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1311.Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace (2014-02-03)
... As both the World Bank and United Nations chiefs strengthen calls for divestment from “high carbon” assets, more than a dozen foundations representing more than $2 billion in assets said they would stop investing in fossil fuel companies. The Divest-Invest Philanthropy coalition includes foundations, such as the Park Foundation, the John Merck Fund and the... ...
1312.Climate change is ‘killing Argentina’s Magellanic penguin chicks’ (2014-01-30)
... Penguin chicks in Argentina are dying as a direct consequence of climate change, according to new research. Drenching rainstorms and extreme heat are killing the young birds in significant numbers. The study, conducted over 27 years, looked at climate impacts on the world’s biggest colony of Magellanic penguins, which live on the arid Punta Tombo... ...
1313.Obama pledges strong climate action in State of Union address (2014-01-29)
... During his annual State of the Union speech the United State President Barack Obama has again pointed to the many different ways he would use the executive branch to pursue strong action on climate change. President Obama has previously told the US Congress that if it does not act on climate change then he will... ...
1314.EU power market moves at odds with green targets (2014-01-29)
... The study, based on reports by leading European energy academics, said Europe must decide on the trade-offs between affordability, sustainability and security on setting its energy policy. http://econews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/europe-wind-biofuel.jpg“This is an ambitious policy that has not reached its targets,” said Jean Pisani-Ferry, head of the French prime minister’s policy planning unit, CGSP. ...
1315.Scientists: halt Abbot Point coal port expansion (2014-01-29)
... More than 200 scientists have urged the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, responsible for the World Heritage listed area, to reject a major port expansion in north Queensland. In December, the Environment Minister in Australia’s conservative Liberal-National government, Greg Hunt, gave the go-ahead to the Abbot Point coal terminal expansion at Bowen in north... ...
1316.True greens should embrace fracking, says minister (2014-01-28)
... True greens should embrace fracking for shale gas in order to combat climate change, the energy minister has said. Greg Barker said ideological convictions rather than sound science motivated anti-fracking campaigners, and urged an expansion of fracking in the UK. “If you are really against climate change, then to be anti-fracking is incredibly dangerous,” he... ...
1317.Brazil dolphin is first new river species since 1918 (2014-01-23)
... Scientists in Brazil have discovered the first new river dolphin species since the end of World War One. Named after the Araguaia river where it was found, the species is only the fifth known of its kind in the world. Writing in the journal Plos One, the researchers say it separated from other South American... ...
1318.EU to cut carbon emissions by 40% by 2030 (2014-01-23)
... Europe will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, the toughest climate change target of any region in the world, and will produce 27% of its energy from renewable sources by the same date. The landmark deal was reached after grinding negotiations dragged on to the deadline of 11am... ...
1319.Noaa: 2013 tied for fourth-warmest year on record (2014-01-22)
... Last year was tied for the fourth-warmest year on record around the world. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday released its global temperature figures for 2013. The average world temperature was 58.12F (14.52C) tying with 2003 for the fourth-warmest since 1880. Nasa, which calculates records in a different manner, said Tuesday that 2013... ...
1320.Antarctic rescue: passengers of research ship back on dry land after two months (2014-01-22)
... The 52 passengers of the Akademik Shokalskiy, the scientific research vessel that became stuck in heavy sea ice off Antarctica over Christmas, arrived back on dry land on Wednesday morning, after an international rescue operation and almost two months at sea. On board the ship that had brought them back, the Aurora Australis, the passengers... ...
