Global Warming and Climate Change News

World needs climate change action now to pay less (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Monday October 16th 2006, 12:16 pm

Actions to fight global warming now and introduce environmentally clean and efficient energy technologies will cost the world less than doing nothing, an international conference heard on Monday. [News Source]

Drought fires up global warming, nuclear debate in Australia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday October 16th 2006, 10:02 am

Australia's worst drought in living memory is threatening the booming economy of the driest continent on earth, driving global warming and nuclear power to the forefront of political debate. [News Source]

Clocks tick for CO2 trade in energy business.
Monday October 16th 2006, 10:00 am

The Kyoto pact has spurred billions of euros in greenhouse trade between companies in Europe and through a program that allows rich countries to pick up credits for investing in clean projects in developing countries. [News Source]

World needs 20 times as many nuclear plants to avoid greenhouse catastrophe, advocate says.
Monday October 16th 2006, 10:00 am

The world needs 20 times more nuclear power plants to avert an environmental apocalypse that could kill billions of people due to global warming blamed on growing greenhouse gas emissions, a top nuclear advocate said Monday. [News Source]

Drought fires up global warming, nuclear debate in Australia.
Monday October 16th 2006, 8:00 am

Australia's worst drought in living memory is threatening the booming economy of the driest continent on earth, driving global warming and nuclear power to the forefront of political debate. [News Source]

Leftovers from harvest are potential fuel source.
Monday October 16th 2006, 8:00 am

For an America now hooked on imported oil, cellulose offers an intriguing vision for the future by broadening an alternative fuel industry that now relies almost exclusively on corn kernels. [News Source]

£75,000 to keep peat bogs soaked.
Monday October 16th 2006, 8:00 am

A £75,000 project to keep peatland areas of the North Pennines wet, will ease global warming, experts say. [News Source]

Global warming intensifying drought patterns: CSIRO.
Monday October 16th 2006, 8:00 am

The CSIRO says the drought can mostly be attributed to Australia's normal weather patterns but says global warming has intensified it. [News Source]

Schwarzenegger pushes markets for global warming emissions.
Monday October 16th 2006, 8:00 am

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will sign an executive order Monday in New York that joins California's landmark global warming law with the Northeast's program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Trouble in the air: How Government flights pumped out 1,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Monday October 16th 2006, 8:00 am

The total distance flown by the Government's own ministers and senior officials last year alone is equivalent to 14 return trips to the Moon. [News Source]

Scientists, faithful uniting to save the planet.
Monday October 16th 2006, 8:00 am

Banding together, scientists and religious scholars are working to raise public awareness about the role humans play in warming the world and to encourage action to reverse the trend. [News Source]