Commonwealth leaders back climate change fund

Commonwealth leaders have got behind a proposal from the UK and France to create a climate change fund that would see wealthier countries supporting poorer countires to combat global warming and climate change....

UK and France propose climate fund for poor

Britain has always kept its pledges when it offer aid to the poorer nations however many other countries have made pledges and have not paid the amount promised. I think France's history about honoring pledges is...

Climate cash for poor countries 'has not materialised'

Well does this mean that there is another corruption scandle like cash for oil? It seems there is bad accounting and what is ment by "bilateral and multilateral" ways?  Or is it just a case of sorry we...

East Antarctic ice sheet may be losing mass

When I read the following newspaper article, it of course reminded me of yesterdays hackers story about doctored research reports. Please note the care about taking the alarm out of the published facts very...

Climategate - Hadley CRU Hacked Sensitive Documents Lifted.

This looks like an interesting story...wonder if it turns out to be legit and if will make it past the blogs and into the mainstream media. Seems to be the flavor of the month - joe public is starting to take...

Hacker exposes false global warming claims

Well I still believe that we should clean up our acts " The CRU, which plays a leading role in compiling UN reports and tracks long-termchanges in temperature, has repeatedly refused to provide detailed...

India won't accept legally binding emission cuts: Jairam Ramesh

Holistically speaking, there should not be any politics on environmental issues. But the reality is every country, whether from east or west, trying to gain on carbon currency front. Who will win or loss is very tough to decide, in short term one can say that they won by...

India targets 1,000mw solar power in 2013

India, an energy hungry country, is exploring all possible medium to generate  power. In its latest policy document it targeted to generate 1000mw solar power by the end of 2020. Although this 1000mw is minuscule if we go by the demand chart of next 10 years, but this...

57 Dead in Tropical Storm 'Mirinae' : Vietnam

Last day Chinese media highlighted the success of cloud seeding by the Chinese met department. And today there is the news from Taiwan that a tropical cyclone named, Mirinae, killed 57 people. Is there any correlation in these two events, well climatologist will say they need...

Beijing Artificially Creates Snowfall To Counteract Drought

Meteorologists in Beijing have artificially created snowfall by cloud-seeding to deal with drought conditions. The 11 hour snowfall took place yesterday as scientists saw an opportunity for artifical precipitation...

A Colourful Installation for Raising Climate Change Awareness

A ‘Walk to Raise Awareness about Climate Change’ for the students of Karachi to celebrate the International Day of Climate Action had to be cancelled due to security concerns in the country. The Children’s...

Is Senator Lindsey Graham out of touch with Conservative Values?

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com  Conservative South Carolinians have a love/hate relationship with Senator Lindsey Graham. On the one hand, he opposes Abortion rights, support gun rights, and...

Earth is NOT Warming

"The Earth isn’t warming right now, is why. It may even be cooling down somewhat. Five major climate centers around the world agree that average global temperatures have not risen in the past 11 years, according...

850 New Species Found Underground In Australia

A team of 18 scientists have concluded a four-year research mission in the Australian outback, and found 850 new species of invertabrates in caves and underground water.The never before seen species include...

GREENPEACE: Thai Rice Region Is Endangered?

Rice it is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets, and economies of billions of people in Asia. Like the Thai's people... Rice is the staple food since ancient time, they depend from glutinous to...

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