Calendar Index

02/06/08 Zero emissions possible in PNG: Garnaut AAP 

03/05/08 Monsoon wind carries hope of affordable food; Matt Wade, New Delhi, The Age

02/05/08 Stern gets sterner on emissions ; Adam Morton, The Age With REUTERS

01/05/08 Global warming? Next decade could be cooler, says study; AFP 

24/04/08 Greenhouse 'could spark major wars' 

 March   

28/03/08 S David Freeman, former head of the biggest US utility company, tells us we can go to Zero Emissions for baseload & peak power now Podcast Beyond Zero Emissions  Links (courtesy of BZE )

Water OS  04/03/08 Editorial: Global Trade Takes a Greater Toll on the Environment GLOBAL TRADE WATCH with comment by Blue Wedges and The Guardian (UK) UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Water OS  03/03/08 Pacific talks to cover warming, poverty Daniel Flitton, The Age The Pacific

13/02/08  True scale of C02 emissions from shipping revealed; John Vidal, environment editor The Guardian, UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

09/02/08 Biofuel crops 'increase' greenhouse, says report Chee Chee Leung, The Age US, Brazil, SE Asia, Australia

January 

Climate National 24/01/08  Australia 'lowly ranked' on environment AAP 2008 Environmental Performance Index

23/01/08 Heated debate ahead over EU emissions plan James Button The Age EU

22/01/08 Petrodollars to oil world's first desert eco-city John Vidal, Abu Dhabi, GUARDIAN United Arab Emirates

22/01/08 Scientists take the heat out of cow belches AP Japan US Europe Sweden NZ

22/01/08 Watt next? Israel to get its own volts wagon Steven Erlanger, Jerusalem NEW YORK TIMES Israel

22/01/08 British MPs call for rethink on 'green' fuel TELEGRAPH Britain

21/01/08 Antarctic melt may outstrip prediction Jo Chandler, Casey Station, The Age Antarctica, Links

21/01/08 US unlikely to sign Kyoto, whoever wins office, energy official says http://www.energy.gov Mathew Murphy , The Age US Includes US Presidential Race Candidate Background

15/01/08 Time's up for petrol cars, says GM chief Joshua Dowling Motoring Editor in Detroit, The Age

11/01/08 Investment flows with the weather Adam Morton, The Age , with AFP Worldwatch Institute

10/01/08 Indian company launches world's cheapest car AFP/AP India

09/01/08 Scientists to get down to bedrock of Greenland ice Andrew Revkin, NEW YORK TIMES Greenland

01/01/08 Earth Hour pledges circle the world Sydney Morning Herald WWF

28/12/07 Arctic ice melt Canada's top weather concern in 2007 AFP Canada

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24/12/07 Birth of God like shopping: it's a whole new take Barney Zwartz, The Age - our highlighting J

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15/12/07 Nations to be paid to stave off logging Mark Forbes, Nusa Dua, Bali, The Age

 15/12/07 UN closer to climate deal as US holds out Marian Wilkinson and Mark Forbes, Bali, The Age

National Climate 15/12/07 Green dreaming in a land of sunshine and opportunity, Lisa Murray, The Age, Business. Australia, UN  

Water OS 14/12/07 Acid Seas Huge Threat to Coral Reefs - Study Planet Ark Environment News US 

12/12/07 Political will is a renewable resource Al Gore - The Age UN :

08/12/07  Water Water Everywhere Ian Porter, The Age Feature Australia Korea

Forests National  05/12/07 Rudd takes loggers to Bali,  Senator Bob Brown Indonesia Australia 

06/11/07  Heat on Rudd ahead of visit to Bali climate talks Marian Wilkinson and Mark Forbes, Nusa Dua, Bali, The Age Australia China and Indonesia

03/11/07 Divorce 'bad for the environment' Chee Chee Leung, Science reporter, The Age; South Africa, Australia, Brazil and Greece, US

03/11/07 Bali message: Australia must pull its weight By Mark Forbes, Nusa Dua, The Age UN : Australia

02/11/07 Bali talks to seek global climate deal in 2009 Bali, Reuters UN : US CHINA

02/11/07 FACT BOX - What is the Kyoto Protocol Reuters

29/11/07 Stern: Climate change a 'market failure', Alison Benjamin Guardian Unlimited our highlighting

28/11/07 Peat bog destruction emissions reached 40pc of global total
By Thomas Bell in Central Borneo, Telegraph Indonesia our highlighting

27/11/07 Rising sea floods Indonesian capital, Associated Press Indonesia our highlighting

18/11/07 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Experts warn of global disaster WASHINGTON POST , Doug Struck with STEPHEN CAUCHI, The Age

 04/11/07 French Shun Nuclear Energy, Choose Conservation, Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research France

