Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol

Climate campaigners march in London
Yahoo! News | 04 Dec 2010
Green campaigners have marched on Parliament demanding greenhouse gas emissions are slashed to help prevent "climate catastrophe". With UN delegates meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to hammer out a deal to cut global warming, thousands of campaigners marched through London.

Developing countries get climate adaptation boost
Nature | 21 Nov 2006
But Nairobi conference leaves open the question of what happens after Kyoto.

Clean Development Mechanism | Climate Change | Global Warming | Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol

Blair, Schwarzenegger sign UK-California climate pact
Environmental Finance | 04 Aug 2006
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an agreement on Monday to cooperate on climate and clean energy issues.

Climate Change in Spotlight at London 'I Count' Event
Friends of the Earth- England, Wales and N.Ireland. | 03 Aug 2006
The Stop Climate Chaos coalition today announced it is to stage `I Count', a huge event in London's Trafalgar Square, on Saturday 4th November, 2006 at 1pm.

Soaring bills 'pushing millions into fuel poverty'
Guardian Unlimited | 25 Jul 2006
Huge rises in household utility bills over recent years are having a dramatic impact on Britain's poorest families, a report claimed today.

Energy Efficiency

Global warming: world dancing on a volcano, says Chirac
Yahoo! News | 16 Jul 2006
French President Jacques Chirac issued a stark warning to his G8 partners, saying "humanity is dancing on a volcano" and urging them to live up to commitments to combat global warming.

MPs seek consensus on global warming
Epolitix.com | 13 Jul 2006
A cross-party group of MPs has warned that Britain is not moving fast enough to tackle climate change.

Isles renewables yard in trouble
BBC | 12 Jul 2006
Talks are under way to resolve financial difficulties at a wave and wind energy yard in the Western Isles.

NJ's Swamplands Pledge to Meet Kyoto CO2 Targets
Planet Ark | 11 Jul 2006
New Jersey's Meadowlands has become the latest US region to buck the Bush administration by agreeing to greenhouse gas emissions goals outlined by an international pact on global warming.

Mexican candidates ponder oil future
BBC | 30 Jun 2006
Mexico's leading presidential candidates are divided over how to exploit the country's large oil wealth.

Energy Consumption | Energy Efficiency | Energy Production | Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol | Waste Management

Government promises carbon cuts
BBC | 29 Jun 2006
The UK government promises to cut carbon emissions from big business by 12.5% on last year's levels by 2012.

Carbon Storage | Climate Change | Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol | Renewable Energy

Germany sets 'lax' carbon quotas
BBC | 28 Jun 2006
The German government sets quotas for industrial carbon dioxide emissions which dismay environmentalists.

US Supreme Court to rule on climate change
New Scientist | 28 Jun 2006
The US Supreme Court decided on Monday to hear a case that will bring climate change and the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions before the court for the first time.

Greenpeace goes open source in collaboration push
Yahoo! News | 27 Jun 2006
The environmental campaign group wants developers to help combat climate change by using a Web platform launched in beta this week

Climate and Atmosphere | Climate Change Impacts | Environmental Awareness | Education

Huskies might soon be out of a job as Norway's frozen fjords turn to mush
The Times | 23 Jun 2006
The huskies that transported David Cameron, the Tory party leader, to a melting glacier this year will soon be redundant unless global warming can be slowed.

Gas-Fired Power Plants | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Ice Cap and Glacial Melting | National Policies and Environmental Laws | Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol

Boyack energy bill
Friends of the Earth- Scotland | 21 Jun 2006
Friends of the Earth Scotland welcomed the formal lodging, in the Scottish Parliament, of a Member's Bill aimed at tackling climate change and cutting fuel bills.

London incinerator plan criticised
Green Consumer Guide | 20 Jun 2006
Plans to build Europes largest incinerator in London, revealed last week, have been slammed by NGO Friends of the Earth, which has called the development a step in the wrong direction on climate change.

Saving the midnight oil
Guardian Unlimited | 19 Jun 2006
Student concern is forcing universities to do their part in tackling climate change, both on campus and off

Government opens new front in climate campaign: climate challenge fund winners announced
DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 19 Jun 2006
The Government has opened a new front in its campaign to change public attitudes to tackling climate change.

Academies ask G8 to tackle health and energy
SCIDEV.NET | 16 Jun 2006
In an effort to strengthen their influence on the world's political stage, 12 national science academies have issued two joint statements to the G8 leaders ahead of the annual G8 summit meeting, to be held in Russia next month.

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