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June 2007
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Action point
Jim Salinger describes his priority for action on global warming. You can play the low bandwidth or the high bandwidth version
Featured sites
The Youth Climate Pledge is a collaborative plan of action that young people can sign on to and get others to commit to.
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership is an action and advisory group that aims to take a lead in accelerating the shift to low carbon vehicles and fuels in the United Kingdom.
The Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project provides access to documents, data, photos, maps and other resources concerning this critical issue.
The World Ocean Observatory provides a place of exchange for ocean information, education and public discourse about the future of the ocean and its implication for human survival.
And finally,
Children from Uganda, Bangladesh and Mozambique have drawn pictures for Oxfam of their impression of climate change (video) and what it means to their lives.
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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Part of the Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, Tiempo Climate Newswatch is hosted by the Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.
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June 30 2007: Gippsland prepares to assess flood damage - The Australian
June 30 2007: THE residents of four small towns in Victoria's Gippsland region have been told to evacuate due to rising flood waters. - The Australian
June 30 2007: New Undersea Images Challenge Prevailing Ideas About The Antarctic Ice Sheet - Science Daily (Climate)
June 30 2007: (July 1, 2007) - -- Using echo-sounding equipment to create images and maps of areas below the ocean floor, researchers have begun to unravel a new story about the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Images of areas below the Eastern ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 30 2007: (July 1, 2007) - -- A high-flying NASA mission over Costa Rica and Panama in July and August should help scientists better understand how tropical storms influence global warming and stratospheric ozone ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 30 2007: UNEP: climate change behind Darfur conflict - SciDev.Net
June 30 2007: UN: Policymakers must rethink desertification - A new UN report warns of mass migration of displaced dryland communities if policy is not coordinated to tackle desertification. - SciDev.Net
June 30 2007: Cutting China's carbon cost - China's carbon emissions have shot up as energy demands soar. But will this change with new technology? - SciDev.Net
June 30 2007: U.N. Report: Desertification a Threat - Sci-Tech Today
June 30 2007: Prince Charles shows off smaller carbon footprint - Reuters
June 30 2007: Flood chiefs fear worst with warnings of new downpours - Guardian Unlimited
June 30 2007: New home secretary thrust into centre of the storm - Guardian Unlimited
June 30 2007: Live Earth Seeks Carbon Emissions Cut of 90 Percent by 2050 - Environmental News Service
June 30 2007: The United Kingdom has a new environment secretary in the newly formed government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The new Prime Minister took office on Wednesday as former Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned the post he has held for the past 10 years. Issues of climate change and radioactive waste disposal are front and center in the UK today. - Environmental News Service
June 30 2007: Gauging The Drought - CBS
June 30 2007: Satellite snaps first images of mysterious glowing clouds - NASA's new AIM satellite has taken its first data on silvery blue 'noctilucent' clouds – they may be linked to global warming - New Scientist
June 30 2007: PHOTO JOURNALS - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)
June 30 2007: Any Kennebunkport in a storm - BBC (World)
June 30 2007: Drought Still Severe in NE China Despite Rain - China Internet information Centre
June 30 2007: June 30, 2007 12:32:00 - The New South Wales Greens are calling for energy efficient labelling for all televisions, claiming consumers need to know how much the product contributes to global warming. - ABC News Online
June 30 2007: Former US vice president Al Gore is urging people worldwide to pressure their governments to cut global warming pollution by 90 per cent in developed countries and by more than half worldwide by 2050. - ABC News Online
June 29 2007: Global warming predictions coming true - VietnamNews.Net
June 29 2007: Year on track as second-warmest ever - THIS year is on track to be the second warmest since records began in the 1860s and floods in Pakistan or a heatwave in Greece may herald worse disruptions in store from global warming, experts said today. - The Australian
June 29 2007: Forest fire nears Athens - The Age
June 29 2007: 2007 expected to be one of the warmest - The Age
June 29 2007: Telstra, CBA to help Vic flood victims - The Age
June 29 2007: Satellite used for flooding response - The Age
June 29 2007: Residents 'underestimating flood danger' - The Age
June 29 2007: Flood locals prepare to leave homes - The Age
June 29 2007: Pakistan Aid Flights Start As Afghan Floods Kill 50 - Terra Daily
June 29 2007: Impact Of Climate Change Equal To Nuclear War - Terra Daily
June 29 2007: Flood-Hit Britain Braces For More; As Heatwave Burns Greece - Terra Daily
June 29 2007: South Asia weather toll rises, storm nears India - Stuff
June 29 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily
June 29 2007: In the eye of the storm - Sydney Morning Herald
June 29 2007: Plasma TVs eat into energy savings - Sydney Morning Herald
June 29 2007: Young people with a passion for the environment are heading to Wellington next week to learn first hand about environmental management at a forum aimed at inspiring action in their own communities. - Scoop
June 29 2007: 12:45 PM | Ministry for the Environment - Scoop
June 29 2007: Genesis Energy winds back carbon emissions - Scoop
June 29 2007: (June 29, 2007) - -- Researchers are calling into doubt one of the most popular means of assessing the strength of the so-called 'biological pump,' which removes carbon dioxide from the air to the deep ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 29 2007: 'Biological Pump' Overestimated: Study Challenges How Life In The Oceans Removes Carbon From The Atmosphere - Science Daily
