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Greenpeace documents effects of the worst drought in 40 years
The devastating drought currently affecting the Amazon rainforest is part of a vicious cycle created by the combined affects of global warming and deforestation and could cause the collapse of the rainforest, according t...
PCBs found widely in the environment and absorbed in the diet – may damage sperm
Research by an European Union-supported international team of scientists has shown that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) - synthetic organic chemicals found widely in the environment and absorbed in the diet - may damage...
The future of the Earth: Is this the end of the world?
The Independent (reports): Is this the end of the world? The earth shakes in Asia and a generation of children is lost. The wind flails America and a city is destroyed. A giant wave rises in the Indian Ocean and whole is...
2005 – Getting Hotter
This year will be the second or third warmest year on record globally, Britain's national weather service said yesterday.
Greens cautiously welcome Tory/LibDem climate change consensus
Following today's announcement that the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives are to unite in pushing for a tough new policy on climate change, Green Party Environment, Food & Rural Affairs spokesperson Penny Kemp welc...
Extreme weather brings reality of climate change distressingly close to home
Events such as the latest tornado in Birmingham and severe flooding in several areas across the country due to recent heavy rains provide a stark wake-up call to the meteorological effects of global warming.
Environment Agency launches campaign to tackle flood apathy
The Environment Agency is warning that too many people are ignoring the risk of flooding in this country. New research has revealed alarming levels of complacency among households at risk of flooding from rivers or the s...
Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change:
Terms of reference and call for evidence announced The Chancellor announced on 19 July 2005 that he had asked Sir Nicholas Stern to lead a major review of the economics of climate change, to understand more comprehensive...
Green is the New Black for London's Hackney Cabs
Jean Lambert, London's Green MEP, today told taxi drivers in Hackney of the urgent need to upgrade their vehicles in order to improve London's failing air quality. Giving a keynote speech at the Licenced London Hackney C...
Re–opening of Tiger Trade in China Would Spell Catastrophe say WWF and TRAFFIC
Plans being considered in China to test the viability of re-opening the domestic trade in tigers and their parts, banned since 1993, would spell disaster for the already critically endangered species, according to WWF an...