The lights are going out at some of Scotland’s best-known landmarks as part of Earth Hour, a global climate change campaign.

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Landmarks go dark for Earth Hour

This year’s round of the United Nations-led climate change negotiations, ongoing in Cancun, Mexico, for the past two weeks, end today. No matter what the official outcome, the progress made on dealing with global climate change and carbon emissions will be incremental. read more

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At Cancun, Incentives Point Toward Incremental Progress on Climate Change

The US mid–term elections brought the global climate campaign to its knees, but as November drew to a close we in Australia got the most promising signal for a long time that our own national leadership is beginning to take climate policy seriously. Is this real hope, or just clutching at straws as we sink into a bottomless quagmire? read more

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After the Ruin of the Midterms, Is There Hope From Down Under?

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) COP16 opens this week in Canc

Some define all-wood products as green because they are more natural than petroleum-based plastics. It’s not that simple. Buying environmentally unfriendly wood can accelerate global climate change, threaten watersheds and other resources and waste energy.

Some define all-wood products as green because they are more natural than petroleum-based plastics. It’s not that simple. Buying environmentally unfriendly wood can accelerate global climate change, threaten watersheds and other resources and waste energy. [[social-toolbar]]