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19.07.2012 'ClimateGate': Case closed?
Will we ever know who hacked the "ClimateGate" files, and why?
Views: 266
 
17.07.2012 DECC delays announcement on renewable subsidies
The UK government has come under fire for delaying an announcement on subsidy levels for renewable energy projects.
Views: 166
 
14.07.2012 Coal Action Scotland temporarily halts work at Mainshill mine site
Climate change activists put a temporary stop to work at an open cast mine in South Lanarkshire.
Views: 173
 
11.07.2012 South Africa to host climate meeting
South Africa will host the 11th BASIC ministerial climate change meeting in Johannesburg on Thursday and Friday, featuring ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China.
Views: 204
 
09.07.2012 US official: Higher ocean acidity is climate change’s ‘evil twin,’ major threat to coral reefs
Oceans’ rising acid levels have emerged as one of the biggest threats to coral reefs, acting as the “osteoporosis of the sea” and threatening everything from food security to tourism to livelihoods, the head of a U.S. scientific agency said Monday.
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09.07.2012 Trade war: Cabinet to consider steps against EU carbon tax
The trade battle with the European Union over the latter's unilateral decision to impose carbon tax on Indian airlines flying into or via the EU could turn into a full scale war with the Cabinet to soon consider a proposal for counter-measures against EU including reducing the number of flights and breaking existing bilateral agreements.
Views: 166
 
09.07.2012 Germany Sees ‘Intensive’ EU Carbon Talks in September, October
Germany plans talks with other European Union countries about the bloc’s long-term climate goals and expects “intensive” discussions on the EU carbon-cut pathway in autumn, Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said.
Views: 259
 
06.07.2012 Financial sector urged to be more attentive to environmental issues
Financial institutions are now forced to sit up and pay attention to how their activities affect the environment, said Credit Guarantee Corp Malaysia Bhd (CGC) managing director Datuk Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad.
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06.07.2012 SA objects to having to join EU carbon scheme
SA WOULD not be dictated to by countries that have "already developed over many, many, many years", Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said yesterday as the country joined growing international opposition to European Union (EU) plans to compel airlines to join its carbon-trading system.
Views: 188
 
06.07.2012 Researches find threat from biodiversity loss equals climate change threat
The accelerating loss of plant and animal species around the planet is becoming as great a threat to global health and prosperity as climate change, concludes a newly published review of hundreds of research studies.
Views: 186
 
05.07.2012 Controversy erupts over carbon floor price
The federal government is struggling to find a way to implement a $15 minimum carbon price when emissions trading starts in 2015 and is negotiating with the Greens to re­design the complex scheme.
Views: 203
 
05.07.2012 Climate Change Causes Leaves to Shrink
Scientists from the University of Adelaide have discovered that climate change is causing some leaves to shrink in Australia. They discovered this while analysing some herbarium specimens of Narrow-leaf Hopbush from the 1880's and compared them with today's Narrow-leaf Hopbush leaves.
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05.07.2012 Guyana calls for regional unity on climate change
Guyana has called on the Caribbean to continue to leverage “our extreme exposure to climate change” as it seeks to forge and advocate a common position on the matter. President Donald Ramotar, addressing the ceremonial opening of the 33rd Caribbean Community (Caricom) summit yesterday said that of all the vulnerabilities facing the region, none poses a more direct threat to the region’s existence than climate change.
Views: 199
 
04.07.2012 U.K. Climate Expert Warns Korea Over Excess Permit Allocation
South Korea should avoid giving away too many carbon permits as it starts a cap-and-trade system to cut greenhouse gases, a U.K. climate diplomat said.
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04.07.2012 CO2 emissions will impact climate for centuries to come, Carnegie Institution for Science report predicts
Carbon dioxide emitted today could have impacts on the climate for centuries to come, according to a new report.
Views: 162
 
04.07.2012 Climate Live: Climate change damage to be felt for centuries, Greenpeace launch new Arctic film and can Higgs Boson give hope to climate scientists?
China has declared the Three Gorges Dam project complete. The $50bn project was started in 1994. It generates huge amounts of clean electricity but attracted criticism for displacing 1.3 million people.
Views: 231
 
03.07.2012 Global warming no longer Americans’ top environmental concern, poll finds
Climate change no longer ranks first on the list of what Americans see as the world’s biggest environmental problem, according to a new Washington Post-Stanford University poll.
Views: 206
 
03.07.2012 Sharp rise in sea levels to Australia's north: report
Leading Australian scientists have firmed their view on the rate of sea-level rise, in the latest snapshot of this climate change problem.
Views: 172
 
03.07.2012 This US summer is 'what global warming looks like'
If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks.
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02.07.2012 New Zealand extends carbon trade rules until 2015
New Zealand's government said on Monday it would continue allowing carbon emitters to offset just half of their emissions until at least 2015 to avoid putting New Zealand firms under more financial pressure as the economy struggles to improve.
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