Eye On The Environment

Will your children or your children's children be able to enjoy the things you have taken for granted? Will they be able to see whales swimming in the ocean? Will their wildlife experience be restricted to what they see in books and on TV? Will the planet ever be the same?

These are all questions that are raised every day by experts who question the way humans have treated Planet Earth but are they right? Is there a crisis? Are we in the midst of a global meltdown? Can we do anything to stop it?

Eye On The Environment - Full Coverage

Obama rolls red carpet for 'indispensable' India

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama on Monday rolled out the first red-carpet welcome of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable" in the 21st century.

November 25, 2009, 3:17 am
  • Turnbull's leadership safe, says Brandis

    Malcolm Turnbull's leadership has been dealt with by the Liberal Party and he'll keep the top job, says opposition attorney-general spokesman George Brandis.

    November 24, 2009, 11:49 pm
  • Party room supports ETS deal: Turnbull

    Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says the federal coalition has agreed to a deal on Labor's carbon pollution reduction scheme following a marathon meeting.

    November 24, 2009, 10:52 pm
  • Turnbull has lost credibility: Fielding

    Family First senator Steve Fielding says Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has lost all credibility after agreeing to the govt's revamped climate change deal.

    November 24, 2009, 10:24 pm
  • Australian PM urges parliament to approve carbon cuts

    CANBERRA (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.

    November 24, 2009, 8:51 pm
  • ETS changes 'a minor cost' to budget

    The negotiated amendments to the federal government's climate change legislation would add just under $1 billion to the budget over the next 10 years.

    November 24, 2009, 5:50 pm
  • Obama aims to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosts Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday for talks considered critical to showing Washington's commitment to New Delhi in a region where its rivals, China and Pakistan, are U.S. priorities.

    20 minutes ago
  • Govt starts the long process to pass ETS bill

    Labour and the Greens have fought the first battle in a war they will lose before the week is out against the Government's emissions trading scheme.

    24 minutes ago
  • Garrett examines plan for devils' road

    The federal government has "stopped the clock" on Tasmania's plan to build a tourist road through one of Australia's premier wilderness areas.

    52 minutes ago
  • Commonwealth faces 'crisis summit': body's chief

    PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - Commonwealth leaders meeting in Trindad this week face a "crisis summit" as they battle the global recession and face calls to action on climate change, the body's chief has said.

    1 hour, 0 minutes ago
  • Commonwealth faces crisis summit: chief

    Commonwealth leaders meeting this week face a "crisis summit" as they consider the global recession and calls for climate change action, the body's chief says.

    November 24, 2009, 3:09 pm
  • Antarctic cruise ship operators to hold NZ meeting

    International cruise ship operators are expected to meet world experts on Antarctica in Wellington next month in a bid to water down proposals for environmental protection from tourism in the Southern Ocean.

    November 24, 2009, 1:19 pm
  • Fonterra challenged again on palm kernel

    Greenpeace is mounting a public protest against what it is calling Fonterra's "climate crime" at the dairy giant's corporate headquarters in Auckland today.

    November 24, 2009, 1:10 pm
  • Oscilloscope launching direct-mail DVD club

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oscilloscope is pulling a Columbia House.

    November 24, 2009, 1:02 pm
  • Oscilloscope launching direct-mail DVD club

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oscilloscope is pulling
    a Columbia House.

    November 24, 2009, 12:58 pm
  • Govt defends ramming ETS legislation through house

    The Government is defending ramming its emissions trading scheme (ETS) through Parliament this week, as Labour attacks the process and design of the climate change legislation.

    November 24, 2009, 11:00 am
  • US to set CO2 target before Copenhagen

    The United States will announce a target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, a senior official says.

    November 24, 2009, 10:50 am
  • Battle brewing over ETS bill

    Parliament will move into urgency today, to pass its controversial emissions trading scheme into law by the end of the week.

    November 24, 2009, 10:49 am
  • Survey finds support for changes to public transport

    A climate change survey of young New Zealanders has found a whopping 96 percent are in favour of some changes to the country's transport system, with the majority voting for substantial change.

    November 24, 2009, 9:56 am
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