to launch formal talks on mandatory post-2012 reductions in greenhouse gases. - Swiss Info
December 11 2005: Climate treaty gets second wind - Environment ministers have agreed to a road map to extend the Kyoto Protocol climate pact beyond 2012, breaking two weeks of deadlock in Montreal. - Swiss Info
December 11 2005: Tsunami warning after PNG earthquake - Stuff
December 11 2005: Photo revives hope of finding tsunami girl - Sydney Morning Herald
December 11 2005: The two-week United Nations conference ended Saturday with many scientists and others who keep track of climate change saying that much more urgent action was needed. - International Herald Tribune
December 11 2005: Normand Blouin/Agence France-Presse - Two police officers in Montreal walking past a mosaic created for the UN climate change conference, which ended Sunday. - International Herald Tribune
December 11 2005: - Aid director's moving account of the tsunami - Guardian Unlimited
December 11 2005: US retreats at climate change talks - Guardian Unlimited
December 11 2005: Declining Health of World's Birds Augers Poorly for Global Environment - OneWorld
December 11 2005: Survivors call for swifter reconstruction effort - NEW ORLEANS: With jazz music, prayer and offerings to the gods, hundreds of Hurricane Katrina survivors on Saturday demanded the government move faster to rebuild the city and provide evacuees with more disaster assistance. - China Daily (World)
December 11 2005: Dictionary reveals US 'word of the year' - SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts: In a year filled with political wrangling, natural disasters and pop culture curiosities, Americans turned to Merriam-Webster to help define it all. - China Daily (World)
December 11 2005: Global warming conference backs Kyoto extension - China Daily (World)
December 11 2005: Pollution blamed for fish kill - ABC News Online
December 11 2005: Australia's Kyoto stance 'untenable' - The Federal Government is being warned Australia can no longer remain outside the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. - ABC News Online
December 11 2005: Australia's environmental representatives have welcomed the decision to extend the life of the Kyoto Protocol and the creation of a group to work on addressing global warming when the protocol expires in 2012. - ABC News Online
December 11 2005: Businesses and poorer nations will gain more than €10bn by 2012 from the international effort to combat climate change under a significant reform agreed to the Kyoto protocol. - Financial Times
December 11 2005: Christmas 'pollution' - CNN
December 11 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 11 2005: Ailments Hit Vanuatu Volcano Evacuee Camp - ABC News
December 11 2005: U.S. Isolated by Stance on Global Warming - ABC News
December 10 2005: Gerard in tears over bank row - BESIEGED businessman Rob Gerard has revealed he broke down and cried as his health deteriorated at the height of the political storm over his appointment to the Reserve Bank board. - The Mercury
December 10 2005: Hosts laud 'successful' summit - 09:45 (AEDT) CANADIAN Prime Minister Paul Martin on Saturday called the UN climate summit "successful" and said it gave new momentum to international efforts to address global warming. - The Australian
December 10 2005: 06:53 (AEDT) BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomed the climate change deal agreed at a United Nations conference overnight, setting new targets for cutting carbon emissions beyond 2012. - The Australian
December 10 2005: 05:15 (AEDT) A UN conference has agreed to extend the life of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming and to stimulate action from the United States and others for tackling the greenhouse gases that drive dangerous climate change. - The Australian
December 10 2005: Glaciers eroded mountains faster ... - Science Daily
December 10 2005: Alaska's Columbia Glacier Continues On Disintegration Course - Science Daily (Climate)
December 10 2005: (December 10, 2005) - - Alaska's rapidly disintegrating Columbia Glacier, which has shrunk in length by 9 miles since 1980, has reached the mid-point of its projected retreat, according to a new University of Colorado ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 10 2005: Land use 'is neglected factor in climate change' - Land use is not given the recognition it deserves as a key driver of regional climate change, - SciDev.Net
December 10 2005: Sustainable development can cut greenhouse gases - SciDev.Net
December 10 2005: India 'could delay' tsunami warning - The Indian government is refusing to share real-time data with its partners in the Indian Ocean's new tsunami warning system. - SciDev.Net
December 10 2005: Climate change 'could disturb African savannahs' - SciDev.Net
December 10 2005: Tsunami warning system begins to take shape - SciDev.Net
December 10 2005: Richard A. Kerr - report on how the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system is gradually taking shape. - SciDev.Net
December 10 2005: Friday, December 09, 2005 - - US Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on Thursday that oil and natural gas production in the US Gulf of Mexico area which was hit by hurricanes this summer probably will not recover until next summer. - Rigzone
December 10 2005: Northeast Snow Blamed for 5 Fatal Crashes - Newsday (AP update)
December 10 2005: Russia Blocks U.N. Climate Summit Accord - Russia blocked agreement at a U.N. climate meeting on Saturday by objecting to details of a proposal to extend the Kyoto Protocol on global warming beyond 2012. - MosNews
December 10 2005: US isolated on climate talks - Administration faces condemnation after it refuses to sign up to UN statement on climate change. - Guardian Unlimited
December 10 2005: Ozone recovery now seen to be slower than earlier predicted - Earth Times
December 10 2005: Image: Climate change demo, Edinburgh, 2005: activists have helped keep up the pressure for action (C) Peter Armstrong - OneWorld
December 10 2005: Environmentalists welcome Kyoto outcome - Australia's environmental representatives have welcomed the decision to extend the life of the Kyoto Protocol and the creation of a group to work on addressing global warming when the protocol expires in 2012. - ABC News Online
December 10 2005: The Federal Government has rejected claims Australia has had little say at the UN Conference on Climate Change because it has not signed the Kyoto Protocol. - ABC News Online
December 10 2005: UN conference breathes life into Kyoto Protocol - A landmark UN conference agreed on Saturday to extend the life of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and launch a dialogue between Kyoto members and the United States on long-term action on greenhouse gases. - ABC News Online
December 10 2005: The Australian Conservation Foundation says Australia has been left out of the decision-making process at the UN conference on climate change, because it is not part of the Kyoto Protocol. - ABC News Online
December 10 2005: Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell says Australia will participate in post-Kyoto Protocol talks because the signatories have agreed that binding targets do not work. - ABC News Online
December 10 2005: Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:46 AM ET - By David Fogarty and Mary Milliken MONTREAL (Reuters) - Environment ministers agreed on Saturday to a road map to extend the Kyoto Protocol climate pact beyond 2012, breaking... - Reuters
December 10 2005: By Alister Doyle and David Fogarty MONTREAL (Reuters) - Environment ministers agreed on Saturday to a road map to extend the Kyoto Protocol climate pact beyond 2012, breaking... - Reuters
December 10 2005: Saturday, December 10, 2005 7:42 AM ET - By Alister Doyle and David Fogarty MONTREAL (Reuters) - Environment ministers agreed on Saturday to a road map to extend the Kyoto Protocol climate pact beyond 2012, breaking... - Reuters
December 10 2005: By Mary Milliken and Timothy Gardner MONTREAL (Reuters) - The United States stood alone in resisting new international talks on ways to combat climate change on Friday as... - Reuters
December 10 2005: By Timothy Gardner MONTREAL (Reuters) - Growing numbers of businesses are taking action on global warming regardless of what U.N. climate talks bring now or in the future. - Reuters
December 10 2005: By Timothy Gardner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Growing numbers of businesses are taking action on global warming regardless of what U.N. climate talks bring now or in the future. - Reuters
December 10 2005: MONTREAL (Reuters) - Environment ministers at U.N. climate talks have agreed rules for policing the Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming, skirting objections by Saudi... - Reuters
December 10 2005: Your views on climate change - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 10 2005: Weaker storm spares south India - BBC (World)
December 10 2005: Hundreds treated over Iran smog - BBC (World)
December 10 2005: Hundreds ill from Tehran smog - BBC
December 10 2005: Hundreds treated over Tehran smog - More than 1,600 people are treated in hospital as the pollution in Tehran reaches critical levels, officials say. - BBC (Middle East)
December 10 2005: Relief reaches Vanuatu villagers - Aid reaches thousands of villagers who fled after a volcano began erupting in Vanuatu in the Pacific. - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 10 2005: Last-minute climate deals reached - Ministers at Montreal's climate change conference agree to long-term talks on measures to cut gas emissions. - BBC (World)
December 10 2005: Thousands of Vanuatu people flee as volcano threatens to erupt - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 10 2005: India braces for cyclone 'Fanoos' - CNN
December 10 2005: Most in SA Reject GM Foods - ALMOST six out of 10 South Africans either reject or avoid genetically modified foods, according to the results of a poll. - All Africa News
December 10 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 10 2005: Parents: Vanuatu Volcano Sickening Kids - ABC News
December 09 2005: Glacial pace of erosion was not so slow, new technique shows - Glaciers, rivers and shifting tectonic plates have shaped mountains over millions of years, but earth scientists have struggled to understand the relative roles of these forces and the rates at which they work. - EurekAlert!
