Global Warming News

Half the world's population could face a shortage of clean water by 2080 because of climate change, experts warned Tuesday.

Using recent NASA satellite data, researchers have estimated more precisely than ever the heat-trapping effect of water in the air, validating the role of the gas as a critical component of climate change.

Scientists, environmentalists and government and industry officials from around the world meet this week for a summit on greenhouse gas emissions that their host, Gov.

Uzbekistan News.Net Tuesday 11th November, 2008 Fears of global warming are haunting the Maldives with its new president indicating that the Indian Ocean island country will not shy away from buying 'land ...

Find a new ownership group. The culture must change. It is time to turn the page.

Global institutional investors holding more than $6 trillion in assets pushed policymakers Tuesday to quickly hash out a binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean technology.

From the Dot Earth blog from the New York Times : Environmental groups have sought to force the federal government to restrict carbon dioxide emissions using the Clean Air Act , the Endangered Species Act and ...

The rejection of a federal permit for a proposed Utah coal-fired power plant over carbon dioxide emissions should not affect a coal mining industry in Wyoming that supplies many such power plants around the ...

Farmers want a special deal in global climate negotiations to make sure they are not saddled with excessive costs for curbing Greenhouse gas emissions, the head of the world's leading farming lobby said on ...

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is to host an international summit next week to discuss and develop strategies aimed at combating climate change, his office said in a statement on Tuesday.

Experts warn changing weather patterns could lead to population shifts and more conflicts.

The barren hillsides give a hint of the inferno underfoot. White smoke billows from cracks in the earth, venting a sulfurous rotten smell into the air.

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent Oslo - Solar energy, ecotourism and even fish farms can create new jobs in arid regions of developing nations as global warming strains scant water supplies, a UN ...

Nov. 11, 2008 12:10 p.m. State regulators today voted 3-0 to reject the proposed coal-fired power plant that Alliant Energy Corp.

In a move that signals the start of the our clean energy future, the Environmental Protection Agencya s Environmental Appeals Board ruled today EPA had no valid reason for refusing to limit from new coal-fired ...

Enormous brown clouds of pollution hanging over Asia are killing hundreds of thousands of people, melting glaciers, changing weather patterns and damaging crops, the United Nations said Thursday.

President-elect Barack Obama has inherited the in-box from hell, but you could practically smell the fear in some other quarters as he listed his top priorities in his victory speech in Chicago: "two wars, a ...

A legislative panel is recommending new legal restrictions on the authority of the state Department of Environmental Quality and, by extension, the governor.

Lawmakers, environmentalists, advocates and others will gather Wednesday at a Manhattan synagogue to plan campaigns against global warming now that Democrats have wrested control of both the federal and New ...

Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk. Use the microwave to cook small meals.