Global warming study predicts mixed results for Tas business (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Scientists in Hobart have evaluated the effect of climate change on Tasmania and say it will have mixed results for industry. CSIRO oceanographer Peter McIntosh says new research conducted with the University of Tasmania shows global warming is expected to have a moderate effect on the state. [News Source]

Global warming study predicts mixed results for Tas business (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) Scientists in Hobart have evaluated the effect of climate change on Tasmania and say it will have mixed results for industry. [News Source]

You Control Climate Change (Scoop.co.nz) Auckland, Thursday 6 July 2006 – Whilst the New Zealand Government is developing a work programme for its climate change and energy policies, Greenpeace is hitting the streets with its Clean Energy Guide which ranks electricity companies according to their impact on the climate now and in the future. [News Source]

Smoking: To ban or not to ban? I don't believe that smoking is a civil liberty. I don't believe that any freedom individuals enjoy in today's society automatically belongs to some exhaustive list of liberties that may, supposedly, be reviewed periodically. But, lifestyle choices or attitudes need not be "civil liberties" to arouse concerns about freedom. [News Source]

Summer vacation of mammoth proportions. Last fall, scientists reported that the ice shelf at the North Pole had become smaller than ever previously recorded, and predicted that, if current trends continue, the pole could be ice-free as early as 2050. [News Source]

Failure, catastrophe, and a business model for avoiding the complete and total ruination of Earth. Even though the poll numbers indicating awareness of global warming are much higher now, the urgency is still quite low. [News Source]

Mining spoiled the water, now the animals are all awry. Already grappling with the effects of development on their land and way of life, natives also worry about what an ever-warming climate will bring. [News Source]

Air fares ‘to double’ as Europe votes for green tax. Air passengers will be charged up to £40 extra for a return ticket within Europe to pay for the environmental impact of their journeys, under plans approved by the European Parliament yesterday. [News Source]

EU Parliament backs CO2 cap on air traffic. The European Commission suggested including aviation in the EU's emissions trading scheme for capping CO2 emissions and ending tax exemptions on kerosene. [News Source]

Citigroup sees GE, Kinder Energy as anti-global warming plays. Kinder Energy and General Electric are among the Citigroup Inc. analyst's ``clean dozen,'' a list of North American companies whose technologies may be in demand as efforts build to reduce energy use and carbon dioxide emissions. [News Source]

One bird species per year becoming extinct from environmental changes. Conservationists now estimate that a species of birds vanishes every year. Previously, they believed the rate to be one species every four years. [News Source]