December 09 2005: Family mourns mum killed in storm - LEONIE Stott was on her way home to her young family when she became a victim of the storms which lashed southeast Queensland on Thursday afternoon. - The Mercury
December 09 2005: 7.53am US slammed for greenhouse failure - The Australian
December 09 2005: US slammed for greenhouse failure - 07:53 (AEDT) FORMER US president Bill Clinton took to the podium at the UN climate talks Friday here to ram home a grim message about global warming and demand the United States move quickly away from the fossil fuels causing the problem. - The Australian
December 09 2005: Three dead after storms strike - Three people are dead, four seriously injured and three recovering from lightning strikes after wild storms lashed southern Queensland and northern NSW. - The Age
December 09 2005: 'End nigh' for Kyoto Protocol - The Age
December 09 2005: Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2005 - Scientists for years have been at a loss to explain unexpectedly high levels of mercury in fish swimming the rivers and streams of areas like eastern Oregon, far away from industrial sources of mercury pollution such as coal-fired power plants. - Terra Daily
December 09 2005: Washington (UPI) Dec 08, 2005 - Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says critics of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hurricane Katrina response should "quit whining." - Terra Daily
December 09 2005: Fine-Tuning The Steps In The Intricate Climate Change Dance - Terra Daily
December 09 2005: Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2005 - New scientific findings are strengthening the case that the oceans and climate are linked in an intricate dance, and that rapid climate change may be related to how vigorously ocean currents move heat between low and high latitudes. - Terra Daily
December 09 2005: Global Warming To Hit Rivers In Mediterranean, Amazon, Midwest: Study - Terra Daily
December 09 2005: Montreal (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 - Global warming could slash the flows of rivers around the Mediterranean basin, Amazonia and the US Midwest, a phenomenon that could have resounding impacts on cities and agriculture, British scientists said here on Thursday. - Terra Daily
December 09 2005: Montreal, Canada (SPX) Dec 08, 2005 - Marathon talks on efforts to roll back the peril of climate change entered their penultimate day here on Thursday after the United States was dealt a political setback. - Terra Daily
December 09 2005: Mountainous Plateau Creates Ozone 'Halo' Around Tibet - Science Daily (Climate)
December 09 2005: (December 8, 2005) - - Not only is the air around the world's highest mountains thin, but it's thick with ozone, says a new study from University of Toronto researchers. In fact, say the scientists, the ring of ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 09 2005: NASA's AURA Satellite Peers Into Earth's Ozone Hole - Science Daily (Climate)
December 09 2005: (December 8, 2005) - - NASA researchers, using data from the agency's AURA satellite, determined the seasonal ozone hole that developed over Antarctica this year is smaller than in previous ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 09 2005: Land use 'is neglected factor in climate change' - Land use is not given the recognition it deserves as a key driver of regional climate change, - SciDev.Net
December 09 2005: Climate change 'could disturb African savannahs' - SciDev.Net
December 09 2005: India 'could delay' tsunami warning - The Indian government is refusing to share real-time data with its partners in the Indian Ocean's new tsunami warning system. - SciDev.Net
December 09 2005: Tsunami warning system begins to take shape - SciDev.Net
December 09 2005: Richard A. Kerr - report on how the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system is gradually taking shape. - SciDev.Net
December 09 2005: Volcano Leaves Evacuees Without Food - Sci-Tech Today
December 09 2005: Snow Brings Some Headaches to Northeast - Newsday (AP update)
December 09 2005: Scientists: Greenland Glaciers Retreating - Newsday (AP update)
December 09 2005: Latest snowstorm packs a bit of everything - Newsday (AP update)
December 09 2005: Cyclone Fanoos moves closer to Chennai - Hindustan Times
December 09 2005: Cyclonic storm lashes TN, Pondicherry - AddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1569757,000900020001.htm", "Cyclonic storm lashes TN, Pondicherry"); - Hindustan Times
December 09 2005: AddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1569757,000900020001.htm", "Cyclonic storm lashes TN, Pondicherry"); - Cyclone Fanoos moved westwards and lay 200 km east of Nagapattinam. - Hindustan Times
December 09 2005: PM postpones TN visit due to cyclone warning - Hindustan Times
December 09 2005: Dec 9: Cyclone Fanoos to strike Tamil Nadu - Hindustan Times
December 09 2005: December 9: - Expanding forests in the temperate zones of Europe, the US and Asia could add to global warming. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 09 2005: December 8: - Britain is to direct more foreign aid to develop genetically modified crops in Africa. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 09 2005: Climate talks 'turning sour' - Climate change: - Guardian Unlimited
December 09 2005: Climate change: - Political will needed for post-Kyoto treaty, environment secretary says. - Guardian Unlimited
December 09 2005: A World Without Snow - Environmental News Service
December 09 2005: MADISON, Wisconsin - , December 9, 2005 (ENS) - If all the snow on Earth were to melt away, the planet would be around eight-tenths of a degree Celsius ... - Environmental News Service
December 09 2005: Pacific Island Villagers Become Climate Change Refugees - Environmental News Service
December 09 2005: Climate Delegates Adopt Kyoto Protocol Rule Book - Environmental News Service
December 09 2005: EU energy efficiency and services law agreed - EDIE
December 09 2005: Europe looks to include aviation in emissions trading - Aviation could soon be included in the emissions trading scheme after European Environment Ministers agreed that trading was the best way to tackle the problem. - EDIE
December 09 2005: Ozone recovery could face delays - EDIE
December 09 2005: Pollution prompts public holiday - EDIE
December 09 2005: Action programme to tackle nitrate pollution from farmers - EDIE
December 09 2005: Funding allocations for flooding and coastal erosion announced - EDIE
December 09 2005: Earth's environment declines as international community veers off target on Millennium Goals - EDIE
December 09 2005: on CBS, has renewed his contract with the show's producers. This means that 44-year-old Probst would host the show's 16th edition. - Earth Times
December 09 2005: Jeff Probst survives as - Earth Times
December 09 2005: Daughter of German-Thai couple may still be alive one year after tsunami - BANGKOK, Thailand: Nearly a year after the tsunami separated them from their daughter, a German-Thai couple say they are certain their missing 5-year-old child will be back with them as an unexpected Christmas present. - China Daily (World)
December 09 2005: Child killed in Chicago plane crash tragedy - CHICAGO: A plane trying to land in heavy snow slid off a runway, crashed through a boundary fence and slid into a busy street, hitting one vehicle and pinning another beneath it on Thursday. A child in one of the vehicles was killed. - China Daily (World)
December 09 2005: UN climate talks see optimism over Kyoto Protocol renewal - MONTREAL: Major industrial nations neared accord on a vague road map to extend the Kyoto Protocol at UN climate talks on Thursday (local time) but Washington showed no sign of budging from plans to pursue its own strategy on global warming. - China Daily (World)
December 09 2005: Pollution has heavy impact on grain output - China's farm produce growing areas are suffering from water, soil and atmospheric pollution which is reducing the nation's grain output by approximately 40 billion kilograms every year, Chinese agriculture experts estimate. - China Daily (Home)
December 09 2005: Australia breaks ranks with US to attend climate change talks - ABC News Online
December 09 2005: Friday, December 09, 2005 5:30 PM ET - By Mary Milliken and Timothy Gardner MONTREAL (Reuters) - The United States stood alone in resisting a new, wider agreement to combat climate change on Friday as most... - Reuters
December 09 2005: Friday, December 09, 2005 5:19 PM ET - By Timothy Gardner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Growing numbers of businesses are taking action on global warming regardless of what U.N. climate talks bring now or in the future. - Reuters
December 09 2005: MONTREAL (Reuters) - Environment ministers at U.N. climate talks have agreed rules for policing the Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming, skirting objections by Saudi... - Reuters
December 09 2005: By Mary Milliken and Timothy Gardner MONTREAL (Reuters) - Industrialized and developing nations were close to a deal on Friday to start work on extending the Kyoto Protocol... - Reuters
December 09 2005: By Mary Milliken and David Fogarty MONTREAL (Reuters) - Major industrial nations neared accord on a vague road map to extend the Kyoto Protocol at U.N. climate talks on... - Reuters
December 09 2005: By Mary Milliken and David Fogarty MONTREAL (Reuters) - Industrialized nations neared accord on a vague road map to extend the Kyoto Protocol at U.N. climate talks on... - Reuters
December 09 2005: China and developing world back Kyoto - US hopes of blocking progress on the Kyoto treaty on climate change appeared to be fading, amid signs China and other developing countries were backing the agreement. Former US president Bill Clinton urged the US make a commitment on climate change. - Financial Times
December 09 2005: China and developing world back Kyoto - Clinton urges US climate change commitment - Financial Times
December 09 2005: UN poised for new climate talks - UN delegates reportedly agree to hold new talks to cut greenhouse gases, but it is not clear if the US is involved. - BBC
December 09 2005: UN poised for new climate talks - UN climate change talks enter their final day, as diplomats struggle to formulate a last-minute deal. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 09 2005: Europe's pollution hotspots shown - BBC (Europe)
December 09 2005: Black mark - Satellites reveal Europe's pollution hotspots - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 09 2005: In pictures - Passenger jet slides off runway in Chicago during heavy snow - BBC (World)
December 09 2005: Snow storm wallops the Northeast - CNN
December 09 2005: Glaciers melting - CNN
December 09 2005: ENN Weekly: December 5th - 9th - ENN summarizes the most important and compelling environmental news stories of the week. In the news December 5th - 9th: Costly oil drilling in Alaska, chemical spill endangers wildlife, clean energy in poor nations, shrinking glaciers, and much more. - Environmental News Network
December 09 2005: U.N. Talks Support Clean Energy in Poor Nations - Negotiators at U.N. talks agreed to speed investments in clean-energy projects in the Third World Thursday but remained deadlocked on ways to enlist the United States in a long-term fight against global warming. - Environmental News Network
December 09 2005: Amazon Drought Ending, Yet Sickness Looms - The Amazon basin's worst drought in more than 40 years is ending as rainfall returns to normal, though officials fear diseases will spread as rising rivers stir up muck from stagnant pools of contaminated water. - Environmental News Network
December 09 2005: Free Trade Threatening Small-Scale Farmers, Fisherman, Environmental Group Says - Lifting trade barriers is threatening the livelihoods of small-scale farmers and fisherman and contributing to desertification in Africa, the environmental group Friends of the Earth said in a report released Thursday. - Environmental News Network
December 09 2005: Scientists: Surprising Tsunami Findings - Discovery Online
December 09 2005: By Larry O'Hanlon - Recovery of ozone holes at both poles could be delayed by up to 15 years. - Discovery Online
December 09 2005: 2005 Antarctic Ozone Hole - Discovery Online
December 09 2005: Chemical Plants to Be Checked - Chemical plants and other potential sources of pollution along river banks will immediately come under the scanner of environmental authorities. - China Internet information Centre
December 09 2005: China Vows to Minimize Pollution Damage to Russia - China Internet information Centre
December 09 2005: Climate Change 'Could Disturb African Savannahs' - All Africa News
December 09 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 09 2005: Northeast Snowstorm - ABC News
December 08 2005: 9.47am Wild storms lash Queensland - The Australian
December 08 2005: Wild storms lash Queensland - 09:47 (AEDT) TWO people are dead, four seriously injured and three recovering from lightning strikes after wild storms lashed southern Queensland again overnight. - The Australian
December 08 2005: Ozone drop, increased cataracts - 07:19 (AEDT) AN increase in exposure to ultraviolet radiation as result of ozone depletion in the stratosphere could in future lead to a considerable increase in the incidence of cataracts in the US population, researchers report. - The Australian
December 08 2005: UN talks back clean energy for poor - 07:13 (AEDT) NEGOTIATORS at UN talks agreed to speed investments in clean-energy projects in the Third World today but remained deadlocked on ways to enlist the United States in a long-term fight against global warming. - The Australian
December 08 2005: Comoros Volcano Still Spewing Lava - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Moroni (AFP) Dec 07, 2005 - A volcano in the Indian Ocean's Comoro islands was still spewing lava Wednesday almost two weeks after it began erupting, a senior vulcanologist said. - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Tehran Shut Down Amid Unprecedented Smog Alert - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: The United Nations said Wednesday it was ready to feed 1.3 million Pakistani earthquake survivors through the winter, but called for more money to maintain helicopter airlifts needed to reach remote areas. - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Mountainous Plateau Creates Ozone Halo Around Tibet - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Aura Satellite Completes Annual Seasonal Ozone Hole Report - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 08, 2005 - NASA researchers, using data from the agency's AURA satellite, determined the seasonal ozone hole that developed over Antarctica this year is smaller than in previous years. - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Global Warming Could Halt Ocean Circulation With Harmful Results - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Warnings about climate change mingled with barbs aimed at the United States here Wednesday as the world's environment ministers wrestled with how to curb greenhouse-gas pollution. - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Montreal (AFP) Dec 07, 2005 - Warnings about climate change mingled with barbs aimed at the United States here Wednesday as the world's environment ministers wrestled with how to curb greenhouse-gas pollution. - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Threatened By Warming Arctic People File Suit Against US - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Montreal (AFP) Dec 07, 2005 - The people of the Arctic filed a landmark human rights complaint on Wednesday against the United States, blaming the world's No. 1 carbon polluter for stoking the global warming that is destroying their habitat. - Terra Daily
December 08 2005: Global Warming Could Halt Ocean Circulation, With Harmful Results - Science Daily
December 08 2005: Large Himalaya Earthquakes May Occur Sooner Than Expected - Science Daily (Climate)
December 08 2005: (December 8, 2005) - - While the rupture zones of recent major earthquakes are immune to similar-sized earthquakes for hundreds of years, they could be vulnerable to even bigger destructive temblors sooner than scientists ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 08 2005: Scientist Measures Role Of Science's Coolest Player: The Snow - Science Daily (Climate)
December 08 2005: (December 7, 2005) - - What would the Earth be like if one fine day all the snow melted away? Obviously, it would be a much warmer place. But what's interesting is how much warmer, says Stephen Vavrus, an associate ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 08 2005: Sustainable development can cut greenhouse gases - SciDev.Net
December 08 2005: Vanuatu Volcano Bursts into Life - Sci-Tech Today
December 08 2005: ORNL-led study shows forests thrive with increased CO2 levels - Forest productivity may be significantly greater in an atmosphere enriched with carbon dioxide, according to findings released today that challenge recent reports that question the importance of carbon dioxide fertilization. - EurekAlert!
December 08 2005: Austrian Government pays carbon tax to NZ town [#155][#155] - New Zealand Herald
December 08 2005: Snow, Freezing Grip Middle of U.S. - Newsday (AP update)
December 08 2005: Floods cheer TN politicos - Indian Express
December 08 2005: By ANDREW C. REVKIN / NYT - The Bush administration, facing fresh criticism on several fronts in climate talks here, maintained its opposition not only to new targets for cutting emissions linked to global warming but also to any informal discussions that might even touch on the subject. - International Herald Tribune
December 08 2005: December 8: - Britain is to direct more foreign aid to develop genetically modified crops in Africa to speed up economic growth on the continent and use modern science and new technologies to tackle hunger. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 08 2005: Old fridges delay closure of ozone hole - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 08 2005: December 8: - Old refrigerators, cars and fire extinguishers are preventing the ozone hole over the Antarctic from closing as quickly as scientists originally estimated. New results suggest that the hole will not disappear completely until 2065 - 15 years later than previous estimates. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 08 2005: Oil industry targets EU climate policy - Climate change: - Guardian Unlimited
December 08 2005: Changes to land cover may enhance global warming in Amazon, reduce it in midlatitudes - EurekAlert!
