General Election 2010: what the parties agree on – climate change and the green economy – Telegraph Blogs

Amid all the clashing of policies that we can expect over the next four weeks, one important set of issues – though much debated of late – will remain uncontentious, at least among the major parties. Despite all the furore over climate science following the hacking and hyping of the University of East Anglia e-mails – and despite apparent growing scepticism among the public – all the three main parties fully accept that humanity is causing global warming and that urgent action must be taken to combat it.

US climate researcher James Hansen wins Norwegian prize : Environment

Oslo - US climate researcher James E Hansen was Wednesday named winner of the annual Sophie Prize for helping improve "understanding of human-induced climate change" and its potential threat to the planet.
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The prize is worth 100,000 dollars. An award ceremony is set for June 22 in Oslo.

Hindus [all of them?] want world’s wealthy countries to do more for environment

Nevada (US), April 7 (ANI): Hindus ask richest nations of the world to do more for environment in view of the global ecological crisis.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that richer nations should lead the way and show responsibility by cutting greenhouse gases and atmospheric ozone concentrations and tackling global warming.

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White House to Congress: Energy-only bill would be ‘unfortunate’ - The Hill's E2-Wire

White House climate czar Carol Browner said Tuesday that the Obama administration is urging Senate lawmakers not to proceed with an “energy only” bill that shelves limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

Drought turns southern China into arid plain | Environment | The Guardian

The government has embarked on a massive rain-making operation, firing thousands of cloud-seeding rockets into the sky