Hi, I'm Tim Gray, the webmaster for 'Beyond the Basics', opening up this group for discussion of all sorts of climate-related issues. If you have questions...
I'm very pleased to have worked with HIYE on organising this lecture programme and providing financial support. This is one of a number of projects Nottingham...
Just some of the topics arising in discussion last night (in the order I remembered them not in the order they were raised) Approaches to awareness raising who...
I know there are some people in CANN who'll be interested in this ;) Story at the BBC <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6615787.stm> : Foster's brewery in...
There's a nice 2 page spread in today's Evening Post about climate change and local responses, which mentions the lecture series and a number of other...
This is based on the returns we got back after Monday evenings Climate Meeting. 67 evaluation sheets were handed in for an attendance of 130 = 52% of the 130...
In her talk to the first climate meeting Alice Bows quite rightly attacked the government's target of 60% reduction of emissions by 2050 as being completely ...
The New Economics Foundation is promoting an interesting concept of the "ecological debt day". You look at the proportion of the goods and resources we consume...
The respected science magazine debunks 26 common climate change misconceptions on its site here: http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462 ...
Story at Planet Ark - "Even those Britons who are sceptical about the effects of climate change and efforts to fight it are happy to pay more for their energy...
At the meeting on Peak Oil and Gas and the Climate Crisis someone asked about how much fossil fuels are burned and greenhouse gas contributions made by the ...
According to the Stern Review the output of greenhouse gases in 2000 was 42 Gigatonnes CO2e - that is 42,000,000,000 tonnes. Therefore, if the US Military...
If you want to know how big money is thinking about the future of energy in the United States you can do worse than reading what the Climate Change Investment...
The EU's agrofuel folly: policy capture by corporate interests http://www.corporateeurope.org/agrofuelfolly.html This report shows how European policy on...
This article is from the euactiv web site - you will note that the "Boeing environmentalist" claims  that they will " have criteria to make sure we're not...
Dear Glenis, You will recall that some time ago I met you to talk about the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme and have written to you about it a number of times...
On Monday 2nd July Channel 4's Dispatches programme, titled 'The Great Green Smoke Screen', asks whether touted measures like tree planting, carbon offsetting...
This article appeared in the German news weekly Der Spiegel a week ago and is rather good so I have done a summary/translation.. Der Spiegel 26/2007 25th June ...
I've been told that C4 is actually running a programme about Tony Blair instead. No clue on the C4 website when this one might be shown - you can check back if...
At the meeting about CCS I asked Professor Snape about coal depletion and he replied that new technologies like underground gasification would answer that ...
Via avaaz.org, the online petition organisation, I've just had the text of the full pledge connected with the Live Earth events, and thought I'd air it here as...
Letter from Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission to Glenis Wilmott MEP With regard to biofuels, your constituent is concerned that this...
And here is the rest of the news...... Always focusing on direct climate and energy depletion issues holds the danger of failing to notice when other processes...
I sent a copy of my post " Would a recession be helpful in resolving the climate crisis?" to Paul Mobbs. The following response is posted with his permission...
The futility of energy efficiency measures on their own to control carbon emissions is starkly demonstrated in a recent study written for the European Union. ...
Forwarded by Paul Mobbs You can find Blackle at: http://www.blackle.com/ http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/does-a-darkened-google-really-save-electricity-104/ ...
