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6-Jun-08

Green energy 'revolution' needed

"A leading energy body is calling for a $45 trillion (£23 trillion) green revolution to tackle global warming."


6-Jun-08

US climate change bill is blocked

"A US attempt to establish a system of caps and tax relief to cut carbon emissions has been blocked in Congress."

Category: Climate Change

4-Jun-08

End of the road for Hummer after sales of 'world's most anti-environmental car' dive

Loathed by environmentalists, military-style Hummers have survived years of vandalism, arson and abuse. But the lumbering American gas-guzzling vehicles have met their match in the rocketing cost of filling a tank with petrol.

Category: Transport

4-Jun-08

US attacked at food summit over biofuels

The US came under intense criticism yesterday for its policy of promoting biofuels, which a senior UN official claimed was diverting food away from the hungry "to satisfy a thirst for fuel for vehicles".

Category: Energy sources

3-Jun-08

UN atomic watchdog to investigate claims of secret Syrian reactor

UN inspectors are to visit Syria to investigate claims by the US that a secret nuclear reactor was being built on a remote site that was bombed by Israel last year

Category: Energy sources, Weapons

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