New York Times: When she moved to the United States from Germany seven years ago, Angela Neigl brought with her the energy-conscious sensibilities of life in Europe. You drove small cars. You recycled every can, lid and stray bit of household waste. You brought your own reusable bags or crate to the market rather than […]

Yomiuri Shimbun: Negotiations on an international framework to succeed the Kyoto Protocol are getting into full swing. As host of next year’s summit meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations to be held at the Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido, Japan must be actively involved in the negotiations. Two international conferences in […]

Age: The last night parrot seen in the wild was a headless corpse. The remains, found last year in a Queensland national park, looked like an over-sized budgerigar: similar markings and shape but a stumpier tail. Of course, budgies live in cages whereas the night parrot - known as the Tasmanian tiger of the […]

Age: SUSTAINABLE prosperity in the Melbourne of the future will be shaped by our response to one global challenge above all others: how to shape development – business, economy, production, consumption, lifestyles – to deal with climate change. For almost a decade, international agencies, industry organisations and many OECD countries have talked about a […]

Age: The last night parrot seen in the wild was a headless corpse. The remains, found last year in a Queensland national park, looked like an over-sized budgerigar: similar markings and shape but a stumpier tail. Of course, budgies live in cages whereas the night parrot - known as the Tasmanian tiger of the […]

International Herald Tribune: President George W. Bush’s two-day summit on global warming last week was not, as some of the European delegates complained privately, a total bust. Our own expectations weren’t high, but we can note several positive outcomes. The meeting brought together 17 nations - the Group of 8 industrialized countries, plus big […]

window.document.getElementById(’post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Herald Tribune: The Sunshine State may finally be on its way to becoming a leader in the development of solar power, thanks to a commendable campaign by Gov. Charlie Crist and Florida Power & Light. Last week, the utility’s parent company — FPL Group Inc. — announced plans to invest $2.4 […]

window.document.getElementById(’post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Buffalo News: President Bush and his administration have been roundly ridiculed for their "faith-based" approach to setting policy, believing as they do in giant tax cuts for the rich even when the federal deficit is exploding, and in occupying Iraq with too few troops and nothing resembling a plan. The president’s faith […]

Agence France-Presse:  A key week in the chronicle of climate change has delivered a powerful kick for tackling the environmental crisis, even if many fundamental problems and deep-rooted skepticism remain. Diplomats gave an upbeat assessment of the UN climate summit in New York and a two-day meeting in Washington of the world’s biggest greenhouse-gas […]

Detroit Free Press: The reviews are coming in for U.S. Rep. John Dingell’s carbon-tax plan. The Dearborn Democrat’s request for comments on his Web site had drawn about 700 replies as of Friday evening. On Thursday, Dingell asked for reaction to his plan to set a $50-per-ton tax on carbon emissions and a […]

Monitor: John Speke, the British explorer, who arrived at Lake Victoria’s shores in 1858 after months of braving dense forests and tropical diseases in his search for the Source of the Nile would be shocked if he were to see the lake today. At the time, it is said, the lake water was as […]

Associated Press: President George W. Bush’s appeal for a new fund to reduce global warming fell flat with Europeans and environmentalists who say U.N.-mandated cuts in greenhouse gases are what is needed. To show he meant business, Mr Bush designated his treasury secretary to talk to other nations about getting worldwide contributions to […]

Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush, hosting major polluting nations last week, sought to convince skeptics that he wants to help shape the next global deal on climate change, despite his long history of shunning such efforts. But with only 15 months left in office, his chances of becoming a major player in the […]

Associated Press: From "green carpets" at awards shows to organic fruit served to actors on sets, Hollywood is going all out to promote itself as being environmentally hip. But is it all just show? No amount of public service announcements or celebrities driving hybrid cars can mask the fact that movie and TV […]

window.document.getElementById(’post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Commodity Online: The heat is on and will take a heavy toll on your rice bowl in the coming years. The reason: Global Warming. Global warming, which will increase the temperatures up to 4.5 degree Celsius by the end of the century, will hit rice cultivation hard by reducing production […]