BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy The Guardian | For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… 'The spill is slathering four states now. It could be blown over to Texas. It could show up in the marinas of Key West... LawÂsui...
World has 12 years to go before its ice melts The Siasat Daily | Thailand, July 30: The world has less than 12 years to go before it faces major ice-melting and potentially catastrophic effects if nothing is done to reduce carbon emissions, a Thai environmental conservationist has warned. | Energy and environmental conservationist Chirapol Sintunawa said it wou...
AG wrests price cut from Cape Wind The Boston Globe | The developers of the Cape Wind energy project in Nantucket Sound have agreed to reduce the price of its electricity by 10 percent, saving consumers at least $456 million over the 15-year span of a proposed contract with National Grid. | The deal, ...
Global warming: NASA says it's the hottest year on record Newsvine | Worldwide, 2010 is on track to become the warmest year on record. | Scientists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies reported recently that the average global temperature was higher over the past 12 months than during any other 12-month p...
Climate change fans are heating up The Oklahoman The Oklahoman Editorial Oklahoman Leave a comment | It's been pretty hot in Washington, D.C., and along the East Coast this summer, so it's not surprising to see global warming — sorry, climate change! — enthusiasts us...
Group Says China's Official Oil Spill Figure May Be Too Low The New York Times | BEIJING — Greenpeace is raising questions about whether the Chinese government has been underreporting the size of one of the country’s worst oil spills, near the northern port city of Dalian. | The spill occurred two weeks ago, after a...
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Obama must take a lead on climate change âEuro" and soon The Guardian An iceberg melts in Greeland in 2007. Photograph: John McConnico/AP | All signs suggest that the planet is still hurtling headlong toward climatic disaster. The US National Oceanog...
Eco-friendly camping all about putting nature first KDVR | Green camping may seem redundant--what's more green that spending a weekend or a week or two in the wilderness? But many campgrounds cater to our comforts rather than nature, and...
Obama must take a lead on climate change – and soon The Guardian | The US leader must lay out a comprehensive and costed plan to the American people showing how he will move beyond oil | • Global warming pushes 2010 temperatures to record high...
Scientists say global warming is continuing The Guardian | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | AP Science Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation. | "A comprehensive revie...
Russia mobilises army to fight fires NZ Herald 1:48 PM Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Email Print | Vast sections of Russia are under a state of emergency as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country's hottest summer on record....
Greece: Truckers and Police Clash Over Plan to Extend Strike The New York Times | Striking truck drivers and the Greek police clashed Friday outside an oil refinery near the northern city of Salonika after trucker unions defied a government order to return to work and extended a five-day strike over plans to cut the price of lic...
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy The Guardian | For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… 'The spill is slathering four states now. It could be blown over to Texas. It could show up in the marinas of Key West... LawÂsuits are spillÂing out with no judicial blowout pre...
Myanmar Loosens Yoke on Farmers Wall Street Journal By A WSJ Staff Reporter | YANGON, Myanmar—Moves by Myanmar's military regime to loosen its grip on the impoverished nation's once-mighty rice industry in advance of an election this year have raised cautious hopes for the nation's economy. | After years of tight control and a 2008 cyclone that devastated Myanmar's key rice-growing region, the...
