Twenty-eight Democrat politicians in the US have taken to the Senate for an all-night session of climate change discussions, an initiative aimed at raising awareness among...
A petition to make it illegal for Californian marine parks or zoos to use orca whales for entertainment purposes has gathered 200,000 signatures. The campaign, which...
California is experiencing its worst drought in a century, which is putting at risk the survival of many species and damaging the economy. Experts have warned...
Responsible investment network Ceres has warned of the risk of water scarcity linked to the water-intensive shale gas extraction method fracking – particularly in arid regions...
The recent drought in California could lead to 17 rural communities in the state running out of water within 60 to 120 days, according to state...
A leading environmental campaign group has come up with a unique idea to create a cause and effect link between driving and climate change. US-based 350.org...
Catholic churches across the US have launched an initiative that will seek to uncover the role of religion in tackling manmade climate change and its wider...
The general treasurer of Rhode Island is pushing the US state’s pension fund to divest from equity funds that own stakes in gun distributors. Gina Raimondo,...
Paul Hawken is a Californian civil rights activist, environmentalist, businessman and author. Fortune named him the “original hippie entrepreneur” in 2002, and he coined the phrase...
Santa Clara Valley Water District has withdrawn investment in fossil fuels companies over concern about threats to water supplies caused by global warming. The US water...
Clean energy can become cost-competitive by 2025 without the need for subsidies, if the best locations are exploited effectively, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
More than 38,600 jobs in the clean energy and transport sectors were created in the second quarter of 2013 in the US, according to new figures....
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled plans for a mode of transport that he claims can cut down journey time between San Francisco and Los Angeles –...
Five US states have made it compulsory for insurers paying out more than $100m a year to complete a survey on climate-related risks. The ruling covers...
Apart from being popular in Chinese cuisine, seaweed has another quality that may be useful in everyday life: as a source of clean energy. Attempts to...