Category: Governments & Politics

Japan launches satellite to track greenhouse gases

Japan successfully launched the world's first satellite dedicated to monitoring greenhouse gas emissions Friday, aiming to aid the fight

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Jordan grapples with water crisis

DEIR ALLA, Jordan (AFP) – Gasping for water and fearful that climate change will amplify its problems, Jordan is

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Bangladeshis rally against climate change

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Some 500 women rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Thursday, demanding richer nations cut their greenhouse gas

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Tuna fishing to be cut by 30 pct over two years

BRUSSELS (AFP) – Bluefin tuna fishing will have to be cut by 30 percent over two years in the

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Groups Hope Obama Will Rebuild EPA

Environmentalists are eager for President-elect Barack Obama to take office so that he can reverse the troubled Bush administration

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Sarkozy to attend climate meeting in Poland

PARIS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet leaders of nine central European states on Dec. 6 to discuss

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Schwarzenegger to host climate summit

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is to host an international summit next week to discuss and

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Maldives saves for new homeland

LONDON (AFP) – The Maldives' newly-elected president said in an interview Monday that his government will begin saving to

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Report: 4.2 million new ‘green’ jobs possible

WASHINGTON - A major shift to renewable energy and efficiency is expected to produce 4.2 million new environmentally friendly

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Palin: Cause of global warming ‘doesn’t matter’

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said Tuesday that global warming is "real," but stressed that

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