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  • Polar bears resort to cannibalism

    Environmentalists contend that shrinking polar ice due to global warming may lead to the disappearance of polar bears before the end of the century, according to an article in The Australian (14/6/2006, p.8).

    Petition for polar bear protection: In February 2005, the Centre for Biological Diversity of Joshua Tree, California, Petitioned the Federal Government to list polar bears as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.

    Bears resort to cannabalism: Cannibalism demonstrates the effect on bears, lead author of the petition, Kassic Siegal, said. "It shows in a really graphic way how severe the problem of global warming is for polar bears." Researchers discovered the first kill in January 2004. A male bear had pounced on a den, killed a female and dragged it 75m away, where it ate part of the carcass. Females are about half the size of males.

    Killer bear forces way in: "In the face of the den’s outer wall were deep impressions of where the predatory bear had pounded its forepaws to collapse the den roof, just as polar bears collapse the snow over ringed seal lairs," the paper said. f/t/l

    Study soon in print: The predation study was published in an online version of the journal Polar Biology on April 27 and Dr Steven Amstrup of the US Geological Survey Alaska Science Centre said print publication would follow.

    The Australian, 14/6/2006, p. 8

    Source: Erisk Net  

  • Conservative Canada Drop Kyoto Targets

    The new conservative government in Canada has cut spending on addressing climate change and labelled its existing targets as "unrealistic". This decision was announced at the same time as a new report outlined ways in which the government could acheive its existing targets using bioenergy. … more 

  • Attack on Saudi oil infrastructure and Iraq’s Golden Mosque bombing push oil prices up

    The Australian Financial Review, 27/2/2006, p. 10

    Source: Erisk – www.erisk.net

  • Second world conference of mayors on climate change for Kyoto in February 2007

    <Reference: Digest of latest
    news reported on website of Climate Change Secretariat of United
    Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 22 February
    2006. Address: PO Box 260 124, D-53153 Bonn Germany. Phone: (49-228)
    815-1005, Fax: (49-228) 815-1999. Email: press@unfccc.int.
    http://www.unfccc.int

    Erisk Net, 24/2/2006

     

  • Govt policy keeps junk food cheap

    If you’re going to talk about poverty, food, and the environment in the
    United States, you might as well start in the Corn Belt.

    This fertile area produces most of the country’s annual corn harvest of
    more than 10 billion bushels, far and away the world’s largest such
    haul. Where does it all go? The majority — after accounting for
    exports (nearly 20 percent), ethanol (about 10 percent, and climbing),
    and excess (another 10 percent) — anchors the world’s cheapest food
    supply in purchasing-power terms.

    Our food system is shot through with corn. It feeds the animals that
    feed us: more than 50 percent of the harvest goes into domestic animal
    operations. About 5 percent flows into high-fructose corn syrup, adding
    a sweet jolt to soft drinks, confections, and breakfast cereal. All
    told, it’s a cheap source of calories and taste. Yet all this
    convenience comes with a price — and not just an environmental one.

      Full story on Grist

  • Kyoto exceeds epectations in Year 1

    Tremendous growth: “The carbon market is going very well. We’ve
    seen tremendous growth this year,” said Henrik Hasselknippe, senior
    analyst at Point Carbon, a firm that monitored the fast-growing
    business in carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution.

    Worth $US 40.2 billion a year by 2010: Trading in CO2 was one of
    the world’s fastest-growing markets – and according to Point Carbon’s
    estimates, would be worth as much as 34 billion euros ($US40.2 billion)
    a year by the end of this decade.

    Trading was 800 million tonnes in 2005: In 2004, the global
    volume of trade in CO2 was 94 million tonnes. In 2005, it rose to 800
    million tonnes. In January 2006 alone, the figure was more than 262
    million tonnes for spot trading among European players alone.

    Price up from $US9 a tonne to $US31 a tonne in past year: A year
    ago, a tonne of CO2 sold for 7-8 euros ($US8-9) on the spot market.
    Last Friday, a tonne was changing hands at more than 26 euros ($US31) –
    a huge profit for anyone who had the foresight to buy futures before
    the Kyoto Protocol took effect.

    Reference: Digest of latest news reported on website of Climate
    Change Secretariat of United Nations Framework on Climate Change
    Control (UNFCCC). 15 February 2006. Address: PO Box 260 124, D-53153
    Bonn. Germany. Phone: : (49-228) 815-1005, Fax: (49-228) 815-1999.
    Email: press@unfccc.int
    http://www.unfccc.int