Storing Carbon to Combat Global Warming May Cause Other E...

Growing tree plantations to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to mitigate global warming -- so called carbon sequestration -- could trigger environmental changes that outweigh some of the benefits, a multi-institutional team led by Duke University suggested in a new report. Those effects include water and nutrient depletion and increased soil salinity and acidity, said the researchers.

December 22, 2005 [U.S.]

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North American Boreal Productivity Trends: 1982-2003

December 21, 2005 [Canada]

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Most of Arctic's Near-Surface Permafrost May Thaw by 2100

December 19, 2005 [Canada]

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Enviros Exaggerated Montreal Summit

So the new agreement negotiated in Montreal to hold more negotiations is not "historic" as Greenpeace claimed, but Kyoto is indeed already history.

December 15, 2005 [International]

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Spoof campaign angers local ski operators

A David Suzuki Foundation billboard campaign on climate change featuring a skier taking to the brown grassy slopes of the Rocky Mountains has angered local ski hill operators.

December 15, 2005 [B.C.]

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CONSERVATIONISTS FILE LAWSUIT TO PROTECT POLAR BEAR UNDER...

Global Warming, Melting Ice Threaten Bear with Extinction

December 15, 2005 [U.S.]

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U.S. tired of Canadian attacks on environment, trade poli...

The United States launched an exceptional mid-campaign rebuke yesterday of the Liberal government's constant criticism of the Bush administration, bringing the high level of tensions between the world's two biggest trading partners to the forefront of the Canadian election.

December 14, 2005 [International]

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Climate change - Pricking the global conscience

The Economist - Editorial .

December 14, 2005 [International]

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Flap Over Anti-US Toy Ducks at UN Climate Talks

Environmentalists handed out plastic ducks at a 190-nation climate conference on Friday in a joking stab at US opposition to new UN-led talks on global warming.

December 12, 2005 [Canada]

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UN Conference Agrees To Long Term Actions to Control Glob...

The United Nations Climate Change Conference closed Saturday with the adoption of more than 40 decisions that will strengthen global efforts to fight climate change.

December 11, 2005 [International]

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Why America finally woke up to climate change threat

Goaded by its neighbours, its mayors, its former president and some rubber ducks, the US finally agrees to dialogue

December 11, 2005 [International]

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New Montreal Action Plan on climate change : The Quebec L...

December 11, 2005 [Canada]

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In Shift, US Agrees to Future Climate Talks

More than 150 nations agreed early Saturday to launch formal talks on mandatory post-2012 reductions in greenhouse gases at the U.N. conference on climate change in Montreal. A last minute capitulation by the U.S. to participate in future climate change discussions on a non-Kyoto track led to the final agreement.

December 10, 2005 [International]

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Montreal Agreement on Climate Change: Success on the Worl...

December 10, 2005 [Canada]

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Washington furious over Martin's climate change comments

The White House has officially complained about Prime Minister Paul Martin's comments this week at the climate change conference in Montreal.

December 9, 2005 [Canada]

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ICC seeks legal ruling against U.S. on climate change

ICC petition alleges violation of Inuit human rights

December 9, 2005 [Canada]

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Mission Not Accomplished In Montreal; Majority of Countri...

December 9, 2005 [Canada]

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New Today's News

The time is past to pretend that any nation can stand alone,' PM tells conference

December 8, 2005 [Canada]

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Researchers discover trees in Amazon much older than assu...

Older trees may have less capacity for taking in carbon dioxide

December 8, 2005 [International]

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Building Hydro Dams To Fight Climate Change Destroys The ...

December 8, 2005 [Canada]

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Global warming could halt ocean circulation, with harmful...

December 7, 2005 [International]

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2005 Costliest Year for Extreme Weather

The world has suffered more than 200 billion dollars in economic losses as a result of weather-related natural disasters over the past year, making 2005 the costliest year on record, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by the Munich Re Foundation at the international climate conference in Montreal.

December 6, 2005 [International]

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Layton launches ambitious environmental plan

NDP leader Jack Layton made his first campaign stop in Montreal on Tuesday, using the backdrop of a United Nations conference on global warming to unveil four proposals to clean up drinking water, crack down on polluters and meet Canada's Kyoto targets.

December 6, 2005 [Canada]

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Bombardier Participates in Environmental Exhibit

December 6, 2005 [Canada]

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Greenwash Alert: Patrick Moore Says Nuclear 'Part of Sus...

Greenwash Alert: "There is now a great deal of scientific evidence showing nuclear power to be an environmentally sound and safe choice," Moore says.

December 5, 2005 [Canada]

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Environmental lobby ignoring the bigger picture on CO2 em...