December 08 2005: European Commission Offers Renewable Energy Action Plan - Environmental News Service
December 08 2005: State of the Emerging Global Greenhouse Market - GreenBiz
December 08 2005: In tsunami relief camps, kids sing their hearts out - It's part of a psychological support program run by the Indonesian Red Cross for young tsunami survivors. - Christian Science Monitor
December 08 2005: Chemical plants to be checked - Chemical plants and other potential sources of pollution along river banks will immediately come under the scanner of environmental authorities. - China Daily (Home)
December 08 2005: Toxic gas hampers rescue of miners - TANGSHAN: Carbon monoxide 100 times above safety levels is hampering efforts to rescue 32 miners trapped in a coal mine in North China's Hebei Province. - China Daily
December 08 2005: * - Flood Of Requests For '.eu' Domain - CBS
December 08 2005: * - Pacific Volcano Spews Ash, Gas - CBS
December 08 2005: New: - Storms Pummel Nation's Midsection - CBS
December 08 2005: Economy Still Weathering Storms - CBS
December 08 2005: Climate change report shows energy sector pumping out its fair share of greenhouse gases - ABC News Online
December 08 2005: Global warming introduced to Tas school curriculum - ABC News Online
December 08 2005: Aust joins post-Kyoto climate talks - Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell says Australia will participate in post-Kyoto Protocol talks because the signatories have agreed that binding targets do not work. - ABC News Online
December 08 2005: Researcher pleads to save fish from global warming - ABC News Online
December 08 2005: Aust leaves US in the cold at climate talks - Australia has broken ranks with the US at a key global climate change conference in Montreal, backing early negotiations for deeper cuts in greenhouse gases. - ABC News Online
December 08 2005: Land clearing bans to help Australia reach greenhouse gas goals - ABC News Online
December 08 2005: The Cairns and Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC) says a developer's decision to hand over a parcel of False Cape land for conservation is not good enough. - ABC News Online
December 08 2005: Indonesia urges US to join climate change pact - Reuters
December 08 2005: Thursday, December 08, 2005 3:04 AM ET - By David Fogarty MONTREAL (Reuters) - Indonesia urged the United States to back the Kyoto Protocol climate change pact on Wednesday, saying the threat from climate change for... - Reuters
December 08 2005: By Mary Milliken MONTREAL (Reuters) - While U.S. President George W. Bush refuses to accept the Kyoto Protocol to cut greenhouse gas emissions, at least 40 million Americans... - Reuters
December 08 2005: Thursday, December 08, 2005 2:00 PM ET - MONTREAL (Reuters) - Environment ministers at U.N. climate talks have agreed rules for policing the Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming, skirting objections by Saudi... - Reuters
December 08 2005: MONTREAL (Reuters) - Environment ministers at U.N. climate talks have agreed rules for policing the Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming, skirting objections by Saudi... - Reuters
December 08 2005: By David Fogarty MONTREAL (Reuters) - On the surface, polar bears and coral atolls don't have much in common but when it comes to global warming they have plenty to link... - Reuters
December 08 2005: By David Fogarty and Timothy Gardner MONTREAL (Reuters) - Environment ministers from across the world tried to break a deadlock on Wednesday over how to involve the United... - Reuters
December 08 2005: By Jeff Mason BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will meet its Kyoto Protocol obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2010, two years before the global environment... - Reuters
December 08 2005: MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada will meet 2012 goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol even though the country is far above target, Prime... - Reuters
December 08 2005: FT Briefing: Cutting greenhouse gases - Financial Times
December 08 2005: Kyoto reforms to boost ‘green’ business - Businesses and poorer nations will gain more than €10bn by 2012 from the international effort to combat climate change under a significant reform agreed to the Kyoto protocol. - Financial Times
December 08 2005: Signs of upturn in eurozone amid IMF warning - Financial Times
December 08 2005: First Kyoto carbon credits to be issued - Financial Times
December 08 2005: Travel sick - China's choking pollution and one city's fight to tackle it - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 08 2005: Philippines flooding causes chaos - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 08 2005: Sombre conclusion - A mass inquest for 93 tsunami victims ends in silent tribute - BBC
December 08 2005: Mass UK tsunami inquest finishes - BBC
December 08 2005: Negotiators meeting at a UN climate change summit in Montreal say they are making good progress. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 08 2005: Inuit sue US over climate policy - Arctic peoples are filing a legal petition alleging US policy on climate change violates their human rights. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 08 2005: Greenland glacier races to ocean - BBC (World)
December 08 2005: In pictures - Thousands of Vanuatu people flee as volcano threatens to erupt - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 08 2005: Scientists: Greenland glaciers rapidly melting - CNN
December 08 2005: Greenland glaciers rapidly melting - CNN
December 08 2005: Scientists Say Greenland Glaciers Retreating - Two of Greenland's largest glaciers are retreating at an alarming pace, most likely because of climate warming, scientists said Wednesday. But researchers at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union also presented studies of the retreat of Alaska's Columbia Glacier that suggest more complexity in the processes of glacial melt. - Environmental News Network
December 08 2005: The United States on Wednesday rejected a Canadian bid to draw Washington into future global talks on climate change, a new round that would extend mandatory cutbacks in carbon emissions. - Environmental News Network
December 08 2005: Argentina Works To Stem Farmland Floodings - Environmental News Network
December 08 2005: A deputy mayor who claimed there was no pollution from a chemical plant explosion was found dead at his home amid public anger over officials' failure to quickly alert residents that tons of toxins had spilled into a major river. - Environmental News Network
December 08 2005: Fine-Tuning the Steps in the Intricate Climate Change Dance - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 08 2005: - By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - New scientific findings are strengthening the case that the oceans and climate are linked in an intricate dance, and that rapid climate change may be related to how vigorously ocean currents move heat between low and high latitudes. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 08 2005: Pacific volcano shoots steam, gas - CNN (Asia)
December 08 2005: Sustainable Development Can Cut Greenhouse Gases - Many strategies for sustainable development can also cut the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by developing countries, says a report released on Monday (5 December). - All Africa News
December 08 2005: Continent 'Left Out in Cold in Carbon Credits Market' - The World Bank has accused the European Union (UN) of erecting a trade barrier to keep African countries out of the billion-dollar carbon trading market. - All Africa News
December 08 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 08 2005: Scientists: Greenland Glaciers Retreating - ABC News
December 08 2005: U.S. Execs Clamping Down on Environment - ABC News
December 08 2005: Vanuatu Volcano Bursts Into Life - ABC News
December 08 2005: Environment group warns of stealth tax - Ireland On-Line
December 07 2005: Montreal, 6 December 2005 - - 2005 has witnessed the largest financial losses ever as a result of weather-related natural disasters an international climate change conference was told today. - UNEP
December 07 2005: - 2005 has witnessed the largest financial losses ever as a result of weather-related natural disasters an international climate change conference was told today. - UNEP
December 07 2005: Presidents unveil Katrina aid program - 08:51 (AEDT) FORMER US presidents George H W Bush and Bill Clinton have unveiled a $US90 million ($119.59 million) aid program for universities and other organisations shuttered by Hurricane Katrina three months ago. - The Australian
December 07 2005: Delays predicted for ozone hole recovery - The recovery of the Antarctic ozone hole may be delayed because reservoirs of ozone-destroying chemicals may be larger than anticipated, a report says. - The Age
December 07 2005: Agreement on how to spend tsunami funds - The Age
December 07 2005: Iranian Capital Chokes In Smog - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Tehran (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 - Schools in the Iranian capital were shut down and the sick or elderly told to lock themselves indoors Tuesday as the city continued to choke on a thick blanket of yellow-brown smog. - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Active Atlantic Hurricane Season In 2006, But Fewer Landfalls - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Miami (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 - The current record Atlantic cyclone year will be followed by yet another highly active season, though Americans can expect fewer major hurricanes to make landfall in 2006, top experts said Tuesday. - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 - The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday said it was standing by for an exodus of mountain-dwellers who survived the South Asian earthquake but are facing increasingly bitter winter weather. - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Temperate Forests Worsen Warming - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2005 - Growing a forest might sound like a good idea to combat global warming, since trees draw carbon dioxide from the air and release cool water from their leaves. But they also absorb sunlight, warming the air in the process. - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Montreal (AFP) Dec 06, 2005 - US municipal, state, union and business leaders on Tuesday condemned US President George W. Bush's refusal to participate in international negotiations on climate change. - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Negotiations on long term efforts to battle global warming were deadlocked Tuesday ahead of a UN climate change ministerial summit. - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Less Seafloor Disturbance Than Anticipated From 2004 Earthquake And Tsunami - Terra Daily
December 07 2005: Most tsunami aid to bypass Aceh - Sydney Morning Herald
December 07 2005: Old fridges blamed for a hole lot of ozone trouble - Sydney Morning Herald
December 07 2005: 'Jammed Networks' May Clear The Way For Better Materials - Jammed networks may cause upheaval in phone systems, but among wispy carbon nanotubes or nanofibers, a similar phenomenon may greatly improve flammability resistance and, perhaps, other properties in ... - Science Daily
December 07 2005: ENVIRONMENT: 2005 Costliest Year for Extreme Weather - OneWorld
December 07 2005: Wind could be our best weapon against global warming [#155][#155] - New Zealand Herald
December 07 2005: Wind could be our best weapon against global warming [#155][#155] - Wind power has far greater potential than previously thought for providing countries in the developing... - New Zealand Herald
December 07 2005: Hurricane Evacuees Have Many Questions - Newsday (AP update)
December 07 2005: Ozone Hole Recovery May Take Longer - Newsday (AP update)
December 07 2005: Biodiversity: a new perspective - New Scientist
December 07 2005: Frost flowers cleared of depleting ozone - New Scientist
December 07 2005: Girl brings tsunami death toll to 40 - The Japan Times
December 07 2005: Under pressure from other industrialized countries at talks here on global warming, the Bush administration has signed an agreement with a coalition of energy companies to build a prototype coal-burning power plant with no emissions. - International Herald Tribune
December 07 2005: Mountainous plateau creates ozone 'halo' around Tibet - Not only is the air around the world's highest mountains thin, but it's thick with ozone, says a new study from University of Toronto researchers. - EurekAlert!
December 07 2005: Global warming could halt ocean circulation, with harmful results - EurekAlert!
December 07 2005: Alaska's Columbia Glacier continues on disintegration course - Alaska's rapidly disintegrating Columbia Glacier, which has shrunk in length by 9 miles since 1980, has reached the mid-point of its projected retreat, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. - EurekAlert!
