Oxfam report on rate of natural disasters

agrodieselI knew this was a bad idea way before Bush jumped on board to set the seal on it. Ecosystem clearance to (inefficiently) supply car oil as well as burger cattle never sold me. People using or reusing existing vegetable oil to fuel cars to avoid petrol taxes etc made some sense. Growing food crops in poor regions to fuel cars still strikes ( Read more... )

Apparently the arguments are over - there is a new forum for resolving scientific disputes: the courts can clear up the debates.

Bosh, - bad reporting - of course.

Earth the website
and the movie...

The Northwest Passage to Asia is open.

Canada... recently announced it was building a fleet of naval vessels to protect its northern waters.

Earth recorded.

Doom I missed earlier.

Renewable industry representatives say the Merton Rule is many times more important to them than the government's low carbon buildings programme, which provides grants but has repeatedly run out of money and had its rules changed ( Read more... )

Extinctions are likely to have significant effect on the environment. Who'da thunk it?

April 2007 - the warmest in Britain since records began in 1659. And we've just discovered 'electrosmog' (formerly noted later edit but a dubious phenomenon). How nice.
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