A vote by Canada's Parliament to back ratification of the Kyoto protocol on global warming should encourage Americans to put pressure on Washington over its decision to abandon the treaty last year,

Despite criticism from industry and a variety of other sources both the Canadian and New Zealand governments ratified the Kyoto Protocol on 10 December. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark signed

The European commission unveiled tough proposals to cut emissions of particularly potent greenhouse gases by a quarter before 2010, in the fight against global warming. To meet commitments under the

Air bubbles in the solesof jogging shoes may become a relic if an ambitious regulation unveiled yesterday by the European Commission to reduce greenhouse gases is pushed through.Plans by indsutry to

the world is waiting for Russia to make up its mind about the Kyoto protocol. Ratification by Moscow is all that is needed now to bring the agreement to combat global warming into effect. Vladimir

A testy scientific dispute has broken out over a new study indicating significant signs of global warming in the Earth's lower atmosphere. The degree of warming in the troposphere

Paving the way for implementation of the United Nations Convention on Bio-diversity (CBD), Parliament on Wednesday approved the Biological Diversity Bill, signalling a shift from the earlier practice

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Ram Naik attributes the substantial improvement in air quality in the Capital to the quality of liquid auto fuels petrol and diesel. "As per a study conducted

A team of researchers from the University of Georgia (UGA) has begun an experiment to test the possibilities of using genetically modified trees to clean up a site contaminated with toxic mercury.

The European Parliament has adopted an initiative from the European Commission to create a European Water Fund of