Climate Change
Drivers 'unaware of emission levels'
Nearly three in four drivers do not know how much carbon dioxide their car emits, it was revealed today.
Inside Climate Change
Climate change doc 'unfair but not misleading'
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
A Channel 4 documentary which claimed that man-made climate change was a fraud has been censured by Ofcom.
MPs urge emissions deadlines for power stations
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
The Government must set a deadline for coal-fired power stations to install technology to massively cut their emissions or be shut down, a committee of MPs urged today.
Will BBC2's new thriller charm us into taking notice of climate change?
Thursday, 17 July 2008
The makers of Burn Up knew from the outset that their drama would be a tough sell.
Battle of the beaches: Italy's vanishing coastline
Monday, 14 July 2008
The sandy coast, lifeblood of Italy's tourist industry, is being blown away by the wind. Peter Popham reports from a resort losing its fight against the elements
Antarctic ice shelf collapse 'imminent'
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Scientists are warning that an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Northern Ireland is on the verge of disintegration, even though it is now the middle of the southern hemisphere's winter.
Climate campaigners threaten to invade and shut down power plant
Friday, 11 July 2008
Green activists are vowing to force their way into one of Britain's biggest power stations next month in what will be the most serious clash yet between the burgeoning climate change protest movement and the authorities.
Bush to G8: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'
Thursday, 10 July 2008
After rejecting global climate-change targets, George Bush's parting shot to the G8 summit
G8 accused of 'failing world'
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
The G8 leaders failed to agree on an interim target to cut carbon emissions by 2020 or the start date for a 50 per cent cut.
G8 plans to halve greenhouse gases
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
G8 nations said today they would work toward a target of halving global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Government to slow introduction of biofuels
Monday, 7 July 2008
The Government said it would "proceed cautiously" over the introduction of biofuels, after a report found they could be increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
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