Extreme weather, or evidence of climate change?

A useful discussion about how climate scientists are attempting to answer the question – is it an extreme event, or is it climate change? Attribution of a single weather event to climate change is difficult to demonstrate, but this article provides an accessible introduction to the approaches that are being used to try to uncover those links. The article is on the environment360 website, run by Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/whats_with_the_weather_is_climate_change_to_blame/2388/.

Threat to Climate Change Act is final nail in coalition's green credentials

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/apr/19/climate-change-act-green-coalition

UK wastes 8.3 million tonnes of food and drink every year

The findings come in a report, The Water and Carbon Footprint of Household Food Waste in the UK, published by WRAP and WWF. http://www.wrap.org.uk/retail_supply_chain/research_tools/research/report_water_and.html

Government plans for sustainability

Mainstreaming Sustainable Development, sets out how the government aims to deliver sustainability while increasing economic growth and tackling the deficit. http://sd.defra.gov.uk/2011/02/embedding-sustainability-in-government/

Lack of environmental guidance at work

http://www.nebosh.org.uk/News/

Life Cycle Assessment of Supermarket Carrier Bags

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Research/Carrier_Bags_final_18-02-11.pdf

Green claims and labels

A new guide has been produced to help consumers make green choices in their purchases.

http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/environment/economy/green-claims-labels/

How well is the government keeping its green promises?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/jan/05/greenometer-government-green

Towards sustainability

Resources for advancing a sustainable future http://www.towards-sustainability.co.uk/

Contradiction between cold winters and global warming?

See last para.
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/12/cold-winter-in-a-world-of-warming/#more-5596

Eight small business trends to watch in 2011

http://www.knowledge.hsbc.co.uk/business+matters/january+2011/eight+small+business+trends+to+watch+in+2011