December 07 2005: Hawaii Army Bases to Feature 3,000 Homes With Solar Power - Environmental News Service
December 07 2005: Toxic Sludge Pervades Hurricane Struck Gulf Coast - Environmental News Service
December 07 2005: Earth's Ozone Hole Slightly Larger Than Last Year - Environmental News Service
December 07 2005: WASHINGTON, DC - , December 7, 2005 (ENS) - NASA researchers, using data from the agency's Aura satellite, have determined the seasonal ozone hole ... - Environmental News Service
December 07 2005: Earthquake Touched Off Deadly Slides in Kashmir's Deforested Hills - Environmental News Service
December 07 2005: Cold feet: Freezing residents in Weihai, East China's Shandong Province, trudge through the snow yesterday after two heavy snowfalls blocked many major roads in the city. - China Daily (Home)
December 07 2005: Dam planned to contain pollution - China Daily
December 07 2005: Pinch of salt - Is salinity as great a threat to the environment as has been thought? - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: Environmentalists seek Trinity Inlet development ban - The Cairns and Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC) says a developer's decision to hand over a parcel of False Cape land for conservation is not good enough. - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: Aust's greenhouse gas output rising - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: A global conference on curbing dangerous climate change is facing negotiation gridlock as environment ministers prepare for a three-day meeting in Montreal. - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: Global climate change talks face stalemate - A global conference on curbing dangerous climate change is facing negotiation gridlock as environment ministers prepare for a three-day meeting in Montreal. - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: US Senate urges Govt to join global warming talks - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: Reference group to probe GM crop issues - The Western Australian Minister for Agriculture, Kim Chance, says forming a reference group to explore genetically modified (GM) agriculture issues is not the first step in lifting the moratorium on the technology. - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: The Stawell chapter of the environmental group Friends of the Earth, in western Victoria, wants the town to become genetically modified (GM)-free. - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: Townsville's deputy Mayor says a solar power campaign would sit well with the city's other sustainable development schemes. - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: Montreal climate change conference set to begin - ABC News Online
December 07 2005: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks in Canada are likely to avoid setting a target date for agreeing a successor for the Kyoto... - Reuters
December 07 2005: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:17 PM ET - By David Fogarty MONTREAL (Reuters) - On the surface, polar bears and coral atolls don't have much in common but when it comes to global warming they have plenty to link... - Reuters
December 07 2005: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:55 AM ET - By David Fogarty and Timothy Gardner MONTREAL (Reuters) - Environment ministers from across the world tried to break a deadlock on Wednesday over how to involve the United... - Reuters
December 07 2005: MONTREAL (Reuters) - In the environmental equivalent of name and shame, countries making the silliest or most backward comments at climate change talks in Montreal are being... - Reuters
December 07 2005: Does climate change affect us? - BBC (Africa)
December 07 2005: David v Goliath - Opponents struggling to prevent genetically modified cotton in Mali - BBC (World)
December 07 2005: Tsunami inquest hears of anguish - BBC
December 07 2005: UN climate talks enter key phase - Environment ministers at a major UN conference in Canada discuss ways to break a deadlock on climate change. - BBC (Americas)
December 07 2005: Delay expected in ozone recovery - BBC (Africa)
December 07 2005: Scientists voice tsunami concern - BBC
December 07 2005: Ancient drought 'changed history' - BBC (Africa)
December 07 2005: Giant ice block helps scientists understand warming in Antarctica - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 07 2005: Ozone Hole Recovery May Take Longer - The eventual recovery of the gaping ozone hole over Antarctica, first discovered two decades ago, may take years longer than previously predicted, scientists reported Tuesday. Researchers suspect that's because of all the older model refrigerators and car air-conditioning systems in the United States and Canada that are still releasing ozone-killing chemicals. - Environmental News Network
December 07 2005: Report Says 2005 Will Be Warmest, Stormiest Year on Record, Likely Due to Global Warming - Environmental News Network
December 07 2005: New Lakes in Pakistani Quake Zone Endanger Thousands - The collapse of a mountainside triggered by the deadly Oct. 8 earthquake in Pakistani Kashmir blocked two major streams creating huge lakes that could endanger up to 12,000 people, the military said on Tuesday. - Environmental News Network
December 07 2005: World Resources Institute, World Business Council for Sustainable Development Release Protocol for Climate Change Mitigation Projects - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 07 2005: - By World Resources Institute - A protocol for measuring and reporting the benefits of greenhouse gas reduction projects was released by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development at a press conference here today during the United Nations climate talks. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 07 2005: Scientists: Surprising Tsunami Findings - The 2004 tsunamis were not enhanced by a massive undersea landslide. - Discovery Online
December 07 2005: Islanders Evacuated as Pollution Slick Reaches Jiamusi - China Internet information Centre
December 07 2005: Simon Retallack - in his latest blog from the UN climate change summit. - Guardian Unlimited
December 07 2005: Hurricanes '06 Forecast - CBS
December 07 2005: Three decades of increasingly patchy rains and drought are taking a heavy toll on the people of the Sahel nations, the semi-arid countries strung along the southern fringes of the Sahara, according to a group of scientists and specialists on climate change. - All Africa News
December 07 2005: Climate Change Impacting Hard On Semi-Arid Sahel Nations - Three decades of increasingly patchy rains and drought are taking a heavy toll on the people of the Sahel nations, the semi-arid countries strung along the southern fringes of the Sahara, according to a group of scientists and specialists on climate change. - All Africa News
December 07 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 07 2005: Irish personal debts growing at fastest rate in euro-zone - Ireland On-Line
December 07 2005: Environment group warns of stealth tax - Ireland On-Line
December 06 2005: 8.31am Wild storms lash Broken Hill - The Australian
December 06 2005: Wild storms lash Broken Hill - 08:31 (AEDT) WILD wind storms have battered the New South Wales town of Broken Hill, damaging roofs, cutting power and forcing three families to flee their damaged homes. - The Australian
December 06 2005: Flash floods hit Melbourne - The Age
December 06 2005: SAFOD Reveals New Insights Into The Earthquake Machine - Terra Daily
December 06 2005: One Dead As Strong Earthquake Rocks East And Central Africa - Terra Daily
December 06 2005: Nairobi (AFP) Dec 05, 2005 - A powerful earthquake shook east and central Africa on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring several others in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), near the epicenter on the border with Tanzania. - Terra Daily
December 06 2005: Snow Is Cool Say Scientists - Terra Daily
December 06 2005: Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 06, 2005 - By the early 20th century, loggers had harvested more than 90 percent of the forests covering the upper Great Lakes region. The legacy of that destruction continues to have a substantial impact on the environment, researchers say. - Terra Daily
December 06 2005: Warming Could Free Far More Carbon From High Arctic Soil - Terra Daily
December 06 2005: Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 06, 2005 - Scientists studying the effects of carbon on climate warming are very likely underestimating, by a vast amount, how much soil carbon is available in the high Arctic to be released into the atmosphere, new University of Washington research shows. - Terra Daily
December 06 2005: Tsunami camps still filled - Sydney Morning Herald
December 06 2005: World without snow means warmer weather but colder land - Sydney Morning Herald
December 06 2005: Study: Temperate Forests Could Worsen Global Warming - Science Daily
December 06 2005: (December 6, 2005) - - A new study finds that temperate forests, by absorbing sunlight, warm the air in the process and may increase global warming. According to the research from the Carnegie Institution's Department ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 06 2005: Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Increases Soil Carbon - Science Daily
December 06 2005: (December 6, 2005) - - An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology indicates that soils in temperate ecosystems might contribute more to partially offsetting the effects of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 06 2005: Looking At Atmospheric Disturbances During Space Storms: Researchers Create Unprecedented View Of Earth's Upper Atmosphere - Science Daily (Climate)
December 06 2005: Recent evidence from the Huygens Probe of the Cassini Mission suggests that Titan, the largest moon orbiting Saturn, is a world where rivers of liquid methane sculpt channels in continents of ice. ... - Science Daily
December 06 2005: Warming Could Free Far More Carbon From High Arctic Soil Than Earlier Thought - Science Daily
December 06 2005: (December 5, 2005) - - Scientists studying the effects of carbon on climate warming are very likely underestimating, by a vast amount, how much soil carbon is available in the high Arctic to be released into the ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 06 2005: International Institute for Environment and Development - OneWorld
December 06 2005: Thousands Flee Volcano Threat in Vanuatu - Newsday (AP update)
December 06 2005: Scientists to Study Acid Rain, Smokies - Newsday (AP update)
December 06 2005: Calmer 2006 Hurricane Season Predicted - Newsday (AP update)
December 06 2005: Meteor Produces Light Show in Australia - Newsday (AP update)
December 06 2005: Quake sows havoc in central Africa - A powerful earthquake toppled homes onto children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, killing at least one child in a region already beset - Mail & Guardian Online
December 06 2005: A strong earthquake shook Central and East Africa on Monday, causing buildings to sway in at least six nations near its epicentre on the border between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. No damage or injuries were immediately reported from the temblor that registered 7,5 on the Richter scale. - Mail & Guardian Online
December 06 2005: Tsunami victim's body returned without hands, court told - The body of a British tsunami victim was repatriated incomplete because of a series of administrative blunders, an inquest hears. - Guardian Unlimited
December 06 2005: Maps show 40% of Earth's land is used for agriculture - Growing human 'footprint' a risk to the environment - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 06 2005: Warming effect in a world without snow - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 06 2005: December 6: - The role of snow in maintaining the Earth's climate is far more important than scientists had previously thought. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 06 2005: Margaret Beckett, environment secretary, has played down expectations in advance of a climate change summit in Montreal next week. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 06 2005: Life after the tsunami - Guardian Unlimited
December 06 2005: NASA's Aura satellite peers into Earth's ozone hole - NASA researchers, using data from the agency's AURA satellite, determined the seasonal ozone hole that developed over Antarctica this year is smaller than in previous years. - EurekAlert!
December 06 2005: Pacific Island Villagers Become Climate Change Refugees - Environmental News Service
December 06 2005: Climate Change Threatens Southern Africa's Food Security - Environmental News Service
December 06 2005: MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada - , December 6, 2005 (ENS) - Climate changes have led to a drastic fall in agricultural production in Malawi and other southern African countries, delegates to the ongoing UN climate change conference are learning. Already over-burdened with HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, unprecedented drought has hit these countries, pressuring them to import huge amounts of food. - Environmental News Service
December 06 2005: Calamitous 2005 Hurricane Season Likely to Repeat Next Year - Environmental News Service
December 06 2005: Environment News Service - MONTREAL, Canada, Dec. 2, 2005 - Parties to the Kyoto Protocol have adopted a set of decisions that complete the protocol rule book. - GreenBiz
December 06 2005: Ferny plant helps clean up polluted soil - Scientists are looking to the ground in their efforts to fight deadly soil pollution in China. - China Daily (Home)
December 06 2005: GM technology tried in fight against pollution - While scientists have toiled for several years to find and use natural plants as remedies to reduce pollution, one research team has made use of genetically modified (GM) technology. - China Daily (Home)
December 06 2005: Busy Hurricane Season Predicted - CBS
December 06 2005: Study: Temperate forests could worsen global warming - EurekAlert!
December 06 2005: Is salinity as great a threat to the environment as has been thought? - ABC News Online
December 06 2005: Australia uses climate change talks to meet new allies - More than 140 ministerial leaders have arrived in Canada for the United Nation's climate change conference to reduce greenhouse emissions. - ABC News Online
December 06 2005: Push for Stawell to become GM-free - The Stawell chapter of the environmental group Friends of the Earth, in western Victoria, wants the town to become genetically modified (GM)-free. - ABC News Online
December 06 2005: Townsville gets funds for Solar Cities business plan - Townsville's deputy Mayor says a solar power campaign would sit well with the city's other sustainable development schemes. - ABC News Online
December 06 2005: Rising seas have forced 100 people on a Pacific island to move to higher ground in what may be the first example of a village formally displaced because of modern global warming, a UN report said. - ABC News Online
December 06 2005: The New South Wales Environment Department says there is no cause for alarm over a fishing ban enforced after unacceptably high levels of the chemical dioxin were found in Sydney prawns last week. - ABC News Online
December 06 2005: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:29 PM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks in Canada are likely to avoid setting a target date for agreeing a successor for the Kyoto... - Reuters
December 06 2005: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 3:35 PM ET - By Mary Milliken MONTREAL (Reuters) - While U.S. President George W. Bush refuses to accept the Kyoto Protocol to cut greenhouse gas emissions, at least 40 million Americans... - Reuters
December 06 2005: By Timothy Gardner MONTREAL (Reuters) - Financiers sniffing opportunity jammed lecture halls steps away from the convention building where environment ministers hope to... - Reuters
December 06 2005: Climate change fires young minds - Reuters
December 06 2005: Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:12 PM ET - By Jeff Coelho NEW YORK (Reuters) - When politicians from around the world meet next week to talk about climate change, young people who will have to live with the... - Reuters
December 06 2005: Mexico pig manure project enters Kyoto pollution scheme - Reuters
December 06 2005: LONDON (Reuters) - A scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions from pig manure has become Mexico's first project to win approval under the Kyoto Protocol rules on investing in... - Reuters
December 06 2005: By Jeff Mason BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will meet its Kyoto Protocol obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2010, two years before the global environment... - Reuters
December 06 2005: Monday, December 05, 2005 7:46 PM ET - MONTREAL (Reuters) - In the environmental equivalent of name and shame, countries making the silliest or most backward comments at climate change talks in Montreal are being... - Reuters
December 06 2005: Growth in US services slows - Growth in the US services sector slowed slightly in November, despite employment growth accelerating as businesses recovered from the hurricane season. The Institute... - Financial Times
December 06 2005: Smog closes Tehran schools - BBC (Middle East)
December 06 2005: Thousands flee Vanuatu volcano - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 06 2005: 'Loose tooth' - Giant ice block helps scientists understand warming in Antarctica - BBC
December 06 2005: Ozone hole recovery - CNN
December 06 2005: U.N. Talks Seen Averting Deadlines for Climate Pact - U.N. climate talks in Canada are likely to avoid setting a target date for agreeing a successor for the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, disappointing environmentalists who want a 2008 deadline, delegates said Monday. - Environmental News Network
December 06 2005: Scientists to Study Acid Rain, Smokies - Scientists plan to study soil this spring in high elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- the area most affected by acid rain and other environmental problems, officials say. - Environmental News Network
December 06 2005: He showed up at the Oscars in a hybrid car and lobbied loudly for worldwide access to clean water. Now actor-activist Leonardo DiCaprio is making a documentary about global environmental issues. He has started production on "11th Hour," a feature-length film that explores global warming and offers solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems, publicist Keleigh Thomas said Monday. - Environmental News Network
December 06 2005: Pacific Islanders Move To Escape Global Warming - Environmental News Network
December 06 2005: New Book* Launched on Eve of Climate Ministerial Highlights Need for Nore Constructive Approach to Address Problems Relating to Climate Change - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 06 2005: - By International Policy Network - In 1997, governments of wealthy countries agreed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by an average of 5.2 percent by 2012 relative to emissions in 1990. In recent weeks and months, it has become clear that these targets would not be met without incurring substantial economic costs. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 06 2005: Over 200,000 off-roaders mobbed the Algodones (Imperial) Sand Dunes over the Thanksgiving holiday. At least six people were killed in off-roading incidents in Imperial County, including a 5-year-old boy. The environment, air and endangered species habitat were trashed. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 06 2005: Sinking Venice Saved by Flooding? - Discovery Online
December 06 2005: Cassini's photo album from a season of icy moons - Wrapping-up a phenomenally successful year of observing Saturn's icy moons, the Cassini mission is releasing a flood of new views of the moons Enceladus, Dione, Rhea, Hyperion, and Iapetus. - EurekAlert!