The SMMT has reacted with concern to a Friends of the Earth statement calling for increases in tax on 4x4 vehicles, 'whilst seemingly refusing to participate in the nuclear debate'. FOE urged the Chancellor last week to adopt a number of green measures including increasing tax on ‘gas-guzzling" vehicles including 4x4s, and giving cash incentives for motorists to buy greener cars.

December 5, 2005 [International]

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Study: Temperate Forests Could Worsen Global Warming

December 5, 2005 [International]

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Protesters from 30 countries unite to fight global warmin...

The first worldwide demonstration on climate change will coincide with the opening of a key United Nations conference to set out the basis for the reduction of greenhouse gases after the Kyoto treaty expires in 2012.

December 3, 2005 [International]

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Forests Urged as New Front in Global Warming Fight

Forest preservation should be the new front in the fight against global warming with Third World nations earning cash for protecting trees, tropical countries told U.N. climate conference.

December 2, 2005 [Canada]

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New Today's News

Countries meeting at U.N. environmental conference adopted the rules for limiting emissions of greenhouse gases under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol.

November 30, 2005 [International]

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UN examines prospect for climate-change litigation

Companies which contribute to climate change will increasingly face legal action, law firm Freshfields said on Wednesday, launching U.N.-sponsored research which highlights investors' environmental responsibilities.

November 30, 2005 [International]

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U.S. won't play ball at climate conference

U.S. delegate plans to resist United Nations post-Kyoto pact Royal Society head warns of climate's `mass destruction'

November 29, 2005 [Canada]

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COP 11 AND COP/MOP 1 HIGHLIGHTS

The eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the first Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 1) opened in Montreal on Monday, 28 November.

November 29, 2005 [Canada]

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Impact of climate change 'can be likened to WMD'

Climate change can be likened in its destructive scale to the effects of using weapons of mass destruction, according to Britain's leading scientist.

November 29, 2005 [International]

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Network Says Cars Cause Climate Change

UN Summit Urged To See The Elephant In The Room: Cars Cause Climate Change

November 29, 2005 [International]

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Climate change: Seize the day

EU Commissioner Stavros Dimas hopes the international community can work together to combat climate change at this week’s Montreal talks

November 28, 2005 [International]

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Minister Dion Announces United Nations Climate Change Con...

November 27, 2005 [Canada]

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Carbon in Canada's boreal forest worth $3.7 trillion

Ecosystem services estimated at $93 billion per year

November 25, 2005 [Canada]

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Oil Tankers Are Coming to the BC Coast

November 24, 2005 [Lower Mainland]

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The Science of Rising Temperatures and How It Influences ...

Fifteen years ago the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) submitted to governments its first assessment of the science of climate change. It drew upon a long history of climate science going back several hundred years, as well as research coordinated through the World Climate Research Program, sponsored by the International Council for Science, the World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.

November 23, 2005 [Canada]

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Conference Organizers Take Measures to Reduce Delegates' ...

Eco-friendly transport, recycled paper, and composting leftovers are just some ways the COP MOP is attempting to make an influx of over 10,000 conference-goers more environmentally sustainable

November 23, 2005 [Canada]

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NGOs, Industry Advocates Will Do Their Best to Influence ...

Though they don't have official delegate status, many environmental organizations on both sides of the Kyoto debate will be in Montreal to make contacts and get the latest news.

November 23, 2005 [Canada]

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Environmental NGO's Offer Post-Kyoto Predictions

John Bennett, Executive Director, Climate Action Network, Ottawa, Ont.

November 23, 2005 [Canada]

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Minister Dion to Open International Youth Summit on Clima...

November 23, 2005 [Canada]

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Goldman Sachs spells out eco-friendly policy

The big investment banking firm just announced a policy that details how its 24,000 employees - be they bankers, analysts or purchasing agents - should promote activities that protect forests and guard against climate change.

November 22, 2005 [B.C.]

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Alternative energy sources potentially rich in jobs

Waning supplies of oil and natural gas will trigger the need for other sources of energy, a report says

November 22, 2005 [B.C.]

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Corporate Canada's Change of Heart on Global Warming

Better late than never. As if they've seen the light on the road to Damascus, Canada's business leaders last week demanded tough action from the federal government on dealing with climate change.

November 22, 2005 [Canada]

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Environmentalists delighted by corporate leaders' endorse...

Environmentalists are delighted that some of Canada's top corporate executives endorse the Kyoto protocol, calling it a major shift in the attitude of the business community.

November 19, 2005 [Canada]

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Study Shows Climate Warming To Shrink Key Water Supplies ...

In the looming future, global warming will reduce glaciers and storage packs of snow in regions around the world, causing water shortages and other problems that will impact millions of people.

November 18, 2005 [U.S.]

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What's fueling climate change?

McGill hosts public symposium on climate change and energy needs

November 16, 2005 [Canada]

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