Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met privately with seven auto executives over California’s attempt to impose strict emission rules, but let it be known publicly that he told the carmakers to stop whining and start producing.
The Republican governor met Thursday with the executives, who requested the get-together. In an interview afterward, he said he told them “the […]

Despite international levels to curb their growth, global emissions of two key greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide and methane — rose sharply last year and fears are that melting permafrost might be partly responsible for the latter, federal scientists reported.
“Atmospheric carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global climate change, increased by 0.6 percent, or 19 […]

President Bush on Wednesday proposed a new target for stopping the growth of U.S. emissions tied to global warming by 2025, but environmental groups were quick to criticize the stand as merely undercutting stronger proposals in Congress and by several states.
The president called developing new technolgies the key to curbing greenhouse gas emissions over the […]

 
Parts of Asia are losing more than 28,000 square kilometers (10,800 square miles) of forest every year, a trend that must to be reversed immediately to fight climate change, a United Nations report said on Thursday.
Deforestation accounts for about 20 percent of global greenhouse gases — trees soak up carbon dioxide when they grow and […]

 
A seemingly constant source of international squabbles, the Kyoto Treaty is often name checked in the press whenever the environment is mentioned, yet what exactly is it?
And more importantly how will affect us? For this feature we will take a look at the origins and purpose of the Kyoto Treaty and what, if any, effect […]

 
Researchers have developed a new, low-cost material for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants and other generators of the greenhouse gas. Produced with a simple one-step chemical process, the new material has a high capacity for absorbing carbon dioxide — and can be reused many times.
Combined with improved heat management […]

Sony, Nokia and 10 other global corporations said all necessary action should be taken to put a halt to global warming, and pledged they would step up their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.In a “Tokyo Declaration” issued on Friday by the dozen companies partnering with conservation group WWF for emission reductions, they said they […]