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Global deal on climate change in 2010 ‘all but impossible’

• Global deal at next summit in Mexico impossible, says Prescott• ‘Disarray’ cited over UN organisation assessing pledgesA global deal to tackle climate change is all but impossible in 2010, leaving the scale and pace of action to slow global warming in coming decades uncertain, according to senior figures across the world involved in the [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Global warming: Undeniable evidence

The unwillingness of scientists at the University of East Anglia to release climate data to people who choose not to believe in climate change was a mistake. Science advances through openness, through the ability of others to replicate the same findings or demonstrate error in discovery and interpretation. Reluctance to disclose – revealed last week [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |
 

Pentagon to rank global warming as destabilising force

US defence review says military planners should factor climate change into long-term strategyThe Pentagon will for the first time rank global warming as a destabilising force, adding fuel to conflict and putting US troops at risk around the world, in a major strategy review to be presented to Congress tomorrow. The quadrennial defence review, prepared [...]

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Miliband declares war on climate change sceptics

Climate secretary Ed Miliband warns against listening to ’siren voices’, in an interview with the ObserverThe climate secretary, Ed Miliband, last night warned of the danger of a public backlash against the science of global warming in the face of continuing claims that experts have manipulated data.In an exclusive interview with the Observer, Miliband spoke [...]

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |
 

Osama bin Laden lends unwelcome support

Drudge, Fox News and other right-wing media seize on al-Qaida leader’s taped comments reportedly sent to al-JazeeraClimate science is under assault, progress towards a treaty to end global warming is shuddering to a halt, and Barack Obama is struggling to press on with his clean energy agenda.This was the last conversion to the environmental cause [...]

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Water vapour caused one-third of global warming in 1990s, study reveals

Experts say their research does not undermine the scientific consensus on man-made climate change, but call for ‘closer examination’ of the way computer models consider water vapourScientists have underestimated the role that water vapour plays in determining global temperature changes, according to a new study that could fuel further attacks on the science of climate [...]

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |
 

U.S. embraces Copenhagen pact, Senators rework bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama Administration formally embraced the Copenhagen Accord on global warming on Thursday, a day after the president urged a fractious U.S. Congress to get to work on comprehensive legislation to stem the nation’s emissions….

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Global Warming Bringing More Oddball Winter Weather

Peculiar Winter Weather Includes More Heavy Snowfalls, Disruptions to Local Economies – Map of Recent Oddball Weather Events Reflects Trends of What’s Expected in Years Ahead
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Global warming is having…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Oslo reiterates pledge of at least 30 pct CO2 cut

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway reaffirmed on Thursday a unilateral pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30 percent by 2020 as part of international efforts to combat global warming.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Climate change options for Congress in 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Wednesday, he is expected to promote alternative energy as a way of tackling global warming problems and creating more domestic jobs.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |