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

After two unusually warm winters melted profits at his natural gas distributing company in Dallas, Robert Best decided he needed protection. So he spent $4.9 million on a new tool called weather

Late last year and early this year, the summer breeding season in the Southern Hemisphere, Magellanic penguins did disappear at sea. Thousands more washed up dead on the beaches north of Punta Tombo.

An extended deal on encouraging heat and power (CHP) plants as part of a scheme to lower greenhouse gases emissions was signed by the German government and industry yesterday, the economics ministry

German utilities and the Government agreed on Monday to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by promoting power plants that produce both heat and electricity, just weeks before Germany plays host to

On the eve of his first trip to Europe as President, George W. Bush unleashed a torrent of anger from environmentalists and Europeans by digging in his heels on global warming. When a

A wide range of major European Union industries will be forced to take part in buying and selling the right to emit carbon dioxide (CO2), under a draft EU law seen by Reuters on Friday. Oil refiners,

The Indian Summer of 2001 has broken all previous records--this time not in Celsius, but millimetres. It has been hot, but also wet, wet, wet--Gujarat's water tables are replenished, drought-prone

Scientists have detected a substantial drop during the past 50 years in the flow of cold deep sea water leaving the Arctic and pouring into the Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and Scotland. The study