GENEVA — Fires, felling and agriculture are whittling Europe's forests down into isolated patches, threatening to speed up desertification and deplete wildlife, a UN report warned Tuesday.
Global carbon emissions from electricity generation climbed to a record in 2010, led by coal- fired power plants, as growth accelerated in emerging economies, according to the International Energy Agency.
A new report from international food charity organization Oxfam projects a rise in staple foods by up to 180 percent by 2030, unless major policy changes are initiated across the industrialized world.
Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that Germany would lead the way in the move to renewable energy, after her government anounced plans to shut down all of the country s nuclear power plants by 2022.
Hundreds and thousands of milk fish washed up dead at Taal Lake in Talisay, Batangas, south of Manila on Sunday, baffling environmentalists and raising concerns over climate change issues.
The Early Show: Obama "amazed" at Joplin destruction: Mo. gov. - But Jay Nixon hails spirit of Joplin residents and their commitment to rebuilding week after killer twister
The weather-related disasters of this spring provide a preview of what awaits our children and grandchildren if we fail to reduce the heat-trapping gases warming the planet.
MANILA, Philippines - The public and private sector should work together to finally stop the rape and plunder of the country's marine resources, said the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Three Greenpeace activists on Sunday climbed up an oil rig off Greenland's coast in an attempt to stop a Scottish oil company from starting deepwater drilling in the arctic waters, the environmental group said.