On the eve of Earth Day, Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) is proposing an amendment that, if incorporated into the Senate's forthcoming climate and energy bill, will halt attempts -- be it by cities, s ...More

WASHINGTON — Climate change poses a growing threat to health, from heart disease to heatstroke and from illness carried by water to bug-borne sickness. A group of federal agencies issued a report on ...More

Dhaka: Scientists in Bangladesh posed a fresh challenge to the UNs top climate change panel on Thursday,saying its doomsday forecasts for the country in the bodys landmark 2007 report were overblown. ...More

Today is Earth Day. Hopefully this is a holiday that increases awareness about environmental issues, though I, for one, am not convinced. Unlike its humble beginnings, recent Earth Days have focuse ...More

Before 1970, when the first Earth Day occurred, no federal laws barred companies from releasing toxic chemicals into the air and water. Today, that seems almost difficult to imagine. In 1970, the yea ...More

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales was under fire on Wednesday for suggesting that eating hormone-injected chicken could provoke male deviance at a global climate change summit. Bol ...More

Climate change negotiations — cold after the freeze at the Copenhagen meet in December — have warmed up again. In early April, negotiators met in Bonn on the possible agreement, which could be signed ...More

NEW DELHI: Amid growing concern among leaders of different political parties as well as civil society over lack of development in Maoist-infested areas, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday admi ...More

Matt Moreno's purchase of an electric-powered 2001 Ford Ranger EV was a personal stand against reliance on foreign oil. KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES Matt Moreno wanted to cut expenses on his com ...More

This week, Americans will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, that national day of appreciation for the environment. Since we celebrated the very first Earth Day in 1970, we've made major str ...More

Participants, many from environmental and social groups, hope the summit's conclusions will be taken into account at the next UN talks in Mexico in December. From SolveClimate, part of the Guardian En ...More

Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 every year to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the Earth Day Network is helping organize and ...More

In an age where most companies are eyeing a reduction in supply costs and improvement in public perception, mjunction today announced the implementation of greesourcing- an online ‘environmentally con ...More

On March 20, after nearly 200 years of dormancy, Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano started rumbling fiercely; then, the top exploded in a massive out-pouring of lava, pyroclastic debris and sulfurous ...More

President Obama expects the Senate to move on to comprehensive energy and climate change legislation once it finishes work over the next few weeks on Wall Street regulatory reform. "This is one o ...More

NEW DELHI: Developing countries continued to thwart attempts by the rich industrialised nations to steer climate change negotiations. The United States’ efforts to advance the Copenhagen Accord as t ...More

When India, China, South Africa and Brazil meet over the weekend in Cape town, the US’s demand for making Copenhagen Accord a part of the UN climate negotiations will top the conference agenda. The fo ...More

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of South Korea Un Shin called on Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi in his office on Monday. During the meeting, matters pertaining to environment sector cam ...More

Keeping up pressure on rich nations to take legally binding emission cuts, India on Friday made clear that it was committed to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is based ...More

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