(August 19, 2009 | Safety & Health)
Chinese villagers who were moved away from a lead and zinc smelter that locals say poisoned hundreds of children may still be at risk in their new homes and experts will test the site for the heavy metal.
(August 19, 2009 | Energy)
Australia and China struck their biggest trade deal on Tuesday, as Exxon Mobil Corp and PetroChina, reached a 41 billion dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) agreement.
(August 18, 2009 | Safety & Health)
At least 27 people have died in northwestern Pakistan and nine are missing in flash floods since the weekend that have also destroyed houses, crops and livestock, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
(August 18, 2009 | Energy)
Political upheaval in the aftermath of Iran's disputed presidential election has slowed international oil firms' efforts to find a way through sanctions to invest in the world's second-largest oil and gas reserves.
(August 17, 2009 | Climate Change)
A period of global warming contributed to the rise of the Inca empire, allowing it to increase food production by planting at higher altitudes on farmland irrigated with water from melting glaciers, a team of European and American scientists say.
(August 17, 2009 | Climate Change)
The world's poorest nations joined small island states on Friday to urge far tougher global goals for fighting climate change, saying their people were at risk from everything from droughts to rising sea levels.
(August 17, 2009 | Climate Change)
China should set firm targets to limit greenhouse gas emissions so they peak around 2030, a study by some of the nation's top climate change policy advisers has proposed.
(August 11, 2009 | Energy)
The United States, Canada and Mexico will cooperate on a series of measures, including emissions trading systems and making the North American aviation sector "carbon neutral."
(August 11, 2009 | Safety & Health)
Britain must find ways to grow more food while using less water, energy, and fertilizers to help feed a growing world population and offset the effects of climate change on agriculture, the government said.
(August 10, 2009 | Climate Change)
About 180 nations met for U.N. climate talks amid warnings that time was running out for them to reach agreement on a hugely complex pact, due for completion at the end of the year.
