Nourishing the environmental debate

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Has climate change dried up all the commentary too?

It’s been two days days since the White House released the most significant government paper on climate change to date, and yet commentators seem to have mostly ignored it. Why?

Bad PCs and underwater islands

What’s making green news today.

Earth hour, shmirth hour

Earth hour. It’s that time of year again, is everyone ready to feel awesome about themselves? Balance it all out? Crikey is. But are there some selling the self satisfied glow a little too cheaply…

India joins IRENA

News briefs from across the planet:

EPA: Greenhouse gasses are bad, mmkay?

Today’s green news:

Farmers fight back

News from around the planet:

Eureka! Clever things being done in green tech

A look at some clever things being done by smart people in the world of green technologies:
Solar power. Scientists in China and Japan are using the scales on butterflies wings as a template for improved light harvesting on Gratzel solar cells. Tests have shown they absorbs more light than conventional dye-sensitized cells as well [...]

The future of uranium mining in the Kakadu National Park

Green news for the day:

Naked cyclists take to the streets

News from planet earth:

Gunns felled by own law suit

News from around the planet today: