Tiempo Climate Newswatch

December 2007

December 31 2007: Climbers missing after avalanche - RESCUE services are searching for several climbers who were caught in an avalanche on a mountain in Japan, police and firefighters have reportedly said. - The Australian

December 31 2007: Heat and smog linked to rise in heart attacks - Sydney Morning Herald

December 31 2007: Boat rescue for stranded Indonesian flood victims - Sydney Morning Herald

December 31 2007: 2007 A Top Ten Warm Year For U.S. And Globe - The year 2007 is on pace to become one of the 10 warmest years for the contiguous U.S., since national records began in 1895. The year was marked by exceptional drought in the U.S. Southeast and the West, which helped fuel ... > - Science Daily

December 31 2007: Study Maps Life In Extreme Environments - Science Daily

December 31 2007: Impact of Global Warming on California - Sci-Tech Today

December 31 2007: China promised to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing limits on its greenhouse gas emissions. - Sci-Tech Today

December 31 2007: As scientists try to forecast how global warming might affect California, they envision a landscape that could look quite different by the end of this century, if not sooner. - Sci-Tech Today

December 31 2007: Malnutrition has increased among children in Darfur over the past year despite a massive humanitarian aid effort in the war-torn Sudanese region, according to a U.N. report. - China promised to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing limits on its greenhouse gas emissions. - Sci-Tech Today

December 31 2007: Climate change violates one of Newton’s Laws - On Line Opinion

December 31 2007: Skier rescued after night in blizzard - Science Daily

December 31 2007: Branson offers £100,000 ticket to the heart of the aurora borealis - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

December 31 2007: Moving targets hinder low-carbon bid - Government's scorecard on combating climate change fails to add up amid fears over the economy - Guardian Unlimited

December 31 2007: NOAA: 2007 a Top 10 year, temp-wise - The year 2007 could be one of the 10 warmest years for the contiguous United States and the globe since records have been kept, meteorologists said. Globally, the surface temperature for 2007 is expected to be fifth warmest since records began being kept,... - Earth Times

December 31 2007: Do polar bears need U.S. protection? - A federal agency is poised to say whether global warming means the bear should be added to the 'threatened species' list. - Christian Science Monitor

December 31 2007: SRI LANKA: Monsoon flooding subsides, needs under review - IRIN

December 31 2007: Heavy snow expected in several areas - The Japan Times

December 31 2007: No Choice But To Act Now On Climate Change - OneWorld

December 31 2007: Island nations to join eurozone - BBC (Europe)

December 31 2007: Beijing beats pollution targets with blue sky on New Year's Eve - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 31 2007: Beijing 'meets pollution target' - Blue skies on the last day of the year mean that Beijing has more than met an air pollution target, officials say. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

December 31 2007: No More Free Ride: Global Warming Pollution from Ships Must be Regulated - Environmental News Network

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December 31 2007: Cyclone forces BHP to close WA oil wells - Sydney Morning Herald

December 30 2007: Asa Wahlquist - THE National Water Commission says drought should have been planned for. - The Australian

December 30 2007: Tawangmangu, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 30, 2007 - A new landslide buried more than 30 homes on Indonesia's Java island Sunday as rescue workers continued searching for victims of earlier landslides and floods, an official said. No one was injured when the landslide hit Tengklik village in Tawangmangu area of Central Java around 1:00 pm, health ministry official Rustam Pakaya said. "Fortunately, there are no lives lost, however 177 peopl ... - Terra Daily

December 30 2007: Natural catastrophes will grow with climate change: re-insurer - Terra Daily

December 30 2007: Frankfurt (AFP) Dec 27, 2007 - Natural catastrophes in 2007 were more frequent and costlier than a year earlier and climate change will make them more expensive still, the world's second-biggest re-insurer, Munich Re, said Thursday. There were 950 natural catastrophes in 2007 compared with 850 in 2006, the highest number since the group started compiling its closely watched annual report in 1974. The total cost of dis ... - Terra Daily

December 30 2007: Indonesian court clears energy company over mud volcano - Terra Daily

December 30 2007: Jakarta (AFP) Dec 27, 2007 - An Indonesian court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit brought by environmentalists against an energy company alleged to have caused a mud volcano that has displaced thousands in East Java province. The South Jakarta district court ruled that the mudflow in Sidoarjo district was a "natural disaster", and not caused by gas drilling by Lapindo Brantas as alleged by Friends of the Earth Indonesia. ... - Terra Daily

December 30 2007: Indonesia: President urges better forest management amid floods - Terra Daily

December 30 2007: Tawangmangu, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 29, 2007 - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged better forest management across the nation Saturday as he toured an area stricken by deadly landslides and floods this week. "That would be a brilliant way to take care of the Earth," he said, according to the state-run news agency Antara, adding that it would help prevent further disasters in the world's fourth most populous nation. Th ... - Terra Daily

December 30 2007: Malnutrition has increased among children in Darfur over the past year despite a massive humanitarian aid effort in the war-torn Sudanese region, according to a U.N. report. - China promised to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing limits on its greenhouse gas emissions. - Sci-Tech Today

December 30 2007: China promised to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing limits on its greenhouse gas emissions. - The route to the moon and perhaps to Mars now goes through New Orleans -- and the detour could not come at a better time in the struggle to rebuild its economy after Hurricane Katrina. - Sci-Tech Today

December 30 2007: Climate change violates one of Newton’s Laws - Newton's Laws of Experts as they apply to climate change: first law - every expert persists in his state of rest or opinion unless acted upon by an external grant. - On Line Opinion

December 30 2007: The only way to allocate the right to emit carbon is where each person, whether from China or Australia, has equal value. - On Line Opinion

December 30 2007: Climate change went mainstream in 2007, but there is still a gap between the urgency of the science and our willingness to act, says Tony Juniper in his year-end review. Read and hear - OneWorld

December 30 2007: Seagrass disappearance caused by pollution - Science Daily

December 30 2007: Bread shortages and bank queues in bad year for Zim - Bare supermarket shelves, bank queues and burst riverbanks -- for many Zimbabweans a bad year ended in a bad way. At least 27 Zimbabweans died in floods this month while thousands have spent precious holiday days in bank queues, waiting for scarce cash. - Mail & Guardian Online

December 30 2007: The last few months of 2007 were good for Russia, which has been fighting this year to affirm its leadership in the hydrocarbons market. And it may have spelled the end for the Nabucco pipeline, which Europe has wanted as a way to bypass reliance on Moscow. On Dec. 20 Russia agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build the Caspian gas pipeline across Russia. The agreement was signed ... - Terra Daily

December 30 2007: Snow blankets northeast China - CCTV

December 30 2007: Saturday, December 29, 2007 3:27 PM ET - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will accept numerical targets to cut global warming emissions in a new - Reuters

December 30 2007: Fukuda, Wen pitch friendly relations game plan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda plays five minutes of pitch and catch with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in perhaps a symbolic show of warming bilateral ties, a day after agreeing to build on recent improvements in relations. - The Japan Times

December 30 2007: Putting a price on global warming - Financial Times

December 30 2007: December 30, 2007 12:37 PM - - John Vidal, environment editor, The Guardian - Environmental News Network

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December 30 2007: Storms wipe out Suncorp div plan - Sydney Morning Herald

December 30 2007: SA advertising blitz on greenhouse gas emissions - ABC News Online

December 30 2007: December 31, 2007 09:06:00 - Premier Mike Rann wants all South Australians to make tackling climate change their new year resolution. - ABC News Online

December 29 2007: Washington (AFP) Dec 25, 2007 - The first of the vast US baby boom generation goes into retirement in January, setting off a demographic tidal wave with wide-ranging economic, political and social implications. Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, born on January 1, 1946, is acknowledged as the nation's first baby boomer and the first to apply for social security benefits, for which she will be eligible in 2008. The New Jersey g ... - Terra Daily