04/11/07  Watchdog sees red over claims Peter Weekes, The Sunday Age, Business Day

03/11/07  US push for carbon cap by 2020 Suzanne Goldenberg, Washington, GUARDIAN

02/11/07 Australia is not a climate change leader The Age Opinion John Watson Rio Summit; US ; Australia; Bali

Forests OS 01/11/07 Forests losing the ability to absorb man-made carbon, Steve Connor, Science Editor, The Independent, Canada, US

 01/11/07  Australia scores badly on emissions growth report Tim Colebatch and Jewel Topsfield, The Age Links Australia Britain France Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, China Bangladesh

23/10/07  Decline in uptake of carbon emissions confirmed CSIRO - Media Release Global Carbon Project

Water National 18/10/07 Warming turns Barrier Reef acidic By Rachel Kleinman, The Age Queensland; Links Great Barrier Reef

12/10/07 2007 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo WORLD METEORLOGICAL ORGANISATION WMO (UNEP)

09/10/07  Boeing predicts big rise in air traffic Scott Rochfort, Sydney, The Age Business Day our highlighting

08/10/07 Egypt plans to 'green' Sahara desert Reuters Egypt; Sudan

08/10/07 The diamond sparkle in Greenland's melting ice Paul Brown Nuuk, Greenland Guardian Greenland

Water OS 2/10/07 Dramatic drop in Arctic sea ice reported Reuters Arctic Circle

30/09/07 Food shock as 'agflation' sees prices rise Stephen Cauchi, The Age Australia Canada US and Europe

Water OS 27/09/07 Ocean pumps a 'radical' strategy for climate change ABC NEWS By Barbara Miller BRITAIN US

Water OS 25/09/07 The climate canaries Andrew Darby The Age Antarctica; Australia; Namibia

Waste 21/09/07 It's not too late for climate: Flannery; AAP; World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Forests 21/09/07 - Indonesia leads call for scheme to save forests, Mark Forbes, The Age; Jakarta,Indonesia

17/09/07  Record lows in Arctic ice raise heat Gethin Chamberlain, The Age Arctic Circle; Greenland; US; Canada Links

17/09/07 Top labels spy stylish edge in carbon labelling :- Felicia Mello, Boston globe

Forests OS  04/09/07  Orangutans squeezed by biofuel boom By Chris Brummitt - Associated Press Indonesia ; Borneo ; Malaysia; US EU China India our highlighting

29/08/07 Political crisis as Greek fires rage, Ian Fisher and Anthee Carassav, Makistos., NEW YORK TIMES, AFP GREECE

06/08/07 Sea level rise risk exceeds forecasts Marian Wilkinson and Wendy Frew; The Age

03/08/07 Ozone plan may help boost climate fight, The Age

26/07/07  Hundreds die in European heatwave Reuters Hungary

12/07/07  Why The Great Global Warming Swindle is wrong The Canberra Times Links

27/06/06 Paris turns from bombs to bonhomie, - Brendan Nicholson, Paris, The Age Oceania : France : Canada: Australia

25/06/06 NASA: "Earth in Peril" - Several metre sea level rise this century www.beyondzeroemissions.org Arctic and Antarctic Ice Sheets

23/06/06 Scientists find planet running a fever, - John Heilprin, Washington, AP - USA

22/06/06 Nanosolar Plans World's Biggest Solar Cell Factory - Reuters - USA

21/06/06 World CO2 Emissions to Rise 75 Pct by 2030 - EIA - Reuters USA

16/06/06 Ancient roots and bones locked in long-frozen soil in Siberia are starting to thaw, and have the potential to unleash billions of tonnes of carbon and accelerate global warming, scientists said on Thursday. REUTERS NEWS SERVICE - USA, Siberia

16/06/06 The world must lay to rest a "myth" that protecting the environment harms economic growth, the new head of the UN Environment Programme said on Thursday,- REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, - NORWAY

16/06/06 A Chinese minister has slammed city planners for pandering to private car owners and ignoring the needs of cyclists, saying China should remain the "kingdom of bicycles", state media reported on Thursday. - REUTERS NEWS SERVICE - China

06/06/06 Heat is off as trees get green light on methane, - Richard Macey, The Age -Australia , Germany

03/06/07 G8 protesters clash with police in Germany, Reuters Germany

01/06/07 Bush kills off hopes for G8 climate change plan The Guardian US

National Waste 03/06/07 Australia's zero emission future blowing in the wind; Media Release - Matthew Wright, Beyond Zero Emissions Climate Change campaign.- our highlighting

Climate National 29/05/07 Ocean temp changes linked to humans, AAP; Tasmania; Indonesia; Australia

