The one sector which is running amok in terms of growth of emissions is transport. Between 1990 and 2005, the maximum increase in emissions of rich countries was in this sector

In a loss of face for the Bush administration, nine us states have decided to introduce mandatory greenhouse gas emission controls in the country's first-of-its-kind regional agreement.

Pointless: A US federal appeals court recently heard arguments on a five-year-old battle over whether the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2)

The us Senate Environment Committee rejected the Bush administration's controversial Clear Skies bill on March 9, 2005. The bill imposes cuts on emissions of mercury, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen

The government of Australia's Victoria state has charged the country's federal government with discontinuing crucial research on cutting the emission of greenhouse gases (ghgs) merely on pecuniary

The EU has taken a major step towards implementing its emissions trading scheme (ETS), scheduled to begin in January 2005. On October 20, 2004, the European Commission (EC), the EU executive, gave a