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The Appalling Fate of the Polar Bear, Symbol of the Arctic
Polar bears - the very symbol of the Arctic's looming environmental disaster - are crashing towards extinction as a result of global warming, the US government has found. The admission, the result of a massive investigation by the Bush administration, could force the President finally to take action against climate change.
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Global Warming Impact Like "Nuclear War" - Report
London - Climate change could have global security implications on a par with nuclear war unless urgent action is taken, a report said on Wednesday.
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Loss of Artic Ice Leaves Experts Stunned
The Arctic ice cap has collapsed at an unprecedented rate this summer and levels of sea ice in the region now stand at record lows, scientists have announced.
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River Dolphin Population "Dying"
The world's river dolphin population is dying out thanks to bad environmental practices that also threaten the health of their human neighbours, an international environmental conference has been told.
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Divisions Over Global Warming Threaten EU-US Climate Meeting
Divisions over climate change threaten to derail a set piece EU-US summit and overshadow moves to strengthen transatlantic economic ties.
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An Island Made by Global Warming
The Independent UK
The map of Greenland will have to be redrawn. A new island has appeared off its coast, suddenly separated from the mainland by the melting of Greenland's enormous ice sheet, a development that is being seen as the most alarming sign of global warming.
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Local Councils crucial to fighting climate change
eGov monitor - London, UK
Local authorities are at the forefront of the UK's efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions, Climate Change Minister Ian Pearson said today, as statistics on local and regional emissions for 2004 were released. Mr. Pearson said the statistics underlined the vital role of local authorities in fighting climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, both in their own work and in the wider community.
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Carbon emissions show sharp rise
BBC News - UK
The rise in humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide has accelerated sharply, according to a new analysis. The Global Carbon Project says that emissions were rising by less than 1% annually up to the year 2000, but are now rising at 2.5% per year.
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Barroso to tackle climate change
The Observer - UK
State-protected energy markets on the continent are to be liberalised by the European Commission to combat climate change and stem the growing influence of Russia. The move is the top priority of EC President Jose Manuel Barroso. France, Germany and much of Scandanavia are closed to overseas energy firms, although the UK has long allowed foreign companies to operate here.
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FACTBOX-Brussels' emissions demands anger some governments
Reuters AlertNet - London, England, UK
The European Union's biggest polluter Germany and several other countries reacted with anger on Wednesday to European Commission demands for deeper cuts in greenhouse emissions in 2008-2012. Brussels ordered a seven percent cut in the number of carbon dioxide (CO2) rights that 10 member states had proposed to give industry for phase two of the bloc's emissions trading scheme.
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Government 'lacks urgency' over cutting CO2 emissions
Guardian Unlimited - UK
A group of MPs accused the government of a "lack of ambition" over its plans to cut carbon emissions. Tim Yeo, the chairman of the environmental audit committee, said the Department for Transport's plans to cut CO2 emissions were lacking urgency. "The department claims its policies are on the right track, but its own projections of future carbon emissions suggest that CO2 from transport will be no lower in 2050 than in 1990," he said.
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Virgin Atlantic to trial fuel cut measures
TravelMole - UK
Virgin Atlantic is to conduct a trial using 13 of its aircraft aiming to cut its aviation fuel use while also slashing carbon dioxide emissions. By towing its Boeing 747-400s to take-off areas at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports rather than using the aircraft's own power during December, the airline says it could save up to two tonnes of fuel per flight.
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CND launches climate change row
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Campaigners and MPs will meet today to discuss how the Government could fund new ways of tackling climate change by scrapping Britain's nuclear weapons programme. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is hosting a public meeting "to address the issue of how removing the threat of nuclear destruction could fund new ways to tackle climate destruction". The meeting comes a day after Tony Blair gave the green light for a new generation of nuclear missile submarines, warning that it would be "unwise and dangerous" for Britain to give up its nuclear arsenal.
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Compulsory carbon quotas plan
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Many of the UK's big businesses would be forced to sign up to a carbon-trading scheme under proposals being drafted by ministers. The scheme has received an initial enthusiastic response from some of the companies, government sources said last night, and may prove to be a central feature of a climate change bill in the spring.
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