Sophie Yeo
Alberta faces ‘unstoppable’ tar sands oil leak
Local scientist says Canadian government and oil exploration companies are ‘freaking out’ over damaging oil leak
UK coal burning for electricity surged in 2012
Morning summary: New statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change reveal 39% of the UK’s electricity was produced by coal in 2012
Tea and flapjacks mark Balcombe’s anti-fracking frontline
RTCC’s Sophie Yeo spent Thursday in the village of Balcombe, where villagers are protesting against plans by shale gas firm Cuadrilla to start fracking
Arctic sea ice loss accelerated in July
Ice loss has been “even faster than usual” according to records from the USA’s National Snow and Ice Data Center
Arctic melt is $60tn ‘economic time bomb’
Methane emitted from Arctic sea ice thaw could have catastrophic effects on global economy say UK researchers
Antarctic and Greenland glaciers at risk of “catastrophic breakup”
New research shows that Large stretches of ice along the polar coastlines could fall into the sea faster than originally thought
Scientists admit global warming has paused (but it’s coming back)
UK Met Office say natural causes responsible for slowing temperature rise, but overall trends suggest we’ll still hit 2 degrees of warming
Nobel Laureates take stand against Keystone XL
Desmond Tutu, Leymah Gbowee and Shirin Ebadi have written to Obama protesting the Keystone pipeline
Trees absorb lower levels of pollution in hot weather
Heatwaves force plants and trees to focus on their own well-being and stop absorbing harmful gases, causing wider levels of pollution to rise
Evangelicals tackle US Congress on climate change
Over 200 Evangelicals write to Congress about the religious imperatives for acting on climate change
New EPA chief Gina McCarthy faces tough challenges
Barack Obama’s nominee as Environment Protection Agency chief starts work today – and her inbox is likely to be full of tough choices
80% of Malaysian Borneo’s rainforests destroyed by logging
New research shows rainforests on Borneo have been ravaged by logging companies and palm oil plantations
London Stock Exchange set for ‘carbon bubble’ protest
Campaigners to hand out bottles of “carbon bubbles” to highlight problem of unburnable fossil fuel reserves
“Get off the fence” on coal ash, scientist tells US EPA
Leading US scientist says coal ash, toxic substances and power plan emissions should be priority for the next leader of the US Environmental Protection Agency
85% of Filipinos say they are feeling effects of climate change
Eight out of ten of Filipinos are being personally impacted by climate change, including extreme weather events and health problems