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Why Disasters Are Getting Worse
An Inconvenient Blog | September 5th 2008 by Wayne Roden
In the space of two weeks, Hurricane Gustav has caused an estimated $3 billion in losses in the U.S. and killed about 110 people in the U.S. and the Caribbean, catastrophic floods in northern India have left a million people homeless, and a 6.2-magni read more
Kingsnorth trial: Goldsmith defends climate change activists
An Inconvenient Blog | September 5th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Tory candidate and millionaire environmentalist Zac Goldsmith today accused the government of a “staggering mismatch” between what it says and what it does about climate change. He was appearing for the defence in the trial of six activis read more
Asian pollution could spur U.S. warming
An Inconvenient Blog | September 5th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Asian pollution from Asian power plants, cooking and heating could create summer hot spots in the central United States and southern Europe by mid-century, U.S. climate scientists reported on Thursday. Unlike the long-lived greenhouse gas carbon diox read more
7 Places Global Warming is Smacking the Crap Out of the Earth Rig…
An Inconvenient Blog | September 5th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Thinking of moving? If the answer is yes, you better read this post from Earth First: Droughts. Hurricanes. Floods. Monsoons. Disappearing coastlines. These are just a few of the weather effects we’re currently experiencing and will see more of in read more
August the cruellest month for bugs
An Inconvenient Blog | September 5th 2008 by Wayne Roden
It has been a miserable summer for bugs as well as people, the head of Britain’s insect conservation charity has said. Although the plight of butterflies in summer 2008 has been publicised, other insect groups have suffered severely because of read more
Second generation tidal turbines promise cheaper power
An Inconvenient Blog | September 5th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Harnessing the vast energy of the UK’s coastal tides could become much simpler and cheaper with a new design for the next generation of underwater turbines. The device, unveiled by a team of engineers from Oxford University, re-thinks the way p read more
Massive Canada Arctic ice shelf breaks away
An Inconvenient Blog | September 3rd 2008 by Wayne Roden
A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice shelf in Canada’s northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a “massive and disturbing” rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote read more
Seawater greenhouses to bring life to the desert
An Inconvenient Blog | September 3rd 2008 by Wayne Roden
The Sahara Forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert. Photograph: Exploration Architecture Vast greenhouses that use seawater to grow crops could be combined with solar power plants to provide foo read more
HP wins Wal-Mart challenge to reduce packaging
An Inconvenient Blog | September 3rd 2008 by Wayne Roden
A Hewlett-Packard Co notebook computer that’s packaged in a recycled bag rather than a box has won a challenge by retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc for less wasteful packaging. HP’s Pavilion dv6929, which Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores a read more
Think Motorcycles and Scooters are Great for the Environment? Wro…
An Inconvenient Blog | September 3rd 2008 by Wayne Roden
Think that motorbikes and scooters represent a greener way to travel? You’d better check out this excellent post from Ecomodder. Read on below: A lot of well-intentioned people have hopped on to motorcycles and scooters recently in an effort t read more
Green cement may set CO2 fate in concrete
An Inconvenient Blog | September 3rd 2008 by Wayne Roden
Back when Stanford Professor Brent Constantz was 27 he created a high-tech cement that revolutionized bone fracture repair in hospitals worldwide. People who might have died from the complications of breaking their hips lived. Fractured wrists became read more
Earthwire News 2nd September 2008
An Inconvenient Blog | September 2nd 2008 by Wayne Roden
Pakistan launches national biosafety body SCIDEV.NET [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan has established a national-level body to monitor biosafety measures in the areas of biotechnology and trans-border infectious diseases. Countryside lures more to good life read more
Aid agencies plan CO2 offsets that also help poor
An Inconvenient Blog | September 2nd 2008 by Wayne Roden
From fuel-efficient stoves for displaced Congolese families to drought-resistant cashew trees in Brazil, some aid agencies offering carbon offset schemes want to marry emissions savings with help for people living with climate change. A London-based read more
Hurricane Gustav nears Louisiana coast
An Inconvenient Blog | September 1st 2008 by Wayne Roden
Hurricane Gustav hurtled toward collision with the Louisiana coast on Monday, bringing pounding rain, surging wind and the most direct threat to New Orleans since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Nearly 2 million people fled the Louisian read more
Eiffel Tower’s lights are to go out
An Inconvenient Blog | September 1st 2008 by Wayne Roden
The decision is part of a plan to make the Eiffel tower and other monuments more environmentally friendly. Photo: Paul Grover The French capital’s top landmark first donned its “diamond dress” of flash bulbs to mark the new millen read more
U.N. chief warns against waiting for climate deal
