11 May 2015

Sign up for the The Marine Climate Change Impact Partnership (MCCIP) newsletter by visiting their site: http://www.mccip.org.uk/ Global warming more moderate than most worst-case models, empirical data suggest A study based on 1,000 years of temperature records suggests global warming is not progressing as fast as it would under the most severe emissions scenarios outlined […]

01 May 2015

Main text:  The Swansea project and a number of related schemes will come under closer scrutiny post the election. The cost questions will need to be answered quickly if this project is not to come to a grinding halt. This make the deal over the cost of the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point look […]

14 Apr 2015

Popular North Sea fish such as haddock, plaice and lemon sole could become less common on our menus because they will be constrained to preferred habitat as seas warm, according to a study published today in Nature Climate Change. Fish distributions are limited by water temperature and some species can only thrive in certain habitats […]

16 Mar 2015

The Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds has published a report looking at how local government in Britain is making progress in adaptation to climate change. Comparing new data with similar evidence from 2003, the study shows that local authority staff now have good access to technical climate risk information. However, this knowledge […]

10 Mar 2015

‘Global warming’ and ‘sustainability’ among phrases allegedly barred at state’s Department of Environmental Protection, investigative report finds.   http://fcir.org/2015/03/08/in-florida-officials-ban-term-climate-change/   Officials with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the agency in charge of setting conservation policy and enforcing environmental laws in the state, issued directives in 2011 barring thousands of employees from using the […]

24 Feb 2015

From Thomas Cromwell to Sir Humphrey officials and advisors try their best. Their political masters, particularly in election years, can and do resist advice presented to them. Although this video comes from a clearly vested interest promoting solar pv, the evidence – quotes – they have accumulated shows how policy can be implemented even when […]