December 06 2005: Volcano forces Vanuatu evacuations - CNN (Asia)
December 06 2005: A powerful earthquake in Lake Tanganyika yesterday toppled dozens of homes in the Congolese town nearest the epicentre, burying children, according to a doctor and the United Nations (UN). - All Africa News
December 06 2005: Rescue, Recovery Teams Search Lake for Quake Victims - The search for possible victims of an earthquake near the lakeside town of Kalemie in eastern Congo (DRC) continued along the shores of Lake Tanganyika on Tuesday, humanitarian and provincial authorities in Goma, capital of North Kivu Province, said. - All Africa News
December 06 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 06 2005: Ozone Hole Recovery May Take Longer - ABC News
December 06 2005: Irish personal debts growing at fastest rate in euro-zone - Ireland On-Line
December 05 2005: 9.01am Global warming 'claims first village' - The Australian
December 05 2005: Global warming 'claims first village' - The Australian
December 05 2005: 7.34am Global warming hits health - The Australian
December 05 2005: Global warming hits health - The Australian
December 05 2005: Strong quake jolts East Africa - 06:32 (AEDT) A STRONG earthquake jolted Africa's Great Lakes region today, killing at least one person in Congo's remote east and rattling regional capitals. - The Australian
December 05 2005: Third World promising for wind power: UN - The Age
December 05 2005: East Africa quake kills at least one - A strong earthquake jolted Africa's Great Lakes region, killing at least one person in Congo's remote east and rattling regional capitals. - The Age
December 05 2005: Volcano Leaves Up To 250,000 Without Water In Comoros - Terra Daily
December 05 2005: Moroni (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 - Up to 250,000 people on the main island of the Indian Ocean Comoros archipelago have been left without safe drinking water after last week's eruption of the Mount Karthala volcano, the United Nations said Saturday. - Terra Daily
December 05 2005: Record 14th Atlantic Hurricane Extends Storm Season - Terra Daily
December 05 2005: Take a pot of scalding water, remove all the oxygen, mix in a bit of poisonous carbon monoxide, and add a pinch of hydrogen gas. It sounds like a recipe for a witch's brew. It may be, but it is also the preferred environment for a microbe known as Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans. - Terra Daily
December 05 2005: Islamabad (AFP) Dec 02, 2005 - Eight weeks after the South Asian earthquake, efforts to shelter thousands of Kashmiri survivors from the killer Himalayan winter are on a knife's edge, the United Nations said Friday. - Terra Daily
December 05 2005: Health Impact Of Hurricane Katrina Lingers Three Months Later - Terra Daily
December 05 2005: Biloxi, Mississippi (AFP) Dec 05, 2005 - Hacking coughs, strange rashes and depression are just some of the symptoms of a major health crisis that is emerging three months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the US Gulf Coast. - Terra Daily
December 05 2005: Tropical Atlantic Cooling And African Deforestation Correlate To Drought - Terra Daily
December 05 2005: Trade Imbalance Distorts US-Sino Carbon Emissions - Terra Daily
December 05 2005: Chappell caught in yet another Indian storm - Sydney Morning Herald
December 05 2005: Windy Wellington braces for a typhoon called Lee - Sydney Morning Herald
December 05 2005: Comet discovered at Hawaiian observatory ... - Science Daily
December 05 2005: Earthquake 'Pulses' Could Predict Tsunami Impact - Science Daily
December 05 2005: (December 5, 2005) - - The magnitude 9.2 earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean in December of 2004 originated just off the coast of northern Sumatra, but an "energy pulse" -- an area ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 05 2005: Tropical Atlantic Cooling And African Deforestation Correlate To Drought, Report Scientists - Science Daily (Climate)
December 05 2005: (December 5, 2005) - - Against the backdrop of the Montreal Summit on global climate being held last week, an article on African droughts and monsoons, by a University of California, Santa Barbara scientist and others, ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 05 2005: Treaties on Global Warming in Doubt - Sci-Tech Today
December 05 2005: BHP Billiton Says Hurricanes Could Delay GoM Project - Rigzone
December 05 2005: Monday, December 05, 2005 - - Norway's Pollution Control Authority Monday published a letter to the government urging it to delay awarding some of the oil and gas exploration and development blocks in the country's next licensing round. - Rigzone
December 05 2005: Nuclear power: no solution to climate change - On Line Opinion
December 05 2005: More snow on the way - Newsday (AP update)
December 05 2005: Strong quake shakes six African nations - A strong earthquake shook Central and East Africa on Monday, causing buildings to sway in at least six nations near its epicentre on the border between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. No damage or injuries were immediately reported from the temblor that registered 7,5 on the Richter scale. - Mail & Guardian Online
December 05 2005: 78% support environment tax: poll - The Japan Times
December 05 2005: The Indian Express - expose (November 16, 2003), the Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against former Union Minister of State for Environment BJP leader Dilip Singh Judeo and five others. - Indian Express
December 05 2005: In the middle of new global warming talks in Montreal, there is a sense that the whole idea of global agreements to cut greenhouse gases will not work. - International Herald Tribune
December 05 2005: Inquiry into deaths of UK tsunami victims begins - Indian Ocean tsunami: - Guardian Unlimited
December 05 2005: How long can someone survive without water? | What age should we work until? | Will global warming make Britain freeze? - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 05 2005: UK firms hailed as pioneers of technology - Eight British companies honoured in the fields of IT, renewable energy and biotechnology. - Guardian Unlimited
December 05 2005: Warming could free far more carbon from high Arctic soil than earlier thought - EurekAlert!
December 05 2005: NASA & NSF create unprecedented view of upper atmosphere - Scientists from NASA and the National Science Foundation discovered a way to combine ground and space observations to create an unprecedented view of upper atmosphere disturbances during space storms. - EurekAlert!
December 05 2005: , November 30, 2005 (ENS) - Continuous landslides in the Muzaffarabad district are raising levels of dust pollution, and have limited the visibility to five meters (16 feet) in some areas. The severe October 8 earthquake rattled these mountains, where slopes were already destabilized by years of deforestation. - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: Nonpoint Source Pollution Grants for Southeast Top $50 Million - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: ATLANTA, Georgia - , December 5, 2005 (ENS) - The U.S. EPA Region 4 has awarded more than $24 million in nonpoint source pollution grants to five ... - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: Connecticut Requires Automakers to Limit Greenhouse Emissions - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: HARTFORD, Connecticut - , December 5, 2005 (ENS) - The state of Connecticut is joining a group of nine other states in limiting greenhouse gas emissions ... - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: EPA Decision Not to Curb Greenhouse Gases Upheld By Appeals Court - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: , December 2, 2005 (ENS) - Parties to the Kyoto Protocol have adopted a set of decisions that complete the protocol rule book. "The Kyoto Protocol is now fully operational. This is an historic step," said Canadian Environment Minister Stéphane Dion, President of the Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Montreal, which includes the first ever meeting of the 157 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: , December 1, 2005 (ENS) - Fish pulled from the world's lakes and rivers is not the endless source of food, jobs and income that it once appeared to be,according to according to new research from Texas AM University. Overexploitation of one species after another is rapidly threatening biodiversity and balance of inland water ecosystems worldwide. - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: Carbon, Clean-Tech and Sustainable Markets Set to Attract Trillions - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: INSIGHTS: Climate Change Undeniably Real, Caused By Human Activities - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Highest in 650,000 Years - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: Rio Stock Exchange Begins Trade in Carbon Credits - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: Europe, Mediterranean to Get Tsunami Warning System - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: UN Chief Visits Pakistan Earthquake Survivors Before Donors Meeting - Environmental News Service
December 05 2005: Institutional Investors to Insurance Industry: Act Now on Climate Change - GreenBiz
December 05 2005: A boy who is an earthquake survivor looks out of a shelter in the mountain village of Sari Sacha Neelum Valley. (REUTERS) - China Daily (World)
December 05 2005: Grim winter for quake survivors - The first snows marched across Dhana like an invading army. The icy wind howled across the mountain hamlet; homeless families huddled around small fires as temperatures plunged. - China Daily (World)
December 05 2005: Earthquake Rocks East Africa - CBS
December 05 2005: * - Earthquake Rocks East Africa - CBS
December 05 2005: * - Katrina Memos Show Political Storm - CBS
December 05 2005: After Kyoto: addressing climate change for the future - ABC News Online
December 05 2005: Rising seas force Islanders to move inland, says UN - Rising seas have forced 100 people on a Pacific island to move to higher ground in what may be the first example of a village formally displaced because of modern global warming, a UN report said. - ABC News Online
December 05 2005: Dept moves to allay fears over prawn fishing ban - The New South Wales Environment Department says there is no cause for alarm over a fishing ban enforced after unacceptably high levels of the chemical dioxin were found in Sydney prawns last week. - ABC News Online
December 05 2005: Tasmanian Green Senator Christine Milne is calling on the Australian Government to recognise the damage climate change is doing to the local environment. - ABC News Online
December 05 2005: BOSTON (Reuters) - Twenty institutional investors with over $800 billion in assets pressed insurance companies on Thursday to assess their financial exposure to global warming. - Reuters
December 05 2005: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - Major U.S. allies expressed confidence on Thursday that they could persuade a reluctant Washington to consider... - Reuters
December 05 2005: Arctic feels the heat from climate change - Reuters
December 05 2005: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:54 PM ET - By David Fogarty MONTREAL (Reuters) - The chief scientist aboard the Canadian icebreaker CCGS Amundsen knows all about climate change. - Reuters
December 05 2005: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:24 PM ET - By Timothy Gardner MONTREAL (Reuters) - Financiers sniffing opportunity jammed lecture halls steps away from the convention building where environment ministers hope to... - Reuters
December 05 2005: Big oil facing biofuel burden - The European Commission is poised to shift some of the burden of reducing vehicle greenhouse gas emissions from carmakers to oil companies after the car industry warned that clean engine technology would mean higher prices. - Financial Times
December 05 2005: When some 200 representatives descend on Montreal this week to discuss how to protect the world from the impact of climate change, the aircraft transporting them will produce their own mini-spike in carbon dioxide emissions. It is an irony not lost on the organisers of the meeting to discuss the Kyoto protocol. - Financial Times
December 05 2005: Earthquake strikes east Africa - Financial Times
December 05 2005: Textbook 'ode to Bush' whips up storm in Pakistan - BBC (World)
December 05 2005: Huge earthquake rocks E Africa - BBC (World)
December 05 2005: Powerful quake rocks East Africa - A strong earthquake hits eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sending shocks across East Africa. - BBC (Africa)
December 05 2005: Tsunami families attack response - BBC
December 05 2005: Emotional day - Relatives express their frustration during mass tsunami inquest - BBC
December 05 2005: Gorbachev Urges More Action on Environmental Problems - Nobel Peace laureate Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday urged governments and individuals to do more to tackle major environmental problems like global warming, which he blamed for this summer's deadly floods in Europe. - Environmental News Network