June 29 2007: -- Desertification, exacerbated by climate change, represents "the greatest environmental challenge of our times" and governments must overhaul policy approaches to the issue or face mass migrations of ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 29 2007: Green Junta? Avoiding An Authoritarian Military-environment Elite - Science Daily
June 29 2007: Oceanographer Developing Next Generation Of Hurricane Forecast Tools - Science Daily
June 29 2007: (June 29, 2007) - -- A University of Rhode Island oceanographer who helped develop an ocean-based hurricane forecast model that has been the most accurate hurricane prediction tool at the National Hurricane Center is ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 29 2007: China: desperately seeking sustainable technology - Now the world's biggest carbon emitter, China is hungry for energy-efficient technology. But is the developed world willing to share? - SciDev.Net
June 29 2007: UNEP: climate change behind Darfur conflict - SciDev.Net
June 29 2007: Cutting China's carbon cost - China's carbon emissions have shot up as energy demands soar. But will this change with new technology? - SciDev.Net
June 29 2007: U.N. Report: Desertification a Threat - Sci-Tech Today
June 29 2007: Almost all - experts say that the trend is towards more droughts, floods, heatwaves and more powerful storms. But they say that individual extreme... - Reuters
June 29 2007: 2007 seen as second warmest year as - Reuters
June 29 2007: France says to push for climate change deal in 2008 - Reuters
June 29 2007: Friday, June 29, 2007 4:25 AM ET - Protocol, which calls for carbon emissions to be cut an average of 5 percent below 1990 levels, lapses in 2012 but progress on a successor... - Reuters
June 29 2007: Desertification threat to global stability: UN study - Reuters
June 29 2007: Climate recantation: IPCC models don't predict and are unscientific - There is no predictive value in the current climate change models and therefore the alarmist statements about human-caused global warming are unjustified. - On Line Opinion
June 29 2007: EU Paper Shows Options on Warming Europe - Newsday (AP update)
June 29 2007: Earthquake Hits Chile - Newsday (AP update)
June 29 2007: Hundreds Evacuated in Australian Flood - Newsday (AP update)
June 29 2007: Will you pledge (to fight global warming)? - New Scientist
June 29 2007: Aid needs grow in Somalia as access gets harder - Murders of aid workers, pirate attacks, closed borders and growing violence make the distribution of relief in Somalia almost impossible, aid workers say, as conflict and drought boost needs still further. A Somali nurse for a Western aid group and a driver were shot dead late on Wednesday. - Mail & Guardian Online
June 29 2007: Office smoking hits non-smokers hard - Working in an environment where smoking is allowed could make non-smokers easy prey to cancer-causing agents, finds study. - Hindustan Times
June 29 2007: Pakistani military joins cyclone rescue effort - Hindustan Times
June 29 2007: UK flood death toll rises to six - Guardian Unlimited
June 29 2007: iPhone causes big Apple swarm in Big Apple storms - Guardian Unlimited
June 29 2007: Flood damage bill 'could top UKP1bn' -PA - Guardian Unlimited
June 29 2007: One million homeless in Pakistan - Struggle to provide relief after Cyclone Yemyin. - Guardian Unlimited
June 29 2007: Environment - - EurActiv
June 29 2007: Automakers Join Call for National Greenhouse Gas Limits - Environmental News Service
June 29 2007: U.S. House Boosts Spending for Environment, Conservation - Environmental News Service
June 29 2007: New British Environment Secretary Faces Climate, Nuclear Waste Issues - Environmental News Service
June 29 2007: LONDON, UK, June 28, 2007 (ENS) - - The United Kingdom has a new environment secretary in the newly formed government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The new Prime Minister took office on Wednesday as former Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned the post he has held for the past 10 years. Issues of climate change and radioactive waste disposal are front and center in the UK today. - Environmental News Service
June 29 2007: US Finds Venezuela CITGO Oil Company Guilty Of Pollution - Terra Daily
June 29 2007: Ex-EPA chief denies allegations over 9/11 pollution - EDIE
June 29 2007: Lorry drivers claim to cut carbon footprint - EDIE
June 29 2007: Ł500,000 flood pilot scheme announced. - EDIE
June 29 2007: Community service to benefit the environment - EDIE
June 29 2007: Hilary Benn new Environment Secretary - EDIE
June 29 2007: Patented Bio-Bubble "STORM SETTLER" - EDIE
June 29 2007: Energy saving University switches on with SCHOTT Solar - EDIE
June 29 2007: Atkins' Willowbank Island flood scheme launched - EDIE
June 29 2007: More flood woe for UK - EDIE
June 29 2007: Climate change poses dual challenge for NHS - EDIE
June 29 2007: EA given strategic coastal flooding role - EDIE
June 29 2007: SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, 2007 -- PGE Thursday launched a voluntary carbon offset program allowing customers to fund projects that will offset emissions associated with their energy use. - GreenBiz
June 29 2007: Lone Star Storms & Flooding - CBS
June 29 2007: Eurozone's Juncker sees 'robust' 2007 growth of 2.6 percent - VietnamNews.Net
June 29 2007: Business Collaboration Services - The 13-nation eurozone economy will enjoy "robust" growth this year, but inflation should remain tame, the chairman of eurozone finance ministers meetings Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday. - VietnamNews.Net
June 29 2007: Anger and despair - Flood victims face uncertain future in Balochistan - BBC (World)
June 29 2007: Aid pleas after Pakistan cyclone - BBC
June 29 2007: Greek forest fire close to Athens - BBC (Europe)
June 29 2007: UN warning on desertification - BBC (Sci/Tech)
June 29 2007: UN issues desertification warning - BBC (Africa)
June 29 2007: Floods bring out humour and the kindness of strangers - BBC
June 29 2007: Flood centre set up for weekend - A national flood support centre is set up as weather forecasters predict a weekend of heavy rain. - BBC
June 29 2007: Climate's acid test - Climate fight needs chemical engineers, not carbon credits - BBC (Sci/Tech)
June 29 2007: Week in pictures - Snow, rain, football and dancing in Africa this week - BBC (Africa)
June 29 2007: 800,000 hit by South Asia floods - CNN
June 29 2007: Image: European Climate Change Programme flag - OneWorld
