Posts Tagged ‘carbon dioxide’

Rich countries criticised for lack of leadership on climate change

By admin • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: Environmental Policy, Featured, Global Warming, Life

Rich countries are failing to set a good example for developing countries on tackling climate, the head of the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change has said.
According to Rajendra Pachauri, many developed countries have failed to lead the way and do what is necessary to make the developing nations commit to a new global […]



Bush’s global-warming limbo

By admin • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Global Warming, Life

The US Environmental Protection Agency used to insist that it lacked the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions - until the Supreme Court ruled otherwise a year ago. Since then, scientific research has provided new evidence for the urgency of acting to slow global warming. But the Bush administration drags its feet anyway, leaving the […]



Tiny Nations Seek Climate Help at UN

By admin • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: Environmental Policy, Global Warming

The day’s first word went to a tiny island nation with a big sinking feeling.Leading off the U.N. General Assembly’s second day of talks on climate change, Tuvalu issued a cry for help Tuesday on dealing with the impact of global warming on its 10,000 people, who live on nine low-lying coral atolls in the […]