The logjam continues

George W Bush gets a hostile reaction from the European Union for his stubborn stand on the Kyoto Protocol

Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol

Loses moral position to call on developing countries to limit emissions

Nowhere to go

What happens to living beings when climate change threatens even national parks and nature reserves

Environment scientist Robert Goodland on Utkal mining project

MONEYMAKERS

Green future

The present phase of climate change talks ends with consensus on ways to implement the Kyoto Protocol

Bytes

Shale gas: hype and reality

As the world rushes for the gas, scientists gather evidence of its environmental risks

In short

BYTES

Canada, Australia questioned over low emissions reduction targets

Other developed countries kept mum as questioning progressed at the Bonn conference

Corals, maths and satellites

A new mathematical formula will scan satellite images to study changes in coral reefs

22 million people displaced by natural disasters globally last year

Floods, storms and quakes displaced 19 million people in Asia alone

News 360°

Compromising on climate

Jan Pronk, chairperson of climate change talks held in New York, offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks

G8, developing countries launch Potsdam Initiative

Brief

News 360°- Briefs

In the wrong ministry?

Biotech Regulatory Authority will have too much power, no checks

France extends GM corn ban

Science and Technology - Briefs

Scientists discover natural gas off the east coast of Canada

In Short

Science & Technology - Briefs

Estimate of world’s oldest water

The scientists estimate that there could be around 11 cubic million km of this water buried deep beneath the ground