December 29 2007: Snowstorms disrupt travel in central US - Terra Daily

December 29 2007: Chicago (AFP) Dec 28, 2007 - Heavy snowstorms continued to disrupt travel in the central United States Friday and forecasters said little relief was expected until the New Year. More than 400 flights were cancelled and delays were averaging an hour and a half at Chicago's O'Hare airport as the storm system which crippled Denver on Thursday moved eastward. But the Chicago airport authority said there was no need yet ... - Terra Daily

December 29 2007: Tawangmangu, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 28, 2007 - Rescue workers stepped up a hunt Friday for victims of landslides and floods that claimed scores of lives on Indonesia's Java island and displaced thousands, an official said. The landslides smashed through homes, burying families alive, in the early hours of Wednesday after monsoon rains lashed Central and East Java provinces this week and also triggered devastating floods. More than 1, ... - Terra Daily

December 29 2007: Montreal (AFP) Dec 27, 2007 - The "shocking" record loss of Arctic sea ice was Canada's top weather event in 2007, Canada's environment ministry said Thursday. Each year for the past 12, Environment Canada has published a list of the top 10 climate or weather phenomena to impact Canada that year. For 2007, "the dramatic disappearance of Arctic sea ice -- reported in September -- was so shocking that it quickly became ... - Terra Daily

December 29 2007: Power to raise a tsunami ... scientists on lookout for speeding space rock - Sydney Morning Herald

December 29 2007: Campers queue to flee island as storm nears - Sydney Morning Herald

December 29 2007: Men told to get a wriggle on and end the sperm drought - Sydney Morning Herald

December 29 2007: Rural Nigeria lights up with solar power - Nigeria has begun a solar power initiative that promises to light up several rural communities with no access to the national grid. - SciDev.Net

December 29 2007: Malnutrition has increased among children in Darfur over the past year despite a massive humanitarian aid effort in the war-torn Sudanese region, according to a U.N. report. - China promised to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing limits on its greenhouse gas emissions. - Sci-Tech Today

December 29 2007: China promised to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing limits on its greenhouse gas emissions. - The route to the moon and perhaps to Mars now goes through New Orleans -- and the detour could not come at a better time in the struggle to rebuild its economy after Hurricane Katrina. - Sci-Tech Today

December 29 2007: Global Warming to Alter Calif. Landscape - Newsday (AP update)

December 29 2007: South Korea hit by early yellow dust storm - Science Daily (Climate)

December 29 2007: Heavy snow strands air passengers, shuts highways - China Internet information Centre

December 29 2007: Energy Efficiency - CCTV

December 29 2007: December 18, 2007 - In an effort to add more renewable energy to its portfolio, PGE said it would buy wave energy from Finavera. Now Finavera is tasked with the hard part -- harnessing it. - CCTV

December 29 2007: U.N. representatives to gather in Indonesia to discuss climate change for two weeks beginning Monday. Meantime, an informal Congressional committee reportedly nears an agreement on the U.S. energy bill. - CCTV

December 29 2007: USC and UOP are partnering on a technology to turn carbon dioxide into methanol for fuel. - CCTV

December 29 2007: Spinning Pollution into Liquid Gold - CCTV

December 29 2007: As the solar industry feels the heat of stock volatility, the oil giant lightens its renewable energy portfolio by selling its India and Sri Lanka solar businesses. - CCTV

December 29 2007: FuelCell Energy has sold four power plants that will use transported methane for electricity. An analyst says more big orders are likely to come. - CCTV

December 29 2007: Purfresh Raises $25M for Ozone Tech - CCTV

December 29 2007: Cleantech investors responded to Google's move into renewable energy with cheers. First to bask in the Google glow: solar-thermal technologies. - CCTV

December 29 2007: New money for waste-to-energy technology, environmental pesticides, wind power and solar cells. Plus, DOE hits $1 billion in investment for biofuel research. - CCTV

December 29 2007: Israel's SolarEdge grabs $11.8 million in VC funding, Standard Renewable Energy invests $1.2 million in Trulite shares, International Battery gets $25 million and Xcel Energy awards $23 million in renewable-energy grants. - CCTV

December 29 2007: As the UN oversees talks on fighting climate change, individual countries are stepping up their own efforts in the battle. - CCTV

December 29 2007: December 17, 2007 - After tensions flared, and Al Gore blamed the U.S. for "obstructing" progress at the U.N. climate-change conference, the world has created a negotiation road map for fighting climate change. - CCTV

December 29 2007: Massachusetts and Pennsylvania were among the U.S. states adding incentives for renewable energy last week as the federal government passed on such offerings. - CCTV

December 29 2007: Midwest Holiday Travelers Stuck In Snow - CBS

December 29 2007: Michelin Tokyo takes Japan by storm - The Japan Times

December 29 2007: Japan's scientists aim to stop global warming ruining their rice - BBC (Sci/Tech)

December 29 2007: Saving flavour - Japan's scientists aim to stop global warming ruining their rice - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 29 2007: UK species 'must move to survive' - Climate change will force some UK species of wildlife to find new habitats, the Wildlife Trusts warn. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

December 29 2007: Tornado wreaks havoc in village - BBC

December 29 2007: Cell Press - "For the first time, we have demonstrated that deep-sea ecosystem functioning is closely dependent upon the number of species inhabiting the ocean floor," said Roberto Danovaro of the Polytechnic University of Marche, in Italy. "This shows that we need to preserve biodiversity, and especially deep-sea biodiversity, because otherwise the negative consequences could be unprecedented. We must care about species that are far from us and [essentially] invisible." Ecosystem functioning involves several processes, which can be summarized as the production, consumption, and transfer of organic matter to higher levels of the food chain, the decomposition of organic matter, and the regeneration of nutrients, he explained. - Environmental News Network

December 29 2007: It was a hard year, and the small, six-wheeled rover still bears the scars of a planet-wide - dust storm - Discovery Online

December 29 2007: New Hope On Climate Change - OneWorld

December 29 2007: Heavy snow has stranded nearly 1,000 airline passengers and closed five highways in northeast China's Jilin Province. The public is advised to pay special attention to road safety and reschedule travel. - China Internet information Centre

December 29 2007: Snow expels lingering fog in Beijing - China Internet information Centre

December 29 2007: Six enterprises apologize for pollution - China Internet information Centre

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December 29 2007: Six enterprises apologize for pollution - Six enterprises in east China's Zhejiang Province published a letter of apology in a local newspaper on Thursday, saying they are sorry for polluting the environment and would rectify the situation. - China Internet information Centre

December 29 2007: Clinton Shifts Closing Argument in Final Days - ABC News' Kate Snow and Eloise Harper Report: Sen. Hillary Clinton has shifted her message in the final days leading up to the Iowa caucuses. For the past three days Clinton has focused on the change... - ABC News

December 29 2007: Voters Have Spoken, Let's All Move On [editorial] - About half of the election results had come in by Friday night and already a pattern had emerged about what voters think about their leaders. Veteran politicians, starting with Vice-President Moody Awori, Simon Nyachae, former powerful Cabinet minister Nicholas Biwott, Musikari Kombo and Mukhisa Kituyi, were swept away in what to use common parlance, was a Tsunami of sorts. - All Africa News

December 29 2007: Oil-Fuelled Boom Threatens Environment - All Africa News

December 28 2007: Cyclones set to hit both coasts - The Mercury

December 28 2007: Pilbara coast on cyclone alert - The Mercury

December 28 2007: Global warming gets cold shoulder - Sydney Morning Herald

December 28 2007: Leader in the fury of a political storm - Sydney Morning Herald

December 28 2007: Fisheries Should Be Regarded As Part Of Maritime Environment, Experts Urge - Science Daily

December 28 2007: December 28, 2007 - - Professional fishery is in many sea areas a serious ecological threat to the maritime environment. On the other hand, changes in the environment, e.g. the increase of fish-eating animals like seals ... > - Science Daily

December 28 2007: Rural Nigeria lights up with solar power - Nigeria has begun a solar power initiative that promises to light up several rural communities with no access to the national grid. - SciDev.Net

