Proposed US spending bill is weighted against the environment
It brings me no joy whatsoever to write about what I consider to be potentially very bad news about the environment, however I also feel it needs to be said – the new house spending bill in the United States passed last month is a …
War on Plastic – partial plastics ban in India a step in the right direction
While there have been number of regional and municipal bans placed on the use of plastic bags, India’s National Environment Ministry have signed in to play new rules that will ban plastic bags beneath a certain thickness throughout the country. It’s part of a larger …
The staggering costs of the drought in China
We tend to read numerous stories about climate change if it impacts where we live or regions we are most familiar with, most specifically detailed coverage of floods and droughts or extreme temperatures seems to be focused upon North America, Europe or occasionally Australia. That’s …
Australian study shows gaps in consumer habits when ‘shopping green’
An interesting new study just released in Australia reveals that shoppers in that nation harbour the very best in ‘green tendencies’ but that the conversion of eco-planning to actual eco-purchasing seems to often fall down by the time a customer reaches the checkout. The new …
California looks to pass bill that would increase renewable energy to 33%
An encouraging piece of news this week has emerged from Sacramento, CA but not for the first time it leaves me scratching my head as to how state policies are often far more in keeping with what I feel needs to be done than national …
Climate change pioneer Willi Dansgaard passes away at age 88
In his own field he was the equivalent of a Babe Ruth or Elvis Presley when it came to the study of our planet’s climate history, his revolutionary research began in the 1950′s and half a century later it has changed everything with we know …
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