Australian Broadcasting Corporation: ELEANOR HALL: Only yesterday the Federal Government was promising to tackle climate change by protecting forests in Indonesia. Today it’s admitted that it’s broken an election promise on protecting Tasmanian forests. The tallest tree in the Styx Valley stands higher than the Sydney Opera House and in the last […]

Associated Press: A key element of the second major report on climate change being released Friday in Belgium is a chart that maps out the effects of global warming, most of them bad, with every degree of temperature rise. There’s one bright spot: A minimal heat rise means more food production in northern regions […]

Washington Post: Last week I interviewed a Swiss economist, a board member of UBS Bank Klaus Wellershoff, about the global economy during his brief visit to Rio de Janeiro. My first question was about the risk of recession in the United States, a country which has long held the power to determine the pace of […]

Associated Press: A U.S. federal judge has advanced a lawsuit against the government for its funding of overseas projects environmental groups claim contribute to climate change. The lawsuit, filed by environmental groups and four U.S. cities, says the overseas projects will harm the U.S. environment because the effects of global warming will be […]

United Press International: A new report by a United Nations committee finds that rich countries are spending billions of dollars to protect themselves from global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change plans to release the report next week, The New York Times said. The committee found that the United States and European countries […]

BBC: Sydney has made one of the biggest environmental statements Australia has ever seen. Parts of the country’s largest city have been plunged into near darkness to raise awareness of global warming. Lights on the city’s iconic coat-hanger bridge were switched off, while the famous white sails of the Opera House […]

International Herald Tribune: The world’s richest countries, which have contributed by far the most to the atmospheric changes linked to global warming, are already spending billions of dollars to limit their own risks from its worst consequences, like drought and rising seas. But despite longstanding treaty commitments to help poor countries deal with warming, […]

Financial Times: Climate change is already threatening vital infrastructure such as road and rail networks, water and energy systems and healthcare, and the damage will worsen, the world’s leading climate scientists will warn next week. The damage will occur even as some regions, such as the UK and northern Europe, and parts of the […]

Associated Press: The Sydney Opera House’s gleaming white-shelled roof was darkened Saturday night along with much of the rest of Australia’s largest city, which switched off the lights to register concern about global warming. The arch of Sydney’s other iconic structure, the harbor bridge, was also blacked out, along with dozens of skyscrapers […]

Agence France-Presse: Australia’s largest city was plunged into darkness for an hour Saturday night as Sydney underwent a self-imposed blackout to raise awareness of global warming. Residents and businesses across the city of four million flicked off the lights for "Earth Hour" at 7:30 pm (0930 GMT). Tourists had to view the famous […]

Inter Press Service: Brazil is working towards producing enough ethanol to substitute 10 percent of the gasoline consumed worldwide within 18 years. That would mean increasing its current production of 17.3 billion litres a year by a factor of 12, without sacrificing forests, protected areas or food cultivation. The government called on a […]

Inter Press Service: South Africa has joined the race to find alternative sources of energy: government has already approved a ‘Draft Biofuels Industry Strategy’, and called on stakeholders to discuss it. The strategy proposes that biofuels ultimately account for 75 percent of the country’s renewable energy target. "Maize and sugar, as well […]

Associated Press: This year’s presidential candidates are trying to get good mileage out of getting good mileage. The candidates, who do a lot of talking about the need for greater energy efficiency, are not just asking who walks the walk but also, who drives the hybrid? Democratic candidate John Edwards makes a point of […]

Reuters: Sydney landmarks turned off their lights for an hour on Saturday, throwing icons such as the Sydney Opera House into darkness as part of a campaign to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Restaurants set candle-lit dinners, the city’s tallest building offered special tours on an open-air skywalk and the Sydney Youth Orchestra began its […]

Associated Press: Australia’s largest city dimmed on Saturday night as businesses and homeowners switched off the lights to draw attention to global warming. The normally gleaming white sails of the Sydney Opera House darkened, and so did the iconic harbor bridge and chunks of the city skyline. Security and street lights, as well as […]