NEW YORK: As the United States attempts to lower carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation, it needs a national policy on climate change to help ensure reliable power delivery, said the U.S ...More

BRUSSELS: Europe's energy chief gave his backing on Monday to a source of billions of euros of public funding for power stations to trap and bury carbon dioxide in the battle against climate change. ...More

Nov. 10: Bristol, a city in southwest England, on Monday was named as Britain’s most sustainable city. The Sustainable Cities Index, which tracks progress on sustainability in Britain’s 20 largest ...More

Shimla, November 10 The burden of combating global warming is no longer restricted to developed countries alone. Developing countries like India and China will have to follow the suit and move swiftl ...More

Wild Dog Diaries' and 'Tiger-The Death Chronicle' the two major shows of the first day of the film festival inspired the audiences to think over the drooping condition of the environment. The nece ...More

LONDON: There is at least one item on the Maldives’ president’s agenda that can be found on no other across the world. Newly-elected president Mohamed ‘Anni’ Nasheed said in an interview on Monday ...More

WASHINGTON: Scientists have determined that the estimated temperature rise in India will far exceed the increase in projected rainfall by the end of the century. According to a report in ENN (E ...More

BEIJING: The Chinese government rejected suggestions that it could use $1.9tn of foreign exchange reserves to pay for cleaner forms of energy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions rather than asking ...More

Nagercoil: Necessary steps would be taken to develop Mangrove forests in Manakudi, Kadiyapatinam and Thengapattinam with an intention to check ‘global warming,’ said the District Forest Officer, Sunda ...More

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood is turning the silver screen "green," but cutting waste, energy and costs in an industry known for big budgets and over-the-top productions is not easy, even in the trend settin ...More

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said rich nations must abandon their "unsustainable lifestyle" to fight climate change and expand help to poor nations bearing the brunt of worsening droughts and r ...More

SAN FRANCISCO: Former US vice president Al Gore said an Internet revolution carrying Barack Obama to the White House should now focus its power on stopping Earth's climate crisis. The one-time pre ...More

WASHINGTON: Steep cuts in carbon emissions are a must for stabilising global climate, but a backup plan is also urgently required. Geo-engineering solutions like injecting dust into air are risky, ...More

WASHINGTON: Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have entered the danger zone and must be reduced if climate disasters are to be averted, according to researchers. US, British and French scient ...More

BEIJING: Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said rich nations must abandon their "unsustainable lifestyle" to fight climate change and expand help to poor nations bearing the brunt of worsening droughts and r ...More

San Francisco, AFP: The one-time presidential contender turned environmental champion told Web 2.0 Summit goers in San Francisco yesterday that technology has provided tools to save the planet... Fo ...More

BEIJING: The global financial gloom will make citizens of rich nations reluctant to use their taxes to fight global warming and any plan to help poor nations should make the polluters pay, a top U.N. ...More

BEIJING: China is seeking to seize the initiative in talks on cutting the world's greenhouse gas pollution, pressing rich nations even as global financial turmoil and Barack Obama's victory recast cli ...More

MELBOURNE: Climate change will severely affect all forms of infrastructure in Australia including electricity, dams, roads and even footpaths, a new study has revealed. Experts from the Australian ...More

CHENNAI: WWF-India, a wing of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is eager to bring more students together to campaign for the cause. According to V. Dakshinamurthy, State director, WWF-India, a ...More