December 28 2007: Malnutrition has increased among children in Darfur over the past year despite a massive humanitarian aid effort in the war-torn Sudanese region, according to a U.N. report. - China promised to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing limits on its greenhouse gas emissions. - Sci-Tech Today

December 28 2007: China promised to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing limits on its greenhouse gas emissions. - The route to the moon and perhaps to Mars now goes through New Orleans -- and the detour could not come at a better time in the struggle to rebuild its economy after Hurricane Katrina. - Sci-Tech Today

December 28 2007: Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:02 PM ET - Japan aims to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 6 percent in the 2008-2012 period from 1990 levels under the United Nations-led - Reuters

December 28 2007: Evacuation, rescue efforts under way after landslides, flooding - IRIN

December 28 2007: Sri Lanka tsunami aid “missing�? - COLOMBO - Over US$500 million in tsunami aid given to Sri Lanka has gone “missing�, an anti-corruption organisation has charged. - IRIN

December 28 2007: Panels start solar power revolution - Guardian Unlimited

December 28 2007: China's first climate change lab opens - China Internet information Centre

December 28 2007: Winter Storm Disrupts Holiday Travel - CBS

December 28 2007: Mood upbeat as Fukuda arrives in China for talks - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda arrives in Beijing for talks with the country's leaders amid conditions his predecessors haven't enjoyed for years: warming relations, a boost in economic ties and almost no rhetoric over their historical grievances. - The Japan Times

December 28 2007: Talks signal warming Japan-China ties - Financial Times

December 28 2007: Data signal peak for eurozone inflation - Financial Times

December 28 2007: Storm cancels hundreds of flights - CNN

December 28 2007: "Guest birds" threat to cyclone survivors - Environmental News Network

December 28 2007: Green Progress - A new material, nano flakes, may revolutionise the transformation of solar energy to electricity. If so, even ordinary households can benefit from solar electricity and save money in the future. If researcher Martin Aagesen[rsquo]s future solar cells meet the expectations, both your economy and the environment will benefit from the research. Less than 1 per cent of the world[rsquo]s electricity comes from the sun because it is difficult to transform solar energy to electricity. But Martin Aagesen[rsquo]s discovery may be a huge step towards boosting the exploitation of solar energy. - Environmental News Network

December 28 2007: WWF on climate change solutions - China Internet information Centre

December 28 2007: China opened its first air-sea interaction and climate change laboratory in Qingdao, Shandong Province, to closely observe climate change on the sea and to provide scientific solutions. - China Internet information Centre

December 28 2007: Snow Snarls Travel for Holiday Weekend - ABC News

December 28 2007: Exclusive: Buried Alive in Avalanche - ABC News

December 27 2007: US Midwest digs out of storm which killed 11 - Terra Daily

December 27 2007: Washington (AFP) Dec 24, 2007 - Power was back on for most of the greater Chicago area Monday after a heavy snow storm blew through the region grounding flights for Christmas holiday travellers and leaving 11 dead in road accidents, according to reports. But new warnings were out for areas along the shores of the eastern Great Lakes region in both the United States and Canada as the winter storms were expected to dump load ... - Terra Daily

December 27 2007: New Orleans (UPI) Dec 24, 2007 - Many of the hundreds of acres of swampland destroyed by Hurricane Katrina will take decades to recover, and some may never be the same. In the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area south of U.S. 90, the hurricane passed through swampland, destroying vegetation and carving out a 200-acre depression that now, filled with water, has unofficially been dubbed Lake Katrina, the New Orleans Tim ... - Terra Daily

December 27 2007: Mexico City (AFP) Dec 23, 2007 - President Felipe Calderon on Sunday said Mexico in 2007 planted nearly 250 million trees, one fourth of the world total the UN Environment Program (UNEP) had set to combat climate change. "We're reaching the goal we set for ourselves that seemed so difficult to reach, of planting 250 million trees in Mexico," Calderon told reporters as he planted a pine tree in the grounds of his official Lo ... - Terra Daily

December 27 2007: Graft, fighting hinders Sri Lanka's tsunami recovery - Terra Daily

December 27 2007: Galle, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 25, 2007 - Graft and renewed fighting has blocked relief to Sri Lanka's tsunami survivors with less than a fifth of money pledged properly accounted for three years later, according to watchdogs. Sri Lanka's government claims success in rebuilding homes destroyed by the disaster, but international agencies say big problems remain. Huge amounts of foreign cash that poured in did not reach its intended d ... - Terra Daily

December 27 2007: Asia remembers tsunami victims three years on - Terra Daily

December 27 2007: Survivor victim fuels spat with host - Survivor: China victim and self-proclaimed virgin Erik Huffman has fuelled a spat with Jeff Probst after the show's long-running host labelled him a "lousy player". - Stuff

December 27 2007: Calm after the storm - Sydney Morning Herald

December 27 2007: 28 December 2007 11:07am | BayCity - BayCity Communications says that the recent earthquake in Gisborne demonstrates that satellite communications will be a vital component in re-establishing communication links in areas isolated by natural disaster such as earthquake, flooding or tsunami. - Scoop

December 27 2007: Scientist On Quest For Disappearing Eel - Environmental scientists will be trying to determine whether American eels -- the slimy, snake-like fish considered worldwide to be a food delicacy -- are dying from chemical pollution in Lake Ontario. Declared a ... > - Science Daily

December 27 2007: Evolution Of Crop Grasses Linked To Greenhouse Gases - Science Daily

December 27 2007: December 27, 2007 - - Evolutionary biologists provide strong evidence that changes in global carbon dioxide levels probably had an important influence on the emergence of a specific group of plants, termed C4 grasses. ... > - Science Daily

December 27 2007: NASA Delays Mars Launch Two Years - The route to the moon and perhaps to Mars now goes through New Orleans -- and the detour could not come at a better time in the struggle to rebuild its economy after Hurricane Katrina. - Sci-Tech Today

December 27 2007: EPA Denies Greenhouse Gas Waiver - Sci-Tech Today

December 27 2007: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:03 PM ET - By Jeff Mason BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union nations must step up efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions if the bloc is to meet its - Reuters

December 27 2007: Let's be fair about climate targets - The only way to allocate the right to emit carbon is where each person, whether from China or Australia, has equal value. - On Line Opinion

December 27 2007: EPA Is to Reveal Greenhouse Gas Papers - Newsday (AP update)

December 27 2007: Climate Change Gives Rise to New World Order - The terror of destruction by nuclear missiles ready to be launched at the touch of a button has given way to the disturbing possibility of global warming going past the point of no return, and this is turning traditional international coalitions and geopolitical concepts upside down. - OneWorld

December 27 2007: Strong earthquake strikes Alaska - Hindustan Times

December 27 2007: Climate change - Guardian Unlimited

December 27 2007: Snow cover - Guardian Unlimited

December 27 2007: 2007 was year of chaos for wildlife - Climate change has wreaked havoc on UK wildlife and will cause further disruption, says National Trust - Guardian Unlimited

December 27 2007: Study maps life in extreme environments - A team of biologists have developed a model mapping the control circuit governing a whole free living organism. This is an important milestone for the new field of systems biology and will allow the researchers to model how the organism adapts over time in response to its environment. - EurekAlert!

December 27 2007: Air Force Switches on Largest Solar Power Plant - Environmental News Service

December 27 2007: Restoration project aims to curb desertification - China Internet information Centre

December 27 2007: More United Flights Scrapped Amid Snow - CBS

December 27 2007: Fukuda to make pitch on energy, environment to Chinese leaders - The Japan Times

December 27 2007: Housewives are more ecologically aware and recycle more than university students - Research carried out at the University of Granada reveals that housewives are more willing to separate glass from other garbage than students. According to this work, a high awareness of the environment does not necessarily entail the practice of ecologically responsible behavior. Research was carried out from a sample of 525 university students and 154 housewives. - EurekAlert!

