Warning on pain in Kyoto targets
Australia would suffer some economic pain in trying to meet greenhouse targets under the Kyoto protocol, the national environment ambassador told a parliamentary inquiry yesterday.Ralph Hillman told
Australia would suffer some economic pain in trying to meet greenhouse targets under the Kyoto protocol, the national environment ambassador told a parliamentary inquiry yesterday.Ralph Hillman told
Land clearing and road construction could soon be subject to stricter Australian government's environment controls focusing on their potential to produce greenhouse gases. Greenhouse-impact tests
Jupiter's moon Europa has a salt-water ocean beneath its icy surface which may harbour life, according to an analysis of the data sent back to earth by the Galileo spacecraft and reported in the
India's Ministry of Environment and Forests and the United Kingdom's Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions (DETR) have joined forces on a three-year study into the potential effects
Japan's Environmental Agency said on Friday it plans to introduce by 2005 new rules aimed at sharply cutting pollutant emissions from diesel vehicles. "The issue of pollutants emitted from diesel
A new $150 million fund aimed at conserving the world's top biodiversity hotspots, containing 60% of terrestrial species, has been announced by the World Bank.The new Critical Ecosystem Partnership
Texas three natural resource commissioners, all appointees of Governor George Bush, say that global warming is a serious problem and that the state will explore ways to cut its emissions of
Studies by a prominent campaigner for carbon dioxide cuts says that non-CO2 gases are the main cause of current global warming trends.Research by Dr. James E. Hansen, a principal author of one of the
Cars may be the main source of haze-inducing ammonia, rather than livestock, as previously thought, according to research presented at the 220th national meeting of the American Chemical
A research programme examining the impacts of climate change in India has been launched by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) and the Indian Ministry of the
US and British experts sounded a fresh global warming alert on Thursday, saying humanity had triggered rapid climate change and must now act fast to help prevent environmental
Motorists will be able to help offset car pollution in a new program by BP Australia. Customers who feel strongly about environmental protection will be able to make a direct contribution to
Traffic crawled at its usual place through many European cities as motorists gave a thumbs down to an appeal to leave their cars at home for a day and go to work by foot, bicycle or public
A coalition of 16 environmental organizations has launched a Web site that people around the world can use to e-mail world leaders expressing their concern about global warming. According to a press
The proposal of a German non-profit organization, Prima Klima to plant a forest in Argentina has generated opposition in the South American country. It has become a test case of how successfully
Scientists have dismissed claims that taxing fuel will stop global warming, because new evidence shows it is caused mainly by the sun. The research, some of it by the European Space Agency (ESA),
An international team of scientists sifting through historical records has found unusual evidence for long-term global warming:Many lakes and rivers in the Northern Hemisphere typically freeze over a
A Swedish scientist working in the Arctic circel says he believes he has found a way in which nature is speeding up the rate of global warming. Dr. Kim Holmen says more carbon dioxide (CO2) is being
Nordic environment ministers plan to use Baltic Sea region as a "testing ground" for so-called Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, such as greenhouse gas emission quota trade, Norway's Environment Ministry
Australia has taken its first step towards carbon trading with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's management of BP Australia's new register of emission reduction units, the bank siad. If carbon