Middle of the road ... towards a cliff
David Spratt, The Age, 8 August 2008
The Government's climate policy framework is already out of date.
Climate change catastrophe by degrees
Mark Lynas, he Guadian, 7 August 08
Bob Watson rightly warns us to prepare for 4C global warming. To avoid that, we must make drastic CO2 cuts now
Coal Scuttled
George Mobiot, The Guardian, August 5, 2008
The climate camp outside the Kingsnorth power station is contesting the biggest issue of them all.
Al Gore: A Generational Challenge to Repower America
18 July 2008
There are times in the history of our nation when our very way of life depends upon dispelling illusions and awakening to the challenge of a present danger.
Climate won't wait, Mr Rudd
Christine Milne, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July 2008
Our leaders need the courage to take the bold, far-sighted action we need if we are to survive this challenge and emerge better off. In perhaps as little as two decades we have to radically transform our society and economy.
Antarctic ice shelf collapse 'imminent'
Geoffrey Lean, The Independent, 13 July 2008
Scientists are warning that an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Northern Ireland is on the verge of disintegration, even though it is now the middle of the southern hemisphere's winter.
Bangladesh is set to disappear under the waves by the end of the century
Johann Hari, The Independent, 20 June 2008
Bangladesh, the most crowded nation on earth, is set to disappear under the waves by the end of this century – and we will be to blame.
Arctic thaw threatens Siberian permafrost
Steve Connor, The Independent, Saturday, 14 June 2008
The permafrost belt stretching across Siberia to Alaska and Canada could start melting three times faster than expected because of the speed at which Arctic Sea ice is disappearing.
Methane rise points to wetlands
Richard Black, BBC News , 23 May 2008
Higher atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas methane noted last year are probably related to emissions from wetlands, especially around the Arctic.
Sun's rays alone 'can power Australia by 2030'
Rosslyn Beeby, Canberra Times, 12 June 2008
Australia could be totally reliant on solar energy by 2030 if the current obstacles of technical inertia, lack of political will and entrenched interests can be overcome, a leading CSIRO scientist says.
'No return' fears on climate change
Chris Hammer, The Age, June 12, 2008
THE world could be tracking towards irreversible climate change as warming takes place much quicker than previously thought, an Adelaide academic has warned.
Climate change will probably beat us: Garnaut
The Age, 5 June 2008
Economist Ross Garnaut thinks humanity will probably lose the fight against climate change. The architect of Australia's response to climate change says the issue is "too hard" and there is "just a chance" the world will face up to the problem before it's too late.
Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice
David Shukman, Environment correspondent, BBC News, 23 May 2008
Dramatic evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap has emerged from research during an expedition by the Canadian military
World carbon dioxide levels highest for 650,000 years, says US report
David Adam, The Guardian, May 13 2008
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, according to the latest figures, renewing fears that climate change could begin to slide out of control.
Oxygen-poor oceans
Olive Heffernan, Nature Reports Climate Change, 8 May 2008
Oxygen, one of the essential elements for most of life on Earth, has become increasingly scarce across large expanses of the tropical oceans over the past half century.
Early warning signs at the Global Warming Café
Ken Ward, Gristmill, 20 May 2008
The Climate Policy Paradigm has reached its endgame
Civilization's last chance
Bill McKibben, May 11, 2008, LA Times
Even for Americans -- who are constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little public repentance and forgiveness and a Brand New Start -- even for us, the world looks a little terminal right now.
An epidemic of extinctions: Decimation of life on earth
Emily Dugan, The Independent, 16 May 2008
Species are dying out at a rate not seen since the demise of the dinosaurs, according to a report published today – and human behaviour is to blame.
Chimneys sweep BP clean coal plan away
Nigel Wilson, The Australian, 10 May 2008
What was touted as Australia's biggest contribution to developing clean coal technology for use around the world in reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been scrapped even before it got to first base.
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