Freeze’s citrus losses top $800 million
FRESNO — Citrus growers said Tuesday they lost at least $800 million during a recent five-day freeze, the most devastating blow to the industry in more than a decade. The…
Jeremy Clarkson: Cornered by the green lynch mob
Environmentalists, it seems, can’t argue like normal people. You may remember, for instance, back in the summer that a vegetarian girl, who I’d never met before, leapt from some bushes…
With five private jets, Travolta still lectures on global warming
His serious aviation habit means he is hardly the best person to lecture others on the environment. But John Travolta went ahead and did it anyway. The 53-year-old actor, a…
New Zealand’s belching animals
A special harness measured methane emissions By Kim Griggs in Wellington, New Zealand Trials carried out by New Zealand scientists have shown how changing pastures can directly reduce the emissions…
Catalyst recycles waste methane into plastics
It might not turn the oil industry green, but it would be a start. A catalyst that allows waste gas to be easily converted into a useful chemical could cut…
You can lead a cow to water, but how do you get her to stick to the
Gas emissions from flatulent cows could soon be restricted by a EU quota system as penal as that imposed on milk production, an agricultural expert has predicted. Environmental scientist Professor…
Kangaroos—They don’t look that smart, but apparently they have
By Richard Black BBC science correspondent Scientists in Australia are investigating whether kangaroos could help combat global warming. Australia’s sheep and cattle produce huge amounts of methane, an important greenhouse…
Global Warming’s Silver Lining
Earth’s temperature is on the rise, researchers say, and environmental watchdogs are howling, hoping it’s not too late to avert negative effects that could range from melting icecaps to mass…
Jennifer Marohasy: Reef may benefit from global warming
ON Friday in Paris the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will launch a new report, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, with an up-to-date assessment of likely temperature…
Comrade Climate-change
Global warming is good for Russia SOME consequences of global warming are unambiguously bad. Rising sea levels can’t do anybody any good. Nor can higher temperatures in hotter bits of…