America’s federal agencies have 90 days to begin cutting their greenhouse gas emissions, with ambitious targets set by 2020, the White House said, aiming to “lead by example” in fighting climate change. The order for …
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and could begin doing so as early as next year.
Independent of the proposed cap and trade bills in the US House and …
Indonesia is eyeing big cuts in emissions by the end of the next decade, according to its president.
The Southeast Asian country is devising a mix of policies that will see greenhouse gas emissions fall 26 …
A copy of the much anticipated US Senate climate bill reveleas a proposal that calls for a cut in US greenhouse gas emissions of 20 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 – a more ambitious …
Economic stimulus packages should boost investment in green projects, the United Nation’s Environmental Program (UNEP) said this week.
Investments in environmentally-friendly projects fall short of the $750 billion or one percent of global GDP recommended …
Chinese President Hu Jintao has announced that his country aims to significantly curb its carbon emissions over the next decade, by a “notable margin” by 2020 from the 2005 levels.
The move prompts hopes that a …
Some 10,0oo industrial sites in the US will have to fully report their greenhouse gas emissions to the federal government as of January 1, as part of ambitious action by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …
More top corporations are paying attention to their greenhouse gas emissions and are assigning top managers to curb them, according to a new survey.
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a UK-based nonprofit that presses businesses to …
The world can fight poverty and climate change at the same time, but it will cost, according to the World Bank’s ‘World Development Report 2010.’
Poor countries will need nearly $500 billion annually by 2030 to …
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 …