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US climate sceptics fail to stop carbon emissions being labelled danger to health
Ecologist
30th July, 2010
Campaigners say ruling 'opens the door' to the US to limit carbon emissions from industry under existing laws and removes the need to force through new bitterly opposed climate legislation more...
Palm oil giant accused of rainforest destruction caught ‘red-handed’
Ecologist
29th July, 2010
Indonesia’s largest palm oil and pulp group, Sinar Mas, is continuing to destroy rainforests and peatland despite promises to end the practice more...
Marine food chain hit by ocean global warming
Ecologist
29th July, 2010
The entire marine food chain is in danger of collapse because of a decline in tiny phytoplankton, which scientists are linking to climate change and rising ocean surface temperatures. more...
The Ecologist's top ten eco summer reads
Claire Baylis
29th July, 2010
Seven top environmentalists recommend their reads for the summer, covering everything from psychological thrillers to steady state economics more...
UK businesses call for compulsory carbon reporting
Ecologist
28th July, 2010
BT, Aviva and Microsoft among host of big corporations urging the Government to make reporting on carbon emissions a legal requirement by the end of 2010 more...
Suffocating seas: how climate change is reducing ocean oxygen levels
Carrie Madren
26th July, 2010
The main impacts of climate change - changing weather patterns, melting glaciers, sea level rise - are well known. But its ability to reduce oxygen levels in the deep ocean is little reported... more...
US Senate drops bill to cap carbon emissions
Haroon Siddique
23rd July, 2010
Plan to charge large polluters abandoned in favour of narrower legislation focusing on increasing firms' liability for oil spills more...
Climate change should be billed as a 'health' not 'environmental' disaster
Ecologist
22nd July, 2010
Public may be more likely to accept responsibility for climate change and support mitigation action if they see it as a threat to human health, suggests research more...
Aid should focus on climate resilience and less intensive farming models
Ecologist
20th July, 2010
Subsistence farming may be seen as a low rung on the development ladder but it can play a vital role in helping low-income countries to adapt to climate change says a government-funded report more...
Atlantic Rising: Guyana using mangroves to defend itself from sea-level rises
Tim Bromfield
19th July, 2010
Global sea level rise poses a big challenge for the small country of Guyana but mangrove planting offers a cost-effective way of protecting coastal regions more...
When will Australia 'get' climate change? And will it be too late?
Dan Box
19th July, 2010
The upcoming Australian elections will see yet another tussle between industry-supporting climate sceptics, and politicians trying to nudge their electorate towards the real world more...
'Uneven' sea level rises threaten Indian Ocean coastal regions
Ecologist
14th July, 2010
Global warming is adversely affecting certain countries around the Indian Ocean with higher than average sea level rises, according to analysis published in Nature Geoscience more...
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Ashden Award Winners: building self-sufficient communities across the UK
Ecologist
13th July, 2010
The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust is the 2010 UK Gold Winner of the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. Watch and read about how they and five other finalists have made significant cuts to energy use on a community level... more...
Just do it movie: direct action in the UK
Ecologist
6th July, 2010
A documentary that follows UK climate activists as they take on the combined forces of global capitalism, run-away climate change and the metropolitan police. Set for release in early 2011 more...
Small scale Bolvian farmers take up community reforestation
Theodora Tsentas & Matilda Lee
2nd July, 2010
A unique community based forestry project in Bolivia aims to give farmers long-term financial incentives to keep trees standing more...
GRAPHIC: Find out the carbon footprint of...
Ecologist
1st July, 2010
Using data from Mike Berners-Lee's fascinating new book, 'How Bad are Bananas?', this graphic shows the carbon impact of some everyday activities more...
UK to get three new nuclear power plants by 2022
Ecologist
30th June, 2010
Government's climate watchdog says 'good progress' being made towards new nuclear but renewable sector needs major investment if UK is to meet emissions targets more...
The People's Ferry: reducing emissions by buying a ship
Paul Miles
24th June, 2010
How a discontinued ferry service between Swansea and Cork was reborn when locals pooled money and resources...and bought their own ship more...
Barclays Bank, British Gas and RBS implicated in ‘scandalous’ carbon trading scheme
Ecologist
24th June, 2010
British companies accused of profiting from emissions trading scheme while consumers foot the bill more...
Amazon rainforest claims not bogus admits The Sunday Times
Ecologist
21st June, 2010
Newspaper apologises for article that disputed 'peer-reviewed scientific evidence' that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon rainforest is at risk from climate change more...
Zero carbon Britain: how to get there in 10 steps
Tom Levitt
21st June, 2010
A blueprint for how Britain could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero over the next 20 years by a combination of electrification, insulation and a massive scaling up of offshore wind more...
UN biodiversity panel 'a dream of many scientists'
Ecologist
15th June, 2010
A UN panel similar to the one for climate change has been given the go-ahead by world leaders with an admission they had failed to heed scientific warnings about biodiversity loss more...
Scottish climate activists in the dock hope to set legal precedent
Ecologist
14th June, 2010
Climate activists who broke into Aberdeen Airport hope to convince jury their actions were justified in preventing larger crime of runaway climate change more...
Police to pay compensation to Kingsnorth climate camp protesters
Ecologist
11th June, 2010
Kent Police admit stop and search operation was a violation of human rights and agree to pay compensation to three protesters more...
Can algae-eating fish save our coral reefs?
Anna Taylor
15th June, 2010
Coral reefs are under threat from all quarters - rising temperatures, ocean acidity, fishing practices... But can clever management of certain fish species help the reefs to recover their former glory? more...Members
