Climate change and global warming news articles 
CRH releases its 2011 annual report - Environment and Climate Change is one of the areas they have focused on
To become a responsible international leader in building materials delivering superior performance and growth, CRH has embedded the twin concepts of sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) throughout its activities. CRH is committed to managing, in a sustainable and responsible manner, all aspects of its operations relating to employees, customers, neighbours, local communities, shareholders and other stakeholders. Sustain... [more]
WSI expects warm spring and early summer across Northern and Interior Western US, relatively cool South-Central and Pacific Coast
WSI (Weather Services International) expects the upcoming period (April-June) to be cooler than normal across parts of the south-central and southeastern US and in the major cities along the Pacific Coast. Generally above-normal temperatures are expected in other regions. The WSI seasonal outlooks now reference a standard 30-year normal (1981-2010). "After one of the warmest US winters on record, characterized by a complete lack of impactful ... [more]
Minister acknowledges NIA’s proactive approach to Green Deal
The Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Greg Barker, gave a comprehensive speech about the Green Deal at ecobuild this week, during which, he acknowledged the National Insulation Association’s (NIA) proactive work towards the Green Deal with its new Green Deal Bulletin Service. Mr Barker described how the industry is gearing up for the Green Deal and stated that the NIA’s new bulletin service is aimed at providing its members with... [more]
UK launch for new generation roof insulation
Dow Building Solutions – the inventor of STYROFOAM insulation – is using Ecobuild 2012 (stand N1750) to launch XENERGY SL, a new generation extruded polystyrene (XPS) for insulation of inverted flat roofs. XENERGY XPS combines the proven features of STYROFOAM XPS - durability, reliability and strength – but has even better insulation performance thanks to the addition of infra-red blocking particles to scatter and reflect heat radiation within... [more]
UK and Japanese experts unite to find smart solutions to global warming
Experts from Japan and the UK will meet at Loughborough University next month to discuss the use of “smart” approaches to make our cities greener. The Smart Energy Cities conference takes place at Loughborough’s Sir Denis Rooke centre on Tuesday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 18. Over the two days, academics specialising in technologies designed to make cities more environmentally friendly will network, collaborate and share knowledge. T... [more]
Other Climate change and global warming news and reviews
UN climate talks 'stalled', Kyoto architect tells AFP
UN climate talks are going nowhere, as politicians dither or bicker while the pace of warming dangerously speeds up, one of the architects of the Kyoto Protocol told AFP.
Obama Steers Clear on Climate
President Barack Obama's first Earth Day proclamation in 2009 was an urgent call to address global warming. This year? The word "climate" didn't even get a mention.
Global warming intensifying water cycle
London, May 22 (ANI): Australian scientists have detected changing patterns of salinity in the global ocean during the past 50 years, marking a clear fingerprint of climate change.
7 Protest Hints For The Global Warming Alarmists of the World
A comically failed protest yesterday at the Heartland Institute's Seventh International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-7) provides a sharp and entertaining illustration of what not to do.
Green Blog: Hot Nests Mean Baked Baby Leatherbacks
As climate change brings hotter, drier conditions, Pacific leatherback sea turtles will face dire nesting challenges.
EU warns climate talks at risk of floundering
Europe warned at climate talks in Bonn on Wednesday that efforts to forge a new global pact to avert environmental disaster were in danger of floundering, and some pointed fingers at China.
Atmospheric Warming Intensifies Earth’s Water Cycle
Australian scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization ( CSIRO ) report that in the last fifty years, salinity levels in the world’s oceans have shifted and that climate change is affecting global rainfall and evaporation cycles. According to the lead author of the study, Dr. Paul Durack ...
Digging into Climate Change, U.S. Students Find More Than Science
BERLIN, Md.--Fifth grader Aman Shahzad looked closely at the level attached to the plumb line. "Lower, lower," she called out. "OK! The bubble is in the middle." Her classmate, holding the wooden surveyor's pole, read the measurement: 14 centimeters. [More]
Gauging Public Opinion on Climate Change Policy
Majorities of Americans say that global warming and clean energy should be among the nation's priorities, according to a new survey. Will those feelings translate into any action in the government? Anthony Leiserowitz of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication discusses the survey's findings.
'Stable' plants found to respond to climate change
SANTA BARBARA — Many wild plant species thought to be "stable" in the face of climate change are actually responding to global warming, say researchers at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). Their findings, in a study titled, "Divergent responses to spring and winter warming drive community level flowering trends," are published in the Proceedings of ...
