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EPA: Greenhouse gas emissions rise 14 percent in U.S. from 1990 to 2008. Seven of the top 10 warmest years on record in the continental U.S. occurred after 1990. [ILLUSTRATION [...]

Byline: Mark Clayton The fire burning deep below Centralia, Pa., is just one of numerous coal fires burning in at least 20 states today, with thousands more worldwide. They gobble [...]

The carbon emission in Jaipur is a little less than the national average, says a report prepared jointly by a Noida-based NGO International Council for Local Environmental Initiative (ICLEI), British [...]

Byline: David Adam, Environment correspondent An unprecedented coalition of scientists, companies, celebrities, local councils and organisations spanning the cultural and political spectrum will today commit to slashing their carbon emissions [...]

Byline: NEIL REYNOLDS; reynolds.globe@gmail.com OTTAWA -- In Green Shift, his environmental manifesto, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion says that a Liberal government would use carbon taxes on fossil fuels to reduce [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that the amount of toxic chemicals released into the environment increased by 5 percent in 2002, only the second time conditions grew worse […]

2015 OCT 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Based on new research, the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA) estimates that [...]

Schaeffler's expertise allows potential for efficiency to be tapped and emissions regulations to be fulfilled - Efficient Future Mobility North America concept vehicle demonstrates volume production-ready solutions for achieving the [...]

Jun 25, 2013 (Vanguard/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Ford Motor Company has cut CO2 emissions at its global facilities by 37 per cent per vehicle between 2000 and […]

Byline: PARSIPPANY, NJ, Jun 25, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), one of the world's largest hospitality companies, again demonstrated its ongoing leadership in global sustainability best [...]

Recently released 2011 data indicate that the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the twenty seven countries in the European Union (EU) decreased by 3.3 % while EU Gross Domestic Product [...]

For once, Washington secured a bargain. The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act set up a market-based system in hopes of reducing pollution from power plants more efficiently than […]

M2 PRESSWIRE-November 25, 2011-: City Council in top five per cent of green list(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:25112011 New figures have placed Manchester City Council in the top five per cent [...]

Nov 25, 2011 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- New figures have placed Manchester City Council in the top five per cent of organisations across the country who have taken early [...]

Greenhouse gas output hits record high as China overtakes US to become world's biggest polluter. Soaring carbon dioxide emissions from China and the US have driven the world's output of [...]

HOUSTON, Aug 19, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels increased in 2010 by 3.9 percent over the previous year, the largest [...]

(From Guardian Unlimited) Governments are gambling recklessly with human lives by wilfully underestimating the depth of the emission cuts they must makein the next 40 years, a new study has [...]

(From Western Morning News) Byline: EMILY BEAMENT Dangerous climate change should be taken more seriously, scientists say, on the back of clearer evidence of the impacts of rising temperatures. A [...]

CANCUN, MEXICO, Dec 06, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The European Union said Monday that it would not unilaterally commit to a 30 percent reduction in its greenhouse emissions by [...]

BEIJING, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - China has sacrificed economic growth for fulfilling the energy conservation and emissions reduction target set in the 11th Five Year Program (2006-2010). According to [...]

(From Nottingham Evening Post) MANSFIELD District Council's carbon emissions have fallen by 12 per cent since 2008-09. The council revealed the drop to mark the 10th anniversary of the Nottingham [...]

(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Register Guard - Eugene, Oregon) Byline: Edward Russo Compared with other Oregon cities and the rest of the nation, Eugene has relatively low per [...]

BOULDER, Colo. -- The following information was released by the University of Colorado - Boulder: While the general job market nationally is still struggling mightily, the University of Colorado at [...]

from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali, July 22 (ANTARA) - The government has a commitment to reducing carbon dioxide emission by 26 percent in 2020, Vice President [...]

MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The following information was released by the President of Mexico: In a media statement attended by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, the President added that the [...]

SEOUL, Dec 28, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korea's government statistics showed Monday the country's carbon dioxide emissions in 2007 zoomed up 2.9 percent year-on-year to 620 million metric […]

Sopuruchi Onwuka, Dec 23, 2009 (Daily Champion/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Global energy demand will be about 35 percent higher in 2030 than it was in 2005, requiring [...]

COPENHAGEN, Dec 09, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's forests helped reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 5 billion tons from 1980 to 2005, a top Chinese forestry official [...]

Minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh outlined India's position on climate change which had been worked out in concert with other developing nations including China. Ramesh said India was [...]

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has decided on a 30-percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from levels predicted for 2020, Seoul's presidential office said Tuesday, setting one of [...]

Nov. 12--Pennsylvania's emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels was 277 million tons in 2007, the third highest in the nation, but the commonwealth was also among 17 states [...]

OXFORD, UK -- The following information was released by the University of Oxford: A new website launched on Thursday by Oxford University tracks how fast we are approaching total global [...]

Oct. 14--NORFOLK -- The threat to Hampton Roads from rising coastal waters over the next century is so great that the region 'ought to be actively planning a system of [...]

DENVER, CO, Sep 29, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction, and operations firm, has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management contract […]

HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced $20.7 million of investments in 25 projects to generate and conserve enough energy to power more than 26,000 [...]

JOHANNESBURG, Jul 01, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Africa's greenhouse gas emissions per capita are similar to that of industrialized countries, partly because of its strong reliance on coal, […]

CALGARY, Alberta -- Blue Source Canada, a subsidiary of Blue Source LLC, today announced that it was responsible for the registration, on the Alberta Emissions Offset Registry, of 1.11 million [...]

Apr 20, 2009 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New research indicates fatter human populations have a relatively high environmental impact. The research, published in the 'International [...]

NEW DELHI, Feb 24 Asia Pulse - Finland's national airline Finnair, which plans to acquire five new Airbus A330 this year to renew its fleet and cut emission levels, will [...]