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BEIJING – If China's economy continues to expand rapidly and rely heavily on coal and other fossil fuels until the middle of the century, its power consumption would be unsustainable, according to a study by government think tanks released Wednesday. The two-year study, supported by the...

UNITED NATIONS – It happened in Rio, in 1992: The world officially woke up to the fact it was getting warmer outside. Seventeen years later in New York, the U.N. gathered presidents and premiers to talk about serious steps to turn down the heat. But the political climate may still be too cool...

UNITED NATIONS – President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao each vowed urgent action Tuesday to cool an overheating planet, even as prospects dimmed for a full treaty by the end of the year. The world's two biggest greenhouse-gas polluting nations were the focus at the U.N.'s...

Global Warming hoax invented to create a world government Huge scientific opposition Co2-nonsense theory - Findings UN climate panel completely undermined; correct temperature decreases since 2003 Al Gore is "the elite" and the UN put forward as leader of the global warming hoax, with the...

BEIJING (AFP) – China's energy firms must do more to combat climate change and reduce dependence on coal, environmental group Greenpeace said on Tuesday, warning of a rise in "extreme" weather. "China is suffering the pains of extreme weather events such as droughts, heatwaves, typhoons and...

India will unveil its first solar power target as soon as September, pledging to boost output from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 as it firms up its national plan to fight global warming, draft documents show. The target, which would help India close the gap on solar front-runners like...

India is set to unveil in September a target of generating 20 gigawatts (GW) of electricity from solar energy by 2020 under its national plan to fight global warming. Here is a look at some of the highlights of India's solar energy plans mentioned in draft documents. * The $19 billion...

BEIJING – China's three largest energy suppliers emitted more greenhouse gases than all of Britain last year, environmental watchdog Greenpeace China said in a report issued Tuesday. The report reflects the heavy reliance on coal that is hampering China's efforts to tackle climate change. The...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US pointman on climate change voiced optimism Monday at reaching a new global treaty this year, saying that top polluters China and the United States were both serious about taking action. The top developed and developing economies discussed global warming among a host of...

The federal government pointed with pride to a sweeping national database that identifies pollution-stricken poor and minority neighborhoods to help officials better target billions of economic recovery dollars. But it's a tool that doesn't exist — yet. The elaborate system to assign...

Key U.S. lawmakers on Friday defended their plans to establish a system capping greenhouse gas emissions, disputing attacks from Alaska Governor Sarah Palin that climate change legislation in Congress would destroy jobs and hurt the economy. In an op-ed article in Friday's Washington Post...

Seed no unnecessary panic about the environment Tuesday, July 21, 2009 `Flow horror stories about global warming that the media voorschotelen us, inspires us in unnecessary anxiety. Worse still, he is chasing our children the fear of the body," writes the Danish professor Bjørn Lomborg today...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alternative energy jobs can provide vocations across many sectors of the economy but policy to spark them can take years to develop, U.S. governors told a Senate committee on Tuesday. State green power mandates and regional cap-and-trade plans on emissions have been...

Solar energy, universally applicable. Tuesday, July 21, 2009 The Solar Future. The first major solar energy conference of this century in the Netherlands took place on April 22, 2009 in Rotterdam: The Solar Future. This day was organized by Johan Trip and Edwin Koot of Solar Plaza...

SYDNEY (AFP) – Climate campaigner Al Gore has challenged Australia to lead the fight against global warming, saying it was well placed to find alternative energy sources. The former US vice president met Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Sydney to discuss progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the US Senate to pass his clean energy bill, arguing that the nation that manages to harness clean energy "will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy." The comments came after the US House of Representatives on...

WASHINGTON – Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead. It was late Friday when the House passed legislation that would, for the first time, require limits on...

X-ray data show that a significant source of power within these colossal structures is from growing supermassive black holes partially obscured by dense layers of dust and gas. The "coming of age" of galaxies and black holes has been pinpointed, thanks to new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray...

SGR 0501+4516 is the first new soft gamma repeater, one of two types of magnetars, discovered after a decade of searches. An enormous eruption has found its way to Earth after traveling for many thousands of years across space. Studying this blast with European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and...