World News Search the World News Network
Advanced Search
Weather Hazard
Weather Hazard News Coverage from hundreds of sources around the world.
Breaking News Mon, 8 Feb 2010
A wintry snow scene in Piedmont Park in en:Atlanta,
(photo: GFDL / File Upload Bot)
Wintry weather drives energy prices higher
Houston Chronicle
| NEW YORK - Energy prices climbed today as another winter storm was expected to dump even more snow on the East Coast. | Already, parts of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington are blanketed in about three feet of snow, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people and forcing govern...
Obama Talk
(photo: Creative Commons / Martin H.)
Obama Proposes Agency on Climate Change
CBS News
Federal Climate Service Would Coordinate with NOAA and Other Agencies on Study of Global Warming | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | President Barack Obama makes a statement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Oba...
Need for cut in carbon emission to combat climate change stressed
The Hindu
| Staff Reporter | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Children should lead a lifestyle aimed at reducing carbon emission to effectively combat climate change, member-secretary, Kerala State Pollution Control Board, D. Thankamony said. | She was speaking after inaug...
ADAPTS TO CLIMATE CHANGE --> MPIC-Piltel consolidates shares in Meralco
Malaya
| Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel) are drawing up the mechanics for folding their shareholdings in Manila Electric Co. into a new holding company. | "The terms of the reorganization are being finalized...
No time to put climate science on ice
China Daily
| The science of climate change has been on the defensive in recent weeks, owing to an error that dramatically overstated the rate at which the Himalayan glaciers could disappear. Some in the media, and those who are skeptical about climate change, a...
Chairman of the United Nations panel on climate change Rajendra Pachauri looks on at a press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
AP / Gurinder Osan
UN environment chief defends IPCC, slams climate sceptics
DNA India
| United Nations: The UN environment chief has come out in strong support of the embattled climate change panel led by RK Pachauri, hitting out at sceptics whose criticism of the b...
climate change - global warming - environment
WN / Aruna Mirasdar
Australia's PM losing ground over climate change as election nears
Canada Dot Com
    | It's election year in Australia and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is facing grief over his central policy of a cap-and-trade program to try to curb carbon emissions. | Polls s...
Sugar  - Commodities
WN / Yolanda Leyba
ADAPTS TO CLIMATE CHANGE --> Gov't may auction sugar import rights on Feb 19
Malaya
| The National Food Authority (NFA) is planning to auction rights to import 60,000 tons of sugar on Feb. 19, a senior official said on Friday. | The volume is part of the 150,000 t...
Whatever the weather, US moguls team is ready
The State
| VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- If the United States Olympic moguls team is worried about the conditions at Cypress Mountain, it doesn't show. | Trucks and helicopters were still dumping snow onto Cypress Mountain on Monday in an effort to get the O...
Whatever the weather, US moguls team is ready
Seattle Times
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - | If the United States Olympic moguls team is worried about the conditions at Cypress Mountain, it doesn't show. | Trucks and helicopters were still dumping snow onto Cypress Mountain on Monday in an effort to get the Ol...
Whatever the weather, US moguls team is ready
The Press Democrat
| Trucks and helicopters were still dumping snow onto Cypress Mountain on Monday in an effort to get the Olympic venues ready for the Vancouver Games, which open Friday. | The first event scheduled is women's moguls qualifying on Saturday, with the f...
Seasons
Mountain view in Manali-India
(photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Winter carnival inaugurated
The Hindu
| Shimla: A five day-long Winter Carnival began at Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday with over 200 participants from across the country taking part. Inaugurated by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, winter games are also a part of the State-level event. - PTI | ...
Calamities
Temporary shelter - India
(photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Flood-affected people continue to grapple with harsh realities
The Hindu
| Staff Correspondent | 'We fear that the zinc sheets, used to construct our sheds, will be blown away' | Construction has barely started in villages, including T.S. Kudlur | Borewells meant to supply water to the residents of the sheds have run dry | Choiceless: The flood-affected in Sirguppa taluk of Bellary continue to live in these temporary sh...



Headlines »

Slideshow »

Get News Updates by Email
N.America Europe S.America Pacific Africa Asia
Changing Climate
Environment Globe
Global Weather
Hurricane Post
Typhoon News
World Weather