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Canada touts G8 statement as major breakthrough on climate change - The Canadian Press
09 07 2008

China Daily

Canada touts G8 statement as major breakthrough on climate change
The Canadian Press, Japan - 9 hours ago
South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, China and India are to meet Wednesday with the G8 leaders at a so-called "outreach working session" to discuss climate change ...
Why G8 climate pledge doesn't go far enough New Scientist (subscription)
G8 climate statement needs 2020 vision -UN guardian.co.uk
Brown hails ‘major progess’ in G8 on climate-change deal The Herald
Cleantech - CBC.ca
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A deal on climate change - but then the backlash - guardian.co.uk
09 07 2008

Aljazeera.net

A deal on climate change - but then the backlash
guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
A new global deal on climate change heralded by G8 leaders as a significant step forward yesterday ran into trouble within hours as developing nations ...
Video: G8 Leaders Dig Into Environmental Issues AssociatedPress

Today in Politics: G8 leaders change the summit climate Independent
G8 to unveil climate change deal Aljazeera.net
MarketWatch - Financial Times
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Gordon Brown fears backbench revolt over climate change bill - Telegraph.co.uk
09 07 2008

InTheNews.co.uk

Gordon Brown fears backbench revolt over climate change bill
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 3 hours ago
By Urmee Khan and James Kirkup Gordon Brown is facing another significant backbench revolt over his climate change policy, it has emerged. ...
Why the climate change rebellion is hot air Financial Times
Brown faces climate change revolt BBC News
PM warned over green policies The Press Association
Politics.co.uk - Financial Times
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Checkbiotech / Biofuels / News

From oil to soybeans
08 07 2008 As the price of gasoline for cars continues on an upward slope, so does the price of jet fuel.

EU to change biofuels policy: imports from Brazil, solid biomass for electric transport, biohydrogen
08 07 2008 After a three day informal meeting, European Energy Ministers have signaled the beginning of a change of policy on biofuels.

Scotland's waste "could provide 692MW of energy"
08 07 2008 Scotland would have to use every single acre of its farm land to grow energy crops, if it wanted to produce the equivalent energy to the amount of waste being thrown away each year.

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ISAAA / Biofuels / News


International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

Carbon Mitigation by Biomass with Capture
27 06 2008 Carbon mitigation is a term denoting strategies/technologies to decrease anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon mitigation can be achieved by direct capture of CO2 from the air by industrial means, or by biomass-based methods. Some biomass-based methods (like biomass-CCS or biomass with carbon capture and storage) have the potential for “ca...

Louisiana’s New Law Shifts to Non-Corn Feedstocks For Ethanol
27 06 2008 A new legislation has been enacted in the State of Louisiana, USA to develop a state-wide advanced biofuel industry. Called the “Advanced Biofuel Initiative”, the law is expected to give an “efficiency boost to the ethanol industry in the state by supporting high yielding non-corn crops”. The “field-to-pump” strategy under the legislation includes:...

Desert Plant May Hold Key To Biofuel Crop Farming in Arid/Semi-Arid Lands
27 06 2008 Researchers from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom are studying the survival mechanisms of an interesting Madagascan plant, and how the knowledge can be applied for the effective cultivation of crops grown under harsh conditions. The plant, with scientific name, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, (common name, “lavender-scallops”), is known to...

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Articles published by Guardian Unlimited Environment about Climate change

Is it safe to add iron to the seabed to generate growth of microscopic plants?
09 07 2008 Adding iron to the seabed to generate the growth of microscopic plants is the latest solution to dealing with CO2. But is it safe?

