What is the relationship between global warming and the El Niño and La Niña climate cycle that the Earth's atmosphere undergoes every few years? Are the two climate effects influencing ... Read More

When you consider the benefits of recycling versus the cost, is recycling worth the expense? Some people argue that recycling uses more energy than it saves, which could even make ... Read More

Ever since the chemicals used to make Teflon were linked to health hazards, consumers have been wondering about the safety of their Teflon pots and pans and whether they should ... Read More

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney may have been the behind-the-scenes Santa that gave U.S. automakers an early Christmas present. Cheney, who met with auto executives about a month ago, is ... Read More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today stunned the environmental community and state officials nationwide by denying California’s request for a waiver under the Clean Air Act, which would have enabled ... Read More

President Bush today signed into law a new energy bill that achieves more than any energy legislation in recent history, but less than the version first passed by the U.S. ... Read More

Al Gore and R.K. Pachauri were in Oslo, Norway this week to pick up the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded jointly to Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on ... Read More

U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Ishii today handed down a landmark decision when he ruled that California has the right to regulate vehicle greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global ... Read More

All you have to do is look at your January credit card statement to know that Christmas doesn’t come cheap these days. But that’s just the financial cost of Christmas. ... Read More

Chemicals used to make plastics soft and flexible have been cited for making toys and other children's products toxic and posing serious health threats for kids. A growing number of ... Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives passed landmark energy legislation that would begin the hard work of breaking America’s dependence on fossil fuels, but then Senate Republicans used a filibuster to ... Read More

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives struck a deal late Friday night (November 30, 2007) that will raise fuel-economy standards for cars and light trucks 40 percent by ... Read More