December 27 2007: Delays, delays - The tsunami victims still homeless three years on - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 27 2007: Drought and floods - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 27 2007: Red rocks and snow at Bryce Canyon - CNN

December 27 2007: Deep-Ocean Drilling Researchers Target Earthquake and Tsunami Zone - Environmental News Network

December 27 2007: Unmanned Seaplane Takes Off - Inspired by its namesake, the Flying Fish aircraft will monitor the ocean environment. - Discovery Online

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December 27 2007: Poyang Lake hit by severe droughts since summer - China Internet information Centre

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December 27 2007: Tsunami victims remembered - CNN (Asia)

December 27 2007: December 28, 2007 09:19:00 - The Environment Protection Authority says Melbourne's Yarra River is generally safe despite its own figures showing high levels of bacteria. - ABC News Online

December 26 2007: Monsoon season brings deadly landslides to Indonesia - VietnamNews.Net

December 26 2007: After the Tsunami, Traffic Jams Again - CNN

December 26 2007: Cyclone forming off coast - BRISBANE'S parched dams could finally be in for a big drink, with forecasters last night predicting a "high" chance of a cyclone developing off the coast. - The Mercury

December 26 2007: Tsunami aid 'spent on politics' - The Australian

December 26 2007: Ean Higgins - AUSTRALIAN aid groups are under attack for spending much of the money donated for the 2004 tsunami on social and political engineering. - The Australian

December 26 2007: INDONESIA MARKS THREE YEARS SINCE TSUNAMI - Stuff

December 26 2007: Demonstrating The Influence Of The Microenvironment In The Process Of Metastasis - Science Daily

December 26 2007: A new study adds to evidence that the fault responsible for the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, is not as unusually weak as had been thought. In general, a ... > - Science Daily

December 26 2007: December 26, 2007 - - A new study adds to evidence that the fault responsible for the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, is not as unusually weak as had been thought. In general, a ... > - Science Daily

December 26 2007: NASA will wait two years longer than planned and spend another $40 million to launch a half-billion-dollar probe to Mars because of an unspecified conflict of interest in the purchasing process. - While great nations fretted over coal, oil and global warming, one of the smallest at the U.N. climate conference was looking toward the heavens for its energy. - Sci-Tech Today

December 26 2007: EPA Denies Greenhouse Gas Waiver - Sci-Tech Today

December 26 2007: Asia Marks Anniversary of Deadly Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)

December 26 2007: Strangers Flood Storm Victim With Gifts - Newsday (AP update)

December 26 2007: Environment may affect testicular cancer - Science Daily

December 26 2007: Three years after tsunami... - Hindustan Times

December 26 2007: Wilder parks can tame climate change threat - Huge tracts of Britain's landscape should be reclaimed from farming and go back to nature to lock up carbon dioxide and counter global warming, says a government ecology expert. - OneWorld

December 26 2007: NEW YORK, New York, December 24, 2007 (ENS) - The United Nations Childrens' Fund counts its blessings in numbers in a new three year report on recovery from the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people on December 26, 2004. But UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman says that in Sri Lanka and Somalia a resurgence of violence in the past year has created much suffering. - Environmental News Service

December 26 2007: Drought may aid water-free urinal push - Earth Times

December 26 2007: 2004: Asian tsunami kills thousands - Massive earthquake triggers sea surges - BBC

December 26 2007: The tsunami victims still homeless three years on - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 26 2007: Indonesia landslides bury dozens - Dozens are killed or missing in Indonesian landslides on the third anniversary of the Asian tsunami. - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 26 2007: Tsunami marked three years on - BBC

December 26 2007: Indonesia climate change lessons - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 26 2007: Carbon Christmas - The experts calculating our carbon footprint - in Christmas puddings - BBC

December 26 2007: 3 Years On, Nations Remember Tsunami - Washington Times

December 26 2007: Climatic Chain Reaction Caused Runaway Greenhouse Effect 55 Million Years Ago - Environmental News Network

December 26 2007: For Climate Change Mitigation, Don[rsquo]t Forget the Peatlands - Environmental News Network

December 26 2007: How the Oceans Once Ended Global Warming - Discovery Online

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December 26 2007: Animals starving because of a lack of funds - Animals at the Three Gorges Forest Wild Animal World in Hubei Province, which has been in the spotlight since one of its Siberian tigers was found beheaded and skinned, are on the verge of starvation because of a lack of funds. - China Internet information Centre

December 26 2007: New submarine station to help forecast disasters - An underwater observation station to help forecast natural disasters will be built in Hangzhou Bay near the estuary of the Yangtze River, officials said yesterday. The station is expected to be the starting point for the establishment of a nationwide integrated ocean observation network. - China Internet information Centre

December 26 2007: Flooding in Sri Lanka - CNN (Asia)

December 26 2007: Victims of the forgotten 'tsunami' - CNN (Asia)

December 26 2007: Top 2007 Science Stories: Feathered Dino, Global Warming - ABC News

December 25 2007: Shades of tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka - VietnamNews.Net

December 25 2007: Tsunami appeal still giving three years on - Stuff

December 25 2007: NASA will wait two years longer than planned and spend another $40 million to launch a half-billion-dollar probe to Mars because of an unspecified conflict of interest in the purchasing process. - While great nations fretted over coal, oil and global warming, one of the smallest at the U.N. climate conference was looking toward the heavens for its energy. - Sci-Tech Today

December 25 2007: EPA Denies Greenhouse Gas Waiver - Sci-Tech Today

December 25 2007: World powerless to stop Darfur's killing and carnage - Diplomatic wrangling dashed hopes for an end to the killing and rape in Darfur this year and a new United Nations-backed peacekeeping mission scheduled to start on January 1 faces an uphill struggle. The combined effects of war and famine have killed at least 200 000 people with more than two million displaced. - Mail & Guardian Online

December 25 2007: Bryan Adams stars in tsunami concert - Hindustan Times

December 25 2007: Salt goes black, blame it on pollution - Hindustan Times

December 25 2007: Three years on, tsunami memories linger - Hindustan Times

December 25 2007: On Third Anniversary of Indian Ocean Tsunami, UNICEF Reports - Environmental News Service

December 25 2007: New York, December 24, 2007 (ENS) - The United Nations Childrens' Fund counts its blessings in numbers in a new three year report on recovery from the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people on December 26, 2004. But UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman says that in Sri Lanka and Somalia a resurgence of violence in the past year has created much suffering. - Environmental News Service

December 25 2007: Schwarzenegger Versus Bush In Californian Battle Of Gas-Guzzlers - The Bush administration has refused to allow California and 16 other states to go ahead with new regulations curbing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicle exhaust pipes. - OneWorld

December 25 2007: Snow storms in US claim 22 lives - BBC

December 25 2007: Archbishop warns over environment - BBC

December 25 2007: Special delivery - The dangers and the data from 50 years on an Alaskan glacier - BBC

December 25 2007: McCall melt links the Arctic eras - Fifty years of study on Alaska's McCall glacier have provided scientists with a timeline of local climatic change. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

December 25 2007: Flooding in Sri Lanka - CNN

December 25 2007: Victims of the forgotten 'tsunami' - CNN

December 25 2007: Report: Safety and Security Risks Undercut Nuclear Power's Role in Minimizing Global Warming - Environmental News Network

December 25 2007: More than 30,000 gulls have flown to Kunming, Yunnan Province, this winter to take advantage of the improving environment and people's increasing awareness of the need to take care of the birds. - China Internet information Centre

December 25 2007: CAS to build permanent glacier observation station - The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) planns to build a standing observation station to monitor melting of its longest glacier range at the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. - China Internet information Centre

December 25 2007: Resource-exhausted cities to be rehabilitated - China's cities, exhausted of their resources, will be on the track to sustainable development by 2015. A new guideline issued by the State Council has set up a timetable to rehabilitate problem-plagued cities that call for solutions to fix major issues by 2010. - China Internet information Centre

December 25 2007: Baby penguin born in Snow Cty of NE China - China Internet information Centre

