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Video: 60 years of climate change in 15 seconds

by ostyx | Jan 31, 2014 | News, Posts, Regions, Science/Weather, Topics, Types

A new animation from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) depicts the rise in global temperatures between 1950 and 2013 – using compiled data collected from over 1,000 meteorological stations from around the globe. It highlights the rise in...

Public support for UK fracking declining following protests

by ostyx | Jan 30, 2014 | Europe, Governments, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Types, Women

The government’s attempts to sell fracking to the UK public appear to be in vain as new research shows less than 1 in 4 people support the controversial extraction technique. The latest results are part of a long-running survey on British attitudes to shale gas....

Climate change cemented into Tunisian constitution

by ostyx | Jan 30, 2014 | Africa & Middle East, Governments, News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types

Tunisia has become the third country in the world to make a constitutional commitment to tackling climate change. Tunisia’s long-awaited new constitution – passed by the country’s constituent assembly earlier this week – obliges the state to guarantee “a sound climate...

Obama's State of the Union climate strategy falls short for future generations

by ostyx | Jan 29, 2014 | Governments, News, North America, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types

In the United States’ annual presidential State of the Union address, President Barack Obama made some of his strongest remarks yet in favor of tackling climate change. His championing of fossil fuels in an ‘all of the above’ energy plan, however, falls short of...

EU faces criticism as commissioner labels 2030 CO2 target ‘stupid’

by ostyx | Jan 29, 2014 | Europe, Governments, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types

Just a week after helping to launch the EU’s climate and energy package to 2030, energy commissioner Günther Oettinger is facing criticism for speaking out against the proposed 40% cut in CO2 emissions included in the plans. Speaking at an ‘Industry Matters’...
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