The surge in the price of energy couldn't come at a worse time. The average price of regular gasoline in the United States has shot up to a record $3.28 a gallon.
Banning use of virgin habitats or ensuring that bio diverse ecosystems are not lost in the pursuit of bio fuels is well intentioned. However such noble objectives are hard to deliver on the ground.
Today, with the world already reeling from the initial ravages of climate change, the big question before us is whether we can trust the developed countries that are responsible, in the first instance
U.S. airlines must pay for their carbon dioxide emissions or face a curb on flights to the European Union, the E.U. Transport Commissioner warned on Friday.
Disease remains a "stubborn threat' to public health, says report Responsible for almost 10 per cent of AIDS-related deaths India loses 100 million productive workdays every year because of TB
We find that the European Union's proposed directive on carbon-capture 'readiness', as reported in your News story 'Europe to capture carbon', is unacceptable (Nature 451, 232; 2008).