December 25 2007: Clinton YouTubes Message to Troops - ABC News' Kate Snow Reports: While Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is officially "down" today and tomorrow, spending the holidays with her family in Chappaqua, New York, the Democratic presidential... - ABC News

December 25 2007: Farmers Warned Against Replanting - GOVERNMENT has warned farmers in flood prone areas against replanting as more rains were expected to fall causing more flooding. - All Africa News

December 25 2007: More Firms, NGOs Aid Flood Victims - More companies and non-governmental organisations continue to donate relief aid for distribution to flood victims in Muzarabani. - All Africa News

December 24 2007: Climatic Chain Reaction Caused Runaway Greenhouse Effect 55 Million Years Ago - There are new findings regarding a phase of rapid global greenhouse warming that took place 55 million years ago. This period of climate change is regarded as the best fossil analogue to current and future greenhouse warming. - OneWorld

December 24 2007: Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From The Ocean Floor - Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is emitted in great quantities as bubbles from seeps on the ocean floor near Santa Barbara. About half of these bubbles dissolve into the ocean, but the fate of this ... > - Science Daily

December 24 2007: NASA will wait two years longer than planned and spend another $40 million to launch a half-billion-dollar probe to Mars because of an unspecified conflict of interest in the purchasing process. - While great nations fretted over coal, oil and global warming, one of the smallest at the U.N. climate conference was looking toward the heavens for its energy. - Sci-Tech Today

December 24 2007: EPA Denies Greenhouse Gas Waiver - Sci-Tech Today

December 24 2007: generateDate('Dec 24, 2007 17:56 -0500', '5:56 PM'); - Despite slow progress in rebuilding some neighborhoods, New Orleans' population is nearing 300,000, or about 65 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina size, according to a new report. - Newsday (AP update)

December 24 2007: Floods leave trail of destruction in Zimbabwe - Mail & Guardian Online

December 24 2007: SRI LANKA: - Post-tsunami recovery a success for most but not all - IRIN

December 24 2007: Mixed fortunes at Sri Lanka post-tsunami housing project - SIRIBOPURA - There is no lack of ceremonial plaques at Siribopura, Sri Lanka’s largest tsunami housing site, 240km south of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. - IRIN

December 24 2007: Frustration as tsunami reconstruction winds down - IRIN

December 24 2007: Disaster reduction and the human cost of disaster - IRIN

December 24 2007: Archbishop in environment plea -PA - Guardian Unlimited

December 24 2007: Online orders flood postal service - Guardian Unlimited

December 24 2007: American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Dec. 19, 2007 - The American Chemical Society News Service Weekly PressPac contains reports from 36 major peer-reviewed journals on chemistry, health, medicine, energy, environment, food, nanotechnology and other hot topics. - EurekAlert!

December 24 2007: NEW YORK, New York, December 24, 2007 (ENS) - World Council of Churches General Secretary Dr. Samuel Kobia is calling concerns about climate change "a matter of faith" and says the Christian faith community must be at the vanguard of the response to global warming. Across the United States, religious leaders working to curb climate change include Rev. Sally Bingham, whose title is "environmental minister" at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. - Environmental News Service

December 24 2007: A powerful Congressional committee has launched an investigation into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's denial of California's request to impose limits on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and other tailpipe toxics. It is the first time a waiver request has been denied under the federal Clean Air Act. California and other states seeking to overturn the denial will sue the federal government. - Environmental News Service

December 24 2007: UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News - December 24, 2007 - Businessman lets Santa borrow phone number SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 24 -- A Santa Barbara, Calif., man hired volunteers to serve as Santa's helpers when a flood of wrong-numbers seeking the man in red poured into his business line. John Dickson r... - Earth Times

December 24 2007: Intrepid golfers try to revive a course destroyed in the Indonesian tsunami - Christian Science Monitor

December 24 2007: Storm's Aftermath Remains Concern - CBS

December 24 2007: Walrus Latest To Be Threatened By Warming - CBS

December 24 2007: Bad Timing For Winter Storms (1:47) - CBS

December 24 2007: Business Collaboration Services - The European Union is bracing for the expiry of import quotas on Chinese textiles at the end of the year amid fears of a new wave of T-shirts and trousers bearing "Made in China" labels flooding in. - VietnamNews.Net

December 24 2007: SRI LANKA: Post-tsunami recovery a success for most but not all - IRIN

December 24 2007: Malaria train - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)

December 24 2007: Snow storms in US claim 14 lives - BBC

December 24 2007: Monday, December 24, 2007 3:47 AM ET - We asked Knox Massey, managing director of the Atlanta Technology Angels, about the environment for start-up funding. Founded in 1998, ATA now has some 60... - Reuters

December 24 2007: Pole to pole with dog, foot and wind power - CNN

December 24 2007: U.S. snowstorm death toll rises - CNN

December 24 2007: Major study concludes that global warming is killing off coral - Environmental News Network

December 24 2007: Ice sculptures showcased in Ice City - People walk on an ice bridge at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Dec 23. It's the ninth year the city showcases ice sculptures in winter, which sets "Ice World, Olympic Dream" as the theme this year. - China Internet information Centre

December 24 2007: ABC News' Kate Snow Reports: While Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is officially "down" today and tomorrow, spending the holidays with her family in Chappaqua, New York, the Democratic presidential... - ABC News

December 24 2007: Further Flooding On Zambezi Likely - Torrential rains in central Mozambique and in neighbouring countries are threatening further serious flooding on the Zambezi river. - All Africa News

December 24 2007: Top Story: - At Least 19 Killed in Weekend Blast of Ice and Snow - ABC News

December 24 2007: Midwest Braves Christmas Storm - ABC News

December 24 2007: Coonamble residents urged to be wary of flooding threat - ABC News Online

December 24 2007: December 24, 2007 12:25:00 - The State Emergency Service (SES) says the flood peak moving towards Coonamble in north-west New South Wales is slower than expected and will not reach the area until tonight. - ABC News Online

December 23 2007: Sri Lanka at the weekend revived an ancient ritual of offering the first cinnamon harvest to the gods, three years after a devastating tsunami wiped out centuries-old plantations here. In a pageant involving traditional dancers and elephants, farmers resplendent in white walked three kilometres (two miles) in bright sunshine, carrying 90 kilos (41 pounds) of their precious virgin harvest to ... - Terra Daily

December 23 2007: Indonesia's tsunami reconstruction chief lauds progress - Terra Daily

December 23 2007: Jakarta (AFP) Dec 23, 2007 - When Kuntoro Mangkusubroto dashed in to lead reconstruction of Indonesia's Aceh in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, it was with little immediate help from his own government. Despite leading an organisation set up by presidential decree in May 2005, Mangkusubroto was forced to go cap in hand to Australia's aid agency for the money to fly his team out to the flattened provincial cap ... - Terra Daily

December 23 2007: German scientists finetune tsunami warning system - Terra Daily

December 23 2007: Berlin (AFP) Dec 23, 2007 - As the third anniversary of the Asian tsunami nears, German scientists say they are working hard to honour a promise made to Indonesia to create an Indian Ocean alert system to prevent a repeat of the 2004 tragedy. "The aim is to be able to send out an alert within 10 minutes of the earthquake that sets off the giant waves and to save lives," said Joern Lauterjung of Germany's national resea ... - Terra Daily

December 23 2007: Five dead in US snow storm: reports - Terra Daily

December 23 2007: Earthquake claims at $6m and counting - Stuff

December 23 2007: Aussie telcos brace for Xmas text flood - Stuff

December 23 2007: Tidings in tempest, storm and wind - Sydney Morning Herald

December 23 2007: Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From The Ocean Floor - Science Daily

December 23 2007: December 23, 2007 - - Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is emitted in great quantities as bubbles from seeps on the ocean floor near Santa Barbara. About half of these bubbles dissolve into the ocean, but the fate of this ... > - Science Daily

December 23 2007: EPA Denies Greenhouse Gas Waiver - Sci-Tech Today

December 23 2007: South African authorities have threatened to use police in door-to-door searches to compel 23 patients with highly infectious tuberculosis to return to the hospital. - The EPA slapped down California's bid for greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, denying a request for a waiver that would have allowed those restrictions to take effect. - Sci-Tech Today

