The World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Index currently tracks around 4,000 species of birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians around the world. WWF reports that there has been a one-third decline in world biodiversity over the past 35 years as a result of habitat loss and wildlife trade. WWF also warns that climate change may accentuate this trend.

FORGET energy-guzzling plasma televisions and the hectares of plantation timbers sacrificed for newspapers and magazines, the biggest polluter on an advertiser’s media schedule is likely to be the internet.

A team of global scientists report that climate change is responsible for 90% of the environmental damage and disruption around the world, as they examine studies dating back to 1970.

Human-generated climate change made flowers bloom sooner and autumn leaves fall later, turned some polar bears into cannibals and some birds into early breeders, a vast global study reported on Wednesday.

Hundreds of previous studies have noted these specific changes and most suggested a link to so-called anthropogenic global warming, but a new analysis published in the journal Nature correlated these earlier studies with changes in temperature, the study’s lead author said.

One of the privileges we share with a strong Prime Minister is being free to think beyond the utterances of ambitious ministers. There are good reasons for both Stephen Harper and ordinary Canadians to not endorse Environment Minister John Baird’s dismissal of “Stéphane Dion’s 50-cent-a-litre carbon tax.” In fact, giving the idea space to breathe may serve the environment and the Prime Minister’s conservative principles.

A really interesting chart and accompanying article that outlines some of the factors that determine the utility of developing certain crops to be used for biofuel production. An important appendage to any discourse surrounding the expansion of the current market, which sits in a mild disaster.

Wall Street is gearing up for likely cap-and-trade legislation in the United States that could create a carbon market several times larger than in Europe

A grassroots campaign to plant trees around the globe has announced that it is raising its target from 1 billion trees to 7 billion trees, the United Nations announced today.

The campaign, which is under the patronage of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Kenyan Green Belt Movement founder Professor Wangari Maathai and Prince Albert II of Monaco, also announced today that in 18 months it has seen two billion trees planted, double its original target.

European car makers are favouring the shift to diesel as the EU urges manufacturers “to get under 130g/km CO2 emissions.” This shift may be a good way to combat climate change, but health concerns related to particulate pollution from diesel engines are on the rise.

Britain’s Climate Change Committee will be responsible for establishing emission targets, setting carbon budgets and monitoring government progress when it becomes a legal entity later this year. The head of the committee, Adair Turner, is optimistic towards the government achieving its goal but also sees “tough times ahead.”