25/05/07 China braces for extreme flooding, Mary-Anne Toy, The Age China

20/05/07 Live Earth: useful as a green bracelet, Michelle Grattan, The Age - Opinion UK , World

21/05/07 Green building plan - is it enough? Posted by Leon Gettler, The Age - Blog US Australia London

18/05/07 Clinton's green loan for Melbourne, Mark Coultan, New York US Australia

16/05/07 At Mayors’ Summit, Bloomberg Campaigns for Clean Air DIANE CARDWELL London ; New York

16/05/07 Blair takes climate fight to US, The Age our highlighting Links ;Related World US

16/05/07 Farewell world tour, The Age World US

28/03/07 Climate zones to disappear , James Randerson, London, Guardian; Andes, Indonesia ; Brazil; African Rift Mountains, Zambian and Angolan highlands, South African Cape region, south-east Australia, Himalayas and the Arctic.

16/03/07 Planet 'hotter than ever' ; Reuters; Europe, Asia, western Africa, southeastern Brazil ;Saudi Arabia; United States

16/03/07 Tokyo's record late, late snow KYODO Japan

15/03/07 Haze reaches 'danger' level in Thailand, AP Digital Thailand

15/03/07 GM urges govt investment in batteries, Reuters US

13/03/07 US waste specialist warns against nuclear energy ABC News On-line Australia US

10/03/07 Climate change activists feel heat , Marc Moncrief, The Age SWISS RE

07/03/07 Battle over EU energy targets, Dan Bilefsky' Brussels, NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS; Europe

07/03/07 Green energy target eludes EU, Brussels, REUTERS Europe

01/03/07 Gore's inconvenient truth: a whopping power bill, Ed Pilkington, GUARDIAN; US

28/02/07 Act now on climate change, says diplomat, Liz Minchin, The Age Britain; Australia

28/02/07 Greenhouse sceptics to congregate, Katharine Murphy and Brendan Nicholson, Canberra and Richard Baker, The Age; Europe; US Australia

22/02/07 Oil prices rise above $US60 a barrel, AP DIGITAL US

19/02/07 Basel quake triggers crime probe, Bojan Pancevski, Vienna, Telegraph Switzerland

19/02/07 Bali Gets 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Patrick Kennedy BlueClimate Indonesaia

02/02/07 UN panel blames humans for global warming, ABC News On-line; UN Links

28/01/07 US bid to block sun to stop warming, LONDON, The Age US ; UN

Climate National 25/01/07 Climate change must be put on the front burner, Stephen McGrail, Reuters; South Australia; US

10/01/07 Australia’s greenhouse pollution at odds with key world economy, ACF media release Australia

02/01/07 UN panel blames humans for global warming, ABC News On-line; UN Links

02/01/07 Norway to buy greenhouse quotas - Reuters ; Norway

15/11/06 Global warming will wipe out species Rachel Kleinman, The Age The World

14/11/06 Warming threat to Australian species AFP and AP The World

29/10/06 Global warming: Twenty inescapable facts about the inconvenient truth Sunday Telegraph UK, Walter Jehne UK

14/10/06  Hotter means drier, George Monbiot, The Age - Opinion UK

09/10/06 Climate inaction 'hindering' bid to end poverty, Liz Minchin, The Age ASIA-PACIFIC Australia

05/10/06 Drought may hit third of all land, Ian Sample, London, GUARDIAN

30/09/06 We must act now to save the planet, says PwC, Guardian

27/09/06 How corporations have hijacked the climate change debate, George Monbiot, The Age Britain; US

 27/09/06 Antarctic ozone hole one of the biggest, Andrew Darby, Hobart, The Age Related; Antarctica; Australia

23/09/06 Unprecedented melting of Arctic,, Roger Highfield, London, Telegraph The Arctic Circle

21/09/06 Oil giant told to stop funding climate change deniers, -David Adam, London, GUARDIAN UK

21/09/06 Scientists shocked by Arctic melt, Paris AFP The Arctic Circle

 OS 20/09/06 Wind power has potential, says report, AAP Greenpeace

20/09/06 Climate survey shunned, Sinead Carew and Gerard Wynn, London, REUTERS. UK

 16/09/06 Changing weather poses problems, - Kirsty Simpson, The Age, Business US , Australia

08/09/06  Global warming 'like dinosaur era' , Reuters UK

 06/09/06  Ice cores hold threat of climate timebomb, John Von Radowitz, London, PA / The Age Antarctica; British Antarctic Survey

01/09/06 Ozone return 'by 2050' - Washington, Reuters US

01/09/06 California leads US on greenhouse, Marc Lifsher and Jordan Rau, Sacramento, Los Angeles Times with Liz Minchin US

