Climate Change In The News

Climate scepticism: The top 10

Unravelling the sceptics...


What are some of the reasons why "climate sceptics" dispute the evidence that human activities such as industrial emissions of greenhouse gases and deforestation are bringing potentially dangerous changes to the Earth's climate?


As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finalises its landmark report for 2007, the BBC, in a special report, looks at 10 of the arguments most often made against the IPCC consensus, and some of the counter-arguments made by scientists who agree with the IPCC.

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The UK's First Major Wood Burning Power Station Has opened

The UK's first large-scale wood-burning power station has opened on Teesside.
The £60m Wilton 10 facility, will use about 300,000 tonnes of woodchips a year - 40% of will come from recycled timber, much of which was previously sent to landfilland and provide enough electricity for 30,000 homes.

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