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The environmental activism group Greenpeace, no stranger to controversy, is at it again. In conjunction with the start of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Denmark, the group has teamed up with TckTckTck to plaster the Copenhagen airport with advertisements featuring drastically altered images of famous world leaders participating in the summit. Though some industry observers have labeled ...
This may not have been the best season for the Huskies under Randy Esdall, and at least as far as the record is concerned, it certainly isn't the worst. But it had more than its fair share of peaks and valleys.
Canada's environment minister on Tuesday announced a five-million-dollar (4.7 million US) feasibility study for the creation of an Arctic marine conservation area at mouth of the famed Northwest Passage.
Jekyll Island is scrapping its partnership with a private developer chosen to oversee a $100 million makeover of the state park, officials said Tuesday, blaming the sour economy.
Taking advantage of down market prices, United Airlines said on Tuesday it placed a $10 billion-plus order for 50 wide-bodied jetliners divided between Airbus and Boeing Co , in a bid to slash fuel costs and emissions.
President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment.
President Obama proposed a new program Tuesday that would reimburse homeowners for energy-efficient appliances and insulation, part of a broader plan to stimulate the economy.
We already knew polar bears were in high water due to climate change, but who knew some types of dolphins, lemmings, flamingoes and oxen were also threatened by global warming?
A new company is planning a huge power hub in New Mexico to transfer green energy from the middle of the country to coastal population centers.
I am riding in a small boat along the banks of the murky Parana River and I feel lucky. Lucky that the rain finally subsided and the sun has come out in Argentina, and lucky that my job occasionally puts me into situations like this, where I get to spend a gorgeous morning island-hopping in the pursuit of a story.
With production levels of a half-million barrels of oil a day and rising, Sudan's oil should be a blessing for its people, but is it a curse?
General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt said Tuesday he hopes the Copenhagen conference on climate change leads the United States to develop a green energy policy to grow the economy.
China led calls by developing nations for deeper emissions cuts from the United States, Japan and Europe at U.N. climate talks on Tuesday, as a study showed that this decade will be the warmest on record.
A state program that taps one of Vermont's most abundant natural resources to help low-income families will keep the home fires burning for about 500 households this winter, state officials said Tuesday.
The proportion of foreign-born workers is the highest since the 1920s. The analysis also found a higher education decline at the third generation.
Developing nations demanded deeper emissions cuts from rich nations, particularly the United States, at U.N. climate talks in Denmark on Tuesday, as a study showed that 2009 is the fifth warmest year on record.
Green cars make great PR. But the industry's mainstay is still the same internal combustion gas engine that's powered cars for a century.
When it comes to pollution, the economic downturn could have an upside.
The president's overtures to small businesses clash with other policy goals, like health care reform.
President Obama on Tuesday proposed additional tax breaks for small businesses and spending focused on infrastructure projects and energy conservation as a way to create jobs.
Russia on Tuesday asked Iran if it would be prepared to supply rare Persian leopards as part of a Russian project to reintroduce the big cat to its Caucasus region.