December 05 2005: Thousands of environmentalists, some banging drums or dressed as polar bears, marched in Montreal Saturday to urge the United States and other nations at a U.N. climate conference to do more to curb global warming. - Environmental News Network
December 05 2005: Inuits Transformed by Global Warming - Environmental News Network
December 05 2005: Groups Urge Soil Cleanup in New Orleans - The city's parks and yards will be contaminated with dangerous chemicals and heavy metals for years unless the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency orders a widespread cleanup of areas flooded by Hurricane Katrina, environmentalists said Thursday. - Environmental News Network
December 05 2005: - By Center for Biological Diversity - Over 200,000 off-roaders mobbed the Algodones (Imperial) Sand Dunes over the Thanksgiving holiday. At least six people were killed in off-roading incidents in Imperial County, including a 5-year-old boy. The environment, air and endangered species habitat were trashed. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 05 2005: Monitoring Tightened as Pollution Spill Flows Downstream - China Internet information Centre
December 05 2005: LAND WARS - Property battle in post-tsunami Thailand - CNN (Asia)
December 05 2005: Panic in Nairobi As Tremors Hit Six EA States - Panic gripped Nairobi on Monday afternoon as the waves of a massive earthquake on Lake Tanganyika shook buildings in Kenya, some 975 kilometres away, sending workers scampering to safety. - All Africa News
December 05 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 05 2005: Nature's Fireworks - An amateur video captures a meteor burning through the Australian night sky. - ABC News
December 05 2005: Probe into factory's deal on pollution reports - Ireland On-Line
December 05 2005: FG criticises Govt's failure to act on renewable energy - Ireland On-Line
December 04 2005: Aust 'may sign' son-of-Kyoto - 09:00 (AEDT) AUSTRALIA would sign onto a future global regime to reduce greenhouse gas emissions provided such a deal was comprehensive and included the majority of greenhouse gas emitting nations, Environment Minister Ian Campbell said today. - The Australian
December 04 2005: Heatwave warnings hit Brisbane - The Australian
December 04 2005: Govt may sign post-Kyoto deal: Campbell - Australia would sign onto a future global regime to reduce greenhouse gas emissions provided it met certain conditions, Environment Minister Ian Campbell says. - The Age
December 04 2005: US job growth strong after hurricanes - The Age
December 04 2005: (December 4, 2005) - - Take a pot of scalding water, remove all the oxygen, mix in a bit of poisonous carbon monoxide, and add a pinch of hydrogen gas. It sounds like a recipe for a witch's brew. It may be, but it is ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 04 2005: Documents Show Katrina's Political Storm - Newsday (AP update)
December 04 2005: Tanigaki, Snow agree yuan reform going too slow - The Japan Times
December 04 2005: Fighting global warming: New, broad treaties in doubt - International Herald Tribune
December 04 2005: By ANDREW C. REVKIN / NYT - In the middle of new global warming talks in Montreal, there is a sense that the whole idea of global agreements to cut greenhouse gases will not work. - International Herald Tribune
December 04 2005: Children die as winter snow sweeps quake valleys - Guardian Unlimited
December 04 2005: Storm rages over bestselling book on monster Mao - Guardian Unlimited
December 04 2005: Mass demonstration against global warming to span the globe - Earth Times
December 04 2005: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pictured in this file photo taken on November 22, 2005. Rice will fly into a storm of controversy over alleged secret CIA flights in Europe when she arrives today in Germany. (REUTERS) - China Daily (World)
December 04 2005: Environmental forum urges green nation - The major environmental pollution accident that occured in Songhua River impelled the country to improve its information publicity and the public to take more participation in environmental issues, experts and officials said on the ninth Green China Forum held on Saturday in Beijing. - China Daily (Home)
December 04 2005: Katrina Documents Reveal Tensions - La. Governor Releases 100,000 Pages Of Hurricane Communications - CBS
December 04 2005: Treasury Yields Show Inflation Expectations Drop to Pre-Katrina Levels - U.S. Treasury yields show investors are the most confident about the outlook for inflation since Hurricane Katrina sent oil prices to a record high. - Bloomberg
December 04 2005: Senator joins global push for climate change action - Tasmanian Green Senator Christine Milne is calling on the Australian Government to recognise the damage climate change is doing to the local environment. - ABC News Online
December 04 2005: Protesters demand long-term climate change plan - Thousands of people have demonstrated in Montreal, host of the UN Climate Change Conference, to demand that governments worldwide take concrete measures against global warming. - ABC News Online
December 04 2005: The Environment Centre says the Northern Territory's greenhouse gas emissions are increasing every year, and is calling for the State Government to take action. - ABC News Online
December 04 2005: Shaky foundations - Why Californians just don't want to know about earthquakes - BBC (World)
December 04 2005: Taking Etna's pulse - Keeping track of what's happening in Europe's highest volcano - CNN
December 04 2005: China mine flood traps 42 miners - CNN (Asia)
December 04 2005: UK to Zimbabwe's Rescue - THE British government has once again rescued millions of Zimbabweans from starvation, with a cash donation of 10 million pounds for the World Food Programme (WFP) to source up to 40 000 tonnes of food aid. - All Africa News
December 04 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 04 2005: Activists Demand Action on Global Warming - ABC News
December 04 2005: FG criticises Govt's failure to act on renewable energy - Ireland On-Line
December 04 2005: Probe into factory's deal on pollution reports - Ireland On-Line
December 03 2005: Kyoto protest stepped up - THOUSANDS joined protest walks today urging the Government to sign the Kyoto Protocol, which is intended to cut greenhouse gases. - The Mercury
December 03 2005: 7.45am Thousands protest global warming - The Australian
December 03 2005: Thousands protest global warming - The Australian
December 03 2005: Monsoon season hits Madras Test - The Age
December 03 2005: Illegal GM corn found in Brazil - Genetically modified corn is being sold illegally in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. - SciDev.Net
December 03 2005: Inuits Transformed by Global Warming - Newsday (AP update)
December 03 2005: Mall Resurrects Display of Hurricane Town - Newsday (AP update)
December 03 2005: La. Gov Sends Hurricane Docs to Congress - Newsday (AP update)
December 03 2005: Govt rules out ratifying Kyoto protocol - The Federal Government has again rejected calls for Australia to ratify the Kyoto protocol on climate change. - ABC News Online
December 03 2005: Protesters demand climate change action - Thousands of people across Australia are taking part in protests calling on the Federal Government to ratify the Kyoto protocol. - ABC News Online
December 03 2005: Thousands expected to 'Walk Against Warming' - ABC News Online
December 03 2005: Seeking shelter - An aid worker's diary from Pakistan's earthquake zone - BBC
December 03 2005: Cargo ship sinks in Italy storm - BBC (World)
December 03 2005: Purple haze - BBC (Europe)
December 03 2005: China mine flood traps 42 - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 03 2005: Mass protests at climate change - BBC
December 03 2005: San Francisco: A city in waiting? - Author Simon Winchester's suggestion that San Francisco could soon be levelled by an earthquake meets a frosty reception. - BBC (From Our Own Correspondent)
December 03 2005: China mine flood traps 42 miners - CNN
December 03 2005: Songhua River Pollution Stretch Moves near Yilan County - China Internet information Centre
December 03 2005: UNDP Cooperates with HK Private Sector in Sustainable Development - China Internet information Centre
December 03 2005: Safe Production Prioritized Following Water Pollution - China Internet information Centre
December 03 2005: Environmental Chief Sacked Following Major Pollution - China Internet information Centre
December 03 2005: Environment boss quits after spill - CNN (Asia)
December 03 2005: UN Aids Scores of Thousands Displaced By Volcano in Comoros - All Africa News
December 03 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 03 2005: Tunnel Torrent - Emergency crews save motorists as heavy rains flood a traffic tunnel. - ABC News
December 03 2005: Activists Gather for Climate Change Marches - ABC News
December 02 2005: 7.57pm Storms hit NSW, ACT and Qld - The Australian
December 02 2005: Storms hit NSW, ACT and Qld - 19:57 (AEDT) AT least three people were killed and another is feared dead as violent storms swept across parts of New South Wales, the ACT and Queensland. - The Australian
December 02 2005: One killed in Canberra storm - 18:47 (AEDT) A MAN has been killed by a falling tree as a violent thunderstorm lashed Canberra today, police said. - The Australian
December 02 2005: Epsilon strengthens into hurricane - Tropical Storm Epsilon strengthened into the 14th hurricane of a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season. - The Age
December 02 2005: Violent storms lash NSW, ACT and Qld - Two people are dead and another two are missing after a light plane crashed as violent storms swept parts of western NSW, the ACT and Queensland. - The Age
December 02 2005: Man killed by tree in Canberra storm - The Age
December 02 2005: Mexico Volcano Erupts On Annual Schedule - Terra Daily
December 02 2005: Puebla, Mexico (AFP) Dec 01, 2005 - Popocatepetl, a volcano one hour southeast of Mexico's capital, kept up its pattern of erupting every December for ten years, when it spit a plume of ash into the sky on Thursday. - Terra Daily
December 02 2005: Global warming is melting the Arctic ice so fast that a new sea route is opening up between the Atlantic and the Pacific -- and with it the risk of a territorial dispute between Canada and the United States. - Terra Daily
December 02 2005: Muzaffarabad (AFP) Dec 01, 2005 - Earthquake survivors in Pakistan said Thursday they fear for their future as a bitter winter intensifies and their life in makeshift tent camps becomes more miserable with each passing day. - Terra Daily
December 02 2005: Hydrogen Could Help Halve Global Carbon Emissions By 2050 - Terra Daily
December 02 2005: Paris (AFP) Dec 01, 2005 - Aggressively expanding the use of hydrogen and other cleaner energies could halve emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas, by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said here Thursday. - Terra Daily
December 02 2005: Beef baron dies as plane crashes in storm - Sydney Morning Herald
December 02 2005: Late storm reins in Lara's last stand - Sydney Morning Herald
December 02 2005: Trade Imbalance Shifts US Carbon Emissions To China, Boosts Global Total - Science Daily (Climate)
December 02 2005: (December 1, 2005) - - The growth of Chinese imports in the US economy boosted the total emissions of carbon dioxide from the two countries by over 700 million metric tons between 1997 and 2003, according to an analysis ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 02 2005: Illegal GM corn found in Brazil - Genetically modified corn is being sold illegally in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. - SciDev.Net
December 02 2005: function postFilterForm() { frmFilterType.submit(); } - Health, Safety & Environment - Rigzone
December 02 2005: NOAA Reviews Record 2005 Hurricane Season, More Overactive Seasons to Come - Rigzone
December 02 2005: UK, Norway Sign Deal to Cut North Sea Carbon Emissions - Rigzone
December 02 2005: A bitter controversy is raging over the effect of climate change on stormy weather, as - New Scientist
December 02 2005: TOP STORY - Is global warming making hurricanes stronger? - New Scientist
December 02 2005: Hurricane record broken again by Epsilon - New Scientist
December 02 2005: The 14 - hurricane of 2005 boosts a total that was already unprecedented – and 2006 promises to be another turbulent year - New Scientist
December 02 2005: American Sikhs help earthquake victims - Hindustan Times
December 02 2005: Skyscraper that may cause earthquakes - New Scientist
December 02 2005: Skyscraper could cause earthquakes - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 02 2005: Skyscraper that may cause earthquakes - World's tallest building thought to have triggered two recent earthquakes because of stress it exerts on ground. - Guardian Unlimited
December 02 2005: December 2: - Margaret Beckett, environment secretary, has played down expectations in advance of a climate change summit in Montreal next week. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 02 2005: Take a pot of scalding water, remove all the oxygen, mix in a bit of poisonous carbon monoxide, and add a pinch of hydrogen gas. It sounds like a recipe for a witch's brew. It may be, but it is also the preferred environment for a microbe known as - EurekAlert!
