Global Warming and Climate Change News

World seeks way to fight warming.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 10:00 pm

UN climate talks in Kenya next week will hunt for new ways to fight global warming. [News Source]

Australia pledges new funds to cut greenhouse gases.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 10:00 pm

Australian Prime Minister John Howard Wednesday pledged 60 million Australian dollars for projects to cut greenhouse emissions, amid mounting pressure on the government to fight global warming. [News Source]

Persistent dead zone off Oregon coast linked to global warming.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm

A recent United Nations report listed 200 dead zones around the world. Almost all of them are caused by fertilizer and pollution running down rivers to feed huge algae blooms. [News Source]

A new Kyoto but let’s not exaggerate: PM.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm

John Howard will announce today $60 million in spending on 42 projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gases as he seeks to combat Labor accusations that the Government has dragged its feet on global warming. [News Source]

Global warming could cool oil prices in long run: analysts.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm

Climate change, the subject of a key independent report published this week, could push oil prices lower in the long term as warmer air reduces demand for heating fuel, analysts said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Flat screen televisions ‘will add to global warming.’
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm

The domestic boom in flatscreen televisions could pump hundreds of thousands of tonnes of extra carbon into the atmosphere each, hampering Britain's attempts to cut emissions. [News Source]

City casts its cold eye on global warming.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm

Sir Nicholas Stern could not have been clearer: there will be winners and losers in the shift to a low-carbon economy. [News Source]

Canada climate-change stand spurs election talk.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm

Canada's minority Conservative government could face a confidence motion over its climate-change policy this week but political strategists said it was unlikely the country would be thrown into a quick election over the issue. [News Source]

A sunshade for planet earth.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm

One astronomer has come up with a radical plan to save the planet from global warming: launch trillions of feather-light discs into space, where they would form a vast cloud that would block the sun's rays. [News Source]

How much will it cost to save the world?
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm

Just as arguments about the validity of climate science are dying down, it seems that a new battle is looming over how much the world should spend to tackle climate change. [News Source]

Corals get climate survival guide.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm

Strategies to help vulnerable marine ecosystems survive the impact of climate change have been published by conservationists. [News Source]