Sydney Morning Herald: ‘I was amazed at the magnificent spectacle; there were egrets nesting in tall trees, birds by the hundreds of thousands," says George Boland, remembering one of the most famous breeding events in NSW, less than a decade ago, on the farm he managed with his son in the Gwydir Valley near Moree. […]

Daily Yomiuri: Al Gore has famously called it "an inconvenient truth." In his documentary of that name, the "former next president" of the United States stresses that scientists are actually in agreement that the climate is changing. And while it might be inconvenient for politicians and the general public to engage in steps to combat […]

Independent (UK): It’s official: it was the wettest June on record in England, and the renewed downpours expected over much of Britain today will probably make it the wettest June recorded in the United Kingdom as a whole. The unprecedented rainfall of the past four weeks and the floods which have followed have […]

Science Daily: U.S. researchers say they are seeing a reversal of water mass trends in the North Atlantic. The American Geophysical Union said recent data showing an increase in the temperature of the upper levels of the ocean and a decrease in temperatures at intermediate depths is a reversal of a 20-year trend. […]

LA Times: The top staffer at the California Air Resources Board said Friday that the state’s landmark Global Warming Solutions Act is being derailed – and that the board itself is in jeopardy – because of mismanagement and deceit by Gov. Schwarzenegger’s top aides and "squabbling" between the governor’s office and the Legislature. […]

Guardian: Thousands of homes across the country have been devastated by floods this week (and the forecasts are for worse to come, as climate change wreaks havoc). But homeowners wanting to check if their property is at risk will find little help from the Environment Agency. The agency’s website, environment-agency.gov.uk, promises anyone who inputs […]

Standard: Joseph Manyara crouches over loose rocks and digs his hands into a muddy sludge seeping with water. Soon, his hands are filled with water, which he empties into a bucket. He repeats the procedure several times, surrounded by scores of impatient children also waiting to fill their buckets from Ngarenaro River on […]

Associated Press: A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Forest Service from selling burned timber in spotted owl habitat in Oregon until she determines whether the project followed the law. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene granted a temporary restraining order Friday that stops the Deschutes National Forest from offering 190 acres […]

Inter Press Service: For South African author Leonie Joubert, global warming is a grass roots issue — literally. In her recently published book ‘Scorched: South Africa’s Changing Climate’, she tracks how bees, frogs and a multitude of other creatures and plants in the country are affected by climate shifts. The book was given an […]

Telegraph (UK): Champagne producers fear that this year’s vintage is in danger of going flat. Following an unusually warm spring, this summer’s harvest in the Champagne region of France will be the earliest since records began. This has led to predictions of low yields and raised concern that, because early harvests tend to […]

Company faces state and federal probes into its sale of 450,000 recalled tires from China.
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Unexpected fall in inventories likely to push prices back up, analysts warn.
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When I travel to Arizona from Canada, I always purchase additional medical travel insurance, because the medical insurance all us Canadians and Landed Immigrants get here(though the insurance plans — and fees, if any — differ among the different provinces), the Canadian government medical insurance, does not adequately cover the costs that would quickly mount […]

I already knew that the general population has a poor understanding of energy issues. For that matter, politicians have a poor understanding as well, which is why we find ourselves burdened with…
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Reuters: Former Vice President Al Gore Thursday urged people worldwide to pressure their governments to cut global warming pollution by 90 percent in developed countries and by more than half worldwide by 2050. Gore said the July 7 Live Earth concerts — to be held in Johannesburg, London, New Jersey, Rio de Janeiro, […]