Environment
Oil spill threatens Irish and Welsh coast
18 Feb 2009
First 'model solar city' planned in Nagpur
18 Feb 2009
Mobile phone makers moving to solar-powered handsets
By By Mary Thomas | 18 Feb 2009
The mobile phone industry is going to great lengths to boast its environmental credentials. Mary Thomas reports
US, China in race for top slot in global wind industry
17 Feb 2009
US and China are leading the race on adding new installed wind power capacity, while in Europe it has emerged the top source for new power generation capacity addition
Climate change to be more devastating than predicted: scientist
16 Feb 2009
Recent studies show that higher temperatures could ignite tropical forests and melt the Arctic tundra, releasing billions of tons of greenhouse gas that could raise global temperatures even more in a vicious cycle by the end of the century.
Samsung develops solar-powered touchscreen phone
13 Feb 2009
Climate change blamed for Australia’s worst bushfire
09 Feb 2009
As Australia records its worst ever bushfire in its history, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told reporters that “Hell in all its fury has visited the good people of Victoria in the last 24 hours and many good people now lie dead.”
GE promotes solar panels at Super Bowl
03 Feb 2009
World running out of time on climate change: Al Gore at Davos
31 Jan 2009
Nobel Laureate and former US vice president, Al Gore told the WEF session on climate change in Davos yesterday that the world is running out of time and must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis.
Europe allocates a third of economic recovery package for environment
30 Jan 2009
For the carbon capture and storage (CCS) programme, the Commission said it wold develop a technology to "achieve sustainable power generation from fossil fuels". This is expected to help "halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050".
Green infrastructure needs $515 billion annual investments: WEF
29 Jan 2009
Annual investments of a minimum $515 billion would be required to develop a clean energy infrastructure and move towards a low-carbon economy
Green infrastructure needs $515 billion annual investments: WEF
29 Jan 2009
Annual investments of a minimum $515 billion would be required to develop a clean energy infrastructure and move towards a low-carbon economy
Climate change will last a millenium
28 Jan 2009
No matter how well the world manages its ecology from here on, the climate changes already triggered will take at least another 1,000 years to reverse, says new reseaech by National Academy of Sciences. By Jagdeep Worah
New study finds Antarctica warming over last 50 years
22 Jan 2009
Antarctica, the only place that had oddly seemed immune from climate change, is warming after all, according to a new study.
White beats global warming
19 Jan 2009
Heathrow environmental war gets hotter for BAA
14 Jan 2009
Thousands sign up to co-own obstructive field, with Greenpeace lawyers saying they were receiving nearly 1,000 requests an hour