December 23 2007: John Howard, environmentalist - The environment has emerged as an ideal in which seemingly well-educated people often search for the grand gesture. - On Line Opinion

December 23 2007: Community Forest Enterprises Lead The Way - Avoided deforestation has re-emerged as a tool to curb climate change. But how does paying poor countries to keep their forests intact tally with poverty reduction? (PDF document) - OneWorld

December 23 2007: ‘Everyone in Delhi runs the country’ - Delhi is a politically vibrant place. Everyone there runs the country. I grew up in that environment, says filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. - Hindustan Times

December 23 2007: Snow Sculpture Art Expo - Hindustan Times

December 23 2007: National parks must undergo a conservation revolution if they are to meet the challenges of climate change, says expert - Guardian Unlimited

December 23 2007: Energy Efficiency - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: December 18, 2007 - In an effort to add more renewable energy to its portfolio, PGE said it would buy wave energy from Finavera. Now Finavera is tasked with the hard part -- harnessing it. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: U.N. representatives to gather in Indonesia to discuss climate change for two weeks beginning Monday. Meantime, an informal Congressional committee reportedly nears an agreement on the U.S. energy bill. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: USC and UOP are partnering on a technology to turn carbon dioxide into methanol for fuel. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: Spinning Pollution into Liquid Gold - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: As the solar industry feels the heat of stock volatility, the oil giant lightens its renewable energy portfolio by selling its India and Sri Lanka solar businesses. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: FuelCell Energy has sold four power plants that will use transported methane for electricity. An analyst says more big orders are likely to come. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: Purfresh Raises $25M for Ozone Tech - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: Cleantech investors responded to Google's move into renewable energy with cheers. First to bask in the Google glow: solar-thermal technologies. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: New money for waste-to-energy technology, environmental pesticides, wind power and solar cells. Plus, DOE hits $1 billion in investment for biofuel research. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: Israel's SolarEdge grabs $11.8 million in VC funding, Standard Renewable Energy invests $1.2 million in Trulite shares, International Battery gets $25 million and Xcel Energy awards $23 million in renewable-energy grants. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: As the UN oversees talks on fighting climate change, individual countries are stepping up their own efforts in the battle. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: December 17, 2007 - After tensions flared, and Al Gore blamed the U.S. for "obstructing" progress at the U.N. climate-change conference, the world has created a negotiation road map for fighting climate change. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: Massachusetts and Pennsylvania were among the U.S. states adding incentives for renewable energy last week as the federal government passed on such offerings. - Greentech Media

December 23 2007: One girl's global helping hand - Lauren Prince was just a teenager when an ocean tsunami washed away many Asian villages in 2004. But she was determined to help. - Christian Science Monitor

December 23 2007: Three Gorges helps avoid 191m tons of greenhouse gas - China Internet information Centre

December 23 2007: Deadly Storm Sweeps Midwest - CBS

December 23 2007: Trichet to focus on eurozone inflation - Financial Times

December 23 2007: Football: Man U eclipse Everton - BBC (World)

December 23 2007: US snowstorm causes nine deaths - BBC

December 23 2007: December 23, 2007 10:10 AM - - Germany should look at European Union plans to force down carbon dioxide emissions from cars not as "punishment" but rather a chance to improve their competitive position, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said. Dimas urged German leaders on Sunday to rethink their opposition to the climate protection measure, telling the Welt am Sonntag newspaper the proposed EU legislation would actually secure German car industry jobs in the long term. - Environmental News Network

December 23 2007: Paul Schaefer, ENN - DES MOINES, Iowa - Sending a clear message to state officials and presidential candidates, nearly four out of five Iowans (79 percent) -- including 69 percent of Republicans, 86 percent of Democrats and 79 percent of Independents -- think that "Iowa should focus on increased (energy) conservation steps and more fuel efficiency to reduce demand for electricity before it constructs new coal-fired power plants," according to a major new Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) survey commissioned by Iowa Interfaith Power & Light, Iowa Farmers Union and Plains Justice. - Environmental News Network

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December 23 2007: Storm Knocks Out Power Across Midwest - ABC News

December 22 2007: Soft, green rock plays role in earthquakes: study - Terra Daily

December 22 2007: Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 - A dark green, unusually soft layer of rock known as serpentine, which coats tectonic plates, plays a key role in the emergence of powerful earthquakes, a US-French study said Thursday. Serpentine forms deep in the ocean, up to 200 kilometers below the surface, home to some of the world's deadliest earthquakes such as the massive 9.0-magnitude quake that triggered the devastating tsunami off ... - Terra Daily

December 22 2007: Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Dec 21, 2007 - Scientists at Northern Arizona University and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis have developed a model that uses circuit theory to predict gene flow across landscapes. Their approach could give managers a better way to identify the best spots for wildlife corridors, which are crucial to protecting biodiversity. "There are a lot of similarities between circuit theory ... - Terra Daily

December 22 2007: Global warming causing China's glaciers to melt quickly: survey - Terra Daily

December 22 2007: Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2007 - Global warming has caused some of China's glaciers -- a source for many of Asia's greatest rivers -- to have melted by more than 18 percent over the past five years, state media reported Friday. A survey of nearly 20,000 square kilometres (8,000 square miles) of China's glaciers showed they were on average 7.4 percent smaller than five years ago, Caijing magazine said, citing a government-fu ... - Terra Daily

December 22 2007: Paris, France (SPX) Dec 21, 2007 - The climatic event El Nino, literally "the Baby Jesus", was given its name because it generally occurs at Christmas time along the Peruvian coasts. This expression of climatic variability, also called El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), results from a series of interactions between the atmosphere and the tropical ocean. It induces drought in areas that normally receive abundant rain and, conver ... - Terra Daily

December 22 2007: Aftershocks continued to rattle the eastern New Zealand city of Gisborne Friday after a powerful 6.8 earthquake smashed buildings and left a gaping hole in a street. No major injuries were reported after Thursday night's quake, which was felt throughout much of New Zealand, although many people had been Christmas shopping in the city area when it struck. The centre of Gisborne was cordon ... - Terra Daily

December 22 2007: Snow avalanche kills 16 in Tajikistan - Stuff

December 22 2007: El Nino Affected By Global Warming - Science Daily

December 22 2007: December 22, 2007 - - Every year, 300,000 Americans die suddenly when, out of the blue, a "storm" of electrical activity arises within their heart muscle. A new paper sheds new light on the origins of this phenomenon, ... > - Science Daily

December 22 2007: EPA Denies Greenhouse Gas Waiver - Sci-Tech Today

December 22 2007: South African authorities have threatened to use police in door-to-door searches to compel 23 patients with highly infectious tuberculosis to return to the hospital. - The EPA slapped down California's bid for greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, denying a request for a waiver that would have allowed those restrictions to take effect. - Sci-Tech Today

December 22 2007: Caterer cooks up storm over infamous emails - New Zealand Herald

December 22 2007: 2007: The year in environment - New Scientist

December 22 2007: Major study concludes that global warming is killing off coral - EurekAlert!

