All Entries in the "Climate Change" Category
Chinese Companies Emit More CO2 Than Great Britain
Three Companies in China emitted more Carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2008 than the whole of Great Britain, says the Greenpeace report of Huaneng, Datang and Guodian which are the top three firms in China. The report says that inefficient plants and China’s dependency on coal, makes tackling climate change very difficult.[...]
Police Arrest 114 Climate Activists
Climate activists are now the target of police harassment. On Monday, 114 climate activists were arrested in what is being called a pre-emptive strike against protests that have not happened yet. These arrests occurred all over the United Kingdom. The protest was going to shed light on the government’s plan to build a coal fired power plant in [...]
Catlin Expedition Disaster
The Catlin Expedition is a collaboration with scientists to find out exactly how much the ice cap is actually receding and how long polar ice will continue to be a year round event, but it has been a disaster from the beginning. From equipment failure to frost bite, the beat up members of the expedition can’t last much [...]
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ENRIN – Capacity Building
Central & Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
Policy development and planning for sustainable development and coherent environmental management demands information, national data and knowledge of the state of the environment. As assessments and analyses become multi-sectoral, the degree of complexity generates the need for integrated information. These products in turn require organizational [...]
Green
Green is not just a color anymore. Green stands for a whole environmental movement or subsequently called the “Green Movement”. In this Green Movement, you can “Go Green” or become “Eco-Friendly”. Environmentalism started in the 1800’s with Henry David Thoreau who wrote the book [...]
Obama Moves To Cap Automobile Emissions And Set Fuel-Efficiency Standards
Today is a day that will go down in history, as the day that President Barack Obama reversed former President Bush’s policies on emission control and approved an application by California, Washington and 12 other states to set strict automobile [...]
Catlin Arctic Survey Of Shrinking Polar Cap
Leading Polar explorer Pen Hadow, will be departing in February, to do an in depth investigation into the shrinking Polar Cap. This pioneering survey is a collaboration with scientists to find out exactly how much the ice cap is actually receding and how long polar ice will be a year round event. [...]
Less Fog In Europe
Less fog in Europe equals more Global Warming and less fog in Europe is contributed to less pollution. Scientists say that since 1970 fog has reduced in occurrence by 50% and 10% to 20% just in the last few years. They have linked the [...]
Chinese Glaciers Are Melting
Glaciers covering China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau are shrinking by 7 percent a year due to global warming. Because of warmer temperatures in the area known as “The roof of the world” Tibet and the surrounding high areas will be turned into a desert. If the temperature continues to rise it will cause a massive drought. It [...]
Head NASA Scientist Makes Climate Change Plea To Obamas
James Hansen, one of NASA’s top ranking climate experts, has written a new year’s plea to the newly elected Presidential couple, the Obama’s. In his letter, James Hansen has pointed out the public’s lack of awareness on climate change and the [...]