An Inconvenient Blog | September 1st 2008 by Wayne Roden
The world should not wait until next year to cobble together a new climate change pact, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday. Ban, addressing diplomats and officials at a ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the U.N. climate pa read more
Fears over damage to US oil rigs
An Inconvenient Blog | September 1st 2008 by Wayne Roden
With Hurricane Gustav on course to hit the US Gulf of Mexico coast, the damage it does to the region’s oil facilities could be a “worst case scenario”. The stark warning comes from extreme weather impact analyst Jim Roullier, who s read more
Ice Age lesson predicts a faster rise in sea level
An Inconvenient Blog | September 1st 2008 by Wayne Roden
Writing this week (Aug. 31) in the journal Nature Geoscience, a team of researchers led by University of Wisconsin-Madison geologist Anders Carlson reports that sea level rise from greenhouse-induced warming of the Greenland ice sheet could be double read more
Storm Hanna keeps experts guessing
An Inconvenient Blog | September 1st 2008 by Wayne Roden
While powerful Hurricane Gustav bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday, Tropical Storm Hanna swirled east of Florida, embedded in a complicated climatic environment that made it impossible to forecast its destination and likely strength. The eigh read more
Throwaway razors and nappies should be taxed as luxuries, says De…
An Inconvenient Blog | September 1st 2008 by Wayne Roden
Disposable razors and nappies could be taxed as luxury goods in order to cut the amount of waste going to landfill, a Government-funded report to ministers has suggested. In the same way as taxes were applied to discourage the purchase of cigarette read more
India: Up to 2,000 feared dead in Bihar floods
An Inconvenient Blog | August 31st 2008 by Wayne Roden
Link to this video Two thousand people are now feared dead in floods caused after a river changed course submerging hundreds of villages in northern India, prompting claims that the Indian government is playing down the scale of the tragedy. Althoug read more
Soil Association chief calls for organic change
An Inconvenient Blog | August 31st 2008 by Wayne Roden
The Soil Association should consider abandoning the use of the term “organic” because it risks putting too many people off, Monty Don, the organic certifying body’s new president has said. Instead, the term “sustainable” read more
Tap water, sir? We don’t do it
An Inconvenient Blog | August 31st 2008 by Wayne Roden
Water disgrace: There is widespread indignation about paying for the free stuff. Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty Two weeks ago Dr Anne Guilding and her friends were relaxing in a restaurant, celebrating her son’s wedding the day before. The food read more
China’s lead in race for new nuclear plants could create UK ski…
An Inconvenient Blog | August 30th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Britain’s plans for a new generation of nuclear power stations will face a fierce challenge for skills and resources from countries keen to build their own, according to research published today. China has plans for 24 nuclear plants and outlin read more
Scientists find ancient lost settlements in Amazon
An Inconvenient Blog | August 30th 2008 by Wayne Roden
A vast region of the Amazon forest in Brazil was home to a complex of ancient towns in which about 50,000 people lived, according to scientists assisted by satellite images of the region. The scientists, whose findings were published on Thursday in t read more
New Orleans disaster warning as Gustav death toll reaches 68
An Inconvenient Blog | August 30th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Tropical Storm Gustav today drenched Jamaica and threatened the Cayman Islands as the US Gulf coast made preparations to be hit by a possible hurricane next week. Gustav ripped off roofs, downed power lines and pounded rain into Jamaica, triggering l read more
Small farmers to join Brazil sustainable cane move
An Inconvenient Blog | August 30th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Dozens of small and medium-scale farmers in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state will grow sugar cane certified as meeting strict social and environmental standards, the region’s cane producers association said late on Thursday. Several ethanol co read more
London’s defences against climate change to tackle heat and rai…
An Inconvenient Blog | August 30th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Boris Johnson launches his climate change strategy by the Thames barrier. Photograph: Martin Godwin To some they are a rural escape in the centre of the city, to others they are a chance to test their green fingers and design skills. Now London mayo read more
Probe says IAEA nuclear leak did not reach environment
An Inconvenient Blog | August 30th 2008 by Wayne Roden
A small amount of plutonium which leaked from an ageing International Atomic Energy Agency laboratory near Vienna did not reach the environment, according to an independent inquiry cited by the U.N. watchdog on Friday. The August 3 incident at the Se read more
Shoppers lose their taste for organic food
An Inconvenient Blog | August 30th 2008 by Wayne Roden
According to The Guardian today, shoppers are beginning to fall out of love with organic food as the credit crunch bites and food prices soar. Want to know more? Read on below: Organic food sales have fallen more than at any time in the last decade read more
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