June 29 2007: China's northeastern provinces of Jilin and Liaoning artificially induced rain on Thursday, offering temporary relief from a severe drought that has lasted almost a month. - China Internet information Centre
June 29 2007: Readers recommend: songs about the environment - Guardian Unlimited
June 29 2007: 800,000 hit by South Asia floods - Helicopters dropped relief supplies to some of the more than 800,000 people hit by monsoon flooding in southwest Pakistan, as flash floods killed 20 in an area bordering Afghanistan, officials said. - CNN (Asia)
June 29 2007: South Asia struggles after deadly storms - CNN (Asia)
June 29 2007: June 29, 2007 20:07:00 - A wine grower in the Tamar Valley has told the Tourism Minister Paula Wriedt he's concerned odour and air pollution from the proposed pulp mill will damage his business. - ABC News Online
June 29 2007: June 29, 2007 10:47:00 - The New South Wales Environment Department says it is expecting a smooth opening this Sunday for the big marine park on the south coast. - ABC News Online
June 29 2007: Former US vice president Al Gore is urging people worldwide to pressure their governments to cut global warming pollution by 90 per cent in developed countries and by more than half worldwide by 2050. - ABC News Online
June 29 2007: June 29, 2007 10:44:00 - Former US vice president Al Gore is urging people worldwide to pressure their governments to cut global warming pollution by 90 per cent in developed countries and by more than half worldwide by 2050. - ABC News Online
June 29 2007: The New South Wales Government is warning that the potential pollution problem near Warragamba Dam could be made worse by a storm front due to hit Sydney today. - ABC News Online
June 28 2007: Help Solve Global Warming: - Environmental News Service
June 28 2007: Flooded rivers expected to peak today - POWER has been restored overnight to many homes hit by flooding and storms in south-eastern Victoria. - The Australian
June 28 2007: Rescuers pluck 3500 from UK floods - MORE than 3500 people have been rescued from this week's deadly floods by emergency services in Britain's biggest-ever peacetime rescue effort, the Fire Brigades Union said. - The Australian
June 28 2007: Quake hits Chile, no serious damage - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 has hit central Chile, rocking buildings and rattling windows in the capital Santiago. - The Age
June 28 2007: Flood grants announced for Gippsland - The Age
June 28 2007: Scorching Heat And Floods Wreak Havoc Across Europe - Terra Daily
June 28 2007: Pakistan Cyclone Leaves 21 Dead And 250,000 Homeless - Terra Daily
June 28 2007: Norway Decries EU Protectionism On Carbon Dioxide Quotas - Terra Daily
June 28 2007: NASA Airborne Expedition Chases Climate And Ozone Questions - Terra Daily
June 28 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily
June 28 2007: Floods And Heatwaves Offer Warning Of Impact Of Climate Change - Terra Daily
June 28 2007: Carbon tax - Swiss Info
June 28 2007: Hundreds flee as storm causes chaos - Sydney Morning Herald
June 28 2007: Flooding rains, then back to the drought - Sydney Morning Herald
June 28 2007: Desertification: UN Experts Prescribe Global Policy Overhaul To Avoid Looming Mass Migrations - Science Daily (Climate)
June 28 2007: (June 28, 2007) - -- Desertification, exacerbated by climate change, represents "the greatest environmental challenge of our times" and governments must overhaul policy approaches to the issue or face mass migrations of ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 28 2007: Letting Plants 'Talk' To You - The greenhouse manager of the future walks around the greenhouse, pointing an infrared "flashlight" at potted plants. A tiny screen tells whether each plant has too much, too little, or just the right amount of ... > - Science Daily
June 28 2007: UN: Policymakers must rethink desertification - A new UN report warns of mass migration of displaced dryland communities if policy is not coordinated to tackle desertification. - SciDev.Net
June 28 2007: Dust in West Speeding Up Snow Melts - Sci-Tech Today
June 28 2007: Research: Antarctica Ice Sheet Stable - Sci-Tech Today
June 28 2007: House passes bill affirming global warming exists - Reuters
June 28 2007: U.N. Report: Desertification a Threat - Newsday (AP update)
June 28 2007: 2 Die in Greece Forest Fires - Newsday (AP update)
June 28 2007: Climate change spin oversimplifies Darfur conflict - IRIN
June 28 2007: Mwanamgeni Kahindi: "Floods left me destitute" - IRIN
June 28 2007: Hindustan Times - Monsoon magic in Delhi - Hindustan Times
June 28 2007: : Children enjoy pre-monsoon showers. - Hindustan Times
June 28 2007: Flood rescuers 'working to point of collapse' - Guardian Unlimited
June 28 2007: Total eclipse - Guardian Unlimited
June 28 2007: Greenpeace legal action puts NZ greenhouse pollute... - Scoop
June 28 2007: Environment - - EurActiv
June 28 2007: Automakers Join Call for National Greenhouse Gas Limits - Environmental News Service
June 28 2007: Texas Floods Strand Residents on Rooftops - Environmental News Service
June 28 2007: Summer Thunderstorms Leave New Yorkers in the Dark - Environmental News Service
June 28 2007: The top environmental officials of Canada, Mexico and the United States today announced new collaborative environmental initiatives on tracking air pollution in North America. The three countries introduced an interactive Google Earth mapping tool, which will expand public access to information on air pollutants. - Environmental News Service
June 28 2007: North American Environment Officals Launch Air Pollutant Tracker - Environmental News Service
June 28 2007: Standards Body Appeals For World's Experts To Help Harness Renewable Energy From Waves and Tides - Terra Daily
June 28 2007: Southern Company And Georgia Tech Study Offshore Wind Power Potential - Terra Daily
June 28 2007: GE Unit's First Investment In NY Wind Energy To Boost State's Wind Power By Over 70 Percent - Terra Daily
June 28 2007: * - China Is Tops In Greenhouse Gas Emissions - CBS
June 28 2007: It is estimated that two-thirds of all dogs experience anxiety linked to thunderstorms. And if left untreated, the behavior can turn more severe and destructive over time. - CBS
June 28 2007: co-anchor Hannah Storm - CBS
June 28 2007: Southwest Submerged - Flash flooding in parts of Texas, Oklahoma after severe storms hit. - CBS
June 28 2007: KENYA: Mwanamgeni Kahindi: "Floods left me destitute" - IRIN
