Spotlight on planned double subsidies for Spanish coal
Brussels, Belgium – WWF has today lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission concerning a new regulation passed by the Spanish government to provide state aid to power stations that burn domestically produced coal. The organisation says that the scheme, if approved, would be additional to existing subsidies already given to Spanish coal mines for the same coal.
G20: long on platitudes, short on delivery
Toronto, Canada - Sustainable economic recovery will need more than brief platitudes about green recovery, WWF warned today as the G20 concluded without significant commitments on climate change, climate finance or even the G20-nominated issue of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.
Politics of climate change transformed as leader dumped for not acting
Gland, Switzerland: In what may come to be seen as a pivotal moment in the global politics of climate change, members of Australia’s ruling Labor Party today dumped Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in favour of his deputy, Julia Gillard.
‘Amazongate’ evaporates as newspaper apologises over story
London, UK: A key element of the concerted attack on climate science earlier this year collapsed yesterday, with The Sunday Times apologizing for and withdrawing an article alleging that estimates of climate change risks to the Amazon were based on an “unsubstantiated claim” in a WWF report.
Oil drilling suspension should top agenda at arctic emergencies meeting
Vorkuta, Russia: As oil continues to spew into the Gulf of Mexico from a sunken BP drilling rig, a key meeting of arctic countries starting today needs to push for a suspension of all arctic drilling until the region can deal with the risks, WWF said.
World Environment Day, a time to consider - is the New Zealand Government living in a parallel universe?
WWF climate change campaigner Peter Hardstaff blogs about the possibilities and realities of World Environment Day.
New round of UN Climate talks kick off in Bonn
BONN , GERMANY – June is a vital month for progress towards a low-carbon future as governments pick up where Copenhagen left off
US Government will not issue any permits for exploratory drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska until at least 2011.
The US Government has announced that it will not be issuing any permits for exploratory drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska until at least 2011.
Shell Oil unable to assure safety of Arctic drilling; Proposal is "imagineering, not engineering," says former Shell official
WASHINGTON, DC - Two engineers with extensive experience in the oil industry said on Capitol Hill today that Shell Oil's plans to begin drilling off the coast of Alaska in less than six weeks are fraught with risks that have not been adequately addressed by the company.
1.25 million Kiwis switched off for Earth Hour 2010
WWF-New Zealand has announced that 1.25 million New Zealanders participated in Earth Hour in March, the global ‘lights out’ campaign for action on climate change – uniting with hundreds of millions of people around the world who also switched off.
