Colleges Pledge to Back Climate Initiative
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Nearly 300 college presidents have agreed to raise awareness about global warming and limit their institutions' emissions in moving toward "climate neutrality."
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Mayors from 32 U.S cities were urged Saturday to be leaders in slowing global warming by taking steps in their communities.
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Hopes of concrete US commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. are hit
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Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday hailed a pledge to tackle climate change by leaders of the Group of Eight, describing it as a &quot;major, major step forward.&quot;
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The NCAA is forming a task force of university presidents to help athletic departments cope with soaring costs.
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D.C.-area officials gauge proposal that would cut environmental programs but support schools.
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An environmental group is teaming with  MTV to encourage U.S. university students to demand their  schools get more energy from renewable energy sources.
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Climate scientists tell a Stockholm conference that greater efforts should be made to pull CO2 from the atmosphere.
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A group of global lawmakers signed a resolution Thursday urging a new agreement limiting greenhouse gas emissions by 2009 to succeed the Kyoto protocol, which is set to expire in 2012.Comment
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The United Nations says momentum is building for tougher long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial part of the process.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao gave qualified support on Thursday to an Australian initiative on climate change, saying the "Sydney Declaration" is fine as long as it is in line with a U.N. framework.
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The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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Some of the world's top companies vowed Friday to step up their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying governments were failing to show sufficient leadership in the fight against global warming.
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Some pledges were huge, such as a commitment from the Florida Power &amp; Light Co. to build a solar power plant as part of a $2.4 billion clean energy program.
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HSBC, the UK's largest bank, is backing a new $100m initiative to tackle global climate change.
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Going Green: One professor is rallying college kids to pay attention to global warming. After all, it's their world we're messing with
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By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 3--About 200 people gathered Friday in the Evergreen State College Longhouse to help give birth to a new approach to environmental education in South Sound.