Letter: Boris mustn't go soft on climate change
09 07 2008 Letter: To stand any real prospect of cutting climate change emissions by 60% by 2025, a coherent and concerted approach must be sustained year on year

G8: A deal on climate change - but then the backlash
09 07 2008 US signs up to new global deal to reduce carbon emissions by 50% but emerging economies demand more

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New Scientist / Climate change / News


New Scientist Environment - special report on climate change

Greenland ice sheet slams the brakes on
03 07 2008 Fears that meltwater could increase the speed at which glaciers flow into the sea, rapidly destroying the ice sheet, may be unfounded

Which countries would you pick for your climate team?
02 07 2008 A new map shows which countries are doing the most to combat climate change, with Latvia and Slovakia getting top marks

Cleaned up skies explain surprise rate of warming
02 07 2008 A decrease in air pollution may account for half of the warming experienced in Europe over the last 30 years

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Environmental News Network / Climate

Global Leaders Need to Forge Consensus and Act Now, Climate Change Experts
08 07 2008 Government leaders need to act quickly and establish clear, consistent, inclusive and long-term climate change policies, according to a global survey of key climate change decision makers and scientists conducted by GlobeScan.

New bill passed cuts toxic ship pollution, praised by leading environmental group
08 07 2008 Washington, D.C The U.S,. Senate passed (June 27,2008), by unanimous consent, legislation that will allow the U.S. to join an international treaty that could dramatically cut ocean ship pollution that causes tens of thousands of global deaths annually. “The Marine Pollution Prevention Act of 2008” (H.R. 802), was passed overwhelmingly by the U.S. House of Representatives last year.

G8 papers over differences on climate change
08 07 2008 G8 nations, papering over deep differences on how to set goals to combat global warming, said on Tuesday they would work toward a target of at least halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 with other participants in U.N. talks. In a communique released during a summit in northern Japan, the Group of Eight leaders agreed that they would need to set mid-term goals to achieve the "shared vision" for 2050, but gave no numerical targets.

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Environmental News Network / Top Stories

A Stamp for Sustainable Lifestyles
08 07 2008 The French postal service "La Poste" and UNEP have partnered to publish a booklet of letter stamps (Carnet de dix) inspired by the project UNEP/UNESCO youthXchange. This Carnet has the dimension and shape of a business card and contains 10 stamps, each of which carries a message related to sustainable consumption.

Rare hydrogen producing microorganism may help unlock tomorrow's hydrogen economy
08 07 2008 An ancient organism from the pit of a collapsed volcano may hold the key to tomorrow's hydrogen economy. Scientists from across the world have formed a team to unlock the process refined by a billions-year old archaea. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute will expedite the research by sequencing the hydrogen-producing organism for comparative genomics.

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IPS / Environment / News


Inter Press Service is a global news agency producing independent news and analysis of events affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations especially in the south

ENVIRONMENT: Global Fish Catches Vastly Underestimated
08 07 2008 FORT LAUDERDALE, U.S., Jul 8 (IPS) - Fisheries catches in tropical island nations may be as much as 17 times higher than officially reported, according to a new study released Tuesday.

CLIMATE CHANGE: Corals Collapsing in More Acid Oceans
08 07 2008 FORT LAUDERDALE, U.S., Jul 8 (IPS) - Coral reefs need to be put on "life support" if they are to survive climate change, but their ultimate survival is dependant on major reductions in fossil fuel emissions, say experts.

ENVIRONMENT: German Leaks Raise More Nuclear Fears
08 07 2008 BERLIN, Jul 8 (IPS) - Confirmation that radioactive brine has been leaking for two decades from a German underground deposit for nuclear waste is yet another blow to the idea that nuclear power can safely increase electricity generation and simultaneously reduce emissions.

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Climatechangenews.org / Headlines

ADB plan to buy carbon credits after 2012 - Financial Times
08 07 2008 The Asian Development Bank is setting up a new climate change fund to invest in carbon credits that will be generated after 2012, the cut-off date for the Kyoto protocol.

Richard Stuebi: Green Jobs or Industrial Calamity? Dueling Economic Models in Carbon Politics - HuffingtonPost
08 07 2008 In early June, the U.S. Senate considered the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, which proposed the establishment of a cap-and-trade system for CO2 emissions, analogous to...

The Energy Superbugs - Forbes
08 07 2008 Extremophiles create, collect and store power in ways once reserved to the realm of comic book superheroes. Can they teach us how it's done?

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