Climate Crunch, the new environmental news network site will provide new and views from around the internet.  Gathering it’s content from new outlets, blogs, videos it provides a unique view of current affairs and opinions from across the world regarding the environment and climate change.
Two new environmental blogs will be launched shortly to enhance the [...]

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US hopefuls in tense final debate
BBC
The US presidential candidates clash over the economy and negative campaigning in a testy final pre-election debate.
As it happened: McCain v Obama
BBC
All the action and reaction from the the third debate between US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.
Red squirrel ‘becoming immune’ to killer virus
The Independent
The embattled red squirrel [...]

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A Review of Different National Approaches to the Regulation of THMs in Drinking Water
Foundation for Water Research
Review of England and Wales Monitoring Data for Which a National or International Standard Has Been …
Foundation for Water Research
Byproduct Of Steel Shows Potential In Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
ScienceDaily.com
With steelworks around the world emitting huge amounts of carbon dioxide, scientists [...]

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Expansion of Stansted wins Hoon approval
The Independent
The Government has been accused of reneging on its commitment to tackle climate change and ignoring local opinion after it stepped in to approve a major expansion of Stansted.
Thinning Of Greenland Glacier Attributed To Ocean Warming Preceded By Atmospheric Changes
ScienceDaily.com
The sudden thinning in 1997 of Jakobshavn Isbræ, one of [...]

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Country diary: The Burren, Ireland
Guardian Unlimited
Sarah Poyntz: The Burren, Ireland
Berkeley, California approves city-backed solar loans
Guardian Unlimited
Scheme finances city-backed solar loans through a small addition to the property taxes of participating homes
100MW energy-from-waste plant to go ahead
Energy Saving Trust
A factory that uses as much energy as the city of Liverpool is to be partially powered by [...]

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European renewables get boost
Energy Saving Trust
European wind power industry could replace the automotive sector as the biggest user of steel by 2020, a Green MEP has claimed.
States steps up green power bid
BBC
Guernsey sets up a group dedicated to developing renewable energy from the island’s wind and tidal resources.
Waste: [...]

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Green advice spells out eco-town rules
PlanningResource
Exclusive – Eco-towns must be planned around open spaces and not retrofitted with green infrastructure after construction, according to government guidance seen by Planning.

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Plug-in hybrid boosts electric motoring
BBC
Toyota launches the UK’s first petrol-electric hybrid car that can also be plugged into the mains, giving drivers the power to chose between the petrol pump and the electric socket.

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Report highlights highrise benefits
PlanningResource
Opposition to tall buildings overlooks the economic and environmental benefits highrise buildings can offer, according to a new report.

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Compost Heap Bacteria Could Provide 10% Of UK Transport Fuel Needs
ScienceDaily.com
Bacteria found in compost heaps able to convert waste plant fiber into ethanol could eventually provide up 10% of the UK’s transport fuel needs, according to new research.

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