 01/09/06 Brazil proposes fund to save rainforests, Reuters, Brazil

27/08/06  Sprung: warming alters seasons, Ian Sample, London, Guardian Europe

25/08/06 Aluminium titan looks overseas Xiao Yu, Hong Kong The Age China ; Australia

16/08/06 Water shortage 'a global problem', By Imogen Foulkes , BBC News, Geneva

16/08/06 Forests under threat from global warming, The Age

12/08/06 Not waving but drowning at our back door, - Liz Minchin, The Age

09/08/06 Oil field shutdown chaos warning, The Age North America

 20/07/06 Study says night flights add to global warming, By Robert Lee Hotz -LOS ANGELES TIMES UK

20/07/06 Carbon plan as Britain swelters, David Adam, London, GUARDIAN, AGENCIES, UK

01/07/06 How many people does it take to change a bulb and save the globe?, - Liz Minchin, The Age United Nations' International Energy Agency

28/06/06 Rio flirts with Gulf venture, - Barry Fitzgerald, The Age - Business Abu Dhabi, Australia

27/06/06 Paris turns from bombs to bonhomie, - Brendan Nicholson, Paris, The Age Oceania : France : Canada: Australia

23/06/06 Scientists find planet running a fever, - John Heilprin, Washington, AP - USA

22/06/06 Nanosolar Plans World's Biggest Solar Cell Factory - Reuters - USA

21/06/06 World CO2 Emissions to Rise 75 Pct by 2030 - EIA - Reuters USA

16/06/06 Ancient roots and bones locked in long-frozen soil in Siberia are starting to thaw, and have the potential to unleash billions of tonnes of carbon and accelerate global warming, scientists said on Thursday. REUTERS NEWS SERVICE - USA, Siberia

16/06/06  The world must lay to rest a "myth" that protecting the environment harms economic growth, the new head of the UN Environment Programme said on Thursday, - REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, - NORWAY

16/06/06 A Chinese minister has slammed city planners for pandering to private car owners and ignoring the needs of cyclists, saying China should remain the "kingdom of bicycles", state media reported on Thursday. - REUTERS NEWS SERVICE - China

06/06/06 Heat is off as trees get green light on methane, - Richard Macey, The Age -Australia , Germany

31/05/06 Arctic vault to protect world's seeds - Reuters, Oslo Norway

23/05/06 Solar cycle 'spurs greenhouse gases', May 23, 2006 - 6:34AM. The Age, Europe and California, USA

14/05/06 The ideal destination, unless you want ice, By Duncan Campbell, Guardian Britain; Norway; Nymark

11th May 2006 As a matter of principle, sustainable investment hits the mainstream, - By Charles Berger, The Age

10th May 2006 - USA - Aussie firm on US wind farm buying spree, -AAP

6th May 2006 - Switzerland - More plants and animals join 'red list' of endangered species, By Stephen Cauchi, The Age 6th May 2006

19/04/06 - Thousands flee as Danube breaks flood defences Martin Dokoupil, REUTERS, GUARDIAN Bucharest, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria.

 March 06 U-price will activate the power push, -By Gavin Evans and Christopher Donville, reported in The Age

8th Feb 2006 Sweden aims for oil-free economy, - BBC - Sweden

8th Feb 2006 Sweden outdoes Bush with goal to go oil free by 2020, - By Mattias Karen, The Associated Press - The Seattle Times - Sweden

Headlong to growth overload The Age - Opinion - - China 8th Feb 2006

30^th Jan 2006 New China rises on the backs of unpaid migrant workers - China

30^th Jan 2006 - It's a pig of a life on a Scottish farm, - By James Button, London - Scotland - 30/01/06

 2005

12th Dec 2005 Canberra heals US split on warming, - Amanda Hodge, The Australian – Science and Nature ; Australia , US

 8th Dec 2005 Australia shifts on climate change, - By Michel Comte in Montreal, The Australian – Science and Nature Australia , US

Water OS 30/09/05 Acidity in oceans puts food chain on notice By Ian Sample, Guardian; LONDON Australia - our highlighting

Water OS 30/09/05 Fears as Arctic melt hits record By David Adam, Guardian LONDON

July 2005  Cornell ecologist's study finds that producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn and other crops is not worth the energy, By Susan S. Lang Cornell Unviversity News Service: US

 2004

Water OS July, 2004, - Greenland ice-melt 'speeding up' By David Shukman , BBC environment and science correspondent in - Greenland

Water OS 23/09/03 Largest Arctic ice shelf breaks up; Reuters, Maggie Fox Arctic Circle ; Antarctica

Water OS 20/09/2000 Arctic ice heats global warming debate ABC 7.30 Report , Transcript Arctic Circle ; Antarctica our highlighting Related

Jan 1998  An energy efficient village in Robin Hood country, EARTHBEAT with Alexandra de Blas; UK