L.A. Times - Environment:
Southern California has embraced water conservation, but it must be more than a temporary response to drought. California did it. This month, the Legislature passed a package of bills that includes a statewide urban water conservation goa (Read More)
TreeHugger:
photo via APSome climate activists are losing faith in both President Obama's ability and commitment to clean energy and battling climate change. But what if we John McCain were president? Where would we be today? Not in a good place, if his rhetoric on the Senate climate bill is any measurement. McCain, once a leader on cl (Read More)
L.A. Times - Latin America:
The Colombian city of Cartagena is trying to plan ahead as scientists say cities nearer the equator, where temperatures are already higher, are at greater risk if global warming isn't checked. The effect of climate change is anything but hypothetical to retired (Read More)
The Age World Headlines:
India's Environment Minister suggests the world adopt vegetarianism if it is to tackle the greenhouse emission problem. (Read More)
MSNBC:
Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
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Lifehacker:
Last week we shared an ingenious hack for chopping firewood more efficiently and the tips box lit up with great tips from readers with wood-chopping experience. Photo by sunpig. Lifehacker reader Peter has been heating his home with wood for over 40 years. He write in with this tip: An added bonus is to have a heavy solid (Read More)
FT.com - Energy Utilities Mining:
Chief executives from leading European industrial companies intend to expand into green areas beyond wind and solar power. (Read More)
New York Times:
A climate change treaty in Copenhagen has been tabled, in part, because the United States Senate has failed to make the reduction of emissions a priority.
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Washington Post:
Electronic files that were stolen from a prominent climate research center and made public last week provide a rare glimpse into the behind-the-scenes battle to shape the public perception of global warming.
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washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific:
NEW DELHI -- As countries around the world prepare to flex their negotiating muscles at next month's climate-change summit in Copenhagen, India has begun to question the Western model of computing global warming statistics.
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The Guardian:
How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable – desirable even – again? Elizabeth Day investigates an ethical dilemma that goes to the heart of the fashion industry – and meets the animal rights campaigner who refuses to be defeatedOn an otherwise unremarkable grey autumn day in London last month, a few hundred protesters t (Read More)
The Guardian:
Villagers say visitors to delta are a threat to wildlife and their fishing industryMusic, dancing and smiling platitudes greeted the royal guest in the fishing village of Samochima, northern Botswana. But cutting through the convivial mood was a cry of anguish – and a plea for a way of life threatened by tourism in the worl (Read More)
The Guardian:
President Barack Obama is considering setting a provisional target for cutting America's huge greenhouse gas emissions, removing the greatest single obstacle to a landmark global agreement to fight climate change.The Observer has learnt that administration officials have been consulting international negotiators and key pl (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Biogas sourced from food waste and sewage is to piped into British homes under a new 'green gas' tariffRotting leftovers, wilted salad and even sewage are to provide a new source of "green gas" to heat our homes.From today, British householders will be able to register for Ecotricity's new tariff to buy green gas – commonly (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Many travel firms claim to be environmentally sound, but are they just cashing in? Here's how not to be taken for a ride…When you see some of the holidays masquerading as ecotourism you'd be forgiven for thinking the term "greenwash" was invented for the tourism industry. Oh, it was. In fact this pejoratively used hybrid wa (Read More)