December 22 2007: DAMAGES ... A staff member surveys the damage to a clothing store in Gisborne after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked much of New Zealand on Thursday night. - The Mercury

December 22 2007: Visitors walk past a giant snow sculpture of "Thinker" during the 20th International Snow Sculpture Art Expo. - Hindustan Times

December 22 2007: Snowstorm, Multi-Car Pileup Hit Plains -AP - Guardian Unlimited

December 22 2007: Multicar Pileup As Snowstorm Hits Plains -AP - Guardian Unlimited

December 22 2007: Festive spirits - Every year, 30,000 pilgrims converge on a Peruvian glacier for one of the strangest festivals on earth - Guardian Unlimited

December 22 2007: Ministers ordered to assess climate cost of all decisions - Government says new 'carbon price' will favour eco-friendly policy choices - Guardian Unlimited

December 22 2007: Iowans Want Energy Conservation Before New Coal Plants - Environmental News Service

December 22 2007: Global Warming Could Kill World's Coral Reefs in 50 Years - Environmental News Service

December 22 2007: ST. LUCIA, Queensland, Australia, December 21, 2007 (ENS) - Seventeen eminent marine scientists warn that world leaders face a race against time in preparing coral reefs, and the coastal communities dependent upon them for the "inevitable impact" of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. Their new study shows that levels of carbon dioxide could become unsustainable for coral reefs within 50 years. - Environmental News Service

December 22 2007: Berlin (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 - Incidents have occurred at two nuclear power plants in Germany, officials said on Thursday, six months after the sector was shaken by accusations that problems at plants had been covered up. A small leak was found Thursday in a pipe that forms part of the cooling system at a reactor at the Biblis nuclear power plant in Hesse that has been shut down for renovations, the environment ministry i ... - Terra Daily

December 22 2007: Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 - US President George W. Bush said Thursday that nuclear power represents the "best solution" to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and stressed he was serious about fighting climate change. Bush said he told Nobel peace laureate and former vice president Al Gore that he takes the issue of greenhouse emissions "seriously" and that his administration was "developing a strategy that will deal wi ... - Terra Daily

December 22 2007: More Bad News for Coal - Yet another proposed coal plant in the US has been cancelled due to concerns about carbon dioxide emissions. - OneWorld

December 22 2007: A U.K. Christmas - Dickens may have painted a London at Christmastime filled with snow, carolers and stingy misers, but Larry Miller says other traditions hold sway (and he's never seen snow there on Christmas Day). - CBS

December 22 2007: Asteroid may hit Mars in January - A newly found asteroid has a 1 in 75 chance of striking Mars on 30 January - if it does, it will gouge out a basin the size of Meteor Crater - New Scientist

December 22 2007: Hunt for Tajik avalanche victims - BBC (World)

December 22 2007: Papua hit by earthquake - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 22 2007: China, Japan sign final yen loan agreement - China and Japan signed the final Japanese Yen loan agreement on Friday which funds six environment projects in China's inland provinces. - China Internet information Centre

December 22 2007: Three Gorges helps avoid 191m tons of greenhouse gas - China Internet information Centre

December 22 2007: China's Three Gorges Project, the world's biggest hydroelectric plant, helped the country avoid emitting 191.3 million tons of carbon dioxide and 1.16 million tons of sulphur dioxide as at the end of last month, officials said in Shanghai Friday. - China Internet information Centre

December 22 2007: China addresses challenge of climate change - In 2007, the term "climate change", an awkward wording for many Chinese even just years ago, was highlighted in a package of government documents and came to influence the workings of officials and Chinese citizens. - China Internet information Centre

December 22 2007: Blizzard Closes Midwest Highways - ABC News

December 21 2007: White Christmas for Tassie? - PARTS of northern Tasmania could be in for a white Christmas with light snow expected to fall . - The Mercury

December 21 2007: More wild weather is on the way - HEAVY rain and winds swept across three states overnight as Australia's eastern seaboard battened down for further bursts of wild weather throughout the weekend including rain, flooding and even snow. - The Australian

December 21 2007: Green group slams Eiffel Tower 'snow trek' - Terra Daily

December 21 2007: Paris (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 - French environmentalists on Thursday slammed a decision to coat part of the Eiffel Tower with artificial snow for the festive season, saying it was a costly waste of water. The first of the iron tower's three floors, 57 metres (125 feet) above ground, has been clad in 20 to 30 centimetres (eight to 12 inches) of snow, with free rackets on hand for tourists to trek across the Paris monument. ... - Terra Daily

December 21 2007: El Nino Affected By Global Warming - Terra Daily

December 21 2007: Wellington (AFP) Dec 21, 2007 - Aftershocks continued to rattle the eastern New Zealand city of Gisborne Friday after a powerful 6.8 earthquake smashed buildings and left a gaping hole in a street. No major injuries were reported after Thursday night's quake, which was felt throughout much of New Zealand, although many people had been Christmas shopping in the city area when it struck. The centre of Gisborne was cordon ... - Terra Daily

December 21 2007: Climate change seen as serious threat - Swiss Info

December 21 2007: Scrum changes excite Cooper - The Hurricanes' coach says the Super 14's new scrum laws will provide the perfect platform for his loosies. - Stuff

December 21 2007: Socceroos the rainmaker as FFA breaks cash drought - Sydney Morning Herald

December 21 2007: Howard's lost opportunities on greenhouse - Sydney Morning Herald

December 21 2007: Mars Had A Sulfur Cycle, Instead Of Carbon Cycle? - Science Daily

December 21 2007: December 21, 2007 - - Tiny photosynthetic plankton less than a millionth of a millimeter in diameter numerically dominate marine phytoplankton. Their photosynthesis uses light to drive carbon dioxide uptake, fueling the ... > - Science Daily

December 21 2007: EPA Denies Greenhouse Gas Waiver - Sci-Tech Today

December 21 2007: South African authorities have threatened to use police in door-to-door searches to compel 23 patients with highly infectious tuberculosis to return to the hospital. - The EPA slapped down California's bid for greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, denying a request for a waiver that would have allowed those restrictions to take effect. - Sci-Tech Today

December 21 2007: Dec 21 (Reuters) - Japan's top government panel finalised a list of additional measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet its - Reuters

December 21 2007: Flood alert in Mozambique - Mail & Guardian Online

December 21 2007: Floods leave trail of destruction in Zimbabwe - At least nine people have drowned across Zimbabwe after several days of heavy rain caused flooding in many parts of the country, reports said on Friday. Most of the deaths have been in the low-lying districts of southern Masvingo province, where people have drowned in flooded rivers following heavy downpours. - Mail & Guardian Online

December 21 2007: Flood death toll rises - IRIN

December 21 2007: Hundreds orphaned by Cyclone Sidr - IRIN

December 21 2007: Hanging Together On Climate Change - "The 'global deal' to be negotiated would be better focused on how nations can work together to make a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy than on who should carry the biggest burden for reducing emissions," writes Tom Burke of E3G. (PDF 2-page document) - OneWorld

December 21 2007: Environment - - EurActiv

December 21 2007: WASHINGTON, DC, December 21, 2007 (ENS) - A powerful Congressional committee has launched an investigation into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's denial of California's request to impose limits on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and other tailpipe toxics. It is the first time a waiver request has been denied under the federal Clean Air Act. California and other states seeking to overturn the denial will sue the federal government. - Environmental News Service

December 21 2007: Bacteria Keep Undersea Methane Out of the Atmosphere - Environmental News Service

December 21 2007: Winter Forecast Shows Little Drought Relief for Southeast - Environmental News Service

December 21 2007: Bush says nuclear energy 'best' for greenhouse gases - Terra Daily

December 21 2007: Zero-carbon possible in non-domestic buildings - EDIE

December 21 2007: Kate Martin, Edie News - LONDON, Dec. 21, 2007 -- The majority of new non-domestic buildings can be zero-carbon if onsite, near-site and offsite renewable energy sources are used, a new report has found. - GreenBiz

December 21 2007: China launches rural pollution study - The Chinese government has pledged funds to carry out the country's first survey of pollution sources in rural areas, according to state media. - EDIE

December 21 2007: Ireland's renewable energy share continues to grow - EDIE

December 21 2007: Closing on Christmas Eve is 'good for environment' - It might sound like an excuse to get more time off work for Christmas, but closing the office on December 24 could be good for the environment. - EDIE

December 21 2007: Pitt: summer floods were wake-up call - EDIE

December 21 2007: Irish politicians back call for action on climate change - EDIE

December 21 2007: Letters to the Editor - Readers write about abstract art, the politics of global warming, bikes and oil prices, and cutting back on water usage. - Christian Science Monitor

December 21 2007: All Commercial Buildings Can Be Carbon Neutral, U.K. Report Finds - GreenBiz

