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Fiat and Mini are the cars that have fewer carbon emissions with the average values of 138.2 g / km and respectively 139,6 g/km. These values are under the target of 140 g / km, which manufacturers from auto industry have set.

Hundreds of the nation’s most prominent scientists and economists have issued a first-ever joint statement calling on policymakers to require immediate, deep reductions in heat-trapping emissions that cause global warming.

This article explains a simple idea that can be used by businesses and organisations to reduce green house gas emissions associated with delivery van driving, by creating a 'Green Space' somewhere in the organisation establishment. This is a particularly good idea for schools and other educational establishments.

All it takes is a smokestack spewing CO2, and some algae. Read all about it.

Climate change campaigners marked the third annual "Fossil Fool's Day" on Tuesday with a series of protests around the world highlighting the need for us all to reduce the amount of carbon we burn.

With the growing awareness and concern for global warming, BeamYourScreen comes to the rescue of road warriors, offering a web conferencing solution that contributes directly to protecting the environment. A web conference is a virtual meeting over the Internet where several people can simultaneously work on one screen while being in different locations.

Anti-Heathrow expansion activists were out and about at the weekend keeping up the pressure on the government to think again about plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. This time they took to the streets - literally - to get the message across, using a new method called 'clean grafitti'.

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukoda announced Saturday in Davos plans by Japan to launch a 10 billion dollar fund to help developing countries cut their emissions. <br>

Former Vice-President Al Gore and Irish rock singer Bono addressed the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland on tackling climate change and global poverty.

Imagine a city of 50,000 with no cars, no carbon, no waste, a green city of the future. Now imagine it in the Gulf desert, where summer temperatures can hit 50 degrees and 24-hour air conditioning is a way of life.

China will likely get an energy ministry in March and upgrade its environment watchdog to ministry status, sources said on Monday, as it aims to boost fuel security with oil at $100 a barrel and cut back on pollution.

Conservation groups are backing the state in their quest for tighter emissions standards.

Japan is planning to buy up carbon credits yielded by its investments in emissions-cutting projects in China, a newspaper said on Thursday. <br>

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.

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