Global Warming and Climate Change News

300 sit to take stand against warming
Saturday November 04th 2006, 7:00 pm

Organized by Greenpeace Project Hot Seat, the event was one of six held nationwide during International Day of Action on Global Warming. [News Source]

Anti-environmentalist Bush administration.
Saturday November 04th 2006, 7:00 pm

Calls for tougher action on global warming are intensifying as policymakers from countries around the world arrive in Kenya?s capital Nairobi for week-long talks on climate change beginning on Monday. [News Source]

Emission impossible.
Saturday November 04th 2006, 7:00 pm

From kiwifruit to olive oil, reports in the UK press say the distance New Zealand food travels to British dinner plates is an unnecessary cause of greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Nuclear power on agenda.
Saturday November 04th 2006, 1:00 pm

Prime Minister John Howard has put nuclear power firmly on the election campaign agenda, creating a clear demarcation between the coalition and the strongly anti-nuclear Labor and green groups.



Cities move to swiftly extend dirty-power contracts.
Saturday November 04th 2006, 11:00 am

Bucking a CA law to reduce greenhouse gases, cities are moving toward accepting a utility's offer to extend for decades contracts for dirty, coal-fired power before the new law takes effect Jan. 1. [News Source]

Greenhouse gases hit record high.
Saturday November 04th 2006, 11:00 am

The steady rise in atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gases blamed for climate change shows no signs of abating, a UN agency has announced. [News Source]

Nairobi talks to tackle global warming and harmful effects.
Saturday November 04th 2006, 11:00 am

Africa bears the brunt of global warming, the environmental phenomenon which comes into sharp focus when 6,000 delegates, including heads of state, ministers and UN officials from around the world gather in Nairobi. [News Source]

United Nations to solve emissions crisis?
Saturday November 04th 2006, 11:00 am

The United Nations will host a conference on climate change in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday to discuss ways to improve the climate amid British warnings of a worldwide disaster should governments fail to cooperate on global warming. [News Source]

Greenhouse gas record set in 2005.
Saturday November 04th 2006, 11:00 am

Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2005 and show no signs of letting up, the United Nations weather agency said Friday. [News Source]

Activists: Developing countries like Philippines bear brunt of climate change cost.
Saturday November 04th 2006, 11:00 am

Developing countries such as the Philippines are bearing the brunt of the cost of climate change, with huge economic losses from extreme weather like cyclones and droughts, activists said Saturday. [News Source]

Saving the planet all part of the job to green capitalist.
Saturday November 04th 2006, 11:00 am

Mark Woodall, who has raised more private money to help slash greenhouse gas emissions than anyone else in the world, knows today could go down in history as the tipping point in the battle against global warming. [News Source]