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On Tuesday, Newsweek hosted a climate and energy policy forum on Capitol Hill with the American Petroleum Institute. Now Greenpeace, which has been hectoring the magazine for weeks over its plans to partner with Big Oil for this forum, has asked the Senate to investigate whether the event was in violation of congressional rules.
A polar bear sculpted out of an 11-tonne block of ice will be unveiled in Copenhagen Saturday, then left to melt to raise awareness about global warming during the UN climate summit, organisers said.
The goalkeepers at next year's World Cup should consider their geography before getting on the field. A study by Adidas shows altitude will have an impact of up to 5 percent on a ball's speed. That means a 20-yard free kick during the final at Soccer City in high-altitude Johannesburg will reach the goal line 5 percent faster than it would at Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban, which is at sea...
Taiwan plans to boost its use of solar panels by a factor of 200 over the next decade and a half in an effort to increase clean energy, a ranking official said Friday.
Rich nations will have to be sensitive to the needs of developing economies to reach agreement on tackling climate change, World Bank chief Robert Zoellick warned Friday, days ahead of a key summit.
Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks Friday and held a Cabinet meeting amid Mount Everest's frigid, thin air to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers, ahead of next week's international climate change talks.
FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As corporate and private jets take off and land at small airports across the country, their engine exhaust fills the air with small particles of combustion that could affect the health of people living nearby, suggests a new study by California researchers.
San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle and Cincinnati are among cities that have recently created special parking areas for scooters.
The United Nations will conduct its own investigation into e-mails leaked from a leading British climate science center in addition to the probe by the University of East Anglia, a senior U.N. climate official said in comments broadcast Friday.
Nevada utility regulators plan to use about $800,000 in federal stimulus funds for employee training and to add two new staff members to focus on renewable energy.
The president turns his attention back to a problem he tried to solve already, one that's sure to dominate next year's elections.
In a Dec. 3 story about efforts to adapt to global warming, The Associated Press reported erroneously the university affiliation of one scientist. Camille Parmesan is at University of Texas at Austin, not Texas A&M University.
With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.
A strong storm in the Southeast was forecast to produce more active weather as it moved northeast on Thursday.
President Barack Obama's options for spurring job growth may be limited by out-of-control budget deficits, but with the unemployment rate hovering at 10 percent he is warming to moves by his congressional allies for a jobs-boosting bill.
Preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics have had a "slight positive" impact on Vancouver, according to a study released Friday. The study, conducted by the University of British Columbia, measured economic, social and environmental changes in the metro Vancouver area between 2002 and 2006.
Lawmakers have wooed seniors skeptical of the health care overhaul by emphasizing the plan would close the "doughnut hole" — a gap in Medicare drug coverage that can cost thousands of dollars a year.
Orders rose 0.6 percent in October, led by a jump in demand for commercial aircraft and petroleum products, the government reported.
Oil prices rose Friday after the U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped in a sign that the economy — and potentially energy demand — is recovering.
Greenpeace executive director Phil Radford wants environmental organizations to return to their grassroots.
Federal investigators have found no misconduct by U.S. Forest Service personnel in the deaths of five firefighters in a massive 2006 California wildfire.
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