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The media is reporting on climate change issues on a daily basis. Here a list of online news sites that focus on climate change or environmental issues, from divers perspectives. Further down, you will find some articles or blogs I found online that have a relevance to climate change and tourism. If I have missed an interesting site, please send me an email at u.kachel@griffith.edu.au.
Climate change or environmental news
BBC News - The Green Room
Environmental opinion and debate
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/green_room/default.stm
Telegraph - News - Earth
Earth is your source for environmental and green news, with information on global warming, pollution, green living and recycling, as well as tips on how to cut your contribution to climate change.
www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/
Discovery Channel
Discovery News - Climate change search
news.discovery.com/search/results.html?query=climate+change&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=search
What you need to know about Global Warming
dsc.discovery.com/convergence/globalwarming/globalwarming.html
Climate Change: Green Planet
planetgreen.discovery.com/climate-change/
Guardian
Environment
www.guardian.co.uk/environment
Science - Climate change
www.guardian.co.uk/science/scienceofclimatechange
The Huffington Post - Sustainability
www.huffingtonpost.com/news/sustainability
NowPublic - Environment
www.nowpublic.com/tag/Environment
Examiner.com
Tony Hake's Climate Change Examiner
www.examiner.com/x-25061-Climate-Change-Examiner
Mother Jones - Environment
motherjones.com/environment
Climate change search
Nature Reports Climate Change
www.nature.com/climate/
The New York Times - Global Warming
topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=climate%20change&st=cse
ScienceDaily - Global Warming
www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/global_warming/
The Australian - Politics - Climate
www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/climate
Articles on climate change and tourism issues
What are the Effects of Global Warming on the Caribbean?
Article by Raunekk, Edited & published by Sarah Malburg on Mar 16, 2010
Retrieved from Bright Hub 18 March, 2010
The increase of global warming is largely affecting the Caribbean Islands. An attractive tourist destination, the Caribbean is facing the brunt of rising atmospheric temperature and sea water levels. Find out more as to how global warming is threatening the mere survival of the Caribbean.
March 14, 2010
In the face of consumer apathy, travel operators are tackling climate change on our behalf, writes Jane E. Fraser.
Retrieved from The Sydney Morning Herald 23 March, 2010
Are you going to be a greener traveller this year than you were last year? The answer is probably yes, regardless of your intentions. While opt-in schemes such as carbon offsetting have had limited acceptance among consumers in recent years, the travel industry is forging ahead with its own initiatives, in many cases taking the onus off the individual traveller.
Who pays and who gains from carbon offsetting?
By Damian Kahya
Retrieved from BBC News 28 November 2009
When booking a plane ticket to next month's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, a little button that offers the chance to "offset" the carbon dioxide emissions appears.