December 21 2007: MOZAMBIQUE-ZIMBABWE: Flood death toll rises - IRIN

December 21 2007: BANGLADESH: Hundreds orphaned by Cyclone Sidr - IRIN

December 21 2007: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:16 PM ET - By Risa Maeda and Chisa Fujioka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will be able to cut as much greenhouse gas emissions as it promised under the - Reuters

December 21 2007: Asteroid may hit Mars in January - A newly found asteroid has a 1 in 75 chance of striking Mars on 30 January - if it does, it will gouge out a basin the size of Arizona's Meteor Crater - New Scientist

December 21 2007: Greenhouse clue to water on Mars - BBC

December 21 2007: Gene legacy - The impact of environment echoes down the generations - BBC (Sci/Tech)

December 21 2007: Climate Change Affects Top Predators in Ocean Ecosystems - Environmental News Network

December 21 2007: Federal Protection Sought for Bering Sea Ice Seal Threatened by Global Warming - Environmental News Network

December 21 2007: Florida Makes The Grade, Adopts Top of the Class Policies to Bring More Solar Power to the Sunshine State - Environmental News Network

December 21 2007: Greenpeace China: What is about the Bali Roadmap - The two week UN Climate Change Conference in Bali that forged a schedule ended on December 15. On December 19 Yang Ailun, a member and project director with Greenpeace China shared with China.org.cn her experiences and impressions concerning the meeting. - China Internet information Centre

December 21 2007: Worst dry spell in decades nationwide - China is no stranger to drought, having experienced severe water shortages hundreds of times during the past two millennia. Despite the country's long experience with drought, however, it is ill-prepared to cope with the current dry spell, one of the worst in decades. - China Internet information Centre

December 21 2007: Better understanding of forestry industry called - China needs to get a better understanding of the forestry industry to improve the ecological environment, Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said at the opening ceremony of the China International Forestry Expo in Beijing on Thursday. - China Internet information Centre

December 21 2007: Flood Death Toll Rises - All Africa News

December 21 2007: UN sees no climate change solution without US - Reuters

December 21 2007: Archbishop highlights climate change in Christmas message - ABC News Online

December 21 2007: December 22, 2007 09:15:00 - Sydney's Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen has used his annual Christmas message to address issues including climate change and child abuse in Indigenous communities. - ABC News Online

December 21 2007: Environment minister defends Recherche Bay decision - ABC News Online

December 21 2007: December 21, 2007 15:32:00 - Tasmania's Environment Minister, Paula Wreidt says she stands by the decision to protect forests at Recherche Bay in Tasmania's far south. - ABC News Online

December 21 2007: South Australian Senator Penny Wong has met with Riverland irrigators for the first time since her appointment as Minister for Water and Climate Change. - ABC News Online

December 21 2007: European Union (EU) countries have agreed to introduce pollution limits for airlines as part of efforts to tackle climate change. - ABC News Online

December 21 2007: EU to introduce airline pollution limits - ABC News Online

December 21 2007: December 21, 2007 12:26:00 - European Union (EU) countries have agreed to introduce pollution limits for airlines as part of efforts to tackle climate change. - ABC News Online

December 20 2007: Unicef Reports on Tsunami Efforts - Three years after the Indian Ocean Tsunami killed more than 200,000 people and devastated towns and communities, the UN Children's Fund has released a report highlighting progress made for children since the catastrophe. - OneWorld

December 20 2007: More wild weather due today - VICTORIA can expect a further downpour of rain today as the clean-up continues from wild storms that battered parts of the state yesterday. - The Mercury

December 20 2007: Scuffles over post-hurricane housing - POLICE in New Orleans used pepper spray and stun guns on a crowd who gathered overnight to protest over the demolition of 4500 public housing units damaged in during Hurricane Katrina. - The Australian

December 20 2007: NZ rocked by major quake - AFTER-SHOCKS continue to shake the Gisborne area on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake flattened buildings in the centre of the town last night. - The Australian

December 20 2007: Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Dec 20, 2007 - Scientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, University of Utah geologists are calling renewed attention to the idea that ground movements formed mountains and valleys, creating environments that favored the emergence of humanity. "Tectonics [movement of Earth's crust] was ultimately responsible for the evolution of humankind, ... - Terra Daily

December 20 2007: Elevated Carbon Dioxide Changes Soil Microbe Mix Below Plants - Terra Daily

December 20 2007: Upton NY (SPX) Dec 20, 2007 - A detailed analysis of soil samples taken from a forest ecosystem with artificially elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) reveals distinct changes in the mix of microorganisms living in the soil below trembling aspen. These changes could increase the availability of essential soil nutrients, thereby supporting increased plant growth and the plants' ability to "lock up," or sequeste ... - Terra Daily

December 20 2007: Editorial: Investors enter a landscape prone to earthquakes - Sydney Morning Herald

December 20 2007: Flexibility the key to a better work environment - Sydney Morning Herald

December 20 2007: Elevated Carbon Dioxide Changes Soil Microbe Mix Below Plants, May Help Plants Grow - Science Daily

December 20 2007: December 20, 2007 - - A detailed analysis of soil samples taken from a forest ecosystem with artificially elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide reveals distinct changes in the mix of microorganisms living in the ... > - Science Daily

December 20 2007: December 20, 2007 - - Bypassing decades-old conventions in making computer chips, engineers developed a novel way to replace silicon with carbon on large surfaces, clearing the way for new generations of faster, more ... > - Science Daily

December 20 2007: Detecting pollution, like catching criminals, requires evidence and witnesses; but on the scale of countries, continents and oceans, having enough detectors is easier said than done. A team of air ... > - Science Daily

December 20 2007: December 19, 2007 - - Detecting pollution, like catching criminals, requires evidence and witnesses; but on the scale of countries, continents and oceans, having enough detectors is easier said than done. A team of air ... > - Science Daily

December 20 2007: Wind Turbines Produce 'Green' Energy And Airflow Mysteries - Science Daily

December 20 2007: December 20, 2007 - - Using smoke, laser light, model airplane propellers and a campus wind tunnel, researchers are trying to solve the airflow mysteries that surround wind turbines, an increasingly popular source of ... > - Science Daily

December 20 2007: EPA Denies Greenhouse Gas Waiver - Sci-Tech Today

December 20 2007: Storm Is Brewing Over Climate Report - Sci-Tech Today

December 20 2007: South African authorities have threatened to use police in door-to-door searches to compel 23 patients with highly infectious tuberculosis to return to the hospital. - The EPA slapped down California's bid for greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, denying a request for a waiver that would have allowed those restrictions to take effect. - Sci-Tech Today

December 20 2007: Seeing wood, trees and forests - Let's clarify the role of forests and forestry in climate change and the difference between it and deforestation. - On Line Opinion

December 20 2007: Image: After the tsunami: Sri Lankan house and tents (C) Peter Armstrong - OneWorld

December 20 2007: Image: Walden Bello: Climate change is "a global emergency for which issues such as trade, justice, equity and democracy have to be factored in" (C) - OneWorld

December 20 2007: Uganda Famine Warning - Parts of northern Uganda face imminent famine, threatening the lives of over 1.5 million people, according to - OneWorld

December 20 2007: DAMAGES ... A staff member surveys the damage to a clothing store in Gisborne after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked much of New Zealand last night. - The Mercury

December 20 2007: NGOs Regroup Around Climate Change After Bali - OneWorld

December 20 2007: Scientists find good news about methane bubbling up from the ocean floor - Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is emitted in great quantities as bubbles from seeps on the ocean floor near Santa Barbara. About half of these bubbles dissolve into the ocean, but the fate of this dissolved methane remains uncertain. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that only one percent of this dissolved methane escapes into the air -- good news for the Earth's atmosphere. - EurekAlert!

December 20 2007: Bush signs US climate change bill - Guardian Unlimited

December 20 2007: Airlines face EU pollution limits - Guardian Unlimited

December 20 2007: Model connects circuit theory to wildlife corridors - Scientists at Northern Arizona University and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis have developed a model that us