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WASHINGTON — Finding an economical way to capture carbon dioxide from existing coal burning power plants is key to getting China to reduce its g...
AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green
NEWARK, N.J. — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency wants to limit emissions along the nation's coastline and within its seaports, ju...
AP | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green
GENEVA — Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their global-warming emi...
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.23.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in both the Senate and House want to take action this year to stem global warming, but the imploding economy and...
AP | HOLLY FOX | Posted 03.14.2009 | Green
BRUSSELS — Mayors from more than 350 cities across Europe signed an EU climate change agreement Tuesday pledging to cut carbon dioxide emissions...
Reuters AlertNet | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green
To avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, world carbon emissions will have to drop to near zero by 2050 and "go negative" after that, ...
Eric Schmidt and Alan Horn | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green
Our companies are not in the energy business, but both of them are making substantial investments in energy efficiency and clean power, not just to be good corporate citizens but because it's good for the bottom line.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics
You would think that winning the White House and overwhelming majorities in both houses of Congress would instill some backbone into Democrats on Capitol Hill. You would, of course, be wrong.
Chicago Tribune | Emily S. Achenbaum | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago
Supporters of the proposed Illinois Clean Car Act rallied Sunday in downtown Chicago with the hope that state legislators will pass a bill they say wo...
Grist | Umbra Fisk | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green
Dear Umbra, This year my family is not in the position to make any major CO2-reducing changes. We will not be purchasing a new car, a smaller house, ...
AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 10.20.2008 | Green
CHICAGO — Mayor Richard M. Daley has announced a plan to dramatically slash emissions of heat-trapping gases, part of an effort to fight global ...
GreenBiz | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green
Electrical power generation accounts for 40% of total annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the US. Such a high concentration of GHGs is due to ou...
BusinessWeek | Jack Ewing | Posted 09.18.2008 | Business
Stuttgart - For most of its 10-year history, Daimler's (DAI) Smart car division has had a reputation for making small cars that lose big money. In 200...
AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green
SHANGHAI, China — China is raising its sales tax on big cars to as high as 40 percent, and drastically cutting taxes on small cars, in its lates...
AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 09.07.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Oil prices jumped back above $120 a barrel Thursday, halting a steep three-day slide after Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility for ...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green
There sure is a lot of energy being spent on the energy debate lately. Sometimes it's best to hone in on what you can do, personally, at home, before ...
Environmental Capital | Keith Johnson | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green
What's up with oil? Here's the prevailing argument: Higher prices finally checked economic growth and spurred changes in driving habits, the famous "t...
AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Oil traders sent crude prices tumbling as low as $118 a barrel Tuesday on the growing belief that a U.S. economic slowdown and high e...
AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business
DENVER — High gas prices almost killed the lifeline to the city for a group of mountain commuters. Park County bus riders recently had to plead...
AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five states intend to sue the Environmental Protection Agency if it does not act soon to reduce pollution from ships, aircr...
Automobile Mag | Evan McCausland | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business
It won't, however, be the angular green Beat hatchback. Although a production version of that car will be built and sold in other countries, GM's 'ca...
Jonathan Lash | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green
As we compete on the playing fields, China and the U.S. should not lose sight of where our interests coincide -- climate change.
Wall Street Journal | Lisa Thomas | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green
As leaders of the world's most powerful nations discuss climate change at the Group of Eight summit in northern Japan, Japan's big tech companies are ...
Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green
While American politicians mull a carbon cap-and-trade system for industry, our British cousins are already contemplating the next step: personal CO2 ...
Kate Sheppard | Posted 07.10.2008 | Green
EPA officials concluded that the benefits of new, tougher standards "far outweigh their costs." If gas prices stay around $3.50 a gallon, "the net benefit to society could be in excess of $2 trillion."
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AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green