Environment
US facing pressure to sign up to future climate protocols
Published: 05 December 2005
The United States will this week face intense lobbying in an effort to force concrete action from the Bush administration over climate change when ministers from around the world meet at a United Nations summit in Canada. A failure to obtain some concession from the US would lead to further condemnation of both President George Bush and Tony Blair, who has said he believes a legally-binding commitment is achievable.
What planet are you on, Mr Bush? (and do you care, Mr Blair?)
Published: 04 December 2005
Giant panda eats shoots - and breeds
Published: 04 December 2005
The giant panda, an animal so endangered that it became the very symbol of the conservation movement, has had its best year since records began. A total of 25 have been born in captivity and survived, far more than in any other breeding season and more than twice as many as in 2004.
UK homes a dirtier shade of green
Published: 04 December 2005
Much-heralded plans to make British homes more green, to be unveiled by the Government tomorrow, will actually lower environmental standards.
Climate change: time for action
Published: 03 December 2005
Protesters from 30 countries unite to fight global warming
Published: 03 December 2005
Up to a million people will take to the streets of more than 100 cities in 30 countries today to demand greater action on tackling global warming.
...and 10 things you can do at home
Published: 03 December 2005
TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES NOT IN USE
Ten things that the government can do...
Published: 03 December 2005
SET LEGALLY BINDING, ANNUAL CO2 REDUCTION TARGETS
Whitby fleet fined £122,800 for defying North Sea quotas
Published: 02 December 2005
The once bustling fishing town of Whitby, North Yorkshire, has displayed no lack of courage amid diminishing North Sea cod stocks and new European quotas in recent years. Innovations have included Britain's first port-based sea fishermen's apprenticeships, introduced by a local trawlerman, Arnold Locker.
'Wildlife Interpol' launched to aid endangered species
Published: 02 December 2005
Officials from 10 south-east Asian countries gathered in Bangkok to launch a regional Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) to combat criminal syndicates that smuggle exotic wildlife across borders for immense profits.
Fears of big freeze as scientists detect slower Gulf Stream
Published: 01 December 2005
The ocean "engine" that helps to drive the warm waters of the Gulf Stream and keeps Britain relatively mild in winter has begun to slow down, say scientists.
How Europe is choking itself - and the world
Published: 30 November 2005
Gulf Stream 'engine' weakening, say scientists
Published: 30 November 2005
Scientists have found clear evidence that the ocean current "engine" helping to drive the Gulf Stream is weakening.
No one is immune from the effects of global warming
Published: 30 November 2005
Europeans can be forgiven for thinking they will be cushioned from the worst impacts of climate change. It is indeed true that the richer developed nations of the North are not going to suffer in the same way as the poorer countries of the South, where drought, famine and severe coastal flooding are expected to cause incalculable damage and misery. But none of us in this global village of the 21st century is going to be immune from the effects of climate change. This is the basic message of the European Environment Agency, whose latest report says that changes to the continent's climate that have been experienced to date have not been matched in the past several thousand years.
Impact of climate change 'can be likened to WMD'
Published: 29 November 2005
Climate change can be likened in its destructive scale to the effects of using weapons of mass destruction, according to Britain's leading scientist.
Rainforests brought back to life as 'carbon trading' takes off
Published: 29 November 2005
New forests could blossom in tropical zones from Brazil to India as one of the more creative ideas produced by the Kyoto protocol begins to bear fruit. Someone has finally hit on a way to make money out of conservation.
Nuclear power: We are heading for an energy gap, but what can fill it?
Published: 29 November 2005
Why is nuclear power suddenly in the news again?
Nuclear power: Divided opinions
Published: 29 November 2005
Professor Ian Fells, professor of energy conversion at Newcastle University:
Pay up to save the rainforests
Published: 28 November 2005
A bloc of developing countries plans to make a radical proposal this week at the United Nations summit on climate change in Montreal: pay us, and we will preserve our rainforests.
Climate change: It's now or never
Published: 28 November 2005
Glenn Barry: How to tame the logging beast
Published: 28 November 2005
The enchanting cry of the bird of paradise, a refreshing swim in a cool swollen river, dozens of exotic and tasty foodstuffs cooked on a fire, and a kaleidoscope of brilliant and diverse culture - welcome to Papua New Guinea's (PNG) rainforests.
Salad: What's in the bag?
Published: 28 November 2005
Train is derailed as snow brings chaos across UK
Published: 27 November 2005
An RAF helicopter and other emergency services rushed to evacuate injured passengers from a derailed train near Inverness yesterday as extreme weather conditions continued to cause chaos across Britain.
The giant earwig that could bring a country to a standstill
Published: 27 November 2005
The giant earwig is among the most elusive creatures on the planet - and is believed by many to be extinct. But its survival is at the centre of a transatlantic planning row, which could prevent an airport from being built on the island where Napoleon Bonaparte spent his final years in exile.
