Science and Nature

Europe drops green agenda to put life back into industry By Anthony Browne, Brussels Correspondent ENVIRONMENTAL groups have been angered by a decision by the European Commission to shelve its long-term environmental strategy because of concerns that...

G8 likely to reach deal on climate change at Gleneagles - report BRUSSELS (AFX) - G8 leaders look set to reach an agreement on climate change at their summit in Gleneagles, Scotland , later this week, according to the Financial Times. Citing diplomats...

US close to climate change concessions Ewen MacAskill and agencies The United States is edging towards important concessions on climate change at this week's G8 summit, it has been revealed. US President George Bush is now ready to concede that climate...

An aerial view of an eruption of an underwater volcano is seen in the Pacific Ocean near the uninhabited Minami Iwojima Island, about 1,400km (870 miles) south of Tokyo July 3, 2005. The Japanese Coast Guard sent a plane to investigate the approximately...

PLANET UNDER PRESSURE http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/news_web/video/40978000/nb/40978705_nb_16x9.asx Humans are causing irreversible damage to the global environment, a major study has found. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment says the Earth could fail...

How Hot Will the Greenhouse World Be? Richard A. Kerr S cientists know that the world has warmed lately, and they believe humankind is behind most of that warming. But how far might we push the planet in coming decades and centuries? That depends on just...

Blair may snub US on climate Leaked papers reveal huge gulf between Europe and Bush as PM ponders political gamble Paul Brown, environment correspondent Tony Blair is contemplating an unprecedented rift with the US over climate change at the G8 summit...

AP) President Bush arrives to speak about the upcoming G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland , at the Freer...

Bush: Kyoto Would Have 'Wrecked' Economy By CHRISTIAN WIENBERG COPENHAGEN , Denmark (AP) - President Bush said in a Danish TV interview aired Thursday that adhering to the Kyoto treaty on climate change would have "wrecked" the U.S. economy, and he called...

Animal rights group in new campaign An animal rights group has launched a new campaign aimed at firms which trade with a pharmaceutical testing company. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) has published the names of 50 firms which, it says, trade with...