While international negotiations on rules about how to reduce emissions and slow global warming are slow but ongoing, the Indonesian and Norwegian governments signed a letter of intent under which up to $1 billion is available to assist in setting up a "stop deforestation and forest degradation" system that also addresses peatland emissions.
Data from the Glory mission will allow scientists to better understand how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate.
Companies aim to deliver two million clean cookstoves to Nigerian households over the next seven years.
The reality of making solar panels with existing technology is much different, involving use of potentially toxic substances and lots of energy.
The agency is reporting that overall greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 6 percent in 2009.
Texas, Florida, and Ohio lead in carbon dioxide emissions based on EPA data.
Forest biomass could replace as much as one quarter of the liquid fossil fuel now being used for industrial and commercial heating in the Northeastern United States.
The project is intended to achieve an uninterrupted power supply, independent of commercial utility power, for critical mission and support functions on military bases.
Funding support remains for the Great Lakes, water and wastewater treatment, Superfund, and enforcement.
The rule provides a collaborative and science-based framework for creating land management plans that would support ecological sustainability and contribute to rural job opportunities.
As the new United States Congress prepares to hold hearings on the politically polarized issue of climate change, and rising global oil and food prices begin to impact the economic recovery, a new report says a time-tested, apolitical approach could offer a clear and non-partisan path forward.
RATCLIFF has expanded its capacity in order to address climate change, moving beyond "green" architecture into systems-wide sustainability planning.
In keeping with its commitment to improving its sustainability initiatives, the 53rd GRAMMY Awards hosted two events that served wine sealed exclusively with natural cork and will recycle all of the closures.
The new climate module aims to make farmers more aware of the impacts of climate change and to promote the adoption of good agricultural practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase carbon sequestration and enhance the capacity of farms to adapt to climate change.
If society wants to address big picture environmental problems, like global climate change, acid rain, and coastal dead zones, we need to pay closer attention to the Earth's coupled biogeochemical cycles.
The aggressive wolverine may not be powerful enough to survive climate change in the contiguous United States, according to new research by the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
The agency, along with HUD and DOT, is providing technical assistance to help communities achieve their sustainable planning goals.
Enviance commissioned a survey of 143 energy and utility professionals at EUEC 2011 to determine the industry's progress toward compliance with new regulations.
EPA has slated five listening sessions related to updating the Clean Air Act's pollution standards for power plants and refineries.
The increased frequency of drought observed in eastern Africa over the last 20 years is likely to continue as long as global temperatures continue to rise, according to new research published in Climate Dynamics.