The United States said yesterday it would send a delegation to a major climate change conference on the so-called Kyoto accord in Germany this month, but made clear President George W. Bush's

Japan's total greenhouse gas emissions came to 1.3 billion tons in fiscal 1999, up 2.1 percent if calculated simply as carbon dioxide from the previous year and the first increase in three years,

Leading European climate change experts on Monday urged the world to forge ahead with the Kyoto agreement even without the participation of the United States, the world's biggest polluter. The head

Australia said yesterday no deal should be reached at the Bonn climate change talks next week in order to "leave the door open" for the United States to join any global agreement on cutting

Gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles are driving up Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, new figures indicate, and Environment Minister David Anderson says he's alarmed at the trend. Anderson said he is

Japanese officials pledged to help the European Union to try to persuade the Bush Administration to embrace the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming, but stopped short of saying Japan would ratify

While policy makers aground the world grapple with the economic and political issues raised by climate change, there is now growing observational evidence that the earth is becoming warmer than at

Faced with mounting criticism and a Supreme Court deadline, the Union ministry of road transport and highway has prepared a new set of CNG norms. The new norms, likely to be notified this week, have

Despite an investment of Rs. 32,000 crore din the Ninth Plan, more than 20,000 rural habitations are yet to be covered with at least one source of potable water and 1,66,832 habitations, marking

An international conference on "New Biotechnology Food and Crops: Science, Safety and Society" is being organised here from July 10 to as by the United Kingdom and the OECD in cooperation with the