During the Northern hemisphere’s winter months, our friends in the eastern half of the US, northern India and China endured severely cold weather and cruel snowstorms.
Many Americans repeatedly awoke to record breaking low temperatures – in …

Worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, despite the economic slump that expected to lower emissions, a new study found.
The growth in emissions since 2000 is …

Australia ranks last among wealthy countries in its ability to compete in a clean energy future, a new report has found.

Australia ranked 15th among G20 countries for its readiness to stay wealthy as it shifts …

One of the warmest winters on record has helped Australia reduce its annual greenhouse gas emissions.
Winter emissions were cut by 3.1 million tonnes, which is the same as taking 3 million cars off the road, according to a …

The Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute was officially launched at an event jointly hosted by the President of the United States, Barack Obama and Italy’s Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi in L’Aquila, Italy on …

 The world’s poor are suffering more because of climate change, according to a new Oxfam report titled “Suffering the Science,” which tells the stories of people around the world facing changing climate conditions.
People such as Florence …

Energy bills for Sydneysiders will be more affordable if they use more renewable power, a new study by CSIRO shows.
More intelligent use of the existing energy grid could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut household …

 Federal and state leaders have called for a  study on whether to introduce mandatory carbon emission standards for new cars or to keep the current system where car makers set their own voluntary standards.
 
The move …

The Federal government wants to create the largest solar energy project in the world.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the government would spend almost $1.4 billion creating the project, as part of its commitment to spend …

The Federal government has committed $4.5 billion to clean energy in the 2009-10 Budget, which it says will cut carbon dioxide emissions and tackle climate change.
The funding will include $2.4 billion in low-emissions coal technologies …