June 28 2007: The report fired a series of broadsides against the growing momentum for more nuclear-generated electricity to help cut - -warming carbon emissions... - Reuters
June 28 2007: PG&E sets customer plan to offset carbon emissions - Reuters
June 28 2007: The environmental programs must be in California and approved by the California - Action Registry, an independent group that tracks greenhouse gas... - Reuters
June 28 2007: PHOTO JOURNALS - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)
June 28 2007: Eurozone figures strengthen rate rise case - Financial Times
June 28 2007: Heatwave fuels Greek forest fires - BBC (Europe)
June 28 2007: Desertification 'threat to millions' - BBC (Africa)
June 28 2007: UN warning on desertification - Desertification represents the "greatest environmental challenge of our times", the UN warns in a report. - BBC (Sci/Tech)
June 28 2007: Flood 'refugees' try to remain upbeat in makeshift new home - BBC
June 28 2007: Flood-hit UK braced for more rain - The UK is set to be hit by more heavy rain as flooding continues to affect a large area of northern England. - BBC
June 28 2007: Unearthing history - Ferocious storms uncover ancient coastal round houses - BBC (Sci/Tech)
June 28 2007: In pictures - A heatwave grips south-east Europe with record temperatures - BBC (Europe)
June 28 2007: Heatwaves will 'boost death rate' - BBC (Sci/Tech)
June 28 2007: South Asia struggles after deadly storms - CNN
June 28 2007: Global warming will increase world death rate - New Scientist
June 28 2007: A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – zapping them with a variety of frequencies to break down the hydrocarbon chains - New Scientist
June 28 2007: Come on, gang, let's save the world! - A new survey suggests teenagers aren't that interested in climate change. - Guardian Unlimited
June 28 2007: Africa unprepared, says UK envoy - Africa will be badly affected by climate change because it lacks policies to adapt, Britain's envoy on climate change for the continent, George Edgar, said in Zambia. - OneWorld
June 28 2007: WB Approves Loan to Improve Urban Environment in Liaoning - China Internet information Centre
June 28 2007: Drought-hit Jilin Increases Relief Funds - Northeast China's Jilin Province, which has been plagued by severe drought for almost a month, allocated 20 million yuan (US$2.6 million) on Wednesday to reinforce water supplies. - China Internet information Centre
June 28 2007: Rainstorm Cools Sweltering Beijing - China Internet information Centre
June 28 2007: Climate Change - Only One Cause Among Many for Darfur Conflict - Climate change may be one of the causes of the Darfur crisis, but to consider it the single root cause would obscure other important factors and could hamper the search for solutions, climate and conflict analysts say. - All Africa News
June 28 2007: Policymakers Need Better Approach to Desertification, Says UN - A new policy report from the United Nations University (UNU) urges governments to adopt a more coordinated approach to desertification. - All Africa News
June 28 2007: Vic schools plan carbon trade - ABC News Online
June 28 2007: June 28, 2007 18:13:00 - Plans are under way for a number of Victorian schools to begin carbon trading. - ABC News Online
June 28 2007: Greenpeace has defended its use of lasers to project anti-climate change slogans onto the hull of the stranded Pasha Bulker last night. - ABC News Online
June 28 2007: June 28, 2007 09:50:00 - The New South Wales Government is warning that the potential pollution problem near Warragamba Dam could be made worse by a storm front due to hit Sydney today. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: Flood levels likely to keep rising in the U.K - VietnamNews.Net
June 27 2007: Pakistan cities floored by cyclone - VietnamNews.Net
June 27 2007: Houses under threat in Gippsland floods - The Australian
June 27 2007: Victoria urged to state water demands - FEDERAL Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull today called on Victoria to state its demands so the Murray-Darling Basin deal can be finalised. - The Australian
June 27 2007: DOZENS of people across southern Europe have died in a blistering heatwave while storms whipped the north of the continent and floods claimed four lives in Britain, officials said. - The Australian
June 27 2007: Dozens dead after wild weather in Europe - DOZENS of people across southern Europe have died in a blistering heatwave while storms whipped the north of the continent and floods claimed four lives in Britain, officials said. - The Australian
June 27 2007: ROADS between Melbourne and towns in East Gippsland have been cut as swirling flood waters closed the Princes Highway and another major road overnight. - The Australian
June 27 2007: World's biggest ice sheet 'stable' - The Age
June 27 2007: Nuclear is not climate solution: report - The world would have to build nuclear power plants at an "impossible" rate if they were to play a serious role in fighting global warming, a think-tank says. - The Age
June 27 2007: Drought could be over 'within months' - The Age
June 27 2007: Floodwaters rising - but the drought's not over - The Age
June 27 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily
June 27 2007: Main Component For World Latest Satellite To Measure Greenhouse Gases Delivered - Terra Daily
June 27 2007: Farmers Buckle Under As Drought Ravages Lesotho - Terra Daily
June 27 2007: Europe Hit By Killer Heatwave And Floods, Now Dam Fears - Terra Daily
June 27 2007: Cyclone Kills 18 On Pakistan Coast; Floods Claims More Elsewhere - Terra Daily
June 27 2007: FIRE STORM - Terra Daily
June 27 2007: Death toll rises from heatwave in Europe - Swiss Info
June 27 2007: On climate change, the medium is Gore's pointed message - Sydney Morning Herald
June 27 2007: Fonterra welcomes climate change developments - Scoop
June 27 2007: Study: Ozone affects females more than men ... - Science Daily
June 27 2007: NASA Expedition Will Examine Climate Change, Ozone In Tropics - Science Daily (Climate)
June 27 2007: (June 27, 2007) - -- A high-flying NASA mission over Costa Rica and Panama in July and August should help scientists better understand how tropical storms influence global warming and stratospheric ozone ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 27 2007: Global Climate Change And Toxic Chemicals: A Potentially Lethal Combination - Science Daily (Climate)
