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Governments around the world continue to pump billions of dollars into financial markets, but there is still no telling whether the “injections of liquidity” will be enough to prevent “this sucker” — to quote the President of the United States — from going down.
Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level Sept. 14 since satellite measurements began in 1979 and may represent the lowest volume of sea ice on record, according to researchers.
WASHINGTON (September 30, 2008) — Today, the bans on offshore drilling and oil shale expire, the result of a Continuing Resolution that Congress passed last week. The moratoria include a 26-year ban on offshore drilling and a two-year moratorium on leasing land for oil shale production. Both will do nothing to advance a clean energy future for the United States, according to experts at the Natural [...]
A rare insect which went missing after a ship ran aground on its seaside home has reappeared.
OSLO – Global financial mayhem is dimming prospects for a strong new UN pact to fight climate change, but it might aid cheap green schemes such as insulating buildings to save energy, analysts said.
A new approach to tackling climate change advocates setting emission reduction targets – of sometimes greater than 100% – according a country’s responsibility and capacity to contribute to a solution. Could this ever be put into practice, asks Duncan Clark
But the Environmental Protection Agency stopped short of committing to regulate the greenhouse gases that spur on global warming
Pumping carbon dioxide through hot rocks could simultaneously boost efficiency and mop up greenhouse gases
The plan amounts to a “post-industrial revolution”, says the European Commission, and aims to beat the bloc’s oil addiction and combat climate change
Europe’s largest fire incident in fifty years may have been caused by a fuel spill or leak, say experts, but the health and environmental effects should be limited