Amid resistance from EU ministers, Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik has defended an EU directive on soil by claiming that national policies are not delivering and land management increasingly affects cross-border issues like climate change, biodiversity and water pollution.
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EurActiv on 16th Mar 2010 (via euractiv.com)
ENVIRONMENT campaigners today claimed the support of famous Scots for their demand for a tougher law on climate change.
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Scotsman on 26th May 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
As world water experts head for Istanbul for major international discussions next week, during which adapting water policy to climate change will feature high on the agenda, the Commission is underlining that the issue is largely about "managing uncertainty".
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EurActiv on 13th Mar 2009 (via euractiv.com)
Ed Markey, chairman of the House energy and environment subcommittee, says he will press forward with climate-change legislation ahead of December's UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen
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FT on 11th Feb 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Nortern Ireland - The Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has angered green campaigners by describing their view on climate change as a “hysterical psuedo-religion”. In an article in the News Letter, Mr Wilson said he believed it occurred naturally and was not man-made. “Resources should be used to adapt to the consequences of climate change, rather than King
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LiberalConspiracy on 5th Sep 2008 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
To dismiss the implications of climate change based on an error about the rate at which Himalayan glaciers are melting is an act of astonishing intellectual legerdemain. Yet this is what some doubters of climate change are claiming. But the reality is that our understanding of climate change is based on
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TimWorstall on 27th Mar 2010 (via timworstall.com)
A Populus poll conducted for BBC News has shown a marked increase in the number of people who don’t believe in the global warming climate change CO2 pollution religion. Just 3 months ago 41% of people believed in man-made climate change, now only 26% believe. 38% believe that climate change is not proven to be man-made when 3 months ago
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WonkosWorld on 6th Feb 2010 (via wonkosworld.co.uk)
A few faked email stats and suddenly the entire edifice of climate change is in the balance. There's no doubt that the revelation of less than pure scientific method being used by the prominent climate change boffins at the University of East Anglia has given a new lease of life to the climate change deniers, or climo-sceptics. But, as we get ready to see our leaders parading their concern at the ...
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PoliticsEtc on 6th Dec 2009 (via sgspolitics.blogspot.com)
Peter Hadfield, formerly of the New Scientist, has taken to YouTube to tackle climate change sceptics as he recently explained on the Guardian’s Environment Blog: After questioning and listening to hundreds of climate change “sceptics,” I have found that not all are conspiracy theorists or religious fundamentalists. Many are keen to learn about the science of
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 31st Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
The Guardian has one of its climate change scare scoops for us all to panic about today. Their good friend and climate change guru, Professor Robert Watson has held court and it is clear from what he says that we are all doomed. The UK should take active steps to prepare for dangerous climate change of perhaps 4C according to one of the government's chief scientific advisers. In policy areas
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CllrTonySharp on 7th Aug 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)