December 02 2005: Earthquake 'pulses' could predict tsunami impact - EurekAlert!
December 02 2005: Science & Research - - EU tackles climate change via R&D - EurActiv
December 02 2005: , November 30, 2005 (ENS) - The 2005 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season comes to an end today after smashing records for the largest number and most severe storms in history. Weather officials are predicting that greater than average hurricane activity will pound vulnerable Atlantic and Caribbean coastal areas for the next decade, but, they say, not as a result of global warming. - Environmental News Service
December 02 2005: COPENHAGEN, Denmark - , December 2, 2005 (ENS) - Climate change tops the list of environmental challenges facing Europe, according to a State of the Environment report issued Tuesday by the European Environment Agency. At current rates, three quarters of Switzerland's glaciers will have melted by 2050. Policy makers, businesses and individuals must act now or pay a heavy price later, the report warns. - Environmental News Service
December 02 2005: , December 2, 2005 (ENS) - Climate change tops the list of environmental challenges facing Europe, according to a State of the Environment report issued Tuesday by the European Environment Agency. At current rates, three quarters of Switzerland's glaciers will have melted by 2050. Policy makers, businesses and individuals must act now or pay a heavy price later, the report warns. - Environmental News Service
December 02 2005: Climate Delegates Adopt Kyoto Protocol Rule Book - Environmental News Service
December 02 2005: Montreal adopts rule book of Kyoto Protocol - EDIE
December 02 2005: Portugal is well and truly in the carbon market - EDIE
December 02 2005: Energy efficiency more important than war on terror - EDIE
December 02 2005: Greater devolution of powers for Mayor will bring environment benefits - EDIE
December 02 2005: UK, Norway carbon burial agreement signed - EDIE
December 02 2005: 'Pollution = WMD' - Lord May - EDIE
December 02 2005: BP to set up multi-billion renewable energy offshoot - EDIE
December 02 2005: Corporate Renewable Energy Group Hits 360 Megawatt Mark, Welcomes European Members - GreenBiz
December 02 2005: Volcano eruption: The 17,886-foot (5,452 metres) Popocatepetl Volcano spits out a cloud of ashes and steam in the Mexican state of Puebla on Thursday. Officials warned nearby residents to protect themselves from injury from burning ash.(REUTERS) - China Daily (World)
December 02 2005: Toxic spill causes high-level fallout - The State Council on Friday approved the resignation of China's environment chief, following a chemical spill that has seriously polluted the Songhua River in Northeast China. - China Daily
December 02 2005: HARBIN: The toxic slick in the Songhua River has extended to about 150 kilometres as it slows down due to the river surface freezing up, Heilongjiang Provincial Environment Protection Bureau said on Friday. - China Daily
December 02 2005: Weekend snow expected - They may be just flurries or gather in banks, but parts of North China including Beijing, Northeast China and East China's Shandong Peninsula over the weekend will see snow. - China Daily
December 02 2005: * - A Drought Of Farm Labor - CBS
December 02 2005: Wishes For Kids - , Wal-Mart.com and United Way are teaming up to help in a unique joint effort on behalf of children whose lives were affected by the recent storms. - CBS
December 02 2005: U.S. Economy Adds 215,000 Jobs, Most Since July; Unemployment Rate Steady - The U.S. economy added 215,000 jobs in November, bouncing back from two months of weak employment growth triggered by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. - Bloomberg
December 02 2005: Fighting the floods - How one community is campaigning for flood defences - BBC
December 02 2005: NT Govt urged to provide greenhouse strategy - The Environment Centre says the Northern Territory's greenhouse gas emissions are increasing every year, and is calling for the State Government to take action. - ABC News Online
December 02 2005: China's environment minister resigns after toxic spill - ABC News Online
December 02 2005: Cows belching and breaking wind cause methane pollution but British scientists say they have developed a diet to make pastures smell like roses, almost. - ABC News Online
December 02 2005: Strong earthquake off Japan's coast - Washington Times
December 02 2005: Friday, December 02, 2005 3:01 AM ET - BOSTON (Reuters) - Twenty institutional investors with over $800 billion in assets pressed insurance companies on Thursday to assess their financial exposure to global warming. - Reuters
December 02 2005: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:49 PM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - Major U.S. allies expressed confidence on Thursday that they could persuade a reluctant Washington to consider... - Reuters
December 02 2005: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - Major U.S. allies expressed confidence on Thursday that they could persuade a reluctant Washington to consider... - Reuters
December 02 2005: By Gerard Wynn LONDON (Reuters) - Companies which contribute to climate change will increasingly face legal action, law firm Freshfields said on Wednesday, launching... - Reuters
December 02 2005: Climate change fires young minds - Reuters
December 02 2005: Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:12 PM ET - By Jeff Coelho NEW YORK (Reuters) - When politicians from around the world meet next week to talk about climate change, young people who will have to live with the... - Reuters
December 02 2005: New climate change deal to take years: UN chief - Reuters
December 02 2005: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - Backers of the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming may need 3-5 years from now to work out a... - Reuters
December 02 2005: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 12:02 PM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - Backers of the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming may need 3-5 years from now to work out a... - Reuters
December 02 2005: PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Huge investment is needed to develop clean new fuels to reduce the world economy's dependency on oil and cut emissions of carbon dioxide, the... - Reuters
December 02 2005: New climate change deal to take years: U.N. chief - Reuters
December 02 2005: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:04 AM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - Backers of the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming may need 3-5 years from now to work out a... - Reuters
December 02 2005: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL, Canada (Reuters) - Host Canada expressed hopes of easing a dispute between the United States and most of its allies on... - Reuters
December 02 2005: US data raise hopes Dow will break fresh ground - Hurricane clean-up helps drive employment - Financial Times
December 02 2005: China's environment chief quits - BBC (Asia/Pacific)
December 02 2005: Fight for survival - The challenge to rebuild town flattened by Hurricane Katrina - BBC (Americas)
December 02 2005: Environment boss quits after spill - CNN
December 02 2005: ENN Weekly: November 28th - December 2nd - ENN summarizes the most important and compelling environmental news stories of the week. In the news November 28th - December 2nd: Europe's climate change challenge, a two-headed turtle bodes ill, Asia fights animal smuggling, fish wrongly snared, and much more. - Environmental News Network
December 02 2005: Forests Urged as New Front in Global Warming Fight - Environmental News Network
December 02 2005: A Canadian company has an idea for motorists worried about global warming -- put a cow in your tank. A C$14 million ($12 million) factory near Montreal started producing "biodiesel" fuel two weeks ago from the bones, innards and other parts of farm animals such as cattle, pigs or chickens that Canadians do not eat. - Environmental News Network
December 02 2005: Activists to Canada: Warming Threatens Hockey - Activists at the U.N. climate change conference in Montreal shot straight for the Canadian heart Thursday by warning of the unthinkable -- the end of ice hockey due to global warming. - Environmental News Network
December 02 2005: Group Says Lake Erie Gets Sewage Overflows - At least 8.9 billion gallons of untreated sewage flows yearly into Lake Erie and the rivers that feed it during storms that overwhelm sewer systems -- the same as if 2.5 billion toilets flushed simultaneously into the lake, an environmental group reported Wednesday. - Environmental News Network
December 02 2005: - By National Biodiesel Board - The Oregon Environmental Council’s programs focus on protecting kids' health from toxic pollution, cleaning up Oregon's rivers and protecting our climate by curbing vehicle pollution. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 02 2005: Sinking Venice Saved by Flooding? - A radical plan to flood the sandy ground beneath Venice could rescue the sinking city. - Discovery Online
December 02 2005: China Confronts High Incidence of Pollution Accidents - China Internet information Centre
December 02 2005: Environment Issue of Hydropower Projects Stressed - China Internet information Centre
December 02 2005: Pakistan sets up quake shelters - Pakistani soldiers have built 30,000 shelters for survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Kashmir and northwestern Pakistan last month, the military said Friday. - CNN (Asia)
December 02 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 02 2005: Early Snow Has Ski Industry Optimistic About Winter - ABC News
December 01 2005: More rain for Noosa - 09:20 (AEDT) NOOSA is mopping up after heavy rainfall caused flash flooding and damaged roads - but more thunderstorms are forecast for south-east Queensland today. - The Australian
December 01 2005: Refusal To Evacuate And Complacency Remain Problems During Hurricanes - Terra Daily
December 01 2005: Orlando FL (SPX) Nov 30, 2005 - After the state had been battered by three hurricanes last year, many residents ignored the threat of Hurricane Jeanne and refused to leave their homes in evacuation zones. - Terra Daily
December 01 2005: Norway's government said on Wednesday it had agreed to work with Britain in developing a system for injecting carbon dioxide emitted on land into oil fields under the ocean floor in the North Sea. - Terra Daily
December 01 2005: New Orleans (AFP) Nov 30, 2005 - Three months after Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans looking like a war zone, Celeste Robinson fought back tears as she pleaded for help. - Terra Daily
December 01 2005: Scientific Values Are Threatened Climate Change Denial Lobby Claims Lord May - Terra Daily
December 01 2005: London (UPI) Nov 30, 2005 - England's outgoing Royal Society President Robert May of Oxford is urging scientists to speak out against the climate change "denial lobby." - Terra Daily
December 01 2005: A recent U.S. study reportedly predicts global warming will result in Africa's dry regions becoming even drier in the near future. - Terra Daily
December 01 2005: Young scientists sound alarm on climate change - A summit of young scientists meeting in the Swiss capital have issued the "Bern Manifesto" - a plan to reduce the impact of climate change. - Swiss Info
December 01 2005: Scientists from Bern University have found there is more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere today than at any time during the past 650,000 years. - Swiss Info
December 01 2005: Energy Efficiency In Houses Reserch - Scoop
December 01 2005: Metservice Preparing for Coming Cyclone Season - Scoop
December 01 2005: 28 November 2005 | MetService - MetService is preparing for the coming cyclone season, and meteorologist Steve Ready says that he will not be surprised if New Zealand is hit by a BIG cyclone at some stage this summer. - Scoop
December 01 2005: Crystal Sponges Excel At Sopping Up Carbon Dioxide - Science Daily
December 01 2005: (December 1, 2005) - - Since the Industrial Revolution, levels of carbon dioxide---a major contributor to the greenhouse effect---have been on the rise, prompting scientists to search for ways of counteracting the trend. ... - Science Daily (Climate)
December 01 2005: Overfishing In Inland Waters Reduces Biodiversity And Threatens Health - Science Daily
December 01 2005: One of the best computer simulations of past climate suggests that future climate change will make Africa's Sahel region drier, not wetter as most other models say. - SciDev.Net
December 01 2005: BRAZIL & CLIMATE CHANGE - SciDev.Net
December 01 2005: SciDev.Net presents its new - on the eighth largest greenhouse gas emitter, and its efforts to support renewable energies. - SciDev.Net
December 01 2005: Patchwork U.S. Greenhouse Gas Market Grows Slowly - GreenBiz
December 01 2005: Climatologists to Study Hurricane Surge - Newsday (AP update)
December 01 2005: Rallies Planned to Combat Global Warming - Newsday (AP update)
December 01 2005: India Erecting a Tsunami Memorial - Newsday (AP update)
December 01 2005: Is global warming making hurricanes stronger? - New Scientist
December 01 2005: Hurricane season refuses to blow over - The record-breaking North Atlantic season breaks habits too, and sends a storm towards Africa, while tropical storm Epsilon brews - New Scientist
December 01 2005: Climate meeting to discuss 'son of Kyoto' - Formal talks begin in Montreal over how to limit emissions of greenhouse gases after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 – battle lines are already hardening - New Scientist
December 01 2005: Russian Scientist Suggests Burning Sulfur in Stratosphere to Fight Global Warming - MosNews
December 01 2005: Tropical Storm Delta sweeps Canary Islands - Mail & Guardian Online
December 01 2005: Charity swim event to aid Thai tsunami orphans - The Japan Times
December 01 2005: Bazz cyclone to hit TN, AP tonight - Hindustan Times
December 01 2005: Sea level rise doubles in 150 years - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 01 2005: The first climate change refugees - Guardian Unlimited (Science)
December 01 2005: Environment - - EurActiv
December 01 2005: BioTech - - Switzerland votes for a five-year long ban on GMOs - EurActiv
December 01 2005: Economy & Euro - - Eurobarometer: eurozone citizens see expansion of currency bloc as a good thing - EurActiv
December 01 2005: Calamitous 2005 Hurricane Season Likely to Repeat Next Year - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: WASHINGTON, DC - , November 30, 2005 (ENS) - The 2005 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season comes to an end today after smashing records for the largest number and most severe storms in history. Weather officials are predicting that greater than average hurricane activity will pound vulnerable Atlantic and Caribbean coastal areas for the next decade, but, they say, not as a result of global warming. - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: Earthquake Touched Off Deadly Slides in Kashmir's Deforested Hills - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: MUZAFFARABAD, Azad Jammu and Kashmir - , November 30, 2005 (ENS) - Continuous landslides in the Muzaffarabad district are raising levels of dust pollution, and have limited the visibility to five meters (16 feet) in some areas. The severe October 8 earthquake rattled these mountains, where slopes were already destabilized by years of deforestation. - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: Carbon, Clean-Tech and Sustainable Markets Set to Attract Trillions - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: Carbon, Clean Tech, and Sustainable Markets Set to Attract Trillions - GreenBiz
