Global Warming and Climate Change News

Energy policy.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

Why oppose oil and gas drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico? Let us count the reasons. [News Source]

Nuclear climate.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

Both of North Carolina's giant electric utilities now are enlisted in the fight against global warming, and that's good news. [News Source]

Villagers pushed between the sea and a rock.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

Ngomeni is practically being submerged by the Indian Ocean in an aggressive inch by inch war of attrition. [News Source]

New safety fear as British nuclear plant set for sale to private company.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

The move to privatise the plant will spark major new concerns that private owners of Sellafield will put profit before safety. [News Source]

Blair demands green ‘revolution.’
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

Tony Blair has called for a "technological revolution comparable to the internet" to slow global warming. [News Source]

Plans for £59m windfarm which may boost Ulster grid.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

Plans are afoot for a £59m offshore windfarm at Clogherhead in Co Louth which could feed into the Northern Ireland grid. [News Source]

Audubon: turbines won’t harm birds.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

Claiming three years of fieldwork yielded no evidence of a major threat to birds, the Massachusetts Audubon Society announced Tuesday preliminary support for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm. [News Source]

Feds raise trucks’ mileage standards.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

The federal government Wednesday raised fuel-economy standards for trucks, including big sport-utility vehicles, following a recent surge in gas prices and President Bush's vow to end America's oil addiction. [News Source]

More MPG for your SUV.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

The government raised fuel economy standards for light trucks such as sport-utility vehicles 11 percent over four years starting in 2008 and for the first time included the biggest SUVs. [News Source]

Fuel-economy guidelines raised.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

Tougher fuel-economy standards for light trucks announced by the federal government Wednesday will affect a batch of large sport-utility vehicles being built by General Motors in Arlington. [News Source]

Light trucks’ mileage rules toughen.
Thursday March 30th 2006, 1:00 pm

The federal government set gas-mileage goals for the largest sport-utility vehicles for the first time yesterday and said minivans, pickup trucks and SUVs as a group must increase their fuel efficiency by 11 percent over the next five years. [News Source]