Group offers roadmap to reduce pollution
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A regional environmental group Monday released a comprehensive "climate change roadmap" to reduce pollution linked to global warming by 75 percent in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada.
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A pressure group is formed to urge Hong Kong's government to act on air quality amid warnings over costs to the economy.
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Amid fanfare marking the enactment of the Kyoto global warming pact, leading proponents laid out their next goals Wednesday: persuading the United States to join the world crackdown on emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases and planning further steps when the current agreement runs out in 2012.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004  Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet and more in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be ...
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By VERONIKA OLEKSYN  VIENNA, Austria - Tackling air pollution, contaminated drinking water and other environmental problems could save millions of lives annually around the world, the World Health Organization said in a report Wednesday.
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Top environmental groups warned Tuesday at an international conference on climate change that governments must work more aggressively to cut greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
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By Rina De Silva  PETALING JAYA: A novel way to protect the environment is in the pipeline.  A group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and residents' associations plans to buy up multi-million ringgit green lungs nationwide so that they would not be developed.
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Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet -- and more -- in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be abundant.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 17 (IPS) - European environmental groups are preparing to  challenge business groups this week over new EU proposals that  aim to cut out dangerous chemicals.
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Governors of both parties are taking the lead on finding ways to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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The world's top polluting  nations were told on Wednesday to prepare for decades of  weather turmoil, even if they act now to curb emissions and  pursue green energy sources.
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By Joanna Geary  Birmingham needs a strong visionary leader to tackle worsening traffic pollution and poor housing, the coauthor of a major environmental report has warned.
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The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed reducing allowable ozone air pollution by as much as 20 percent in coming decades, setting up a battle with business and industry groups who feel current standards are adequate.
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Church leaders have begun a campaign to curb climate change, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet &#151; and more &#151; in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be abundant.
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Companies are looking for ways to cut down on greenhouse gases and save money on increasingly expensive gasoline.
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By Liu Weifeng  Leave the car at home and take a bus.   That's the message being pushed by environmental experts in a campaign to clear the air in China's cities.