Despite the best efforts of the British Airports Authority to injunct it out of existence, the Camp for Climate Action was held in a field just a short hop from the perimeter fence of Europe's busiest airport, Heathrow. A week of workshops, seminars a... Read more >

Parental warning: Video contains nudity. (But not exactly anything that I'd call shocking.)

Greenpeace Switzerland and artist Spencer Tunick teamed up for this, ahem, unusual project. Really well done. Big thanks to all the volunteers who bared all ... Read more >

In the last version of our Guide to Greener Electronics, Sony came bottom of the pack, mainly due to bad recycling policies and double standards on product take back in the US. Yesterday Sony announced a new US recycling scheme. Shame it's not worldw... Read more >

If you've ever eaten the Chinese delicacy, shark fin soup, you've had a taste of ocean destruction.

Sharks are greatly valued for their fins which are sold for high prices in Asia. Shark fin soup is served at Chinese weddings and banquets to symbolise ... Read more >

I've been seeing some misleading buzz in the blogoworld today, in part I think thanks to shoddy reporting by FOX.

First the bad news, global warming is still a reality we have to deal with. As you can see from the graph above (with the adjusted figur... Read more >

This made me very angry this morning – a leaked UK government memo on renewable energy in the Guardian reveals how officials are already preparing excuses, spin and plotting because they fully expect the UK to miss the 20% renewables by 2020 European ... Read more >

Regular readers of this blog are no doubt familiar with how companies like Exxon, working with the Bush administration create a false sense of debate about global warming.

But at long last, there are signs the US mainstream media is finally catching on... Read more >

I feel a little bit ashamed but, as I have already said, I can't resist to have a look at the Apple rumours sites when there is a Steve Job's Keynote.

For those who are not Mac fans, it may be useful to know that Apple doesn't stream live the conferenc... Read more >

A couple weeks ago, Nature published a study confirming what computer models have long predicted, that global warming is causing changes in precipitation patterns. I wrote it up under the headline, "More heavy rain, predicted" with the UK floods as a... Read more >

While writing a feature on pollution from Chinese e-waste yards, Kevin, from our science unit, sent me some links to scientific papers on the e-waste pollution. Normally these are quite dense but a couple of things jumped out from reading this study:

E... Read more >

"The struggle of people against power," wrote Milan Kundera, "is the struggle of memory against forgetting." Washington dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima 62 years ago today, resulting in the deaths of over 140,000 people, almost all of them civilian... Read more >

Here's another update from Daniel (one of our climate policy advisers). Title is his choice. I'm never sure when he's joking. Dry sense of humor and what:

Finally, Bush is doing something for the climate. On Friday, he announced that he wants to hold a... Read more >

From today's Globe and Mail:

Nearly 100 countries speaking at the first UN General Assembly meeting on climate change signalled strong support for negotiations on a new international deal to tackle global warming.

There was so much interest among worrie... Read more >

After twenty years out of fashion, the term 'cold war' has become the hot favourite in Fleet Street once more. Not just because diplomatic relations between Russia and the UK distinctly frosty at the moment, but Russia's current Arctic adventures are ... Read more >

This video from Greenpeace UK takes a look at why renewable energy and energy efficiency are the convenient solution to energy needs - arguing that nuclear power is a dangerous waste of money. Favorite line from the video: "Reaching for nuclear power... Read more >