Global Warming and Climate Change News

Is corporate America going green?
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

Corporate America, which once dismissed fears about global warming as unfounded, appears to be changing its mind, publicly acknowledging its influence on climate change and striving for a greener image. [News Source]

An even grayer Seattle from global warming?
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

For those harboring the guilty hope that global warming will transform Seattle into a sun lovers' paradise, meteorologist Cliff Mass has some bad news: It might actually get cloudier. [News Source]

Desert life threatened by climate change and human exploitation.
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

While climate change is causing many semi-dry regions of the world to become increasingly arid, it is making life more difficult for true deserts that have been in existence for thousands of years. [News Source]

Little changes can make a big difference.
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

An ordinary family's energy use is also a nightmare for environmentalists--but there are little ways to change. [News Source]

Malta’s climate change campaign launched on World Environment Day.
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

Malta is joining the rest of the member states of the European Union, in a climate change awareness campaign that is being launched on World Environment Day which is observed on June 5th. [News Source]

U.N. report warns of increasing threat to world’s deserts due to global warming.
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

The world's deserts are under threat as never before, with climate change making lack of water an even bigger problem for the planet's last great wildernesses, said a U.N. report released Monday. [News Source]

Environment Day–the challenges that lie ahead for Pakistan.
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

Providing a clean environment for the people of Pakistan has emerged as a gruesome task owing to the population increase and depleting resources in the country. [News Source]

UN warns of conflict risk from growth of deserts.
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

The United Nations used World Environment Day on Monday to warn that land turning to desert is a growing obstacle to ending poverty and a threat to peace. [News Source]

World’s key deserts in danger from climate change.
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

Far from being barren wastelands, the deserts that occupy one quarter of the earth's land surface could be key sources of food and power, [News Source]

Deserts ‘need better management’.
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

Climate change, high water demand and even tourism are putting unprecedented pressures on the world's desert ecosystems, according to a UNEP report. [News Source]

GAO: Flaws in global warming program.
Monday June 05th 2006, 12:00 pm

The watchdog agency for Congress says the President's greenhouse gas reduction programs don't hold companies accountable. [News Source]