A new study has claimed that ethanol obtained from corn emits more greenhouse gas than gasoline in the short-term – findings that the industry and the...
Total greenhouse gas emissions in the US fell by 3.4% over the course of 2012, taking the country more than halfway towards its reduction target for...
Residents from the Gulf of Mexico region are putting pressure on British prime minister David Cameron to withdraw his support for oil giant BP, which was...
The British government has backed BP in a dispute over a ban that prevents the oil giant from winning US federal contracts, imposed by the US...
The US is emitting 50% more methane – an extremely potent greenhouse gas – than its government estimates, according to a new study. The research, published...
Two separate studies have found that the controversial process of fracking may cause less direct environmental damage than its critics have suggested, but might not have...
A national action plan for tackling climate change is essential to more ambitious international agreements, a study has claimed. Researchers from the Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE)...
New administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gina McCarthy has sent a strong message to the US, saying that climate change is an “opportunity of...
Climate-scientists and criminologists make strange bedfellows. And things could get stranger still if getting tough on crime means getting tough on the causes of climate-change, writes...
A group of beekeepers and environmentalists are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in an effort to curb the use of insecticides that research has...