Category Archives: Climate Change

Drought, wildfires, hurricanes and heatwaves are becoming normal in America because of climate change, Congress was told on Wednesday in the first hearing on climate science in more than two years. In a predictably contentious hearing, the Senate’s environment and … Continue reading →

Nick Butler is Visiting Professor and Chair of the Kings Policy Institute at Kings College London. He spent 29 years with BP, including five years as Group Vice President for Policy and Strategy Development at BP from 2002 to 2006. … Continue reading →

At the MoD, the total headcount of Civil Servants, excluding members of the Armed Forces, fell by 5 per cent between December and April from 57,210 to 54,250, the figures disclosed. George Osborne has staked his reputation as Chancellor on … Continue reading →

By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Aug 1, 2012 4:20am BST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s electricity sector is more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, as higher temperatures will impede the state’s ability to generate and transmit … Continue reading →

What do you believe about man’s effect on the climate? Ask yourself the following: what would it take to make you change your mind on a strongly held belief? An empirical one, a matter of fact. Especially one which you … Continue reading →

Richard Muller and his daughter Elizabeth Muller in 2011. (Paul Sakuma/AP) He finally came around to what other climate scientists have been spouting for years. Richard A. Muller, a physics professor at the University of California-Berkeley, announced over the weekend … Continue reading →

The man from Whitehall cannot protect this polar bear The Coalition’s green policies are “incoherent and failing to achieve objectives”, says the manufacturers’ trade body, because the bureaucracy involved in complying with the regulations was time-consuming, inefficient and costly. No … Continue reading →

<!– New research sheds light on the important role of the Southern Ocean in taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. It comes as one long-time doubter of climate science has had a complete turnaround. –> ELEANOR HALL: Australian and … Continue reading →

When asked if he was disappointed by President Obama’s relative silence on climate change recently, Bill Nye told CNN last week that if he is “disappointed,” it’s by the media. He said, “I think if the media asked him, asked … Continue reading →

High temperatures and extremely dry conditions in much of the United States continue to hurt crops and cause corn prices to soar. In large parts of the Midwest, the drought has reached the worst classification possible, a D4 drought that … Continue reading →