Environment
Climate change blamed for Australia’s worst bushfire
09 Feb 2009
As Australia records its worst ever bushfire in its history, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told reporters that “Hell in all its fury has visited the good people of Victoria in the last 24 hours and many good people now lie dead.”
GE promotes solar panels at Super Bowl
03 Feb 2009
World running out of time on climate change: Al Gore at Davos
31 Jan 2009
Nobel Laureate and former US vice president, Al Gore told the WEF session on climate change in Davos yesterday that the world is running out of time and must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis.
Europe allocates a third of economic recovery package for environment
30 Jan 2009
For the carbon capture and storage (CCS) programme, the Commission said it wold develop a technology to "achieve sustainable power generation from fossil fuels". This is expected to help "halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050".
Green infrastructure needs $515 billion annual investments: WEF
29 Jan 2009
Annual investments of a minimum $515 billion would be required to develop a clean energy infrastructure and move towards a low-carbon economy
Green infrastructure needs $515 billion annual investments: WEF
29 Jan 2009
Annual investments of a minimum $515 billion would be required to develop a clean energy infrastructure and move towards a low-carbon economy
Climate change will last a millenium
28 Jan 2009
No matter how well the world manages its ecology from here on, the climate changes already triggered will take at least another 1,000 years to reverse, says new reseaech by National Academy of Sciences. By Jagdeep Worah
New study finds Antarctica warming over last 50 years
22 Jan 2009
Antarctica, the only place that had oddly seemed immune from climate change, is warming after all, according to a new study.
White beats global warming
19 Jan 2009
Heathrow environmental war gets hotter for BAA
14 Jan 2009
Thousands sign up to co-own obstructive field, with Greenpeace lawyers saying they were receiving nearly 1,000 requests an hour
Heathrow expansion plans under siege
13 Jan 2009
Starwood launches eco-friendly hotels
12 Jan 2009
Continental flies Boeing 737-800 on biofuel for 90 minutes
09 Jan 2009
Continental Airlines yesterday conducted a test flight on a Boeing 737-800 for 90 minutes with one engine flying only on biofuel derived from algae and jatropha plants, with astonishing results