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Yesterday the EU Commisions accepted the NAPs, but reduced annual allocation of all except UK. Comparison of proposed vs. approved caps for 2008 to 2012 in million tonnes: Member State Proposed cap Allowed cap Germany482453.1 Greece75.569.1 ...>>

Super typhoon tore through the eastern Philippines on Thursday with winds of up to 225 kph, blowing away small houses, uprooting trees and cutting off power to thousands of homes. Now heading magacity Manila with more than 10mill inhabitants. Manila Bulleti ...>>

Children of all ages from more than 80 schools around the world participated in a Google project. Using Google Docs & Spreadsheets as collaborative software they brainstormed about Climate Change and came up with a big list of ideas. These are the top 50: ...>>

This McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) and McKinsey's Global Energy and Materials (GEM) perspective aims to increment the understanding of global energy demand. The main finding is that, even with growing demands, there are sufficient opportunities for energy ...>>

Being asked: "What effort must the country’s government exert to stop global warming?", Hil responds: "We have to educate the people on global warming. We should help them control pollution, create global consciousness. Bigger industries are involved here. ...>>

The Swiss National Weather Service, MeteoSwiss, announces autumn 2006 as warmest on record. Previous high in 1987 was beaten by 1°C and the average temperature by 2°C to 3°C. Systematic annual meteorological measurements in Switzerland were first car ...>>

Interesting reading in Washington Post from Laurie David on why the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) refuses to accept an offer of 50,000 copies of "An Inconvenient Truth". Accepting the DVDs, they wrote, would place "unnecessary risk upon th ...>>

When a Landsat satellite passes within range of the ground station at the USGS EROS center, image data are downlinked and displayed in near-real time. When Landsat 5 and 7 are not in range, the most recent pass is displayed. The EarthNow! Landsat Image ...>>

Car buyers now have a simple way to compare the "greenness" of their automotive choices. Environmental Defense has partnered with Yahoo!Autos to make Green Ratings widely available to consumers—right next to vehicle prices and other common car specs anyon ...>>

24 November 2006, Sir Nicholas Stern, the Head of the Government Economic Service and adviser to the British Government on the economics of climate change and development, spoke at the British Embassy on “The Economics of Climate Change”. His presentati ...>>

Fire started 10 days ago and had scorched some 12,000 hectares of inaccessible forest land in the Blue Mountains. During November to February bushfire are very common in Australia. Picture captured by Daily Terrra, 2006-11-23. ...>>

The EU's public register of industrial emissions to air and water, the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER), was today updated with the latest emissions data from some 12,000 industrial installations across Europe. The data for 2004 for the first ti ...>>

Briksdalsbreen Glacier3:19, uploaded by chrisleonard87 Glaciers melt faster than scientists can save their instruments. BBC News feature broadcasted 21-11-06 ...>>

Moving America Beyond Oil1:51, uploaded by NRDCflix Video is part of new flashy greendaynrdc.com website. Well, do they also promote hybrid tour trucks, now? ...>>

Is it worth to spend energy on argueing with denialists? Isn't it more efficient to convince 10 people to think about their new car's ecological footprint instead of trying to convert one skeptic getting paid for his pertinacity? However simplified st ...>>

Asking 5,800 adults in 20 countries: "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? - Damage to the environment must be reduced, even if it means slower economic growth." Angus Reid Strategies and Maclean's got following results: Countryagreed ...>>

Produced by Morris Karp and Gil Shochat "The Denial Machine" will be aired at 10pm ET/PT today (Nov 18th) at CBC Newsworld. The 40min documentation asks how scientific facts, which many believe determine the very future of the planet, become a political ba ...>>

The US, world's biggest polluter and emitter of carbon dioxide and Australia, biggest coal exporter, are still refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Both bring forward the argument that unless China and India are not included, it would have negative impact on ...>>