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According to a Harris survey, more than 90% of Americans are recycling, but over 1/3rd of the entire U.S. population hasn't changed their lifestyle because they "did not know what to do" in order to be more green.

Lester Brown, Author of Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, discusses the need for the United States to control its greenhouse gas emissions in order to ensure the security of the worldwide food supply. Brown outlines how market forces and societal pressure can encourage those reductions.

After covering 22 of the most popular myths about biodiesel, I realized I’d only given lip service to a major issue: increasing food prices. If I use biodiesel made from soybeans right now, am I contributing to the larger problem of increasing commodity prices and starving poor people?

The West may not be the best when it comes to climate change. According to new analysis of temperature data that the Natural Resources Defense Council has done, 11 Western states are showing a faster temperature rise than the global average.

A new online interactive by Yale University economists lets anyone see how even under the worst conditions, a move to a cleaner, less fossil fuel-dependent economy is good for the United States. The main point is that for many steps in changing the U.S. economy, the cost is negative.

Scientists conservatively estimate that well over one-quarter of native Pacific salmon populations spawning in rivers and lakes from California to southern British Columbia have gone extinct. Here are lists of regional losses and salmon extinctions in the western United States.

Scientists expect the ranges of many North American trees to shrink over the next century if the climate gets as warm as models forecast. But there'll also be winners in a warmer climate. Some species could shift 600 miles northwards.

California sued the federal government in its struggle to set the country's first greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, asking the Environmental Protection Agency to review its decision to deny the state a waiver that would allow it and 16 other states to regulate emissions.

Surveying some of the 3,240 hectares he farms in a semi-rural area outside Washington, Chris Tranchitella looks out on empty fields that produced a harvest much lower than he had hoped.

Congress passed legislation on Tuesday that will increase the fuel economy standard for U.S. automakers to 35 miles per gallon by 2020

Bali climate talks go down to ‘crunch time’

Europe toned down a clash with the United States over 2020 climate goals on the final day of U.N. talks in Bali on Friday, raising hopes of a deal to start negotiations on a new global warming treaty.

Negotiations reached an impasse at the UN climate talks in Bali Friday as the US and the European Union remain divided over setting specific 2020 guidelines for developed nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Al Gore was speaking at the United Nations conference in Bali where 190 countries are trying to find consensus on a new approach to reducing carbon emmisions.

European nations threatened Thursday to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks next month unless the Bush administration compromises and agrees to a "road map" for reducing greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.