Bush backtracks on global warming with plan to protect polar bears

Bush backtracks on global warming with plan to protect polar bears

John Vidal Environment editor Suzanne Goldenberg Washington

The Guardian

28 Dec 2006



The Bush administration yesterday made one of its most significant concessions to date on the dangers of global warming, proposing protection for the polar bear, whose habitat is threatened by the melting Arctic sea ice. The recommendation by the... read more...

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Ministers know emissions trading is a red herring and won’t work

Ministers know emissions trading is a red herring and won’t work

George Monbiot

The Guardian

19 Dec 2006



Isuppose I should be flattered. In a speech to fellow airline bosses a few days ago, Martin Broughton, the chief executive of British Airways, announced that the primary challenge for the industry is to “isolate the George Monbiots of this world”. That... read more...

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This electric radicalism marries green politics with social justice

This electric radicalism marries green politics with social justice

Polly Toynbee

The Guardian

15 Dec 2006



Hotter still and hotter it grows. Yes, perhaps for Tony Blair — but rather more for the world. Not a week goes by now without hair-raising new climate reports. After the Stern report, this week finds the Arctic ice melting faster than previously... read more...

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Warmest year on record in Britain

Warmest year on record in Britain



The Guardian

14 Dec 2006



Soaring temperatures and prolonged mild spells caused by global warming have made 2006 the warmest year in Britain since records began, according to figures released yesterday by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia. This year’s mean... read more...

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A disaster waiting to happen – why a huge earthquake near Istanbul seems inevitable (The Guardian, 09 Dec 2006, Page 9)

A disaster waiting to happen – why a huge earthquake near Istanbul seems inevitable

Ian Traynor Istanbul

The Guardian

09 Dec 2006



Ian Traynor Istanbul From the top of Turkey’s tallest building, the panorama over Istanbul is stunning. The huge city sprawls and crawls over a thousand hills and ravines. The Bosphorus, separating Europe from Asia, threads north to the Black Sea. To... read more...

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Wild weather: floods, gales and the terrifying sight of a tornado in London

Wild weather: floods, gales and the terrifying sight of a tornado in London

Sandra Laville

The Guardian

08 Dec 2006



Just before 11am in a fashionable part of north London, Caroline Phillips, a freelance writer, thought the apocalypse had come. Sitting at the front window of her home writing about the benefits of complementary therapy, she looked up to see the sky... read more...

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