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More Extreme Heat Waves to Come From Global Warming

More extremely hot summer days are projected for every part of the country, detailed in a new report from the National Wildlife Federation and Physicians for Social Responsibility

26 Aug 2009

DuPont Offers Real Solutions to Climate Change

Passage of environmentally effective and economically sustainable climate legislation in the U.S. will bring business opportunity to DuPont

26 Aug 2009

CleanTech Pioneers to be Honoured in 2009 Innovation Awards

Carbon Trust calls on all low carbon innovators to demonstrate the ingenuity that will fuel the clean tech revolution

25 Aug 2009

Researchers Develop Porous Materials For Storing Carbon Dioxide Exhaust Emissions

Efficient methods for the separation of this greenhouse gas from industrial exhaust are being sought. Korean researchers have now developed a porous material that can bind and store CO2 efficiently and highly selectively

24 Aug 2009

Young People Tell World Leaders It is Time For Less Talk and More Action on Climate Change

Young people from around the globe today called on world leaders to take radical measures against climate change

20 Aug 2009

Zero Waste and Carbon Neutral City to be Built

Masdar and BASF today announced a strategic partnership agreement for collaboration on the construction of Masdar City, the world’s first carbon-neutral and zero-waste city

20 Aug 2009

Advantages and Risks of Carbon Trading Schemes

The advantages and potential risks of introducing an emissions trading scheme within Australia will be discussed at the public seminar Emissions Trading for Dummies, hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Solutions tomorrow morning

20 Aug 2009

CLIMATE FRAUD, FUNDED BY BIG OIL is the Message From Greenpeace

Greenpeace activists today used astroturf to spell out “CLIMATE FRAUD, FUNDED BY BIG OIL” with logos of oil giants ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Chevron outside the offices of the American Petroleum Institute (API) in Washington

19 Aug 2009

Scientists Win Eureka Prize For Work on How Climate Change May Change the Face of Sydney, Australia

A team of CSIRO, University of the Sunshine Coast, WWF and Sydney Coastal Councils Group researchers has been awarded a prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prize for advising Sydney councils about how they might adapt to climate change

19 Aug 2009

HSBC Becomes Carbon Trust's 100th Achiever in Cutting Carbon Emissions

One year from its launch, the Carbon Trust Standard Company has certified financial services group HSBC as its 100th achiever. Over the last 12 months, the 100 Carbon Trust Standard recipients have cut their emissions by over 600,000 tonnes of carbon and saved over £50 million

19 Aug 2009