June 27 2007: Several Tons Of Uranium And The Town Of Colonie, New York - Recent research aims to improve understanding of how depleted uranium particulate behaves in the environment. Researchers have identified uranium oxide particulate that has survived more than 25 ... > - Science Daily
June 27 2007: (June 27, 2007) - -- Recent research aims to improve understanding of how depleted uranium particulate behaves in the environment. Researchers have identified uranium oxide particulate that has survived more than 25 ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 27 2007: Clean environment, clean bill of health - Policymakers must plan for healthier environments now to avoid unnecessary loss of life, says an editorial in - SciDev.Net
June 27 2007: UK floods cause havoc - Scientific American
June 27 2007: Dust in West Speeding Up Snow Melts - Sci-Tech Today
June 27 2007: Chrysler joins group seeking greenhouse gas cuts - Reuters
June 27 2007: Carbon market executives to join Merrill, Goldman - Reuters
June 27 2007: Europe urged to end aviation subsidy - Until the aviation industry - the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions - pays the full price of carbon, it is being subsidised to pollute the planet, says a new report. - OneWorld
June 27 2007: New Advanced Hurricane Model Aides NOAA Forecasters - NOAA
June 27 2007: NOAA Scientists to Search Tropical Skies for Answers On Climate Change, Ozone Loss - NOAA
June 27 2007: Floods Strand Pakistanis on Rooftops - Newsday (AP update)
June 27 2007: More Than Foot of Rain Floods Texas - Newsday (AP update)
June 27 2007: Researchers: Antarctica Ice Sheet Stable - Newsday (AP update)
June 27 2007: 'Warming brings early spring' - Hindustan Times
June 27 2007: Global warming gets hotter - Hindustan Times
June 27 2007: Death toll from Pakistan cyclone rises to 62 - Hindustan Times
June 27 2007: Two more feared dead in floods - Guardian Unlimited
June 27 2007: NASA airborne expedition chases climate, ozone questions - EurekAlert!
June 27 2007: Environment - - EurActiv
June 27 2007: Co2 Burial Could Help Extract Methane From Old Coal Mines - Terra Daily
June 27 2007: China now world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter - Christian Science Monitor
June 27 2007: Dell Teams with Schools to Offset Computing's Carbon Impact - GreenBiz
June 27 2007: iPhone Onslaught - The iPhone arrives amid an avalanche of favorable press. And the CIA lets go of the family jewels. - CBS
June 27 2007: First Look: - Fierce Floods - CBS
June 27 2007: Reliable Hurricane Forecasting Needed - CBS
June 27 2007: The Toll Of The Floods - CBS
June 27 2007: Swept Away: Texas Floods - CBS
June 27 2007: PAKISTAN: Cyclone leaves devastation across Balochistan Province - IRIN
June 27 2007: N: Quote, Profile , Research) from London-based - Change Capital (CCC), which invests in carbon offset projects in developing countries.... - Reuters
June 27 2007: Government, tollway firm OK air pollution settlement - The Japan Times
June 27 2007: Banks move towards carbon credit regulation - Financial Times
June 27 2007: Support for EU carbon scheme - Financial Times
June 27 2007: Push for enforced carbon trading - Financial Times
June 27 2007: IMF economist paints bright eurozone picture - The eurozone’s underlying growth prospects have taken a lasting turn for the better, the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist has argued, in comments that could increase the pressure on the ECB to make a similar judgment call. - Financial Times
June 27 2007: Pakistanis stranded after cyclone - BBC
June 27 2007: Disruption continues after floods - BBC
June 27 2007: Chaos continues after floods - Floods are causing chaos in England, with hundreds of families unable to return to their homes. - BBC
June 27 2007: Q&A: June flooding - What has caused June's devastating floods? - BBC
June 27 2007: Death toll rises from UK flooding - CNN
June 27 2007: Climate change action: Too little, too late? - CNN
June 27 2007: Too little, too late? - Veteran environmentalist wants "to scare you about climate change" - CNN
June 27 2007: Biosphere 2 saved from developer's bulldozers - The experimental glass laboratory, which was threatened with demolition, will be preserved as a research environment for at least three years - New Scientist
June 27 2007: The world's largest ice sheet isn't melting yet, say researchers. - Discovery Online
June 27 2007: 10 drown as cyclone hits Pakistan - CNN (Asia)
June 27 2007: June 28, 2007 07:42:00 - The New South Wales Government is warning that the potential pollution problem near Warragamba Dam could be made worse by a storm front due to hit Sydney today. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: Heatwaves, floods torment Europe - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: Dozens of people across southern Europe have perished in a blistering heatwave while storms whip the north of the continent and floods have claimed four lives in Britain. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: June 28, 2007 06:46:00 - Dozens of people across southern Europe have perished in a blistering heatwave while storms whip the north of the continent and floods have claimed four lives in Britain. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: Vic floods blamed on La Nina - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: June 27, 2007 19:36:00 - The National Climate Centre says the wetter conditions across parts of Gippsland in eastern Victoria are due to the La Nina effect. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: Flood danger not passed for Goulburn - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: June 27, 2007 18:18:00 - The waters of the Mulwaree River near Goulburn in south-east New South Wales have receded, but the State Emergency Service (SES) says more rain is expected and the flood danger has not yet passed. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: June 27, 2007 15:02:00 - A West Australian inventor believes he has developed a way to generate electricity for homes using wind power. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: Qantas announces carbon offset scheme - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: June 27, 2007 14:28:00 - Qantas and Jetstar passengers will be able to contribute to environmental projects under a voluntary carbon offset scheme that is being introduced later this year. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: Nimbin school installs solar power system - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: June 27, 2007 12:11:00 - The Total Environment Centre says it has obtained documents showing the New South Wales Government ignored advice that the quality of Wollongong's drinking water could be depleted by underground coal mining. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: There has been flooding and snow in the Goulburn district of New South Wales. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: June 27, 2007 12:00:00 - There has been flooding and snow in the Goulburn district of New South Wales. - ABC News Online
