http://environment.uk.msn.comLatest updates from MSN Environment UKMicrosoftEnglish5Featurehttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8724382http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8724382A look at the next generation of fuels that are being developed offering environmentally-friendly alternatives to oil.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8699109http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8699109A look at Britain's massive potential for generating renewable energy from wind and water power.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8627568http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8627568A look at how meteorologists are more important than ever as the UK faces increasing numbers of freak weather occurrences.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8455926http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8455926Celebrities are going green for the sake of the planet, or at least that’s what they’d have us believe. See which ones have been caught out.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8308419http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8308419Can we trust companies boasting environmental credentials? Or is it just a smokescreen for covering up bad habits? We take a look at the issues.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8064756http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8064756Something new has been added to your petrol. There will be no visible difference to the eye and there has only been limited publicity - find out more.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8122656http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8122656As millions of Americans embrace Earth Day we ask what it's all about. Another example of blatant consumerism or a vital moment for raising awareness of environmental issues?Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7356739http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7356739If you’ve looked out of any window lately, you can testify the British climate is changing. Our summers have never have been known for their Mediterranean qualities, but the 5ft floodwaters that engulfed much of the country this so-called summer, in contrast to last year’s searing heat wave, are not the norm.... at least, for now.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7932144http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7932144Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7904422http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7904422The MSN Carbon Emissions Calculator is designed to give you your personal individual ‘primary’ carbon footprint but can readily be used to estimate CO2 emissions for a whole household. To do this, enter total travel data for all, and set the number of people in the household to 1.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7715732http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7715732Here are ten quick and easy ways to cut back on your carbon emissions. They will all help you save the environment - and save you money. They are presented in the same order as the MSN Carbon Emissions Estimator, i.e. home energy bills first, then transport.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7358641http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7358641Who said what, and who favours this or that with great and the good ambling about the Environment.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7357834http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7357834We debunk the myths and put the meat on the facts needed to understand global warming.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7358812http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7358812Although money can’t buy you happiness, there is little else it can’t purchase for you in this day and age. It seems as though nothing is sacred any more; nothing can escape the clutches of those with deep pockets. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7355123http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7355123Gordon Brown recently announced his government’s support for a new generation of nuclear power plants. In so doing, he casts himself in the role of the bold leader, taking tough decisions for the common good. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7354928http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7354928Our strategy, as set out in our energy White Paper last year, is designed to achieve two objectives—first, to ensure that the UK has access to secure energy supplies and, secondly and together with other countries, to tackle the global challenge of climate change.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7356435http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7356435There are two sides to every story – and global warming is no exception. Thus far, much has been said via Live Earth about the potentially catastrophic dangers of allowing climate change to continue unchecked. But there is an alternative perspective.  Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7357554http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7357554Average global warming of 2°C will result in dangerous and irreversible effects: that’s the message coming in loud and clear from the scientific community, and the “danger zone” so frequently referred to in global warming discussions. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7358660http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7358660Aviation is the fastest-growing source of climate change emissions. Although the industry now pays lip-service to ideas of sustainability, it is unable, or unwilling, to grasp the simple truth that the planned expansion of the UK’s airports is not compatible with what needs to be done to tackle climate change.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7356567http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7356567The weather is changing. Temperatures and sea levels are rising. Summers are getting hotter, winters are getting wetter. But what does that mean for us here in the UK? What will it be like to live here in the future? And why should we even care? Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7358703http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7358703Heathrow is the UK’s only hub airport and one of our country’s most important economic assets.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:24 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8536743http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8536743The startling change in the African landscape over the past 50 years is revealed in a series of satellite images taken of the continent.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8410818http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8410818Thousands of coastal homes and businesses face falling victim to flooding and erosion over the course of this century, according to the Environment Agency.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8025423http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8025423The quality of the bathing water at our seaside resorts has been getting better every year. But, our beaches just keep getting dirtier.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8007036http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8007036The climate and weather already has a strong influence on human health through natural disasters and sudden harsh conditions, such as heat waves.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7377689http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7377689The twin forces of climate change and crippling poverty are fusing in the lives of the world’s poorest people – a deadly combination, according to Christian Aid.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7564564http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7564564Global warming is one of the greatest threats facing mankind - a clear and present danger the world is gradually uniting to fight.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7360478http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7360478The UK is responsible for an area of sea that is three times the size of our land area: a vast underwater realm that stretches from the coast up to 200 miles offshore, and from the shallows to depths of more than 2,000 metres – equivalent to twice the height of Ben Nevis.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7488193http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7488193Police and protesters have been maintaining a simmering stand-off since the camp opened.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7379347http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7379347Climate change poses an unprecedented threat to the world and its wildlife, from rare species to the landscape itself.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7390016http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7390016The UK's weather has gone from mild to wild - and it's getting progressively wilder. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7380357http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7380357In the event of total climate meltdown, break open a copy of the Global Warming Survival Handbook. The official Live Earth companion, it contains everything you need to know to keep yourself alive in a climate apocalypse. But there's still time to prevent the meltdown: simply follow author (and Adventure Ecology founder) David de Rothschild's 77 tips on shrinking your carbon footprint, from wearing a jumper to adopting a glacier. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7445886http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7445886The threat of a drought in England this summer is the greatest since the summer of 1976. Drought orders issued in 1976 saw the arrival of standpipes on the streets as a blistering hot summer coupled with meagre rainfall saw water levels fall to a dangerous level.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironmenthttp://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7446626http://environment.uk.msn.com/climate-change/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=7446626As soaring temperatures continue to bake the country and the threat of drought increases across the whole of the UK, large areas of Britain are beginning to resemble a tinderbox. Overstretched fire crews across the country are reporting a record numbers of blazes.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:12:12 GMTEnvironment