Climate & Climate Change

For some in Greenland these days, the grass is looking greener. Article in National Geographic: Global Warming Good for Greenland? Rapid thawing brought on by global warming on the world's largest island has opened up new opportunities for … [Read more...] about Is Global Warming Good for Greenland?

From the Chicago Tribune: Reporting on global warming not clean, simple So NBC's "Today" show has unveiled big plans for next month to jet its stars to the far reaches of the planet -- Matt Lauer in the Arctic, Al Roker at the Equator and Ann Curry … [Read more...] about Climate Air Miles for NBC’s ‘Today’ Show

From The Times of India: Libya joins UN Security Council after leaving US terrorist list UNITED NATIONS: Libya won a seat on the UN Security Council, just over a year after the US removed the north African nation from the list of state sponsors of … [Read more...] about UN Security Council: Libya In; Czech Republic Out

Local Transport Today (LTT) is a UK local authority magazine for transport professionals. The latest issue has a 3 page interview with two prominent members of the recently re-branded anti-car/anti-roads organisation 'Transport 2000,' funded by the … [Read more...] about The Science of Climate Change Doesn’t Matter

From today's Times: China’s drive for wealth means end of our low-carbon dreams Hu Jintao wants to make every Chinese twice as rich by 2020. He has done it once – in just five years, income per capita doubled to $2,000 (£983) - and the only … [Read more...] about China’s Inconvenient Truth

Governments across the world are mishandling climate-change issues. Policies to curb ‘greenhouse-gas’ emissions too often take the form of costly specific regulations, rather than a general price-based incentive such as a carbon tax. More … [Read more...] about Inconvenient Truths about the UN’s Global Warming Panel: A Note from David Hendersen