June 27 2007: The Total Environment Centre (TEC) says it has obtained documents that is says show that the New South Wales Government ignored advice that the quality of Sydney's drinking water could be depleted by underground coal mining. - ABC News Online
June 26 2007: Protest group selling carbon credits - Scoop
June 26 2007: Qantas to acknowledge 'carbon footprints' - The Australian
June 26 2007: Five more die as southeast Europe sizzles - FOUR more Romanians have died from a heatwave gripping parts of southeast Europe, raising the region's death toll from the past few days to at least 30. - The Australian
June 26 2007: AT least eight miners died on Monday in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine owned by Russian steel maker Severstal in the Arctic town of Vorkuta. - The Australian
June 26 2007: ISTANBUL has been dropped from a list of nine cities set to hold Live Earth concerts for climate change awareness because of a lack of interest and security concerns. - The Australian
June 26 2007: Cyclone kills 14 on Pakistan coast - A POWERFUL cyclone lashed Pakistan's southern coast today, killing at least 14 people, leaving dozens more missing and forcing tens of thousands to flee from their homes. - The Australian
June 26 2007: Rainstorms kill 48 in China - The Age
June 26 2007: Cyclone hits Pakistan coast, 10 drown - The Age
June 26 2007: Qantas acknowledges carbon emissions - Qantas appears set to follow Virgin Blue in offering a way for travellers to pay extra to offset the carbon emissions caused by their flights. - The Age
June 26 2007: Drought hit Goulburn braces for flooding - The Age
June 26 2007: Three Dead And Hundreds Stranded As Floods Hit Northern Britain - Terra Daily
June 26 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily
June 26 2007: Colorado Study Shows Desert Droughts Lead To Earlier Annual Mountain Snow Loss - Terra Daily
June 26 2007: Greenhouse Gas Burial: Storing Unwanted Carbon Dioxide In Unmineable Coal Seams - Science Daily (Climate)
June 26 2007: (June 26, 2007) - -- Deep coal seams that are not commercially viable for coal production could be used for permanent underground storage of carbon dioxide generated by human activities, thus avoiding atmospheric ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 26 2007: (June 26, 2007) - -- A new study spearheaded by the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center indicates wind-blown dust from drought-stricken and disturbed lands in the Southwest can shorten ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 26 2007: (June 26, 2007) - -- Does air pollution have a bigger effect on the immune system of females than males? It did among mice exposed to ozone -- a major component in air pollution that is known to negatively affect lung ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 26 2007: Clean environment, clean bill of health - Policymakers must plan for healthier environments now to avoid unnecessary loss of life, says an editorial in - SciDev.Net
June 26 2007: Researchers Plot Arizona Monsoons - Sci-Tech Today
June 26 2007: Peasants could see slice of carbon offset revenue - Reuters
June 26 2007: Rich countries can meet their targets under the - Protocol on global warming by funding emissions cuts in developing countries, but such funds have... - Reuters
June 26 2007: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:57 AM ET - The CDM is a scheme under the - Reuters
June 26 2007: Exchange plans Asian carbon exchanges soon - Reuters
June 26 2007: Cyclone on Pakistan's Coast Kills 10 - Newsday (AP update)
June 26 2007: Dust in West Speeding Up Snow Melting - Newsday (AP update)
June 26 2007: PM Says Cambodian Plane Crashed in Storm - Newsday (AP update)
June 26 2007: Prince Charles Becomes Carbon Neutral - Newsday (AP update)
June 26 2007: Flooding Kills 3 in Northern England - Newsday (AP update)
June 26 2007: Storing the gas safely and in sufficient quantities for real-world applications could simply be a matter of storing it in carbon "nanoscrolls" - New Scientist
June 26 2007: Drought leaves Lesotho facing crisis - Mail & Guardian Online
June 26 2007: Farmers struggle as drought ravages Lesotho - Mail & Guardian Online
June 26 2007: AFGHANISTAN: Floods kill 17 - IRIN
June 26 2007: Storm kills 200 - IRIN
June 26 2007: TAJIKISTAN: Glacier threat - IRIN
June 26 2007: 100 fishermen rescued in Pak cyclone - Hindustan Times
June 26 2007: Floods threaten to burst dam - Guardian Unlimited
June 26 2007: Flood clean-up gets under way -PA - Guardian Unlimited
June 26 2007: Dam stabilised amid flood fears -PA - Guardian Unlimited
June 26 2007: Slideshow: Floods in Britain - Guardian Unlimited
June 26 2007: Slideshow: Floods across Britain - Guardian Unlimited
June 26 2007: Climate Change - - EurActiv
June 26 2007: Arnold urges Blair to become climate envoy - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair should become a leader in the fight against climate change. - Earth Times
June 26 2007: * - U.K. Flooding Kills 3, Traps Hundreds - CBS
June 26 2007: Tahoe Wildfire - Raging forest fire at southern tip of lake destroys more than 275 buildings. - CBS
June 26 2007: AFGHANISTAN: Floods kill 17 across seven regions - IRIN
June 26 2007: Prince Charles shows off smaller carbon footprint - Reuters
June 26 2007: Image: 'The Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall reduced its carbon emissions by 9 per cent last year' - OneWorld
June 26 2007: Dam collapse fears as floods kill four - Financial Times
June 26 2007: IMF economist paints bright eurozone picture - Financial Times
June 26 2007: Pollution threat - BBC (Africa)
June 26 2007: Cyclone adds to Pakistan misery - BBC
June 26 2007: Floods - eyewitness accounts - BBC
June 26 2007: Thousands flee floods in UK - BBC (Europe)
June 26 2007: Floods force thousands from homes - BBC
June 26 2007: In Pictures: Flooding in Yorkshire - BBC
June 26 2007: In pictures: Europe heatwave - BBC (Europe)
