(May 19, 2009 | Energy)
President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose the most aggressive increase in U.S. auto fuel efficiency ever.
(May 19, 2009 | Safety & Health)
Natural disasters threaten to trigger widespread damage and distress in emerging economies, many of which are already on the brink because of the global recession, a United Nations body said.
(May 18, 2009 | Climate Change)
Flash floods, wildfires and heatwaves brought on by climate change could test Europe's ability to insure against and respond to natural disasters, a new report warns.
(May 18, 2009 | Climate Change)
The United Nations took a step towards a new climate treaty on Friday by publishing the first draft negotiating texts outlining widely varying options for rich nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
(May 14, 2009 | Energy)
The world's poorest continent needs 21 billion dollars annually to overcome its power problems despite sitting on large energy resources, the African Union (AU) infrastructure head said on Thursday.
(May 14, 2009 | Climate Change)
A team of British adventurers measuring ice conditions in the Canadian Arctic said they did not find the thicker, older ice that scientists expected to be there.
(May 13, 2009 | Climate Change)
Southeast Asia's coral reefs will disappear by the end of this century, wiping out coastal economies and sparking civil unrest if climate change isn't addressed, conservation group WWF said on Wednesday.
(May 13, 2009 | Climate Change)
India's main parties are offering environment plans in their manifestos for the first time, but the chances of climate policies to limit emissions after the election are slim because of low public awareness.
(May 12, 2009 | Energy)
Australia's government will spend 4.5 billion Australian Dollars ($3.4 billion) in partnership with private investors to build up to eight commercial power stations testing clean coal and solar technologies, Treasurer Wayne Swan said.
(May 12, 2009 | Microfinance)
With its own money, the palma, that is trusted and heavily used, many of the 32,000 residents of the Palmeiras slum in the northeastern Brazil city of Fortaleza go days without seeing Brazil's national currency.
