http://www.earthwire.org/ukThe latest environmental news from the UK, brought to you by UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Decisions given on PM10 time extension requests for nine EU countries. http://www.environmental-protection.org.uk//news/?id=2166 http://www.environmental-protection.org.uk//news/?id=2166 2009-07-04T00:00:00-04:00 Environmental Protection UK "A Global Green New Deal will only work if it succeeds in addressing both pressing environmental priorities and pressing social needs in industrialised and in developing countries," argues a June report by Worldwatch Institute prepared for the Heinrich Böll Foundation. http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/transatlantic-green-new-deal/article-183714?Ref=RSS http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/transatlantic-green-new-deal/article-183714?Ref=RSS 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 EurActiv Guardian: The British public could invest their savings in the UK's renewable energy revolution and reap the financial rewards of helping to save the planet, under ambitious plans to be discussed this weekend. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/03/manchester-report-climate-change http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/03/manchester-report-climate-change 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 Climate Ark Barack Obama will move to seal a deal with Russia for joint action on climate change during his summit in Moscow next week, the Guardian has learned. Obama arrives in Moscow on Monday at the start of a trip to Russia, Italy and Ghana that will focus heavily on energy and climate change. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/03/obama-russia-climate-change http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/03/obama-russia-climate-change 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/03/drax-coal-train-trial-guilty http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/03/drax-coal-train-trial-guilty 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jul/02/week-in-wildlife http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jul/02/week-in-wildlife 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/jul/03/bike-blog-catcalling http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/jul/03/bike-blog-catcalling 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 Guardian Unlimited It was the curious case of the shrinking sheep. For nearly a quarter of a century the wild Soay sheep on the windswept Scottish island of Hirta have been getting smaller when evolution should have made them bigger. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-global-warming-shrank-st-kildas-sheep-1729609.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-global-warming-shrank-st-kildas-sheep-1729609.html 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 The Independent The forests of the Pacific Northwest hold significant potential to increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, a recent study concludes, if they are managed primarily for that purpose through timber harvest reductions and increased rotation ages. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702132825.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702132825.htm 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 ScienceDaily.com A new study, in the journal Science, suggests that the form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702140835.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702140835.htm 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 ScienceDaily.com Low-carbon zones are one of the proposals for the 21st century's built environment set out in a new Sustainable Development Commission report. http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/environment/917038/New-Sustainable-Development-Commission-report/ http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/environment/917038/New-Sustainable-Development-Commission-report/ 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 PlanningResource The government should reject road schemes from regional funding allocations in favour of low-carbon projects, the Campaign for Better Transport has said. http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/environment/917019/Scheme-fund-switch-urged/ http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/environment/917019/Scheme-fund-switch-urged/ 2009-07-03T00:00:00-04:00 PlanningResource http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/02/shrinking-sheep-climate-change http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/02/shrinking-sheep-climate-change 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Guardian Unlimited Britain's hottest week in years is threatening to become a wash-out, as parts of the South West were put on flood alert. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/flood-warnings-issued-as-heatwave-continues-1728247.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/flood-warnings-issued-as-heatwave-continues-1728247.html 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 The Independent Responding to the launch of the Environmental Audit Committee's report on how to stop emissions from deforestation, Friends of the Earth argued that money alone wouldn't save rainforests. http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/environmental_audit_committee_report_29062009.html http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/environmental_audit_committee_report_29062009.html 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Friends of the Earth- England, Wales and N.Ireland. Previous studies have suggested that Indonesia's Toba supervolcano, when it erupted about 74,000 years ago, triggered a 1,000-year episode of ice sheet advance, and also may have produced a short-lived "volcanic winter," which drastically reduced the human population at the time. Researchers have now found that none of the models to simulate the supervolcanic eruption initiate glaciation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702170128.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702170128.htm 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 ScienceDaily.com Researchers have drawn together 200 years' worth of oceanographic knowledge to investigate the distribution of a notorious deep-sea giant - the king crab. The results reveal temperature as a driving force behind the divergence of a major seafloor predator; globally, and over tens of millions of years of Earth's history. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702080354.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702080354.htm 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 ScienceDaily.com A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, entitled 'A European Eco-efficient Economy', will provide a basis for discussions during an informal meeting of energy and environment ministers in Åre on 23-25 July. http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/sweden-tables-eco-efficiency-roadmap-europe/article-183715?Ref=RSS http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/sweden-tables-eco-efficiency-roadmap-europe/article-183715?Ref=RSS 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 EurActiv A £10 cash injection raises hopes that Devon and Cornwall will become a global centre of wave energy research. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/renewable+energy/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8129932.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/renewable+energy/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8129932.stm 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 BBC http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2009/jul/02/edf-green-britain-energy http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2009/jul/02/edf-green-britain-energy 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Guardian Unlimited