June 26 2007: Flood stories - BBC
June 26 2007: Flood victims urged to contact insurers - Guardian Unlimited
June 26 2007: Prince reveals 'carbon footprint' - CNN
June 26 2007: Flooding causes havoc in Britain - CNN
June 26 2007: Flooding cause havoc in UK - CNN
June 26 2007: Flooding causes havoc in Britain - Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in northern England as officials warned a dam could collapse following severe flooding that has killed three people. - CNN (Europe)
June 26 2007: Thousands flee Pakistan cyclone - CNN
June 26 2007: Deadly heatwaves persist in Europe - CNN (Europe)
June 26 2007: Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil - A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – zapping them with a variety of frequencies to break down the hydrocarbon chains - New Scientist
June 26 2007: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:30:30 EST - Swiss Climate Warming Fast - Discovery Online
June 26 2007: Thousands flee Pakistan cyclone - A cyclone hit the coast of Pakistan on Tuesday, dumping torrential rain over a thinly populated region days after about 230 people were killed when a storm lashed the country's biggest city, Karachi. - CNN (Asia)
June 26 2007: Storms kill 'hundreds' in Pakistan - CNN (Asia)
June 26 2007: Airlines slow to act on climate change: report - ABC News Online
June 26 2007: June 27, 2007 06:32:00 - An aviation think tank says airlines should be compelled to offset their carbon emissions. - ABC News Online
June 26 2007: June 26, 2007 22:40:00 - The upper part of the Murray River has recorded some of the best rainfall for the last 12 months but the drought is yet to break in much of the basin. - ABC News Online
June 26 2007: Experts warn on biodiversity - ABC News Online
June 26 2007: Experts say Australia is moving too slowly on land management and that the issue is more crucial to the environment than climate change. - ABC News Online
June 26 2007: June 26, 2007 21:18:00 - Experts say Australia is moving too slowly on land management and that the issue is more crucial to the environment than climate change. - ABC News Online
June 26 2007: Greenhouse growers plan to bring British scientists to Australia to help prove the benefits of importing bumble bees. - ABC News Online
June 25 2007: Two dead, hundreds stranded in UK floods - The Australian
June 25 2007: APEC could host climate change talks: PM - SYDNEY'S APEC summit is an appropriate place for Asian countries to discuss climate change and international carbon trading, said Prime Minister John Howard. - The Australian
June 25 2007: APEC OK for climate talks: Howard - Prime Minister John Howard says Sydney's APEC summit is an appropriate place for Asian countries to hold talks on climate change. - The Age
June 25 2007: It's our hurricane Katrina, says emotion-charged PM - The Age
June 25 2007: Environment Woes Key Source Of Sudan Conflicts - Terra Daily
June 25 2007: Chaos in Karachi as storms kill 228 And Hundreds More Across Asia - Terra Daily
June 25 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily
June 25 2007: Carbon trading needed to help - Sydney Morning Herald
June 25 2007: All shirty about carbon - Sydney Morning Herald
June 25 2007: Protest group selling carbon credits - Scoop
June 25 2007: Aotearoa Live – Climate Change Day of Action - Scoop
June 25 2007: Aotearoa Live [#x2013] Climate Change Day of Action - Scoop
June 25 2007: 25 June 2007 11:33am | Climaction - July 7 is Aotearoa Live – a day for New Zealanders to express their concern about climate change. - Scoop
June 25 2007: Desert Droughts Lead To Earlier Annual Mountain Snow Loss, Study Shows - Science Daily (Climate)
June 25 2007: (June 25, 2007) - -- A new study spearheaded by the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center indicates wind-blown dust from drought-stricken and disturbed lands in the Southwest can shorten ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 25 2007: Gender May Play Role In Recovery From Pneumonia After Ozone Exposure - Science Daily (Climate)
June 25 2007: (June 25, 2007) - -- Does air pollution have a bigger effect on the immune system of females than males? It did among mice exposed to ozone -- a major component in air pollution that is known to negatively affect lung ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 25 2007: Poverty And Environment: Billions Could Be Wasted - Science Daily
June 25 2007: (June 25, 2007) - -- We live in an era of unprecedented environmental and technological flux; apocalyptic predictions of climate change-induced drought and floods, avian 'flu and HIV/AIDS pandemics, unsafe food and ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 25 2007: (June 25, 2007) - -- A bee's favourite colour can help it to find more food from the flowers in their environment, according to new research. Scientists studied nine bumblebee colonies from southern Germany, and found ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 25 2007: Desert dust cuts mountain snow, may spur warming - Scientific American
June 25 2007: Critics: New EPA Smog Plan Falls Short - Sci-Tech Today
June 25 2007: Monday, May 28, 2007 1:34 AM ET - Chancellor Angela Merkel wants the club to agree steps to halt global warming to prepare the ground for an extension of the - Reuters
June 25 2007: Global warming-hurricane link spurs controversy - Reuters
June 25 2007: Sunday, May 27, 2007 1:52 AM ET - By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - - Reuters
June 25 2007: By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - - scientists agree there have been a lot of strong hurricanes lately.... - Reuters
June 25 2007: Friday, June 01, 2007 12:43 AM ET - BEIJING (Reuters) - The impact of global warming on China is clearer each day, but - Reuters
June 25 2007: Rich Nations Blamed for Global Warming - Newsday (AP update)
June 25 2007: Researchers ID Factors in Ariz. Monsoons - Newsday (AP update)
June 25 2007: Study Links Hurricanes to Teen Smokers - Newsday (AP update)
June 25 2007: Roll up for better hydrogen fuel storage - Storing the gas safely and in sufficient quantities for real-world applications could simply be a matter of storing it in carbon "nanoscrolls" - New Scientist
June 25 2007: A monsoon wedding - Hindustan Times
June 25 2007: Killer storm still wreaking havoc - Hindustan Times
June 25 2007: Flood warnings issued as heavy rain continues - Guardian Unlimited
June 25 2007: GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health - EurekAlert!
