by ostyx | Feb 27, 2014 | Europe, Features, Governments, Home, News, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics
UK youth staged an action outside of the Palace of Westminster Thursday to advocate for meaningful commitments on climate change as the deadline for Europe’s 2030 climate targets approaches. The action occurred as German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived at...
by ostyx | Feb 27, 2014 | Africa & Middle East, Forests, Justice, News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Wildlife
A complaint against London-based oil and gas company Soco International PLC has triggered an investigation into the company’s operations in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In an initial assessment published by the United Kingdom’s OECD...
by ostyx | Feb 26, 2014 | Asia (incl. Maldives), Features, Governments, Home, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics, Types
Iran may soon launch a carbon trading market in an effort to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and slow the country’s contribution to climate change. Mehdi Sharif, director for energy efficiency at Iran’s Fuel Conservation Organization (IFCO) announced that...
by ostyx | Feb 25, 2014 | Features, Governments, Home, Jobs/Economy, News, North America, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics, Types
In the US, Apple and over a dozen other California companies announced Tuesday that they have signed the Climate Declaration, a call to action from the business community urging Washington to address global warming. The Climate Declaration, which was created by the...
by ostyx | Feb 25, 2014 | News, Posts, Regions, Science/Weather, Topics, Types
Even as the Eastern United States suffered a wintry blast last month, temperatures on the global scale continued to stay high. New data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show that this January was the warmest since 2007 and the...
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