Climate News

1st October, 2006

Climate change must be viewed as much more than an environmental issue if the world is to understand and tackle the scope and nature of the threat it represents, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said at a 'live' version of An Inconvenient Truth at UN Headquarters in New York. UN News Centre

Tracking killers that know no borders. Travel, overpopulation and climate change are fueling virus outbreaks. The number of zoonotic outbreaks in the US has been rising steadily during the past two decades. Newark Star-Ledger

Tempest brews in weather think tank. Scientists at a world-renowned climate research lab in New Jersey say their discoveries are being hidden from public view because their conclusions on global warming differ from those in the Bush administration. Newark Star-Ledger

Ecological upheaval on the edge of the ice. The Bering Sea-- the nation's richest ocean ecosystem-- is in the midst of a major upheaval, and scientists suspect global warming is at least partly to blame. Seattle Times

A green snag they emitted to mention... They are the green jetsetters-- environmental campaigners who are leading the fight to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but who also clock up hundreds of thousands of miles flying around the world on business and pleasure. London Times

Environmentalists rethink stance on nuclear power. Environmentalists concerned over global warming are considering a radical idea: Nuclear power as an acceptable way of making electricity. National Public Radio

Film gets credit for boost in solar sales. Contractors are giving the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" some of the credit for skyrocketing sales in solar energy products. Scripps Howard News Service

Farmers urged to grow biofuels. Britain's farmers should switch from growing food to providing the next generation of eco-friendly energy, according to Tony Blair’s new countryside czar. London Times

Race is on to bring electric sports cars to market. Silicon Valley thinks it can do what Detroit could not -- create a thriving business selling electric cars. Associated Press

Hybrids with a power cord: plug-in vans put to the test. Are there plug-in hybrid vehicles in America’s future? Such hybrids could travel 10 to 20 additional miles on battery power alone New York Times

ASU out to tame hot nights. A group of scientists at Arizona State University, under the National Center of Excellence for SMART Innovations, is researching new materials and new technologies that could take the urban heat island and limit its most negative effects. Phoenix Arizona Republic

Typhoon kills 76 in Philippines. Typhoon Xangsane barrelled into central Vietnam today, forcing tens of thousands to flee and cutting electricity and many telephone lines after killing scores of people in the Philippines. Agence France-Presse

Fleet Street's sins of emission. Climate change isn't a sideshow any longer, as both Blair and Brown agree. It's the biggest, most inescapable show in town. London Observer