Norway starts plans to trim down CO2 consumption

by fredgrover on February 18, 2010

Norway designed a plan on Wednesday to attain one of the toughest climate goals in the world by setting up ways to clean up various industries like oil and transport to reduce at least 0.25% from the economy by 2020.
The project, dubbed as ‘Climate Cure’, was planned by state-run agencies to direct deep cuts in [...]

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Cold weather threatens wildlife in the UK

by Julie on February 18, 2010

The so-called “big chill” has caused a large number of deer to starve as plants, which serve as their food, remain buried in the snow.
As the Met Office warned of possible icy weather today, more evidence came out showing how the coldest January, after a long time, has affected gardens and wildlife at both ends [...]

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An international group,working to protect endangered species, denounced the unlawful act done on a whale shark on Tingloy Island in Batangas City, Philippines on Monday.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released a statement on Wednesday, stressing concerns regarding the probable slaughter of the whale shark, locally known as “butanding”, whose fins were chopped off.
Joel Palma, the [...]

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office personnel, including top officials and their families, have been ordered to fly in economy class.
The downgrade from the more comfortable seats to the ‘cattle class’ is one of the FCO’s planned measures after participating in the 10:10 climate change campaign.
Just like the other 61,000 and more members, the government branch has [...]

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Permafrost– a ground frozen permanently– is retreating towards the north in an area surrounding James Bay in Canada, indicating a regional warming trend for decades, a climate scientist stated on Wednesday.
The melting of permafrost could result in the release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that is locked within frozen soil.
The southern edge of permafrost [...]

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