Why climate change adaptation could make things worse

23 Dec, 2009 04:38 pm Because many of the proposals for adaptation to climate change require further extensive release of greenhouse gasses, they will only make climate change...

It's not just about Climate Change

21 Dec, 2009 07:46 pm This past week delegates from 192 countries descended upon historic Copenhagen to tackle the one of the most divisive issue of our times: how to limit...

New MIT Study: Smaller Cuts, If Taken Now, Can Minimize Climate Risk

9 Oct, 2009 09:24 am Even "moderate" cuts in greenhouse gas emissions may be sufficient to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change, says new MIT study...

The Climate-Industrial Complex

24 Aug, 2009 08:54 am According to the Center for Public Integrity the number of companies and groups now lobbying the US Congress on the subject of climate change has passed...

The World Bank's coal problem

1 Aug, 2009 12:32 pm In Washington, it's a popular climate conundrum everyone talks about: Even if the U.S. lowers its greenhouse gas emissions,...

An Energy Bill for the Other 92%

4 Jul, 2009 08:18 am Now that the Waxman-Markey Bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009--all 1428 pages of it--has been narrowly passed by the House of Representatives...

Geoengineering the Climate: Bad for You and Our Energy Future

3 May, 2009 06:29 pm Proposals to reduce global warming through giant engineering projects or so-called geoengineering abound. Almost all are in the idea stage...

UK Scientists Compare Official G8 Proposals To Combat Climate Change With Real Carbon Cycle Data

7 Nov, 2008 02:01 pm A few UK scientists have done a smart thing; they?ve combined the proposals of G8 policymakers for combating climate change with actual data on the status...

Biochar.... a Miracle to Save the Planet?

14 Oct, 2008 10:55 am Biochar is a kind of charcoal, produced by the low temperature carbonization of biomass. During the pyrolysis process other materials are produced,...

We can make it better

10 Oct, 2008 12:42 pm The news on climate change is more than a little depressing. The IPCC Synthesis Report projects that by 2100 the global average temperature will be at...

Nuclear power: False climate change prophet?

21 Jul, 2008 09:31 am A new study reveals that nuclear power is not as clean as the industry claims.

Bio-Char: An Eco-solution

12 May, 2008 12:05 pm A segment on CNN discusses bio-char (biomass-derived black carbon).

Technological Breakthrough in the Fight to Cut Greenhouse Gases

14 May, 2008 09:13 am Two of the major problems facing scientists at the start of the 21st century are undoubtedly: combating climate change and breaking the reliance of the...

Midwest Oil Refineries Gobble Up Canadian Tar Sands, Spew Greenhouse Gasses

14 Feb, 2008 12:07 pm Midwest oil refineries are gobbling up more and more crude oil from Canadian tar sands and are set to belch out up to 40 percent more greenhouse gas emissions...

A Not-So-Bubbly Fate for Sea Floor Methane

17 Jan, 2008 10:38 am Good news about methane bubbling up from the ocean floor near Santa Barbara, California

Trading Pollution for Clean Development

28 Dec, 2007 02:12 pm This film, in 2 parts, gives an introduction to global warming and the Kyoto Protocol. It shows how one NGO in Karnataka is trading reduced carbon emissions...

What's Really Wrong With Nuclear Power?

30 Nov, 2007 01:30 pm In terms of its achievable potential, financial and social cost, and even carbon dioxide emissions, nuclear power is not an optimal solution.

Climate change talks at U.N.

25 Sep, 2007 12:46 pm The UN climate change meeting yesterday announced an upcoming round of new talks that must reach a breakthrough in reducing greenhouse gas emissions...

Kyoto Protocol, EU ETS and Determinants of CO2 Prices

21 Sep, 2007 12:26 pm The Kyoto Protocol is the international response to climate change. By ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, industrialized countries make the commitment to reduce...

Howard Makes Climate Change a Key APEC Objective

30 Aug, 2007 10:13 am Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared yesterday that he wanted the APEC gathering of regional leaders next week in Sydney to discuss the need...

Thinking Clearly about Biofuels: Ending the Irrelevant ?Net Energy? Controversy

15 Aug, 2007 11:50 am The age of petroleum is ending. If we are to make sound choices about our energy future, we will have to think clearly and carefully...

Why Hydropower is Not Clean Energy

9 Jan, 2007 02:53 pm Dr. Philip M. Fearnside is a research scientist in the Ecology department at the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA) in Manaus,...