Ford Motor Co is expected to release a report this week saying it believes global warming is a serious issue it must address, the Wall Street Journal reported in its on-line edition on Wednesday.

Scientists say they have detected wide swings and, most recently, a sharp drop in atmospheric concentrations of chemicals that naturally purge the air of many kinds of contaminants and methane, a

Britain unveiled yesterday draft proposals for an emissions trading scheme which is due to start in April 2002 but final rules will only be issued in July. "The draft framework is based on a

The UK Environment Agency and the Biogas Association have announced that they are to collaborate over a programme to evaluate and enhance the environmental performance of landfill sites, in order to

As well as the negative impacts of climate change, businesses in the Midlands are also considering the opportunities of global warming, according to a new Government-backed report into the impacts of

The timetable for the new emissions trading scheme is too tight, according to respondents to the UK Government's consultation on the scheme, who prefer that more time is taken to get the programme

The Government has announced that it is to launch a climate change bureau designed to encourage UK business to invest in efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Ford Motor Co., in a move likely to escalate the debate over energy policy and the environment, is expected to release a report this week saying that, as a corporation, it believes global warming is

A natural chemical that scrubs many manmade pollutants from the atmosphere has gone into a sharp decline, puzzling scientists who have studied the chemical for decades. Ronald G. Prinn, co-author of

Canada expects credit for reductions in U.S. pollution as Americans consume increasing volumes of clean-burning Canadian natural gas, federal Environment Minister David Anderson said