June 25 2007: U. of Colorado study shows desert droughts lead to earlier annual mountain snow loss - EurekAlert!
June 25 2007: U.S. Mayors Take the Lead in Fighting Climate Change - Environmental News Service
June 25 2007: LOS ANGELES, California, June 25, 2007 (ENS) - - Cities throughout the country, regardless of size, have initiated a host of actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, without significant support from their state and federal partners, finds a new survey released Friday during the U.S. Conference of Mayors[rsquo] 75th anniversary meeting in Los Angeles. - Environmental News Service
June 25 2007: OLYMPIA, Washington, June 25, 2007 (ENS) - - Toxic chemicals banned decades ago continue to linger in the environment and concentrate in the food chain, threatening people and the environment, according to three recent studies by the Washington state Department of Ecology. - Environmental News Service
June 25 2007: Carbon dioxide pipeline planned - Earth Times
June 25 2007: Cheney's moves on secrecy stir storm over office's dual role - Christian Science Monitor
June 25 2007: Image: Climate change rally, Trafalgar Square - OneWorld
June 25 2007: TAJIKISTAN: Melting glaciers pose growing threat in the Pamirs - IRIN
June 25 2007: British armies must ready for global warming - Reuters
June 25 2007: By Gerard Wynn LONDON (Reuters) - New research shows that man-made - change could cause the Greenland ice sheet to break up in hundreds,... - Reuters
June 25 2007: France blocks Turkey eurozone talks - Financial Times
June 25 2007: Homes destroyed - Karachi residents struggle to cope after weekend's storm - BBC (World)
June 25 2007: Three dead following flood chaos - BBC
June 25 2007: In pictures - Images from South-East Europe as it sizzles in a heatwave - BBC (World)
June 25 2007: Two die in Sheffield flood chaos - BBC
June 25 2007: Floods cause havoc in Sheffield - BBC
June 25 2007: The East Antarctic ice sheet may not survive climate change after all, as rising sea levels will break it up - New Scientist
June 25 2007: Rich Nations Accused of Green Imperialism on Climate Change - Environmental News Network
June 25 2007: June 25, 2007 - Rich countries are being hypocritical in criticizing China's greenhouse gas emissions while using the country's cheap labor in industries that pollute, Asian business and government leaders said Monday. - Environmental News Network
June 25 2007: EPA Proposes Tougher Smog Standards - Environmental News Network
June 25 2007: June 25, 2007 - Pollution standards are too weak to protect people from the air they breathe, the EPA's chief declared Thursday. He recommended tougher limits on the smog that makes children cough and asthmatics wheeze from Los Angeles to Houston to New York. - Environmental News Network
June 25 2007: Global warming is the focus of at least seven bills on Capitol Hill, but whether any of them will become law before President Bush leaves office in 2009 is a matter of keen debate. - Environmental News Network
June 25 2007: 4 Mln People Fighting Lasting Drought in NE China - China Internet information Centre
June 25 2007: HK's pollution clouds its future - CNN (Asia)
June 25 2007: June 25, 2007 19:04:00 - Greenhouse growers plan to bring British scientists to Australia to help prove the benefits of importing bumble bees. - ABC News Online
June 25 2007: Farmers urged to seek drought help - ABC News Online
June 25 2007: June 25, 2007 17:44:00 - The South Australian Farmers Federation is worried that personal pride is preventing some farmers from applying for government drought assistance. - ABC News Online
June 25 2007: Sydney motorists choking on four-fold air pollution - ABC News Online
June 25 2007: June 24, 2007 10:00:00 - The New South Wales Opposition says it is unacceptable Sydney motorists are inhaling four times the recommended concentration of air pollution. - ABC News Online
June 24 2007: Huge Alaska forest fire destroys homes - An enormous forest fire has destroyed dozens of homes and cabins in Alaska on the scenic Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage. - The Age
June 24 2007: Solar power needs a boost - Swiss Info
June 24 2007: PHIL REID/Dominion Post - BUTTON UP, MORE SNOW'S ON THE WAY - Stuff
June 24 2007: Cost blow-out from rushed carbon trading - Scoop
June 24 2007: (June 24, 2007) - -- A bee's favourite colour can help it to find more food from the flowers in their environment, according to new research. Scientists studied nine bumblebee colonies from southern Germany, and found ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 24 2007: -- Making drinking water out of sea water is a growing trend but a potential threat to the environment that could also exacerbate climate change, says the World Wildlife Fund in a global review of ... > - Science Daily (Climate)
June 24 2007: Senate Passes Renewable Energy Bill - Sci-Tech Today
June 24 2007: Critics: New EPA Smog Plan Falls Short - Sci-Tech Today
June 24 2007: PM offers help for flood victims - Hindustan Times
June 24 2007: While rains spell joy for some people, others are left high and dry by the monsoon onslaught. - Hindustan Times
June 24 2007: More US commuters drive solo - Global-warming warnings have not dissuaded Americans from driving to work alone. In fact, their numbers have been rising. - Christian Science Monitor
June 24 2007: Peter Hyman - says discipline and high quality teaching beat a blizzard of headline-grabbing initiatives. - Guardian Unlimited
June 24 2007: EU treaty breaks years of deadlock - Leaders broke through years of disagreements over a failed constitution and agreed to a reform treaty they hope will allow the bloc to focus its attention on issues such as climate change and energy security. - Financial Times
June 24 2007: Karachi chaos - Eyewitnesses tell of Pakistan storm's path of destruction - BBC
June 24 2007: Storms in Pakistan kill 200 people - BBC