However the figures on greenhouse gas emission are displayed - whether it is per capita, historical, or as future projections - the US is still the world's most significant polluter and should take

Air Liquide America Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of industrial and medical gases, such as super-cooled liquid oxygen and nitrogen, has agreed a settlement with the US regarding

London's Luton Airport is encouraging airline passengers to pay a small voluntary donation, the value of which is based on the distance they are travelling by air, to fund the planting of saplings

The European Union's top environment official said yesterday the future of the Kyoto pact on global warming depended on the political will of Japan and the non-interference of the United States.

Russia is insisting at informal climate talks that more of its forests and farmland be counted as "carbon sinks" to reduce its greenhouse gas totals, Germany's environment minister said yesterday.

New Zealand, whose carbon dioxide emissions grow 22 percent in the decade of the 'nineties, is further away from its commitment to the Kyoto global warming treaty to cut greenhouse gases,the

The developing countries of Asia stand to lose the most if an international agreement to combat global warming collapses because of U.S. opposition : a

Around the world, many penguin populations are declining, researchers say, and evidence is mounting that global warming, whether natural or human induced, is a prime cause. Unless things change, they

Japan and the European Union remained at odds Monday after separate discussions among negotiating blocs of mostly industrialized countries on a compromise plan that would lead to ratifying the Kyoto

Ministers from dozens of countries yesterday pored over the latest proposals to curb global warming gasses at a final gathering before key U.N. talks next month in Bonn. The talks, billed as an