Climate scientist Michael Mann, interviewed on CNN, gives his interpretation of the UEA “climategate” emails. Source: CNN/Washington Times

Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who circumnavigated the globe in a hot-air balloon in 1999, is now set for an equally daunting challenge – this time his “Solar Impulse” airplane will operate solely on solar power. source: AFP

Climate change sceptics claim that newly-revealed emails between scientists at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit and academics in other institutions show that researchers fudged data on global warming and sought to discredit sceptics by attempting to ban their papers from scientific journals. Cato Institute’s Patrick Michaels, who was mentioned in the hacked emails, claims he was targeted because of his opposition to climate change theory. Source: Clean Skies News

At least 80 people are arrested in a protest at a power station in Nottinghamshire, UK. Energy firm E.ON said plants that did not meet environmental targets were already being closed. E.ON’s spokesperson added: “We can’t just shut down power stations because we don’t like them – we have to keep people’s power on.” Source: Reuters

Duran Duran, Lily Allen and Bob Geldof are among 60 musicians who have recorded a ‘Band Aid’-style song to raise awareness of climate change. Introduced by former UN chief Kofi Annan, the world’s first musical petition is a re-recording of the Midnight Oil song Beds are Burning. The song has been launched to raise awareness of global warming in the run up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The Mau Forest, in Kenya’s Rift Valley, is the country’s biggest freshwater catchment area, feeding 12 rivers, and providing water for 30 percent of its people. Thousands live there too, many of them on land provided by the government. But deforestation due to the growing settlement has strained the water supply – a dangerous imbalance for a country wracked by drought. Source: AFP

This short film profiles Sheffield GP Dr Graham McAll and his G-Wiz electric car. Find out what drives his earth-keeping ethics and how this car helps keep his medical practice green. Earth-keeping and People-keeping in action…

Prince Charles received the German Sustainability Award for his environmental campaigning during a two-day trip to Berlin.

The Vatican installs solar panels as part of an effort to generate 20% of its energy from renewable resources.