If a Bush administration ruling stands, states are going to need the federal Big Brother's permission to deal with pollution or other problems that plague them. ...more

January 8, 2008

Frozen in much the state it died some 37,500 years ago, a Siberian baby mammoth undergoing tests in Japan could finally explain why the beasts were driven to extinction - and shed light on climate change, scientists said Friday. ...more

January 5, 2008

Last week the Senate failed to muster the 60 votes necessary to move forward an energy bill that would, in part, redirect tax subsidies away from oil and utility companies and channel them instead to clean, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. ...more

December 20, 2007

Montana is a cold state with so many natural resources that it exports electricity to other states. Why then is its governor so passionate about championing renewable energy and fighting greenhouse gases linked to climate change? ...more

December 19, 2007

In the 1980s, scientists sounded the alarm: The Amazon was burning and would be gone by the end of the century. ...more

December 14, 2007

Nobel laureate Al Gore said Thursday that the United States is "principally responsible" for blocking progress at the U.N. climate conference, and European nations threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington compromises on emissions reductions. ...more

December 14, 2007

TAMPA - Gov. Charlie Crist, in Tampa today for a meeting of the National Governors Association, defended his clean energy policies against naysayers who claim his mandates for renewable energy are unrealistic and will inflate electric bills. ...more

December 13, 2007

The United States insisted Wednesday that it has been taking steps to tackle rising temperatures and that many of its actions to promote energy efficiency and switch to cleaner technologies have been going unnoticed by the rest of the world. ...more

December 13, 2007