December 01 2005: NEW YORK, New York - , November 29, 2005 (ENS) - A newly formed alignment of legal, financial, and investment interests will direct "trillions" of U.S. dollars over the next 10 years into evolving markets linked to climate change, clean technology and sustainable use of natural resources, a report being prepared for the United Nations predicts. - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: INSIGHTS: Climate Change Undeniably Real, Caused By Human Activities - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: , November 28, 2005 (ENS) - How best to limit global warming is the issue uppermost in the minds of all delegates as governments from 190 countries, as well as numerous nongovernmental organizations and media, gather here for the first meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the 11th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Opening today, the meetings conclude December 9. - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Highest in 650,000 Years - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: , November 25, 2005 (ENS) - At least 700 cyclists are expected to bike through five cities in Metro Manila on Saturday as part of a Clean Air Festival that is meant to dramatize November as Clean Air Month across the country. Most of the cyclists are employees of the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources or belong to local and national groups. - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: Fuel Oil Spill Result of Barge Hit on Hurricane Sunk Platform - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: COLLEGE STATION, Texas - , December 1, 2005 (ENS) - Fish pulled from the world's lakes and rivers is not the endless source of food, jobs and income that it once appeared to be,according to according to new research from Texas AM University. Overexploitation of one species after another is rapidly threatening biodiversity and balance of inland water ecosystems worldwide. - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: Rio Stock Exchange Begins Trade in Carbon Credits - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: UN Chief Visits Pakistan Earthquake Survivors Before Donors Meeting - Environmental News Service
December 01 2005: Environment News Service - GreenBiz
December 01 2005: Technology to tackle climate change but how best to invest in innovation? - EDIE
December 01 2005: Report backs belief that environment is good for business - EDIE
December 01 2005: Renewable energy research agenda examined - EDIE
December 01 2005: Sustainable Communities plan failing the environment, task-force warns - EDIE
December 01 2005: EA tells entrepreneurs environment good for enterprise - EDIE
December 01 2005: Sewer flooding compensation strengthened - EDIE
December 01 2005: Expand the pro-choice dialogue - Limited access to affordable healthcare hardly creates an environment of choice. - Christian Science Monitor
December 01 2005: US stand poses hurdle at environmental talks - Delegates have adopted rules for limiting greenhouse gases, making the Kyoto Protocol fully operational. - Christian Science Monitor
December 01 2005: A drought of farm labor - Christian Science Monitor
December 01 2005: Traditionally Energy-Savvy, Japanese Business Turns Attention to Global Warming - GreenBiz
December 01 2005: Eco-Tour Operator Targets Global Warming with New Offset Program - GreenBiz
December 01 2005: Sinosteel sharpens its competitive edge - State-owned Sinosteel Corporation is poised to sharpen its competitive edge in providing supplementary services to the country's steel industry by acquiring over 50 per cent of a carbon producer. - China Daily (Business)
December 01 2005: A resident rides on a bicycle in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, yesterday. The city and other parts of the province saw the first snow on Wednesday night, which came one month later than it did last year. - China Daily (Home)
December 01 2005: Russia gets help to tackle river pollution - China Daily
December 01 2005: Wishes For Kids - , Wal-Mart.com and The United Way are teaming up to help in a unique joint effort on behalf of children whose lives were affected by the recent storms. - CBS
December 01 2005: Climate conference aims to cut greenhouse gases - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Scientists cook up cure for cow flatulence - Cows belching and breaking wind cause methane pollution but British scientists say they have developed a diet to make pastures smell like roses, almost. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Europe-warming current weakens: scientists - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Kyoto protocol kicks in - The controversial Kyoto protocol, which aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions, has become fully operational. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Green group urges Scullion to vote against waste dump - The Northern Territory Environment Centre says the Territory's Country Liberal Party Senator should listen to the objections of the community and cross the floor to oppose the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell says it is unlikely greenhouse gas emission targets will form part of future international climate change measures. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Carbon trading seen as big earner for WA farmers - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: NSW to spend $400m on environment - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: NSW Greens support for environment package - Green groups have offered tentative support for the New South Wales Government's $420 million environment package. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Global warming set to hit Europe badly: agency - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Europe is facing the worst climate change in five millennia as a result of global warming, the European Environment Agency (EAA) has warned in a report. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Global warming set to hit Europe badly: agency - Europe is facing the worst climate change in five millennia as a result of global warming, the European Environment Agency (EAA) has warned in a report. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: The first United Nations conference on climate change since the Kyoto agreement came into force has opened in the Canadian city of Montreal. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: The Northern Territory's Environment Centre says the Federal Science Minister has shot himself in the foot by calling for a scientific investigation into a nuclear power industry. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Climate change expert urges Govt to adapt - A visiting climate change expert has warned Australia will be particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change over the next 15 years. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Sydney Water denies pollution, waste claims - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Sustainable development: the way of the 'Future Shock' - Young architects and town planners at a conference in Brisbane are calling for stronger legislation to encourage sustainable development. - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Record CO2 levels fuel global warming fears - ABC News Online
December 01 2005: Clinton: Tsunami relief effort improving - Washington Times
December 01 2005: By Gerard Wynn LONDON (Reuters) - An international meeting this week on climate change should start setting rules governing cuts to greenhouse gas emissions once the Kyoto Protocol... - Reuters
December 01 2005: By Gerard Wynn LONDON (Reuters) - An international meeting this week on climate change should start setting rules governing cuts to greenhouse gas emissions once the Kyoto... - Reuters
December 01 2005: U.N. talks adopt Kyoto rules on global warming - Reuters
December 01 2005: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - Countries meeting at U.N. environmental conference adopted on Wednesday the rules for limiting emissions of... - Reuters
December 01 2005: UN talks adopt Kyoto rules on global warming - Reuters
December 01 2005: U.N. talks adopt to global warming Kyoto rule book - Reuters
December 01 2005: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - A U.N. conference adopted a rule book for the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol on limiting a build-up of emissions of... - Reuters
December 01 2005: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 3:31 PM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent MONTREAL (Reuters) - A U.N. conference adopted a rule book for the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol on limiting a build-up of emissions of... - Reuters
December 01 2005: Thursday, December 01, 2005 9:46 AM ET - By Jeff Mason BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will meet its Kyoto Protocol obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2010, two years before the global environment... - Reuters
December 01 2005: By Jeff Mason BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will meet its Kyoto Protocol obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2010, two years before the global environment... - Reuters
December 01 2005: Sober worm storms charts as month's biggest attack - New Scientist
December 01 2005: in recent days - has been strongly criticised by eurozone ministers, who claimed that the increase could damage Europe’s economic recovery. - Financial Times
December 01 2005: EU ‘needs unified energy policy’ on climate change - Financial Times
December 01 2005: Eurozone rates rise to 2.25 per cent - Financial Times
December 01 2005: Tsunami probe scolds Swedish PM - BBC (World)
December 01 2005: Climate change 'will dry Africa' - BBC (Sci/Tech)
December 01 2005: Floods force people out of homes - BBC
December 01 2005: Russia urgently seeking information on Chinese river pollution - The News International
December 01 2005: UN seeks additional funds for quake victims - GENEVA: The United Nations is seeking donations to help rescue people trapped in earthquake-ravaged areas of Pakistan as the winter sets in and snow threatens to cut off mountain passes, the top UN humanitarian official said on Tuesday. - The News International
December 01 2005: Tariq Butt - ISLAMABAD: Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani has been given a gigantic task of marshalling hundreds of thousands of volunteers to contribute to relief and other activities in the earthquake devastated areas in an organized manner. - The News International
December 01 2005: Carbon finance: realigning business thinking - The News International
December 01 2005: Population explosion and environment - The News International
December 01 2005: ‘Earthquake causes 22,625 deaths in five districts of NWFP’ - The News International
December 01 2005: Blizzards slow U.S. holiday travel - CNN
December 01 2005: FAA Official Says U.S. Airlines Should Be Excluded from EU Emissions Trading Program - Washington has "serious and fundamental questions" about the EU's plans to include U.S. airlines in an environmental program to trade pollution quotas, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration official Sharon Pinkerton said. - Environmental News Network
December 01 2005: UN Talks Adopt Kyoto Rules on Global Warming - Environmental News Network
December 01 2005: A United Nations climate change meeting in Canada is unlikely to produce a "son of Kyoto" deal and setting new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is not the answer, Australia said on Wednesday. - Environmental News Network
December 01 2005: A two-headed turtle was hatched on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, with a birth defect possibly linked to ocean pollution or climate change, the World Wildlife Fund said Wednesday. - Environmental News Network
December 01 2005: Hong Kong and most of its neighboring areas in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong suffer from air quality that nears mainland Chinese pollution standards, new data announced Wednesday showed. - Environmental News Network
December 01 2005: Panda Cub Takes Washington by Storm - Environmental News Network
December 01 2005: Rebuilding Cancun's Beaches To Take a Year, Says President Vicente Fox - It will take a year to rebuild all the famous white sand beaches in Mexico's Caribbean resort of Cancun after Hurricane Wilma ripped them away last month, President Vicente Fox said Tuesday. - Environmental News Network
December 01 2005: Corporate Renewable Energy Group Hits 360 Megawatt Mark, Launches Similar Effort in Europe - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 01 2005: - By World Resources Institute - Some of the largest companies in the world today announced that they have increased their purchases of renewable energy. The World Resources Institute and members of its Green Power Market Development Group announced 185 new megawatts of renewable energy purchases and projects, bringing the total number under contract to 360 – the average size of a coal-fired power plant. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 01 2005: - By The North Carolina C8 Working Group - Newly discovered contamination of groundwater by a controversial toxic chemical manufactured only at DuPont's Fayetteville, North Carolina, facility contradicts the company's previous claims about the source of the contamination and the dangers posed to people and the environment. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 01 2005: The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors, Ms. Sarah Else and Ms. Susie Komornik. - Environmental News Network Affiliates
December 01 2005: Efforts Urged to Minimize Impact of Songhua River Pollution - China Internet information Centre
December 01 2005: Pollution Stretch on Songhua River Moves Slower - China Internet information Centre
December 01 2005: China Informs UNEP, UNDP of Songhua River Pollution - China Internet information Centre
December 01 2005: Russia to Get Help with Pollution Slick - China Internet information Centre
December 01 2005: China, Russia Discuss Cross-border River Pollution - China Internet information Centre
December 01 2005: Efforts to Control Songhua River Contamination Appreciated - The United Nations Under Secretary Klaus Toepfer said in Beijing on Wednesday that he appreciated the efforts by the Chinese government in tackling the major pollution in northeast China's Songhua River. - China Internet information Centre
December 01 2005: Tsunami's death toll still unclear - CNN (Asia)
December 01 2005: TSUNAMI RECOVERY - CNN (Asia)
December 01 2005: China vows to cut greenhouse gases - CNN (Asia)
December 01 2005: Drought Decimates Wildlife in Game Reserve - All Africa News
December 01 2005: Environment - Article Archives - Sci-Tech Today
December 01 2005: Homeless protestors storm Leinster House - Ireland On-Line
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Updated: June 28th 2009