Published on Monday, June 2, 2008 by Reuters Biofuel Land Demand Puts Peasants at Risk: Report ROME – The rise of biofuels is not only adding to the global food price crisis but also poses a risk for peasants, pushed off their land to make way for energy crops, a… Continue reading
Rising ocean acidity threatens low-lying islands Mon Jun 2, 2008 5:09am EDT By Michael Perry SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rising acidity in the ocean caused by seas absorbing greenhouse carbon dioxide could make low-lying island nations like Kiribati and the Maldives more vulnerable to storms as their coral reefs struggle to… Continue reading
Satellite images reveal Papua forest destruction Mon Jun 2, 2008 3:40am EDT By Michael Perry SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thirty years of satellite imagery of Papua New Guinea’s rainforests has revealed destruction on such a rapid scale that by 2021 most accessible forest will be destroyed or degraded, a study released… Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2008 5:40 PM CONTACT: Government Accountability Project Rick Piltz, Climate Science Watch Director Email: director@climatesciencewatch.orgor Dylan Blaylock, GAP Communications Director Phone: 202.408.0034 ext 137, 202.236.3733 Email: dylanb@whistleblower.org New Climate Report Counters Bush Administration’s Record of “Denial, Disinformation, Cover-Up, and Delay” Years-Overdue Scientific Assessment Report Produced… Continue reading