Wood burning power plants may hurt global warming fight

Burning wood for electricity can be worse for global warming than burning coal, a new Massachusetts-sponsored study shows, casting surprising and serious doubts on a long-touted renewable energy source.

Climate change: Europe falling short on backing for Kyoto

"European Union leaders claim they still support the only existing climate deal that has legal teeth – the Kyoto Protocol – but their actions tell a different story," said Dr Alison Doig, Christian Aid’s Senior Adviser on Climate Change.

"By not giving the Protocol their strongest possible support and by allowing other rich countries to abandon Kyoto and instead make weak, non-binding pledges through the Copenhagen Accord, they are condemning Kyoto to death.