(July 10, 2009 | Energy)
Italy backed measures on Thursday to revive a nuclear energy industry it quit two decades ago, but industry experts said the government faced an uphill struggle to find funds and sites for new plants.
(July 09, 2009 | Climate Change)
An Australian town has banned bottled water for the sake of the environment, prompting the nation's largest state government to stop buying bottled water.
(July 09, 2009 | Climate Change)
The G8 agreed on Wednesday to try to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent, but it failed to persuade China and India to join a bid to halve world emissions.
(July 08, 2009 | Energy)
The power grids of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain will be linked later this month, the body overseeing interconnection said on Tuesday.
(July 08, 2009 | Climate Change)
The average American family would pay at most 1 dollar a day more to fight climate change, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told a Senate committee on Tuesday.
(July 07, 2009 | Safety & Health)
Argentines are questioning the government's handling of an H1N1 flu outbreak that has killed 60 people amid confusion over the number of cases and accusations that officials acted too slowly.
(July 07, 2009 | Climate Change)
Across the globe an emerging El Nino weather pattern threatens to cause droughts and floods and trigger a spike in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from burning forests.
(July 06, 2009 | Safety & Health)
The global recession has pushed up to 90 million more people into extreme poverty, the United Nations said on Monday, warning that a reduction in foreign aid could cause more hunger and disease.
(July 06, 2009 | Climate Change)
In a new report, global aid agency Oxfam says impoverished communities are already being hit hard by the effects of global warming, including increased drought.
(July 02, 2009 | Climate Change)
The amount of carbon locked away in frozen soils in the far Northern Hemisphere is double previous estimates and rapid melting could accelerate global warming, a study says.
