The protective ozone layer in the Earth's upper atmosphere has stopped thinning and should largely be restored by mid century thanks to a ban on harmful chemicals, U.N. scientists said.

An international review panel called on the U.N. global climate change body to carry out several reforms after embarrassing errors in a 2007 landmark report dented its credibility.

Asia's tiniest frog, a creature the size of a pea, has been discovered in a national park in Malaysia's Sarawak state on Borneo island, researchers announced.

If just 10% of the near-shore wave energy available along Australia's Southern coastline could be converted into electricity, half of the country's current electricity consumption would be met, say CSIRO scientists.

Humans are dumping more plastic than ever, but not all of it is accumulating in the garbage patches of the Atlantic as expected, scientists reported.

A tsunami that hit the Pacific islands of Samoa and Tonga last year was generated by three earthquakes unleashed by a seismic mechanism that has never been observed before, scientists said.

Trying to set the record straight on climate change in the middle of a hotly contested national election, the Australian Academy of Science has taken a stance and produced a report that tackles the critics of the science.

A change in the colour of the ocean could dramatically impact the number and intensity of hurricanes, according to a recent U.S. study.

A massive ice island four times the size of Manhattan has broken off an iceberg in north-western Greenland, a researcher at a U.S. university said.

The past decade was the warmest on record, the 2009 State of the Climate report released last week revealed.

An ancient, mammal-like crocodile that could chew, something its modern gash-and-gulp cousins cannot do, has been discovered, according to scientists.

All living Australian marsupials share a long-lost ancestor from South America, according to new research using genomic markers to reconstruct their family tree.

A "cute" primate so rare it was thought to be extinct has been caught on camera in the forests of Sri Lanka for the first time, according to scientists.

World Energy Media-Editorial Division (September 22, 2010)-The European Union carbon dioxide permits for December fell to their lowest level in nearly a month. They experienced as much as a 1.7 percent decrease on the European Climate Exchange, to US $19.38 per metric ton. Their premium over the UN...

World Energy Media-Editorial Division (September 22, 2010)-To spur growth and attract investors, Malaysia announced development plans that include a nuclear energy industry. This is one of the $444 billion in projects being proposed by the private sector. The country hopes these will help it reverse...

World Energy Media-Editorial Division (September 22, 2010)-Pakistan and Chinese government-run China National Nuclear Corp. are discussing the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Pakistan. The plant would reportedly have a one-gigawatt capacity. This would supplement the Chinese-built 300-m...

World Energy Media-Editorial Division (September 22, 2010)-A memorandum of cooperation was signed by Russia and Kuwait, agreeing to the peaceful use of nuclear energy generated in Kuwait. Kuwait previously signed similar agreements with France and Japan. The Kuwait-Russia arrangement covers a period...

World Energy Media-Editorial Division (September 21, 2010)-Berlin, Germany, was the site of a protestor demonstration on Saturday. While official numbers have not been released, early estimates are in the tens of thousands. The demonstrators protested the recent decision by the German government to ...

World Energy Media-Editorial Division (September 21, 2010)-On 5:54 AM Central Time on Sunday, the Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was pronounced dead. This came after cement was poured into the well base over the weekend and the seal held. Adm. Thad Allen released a statement that read, &ldqu...

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. plans to try again with a greenhouse-gas proposal arguing that carbon trading isnt the best way to eliminate hydrofluorocarbon-23, an industrial waste product that traps 11,700 times as much heat as carbon dioxide.The Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987 after scientist...

Pretoria The newly introduced carbon tax policy is one of the urgent public policy responses that will assist the country in its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint by 34 percent by 2020 and 42 percent by 2025 experts say.The introduction of the tax, which came into effect on 1 September, also ai...

SAN ANTONIO -- Three enormous cooling stacks rise from the center of Calaveras Lake. On any given day, at least one of the three stacks can be seen pumping a mix of smoke and steam into the air.Coal continues to be one of the most abundant and cheapest forms of energy in the United States. However, ...

BALLYMENA'S Michelin plant has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard after taking action on climate change.It is now one of three companies and only the second manufacturing operation in Northern Ireland that has achieved this prestigious Standard. Michelin Ballymena attained the certification by m...

Global Supply Chain ManagementCarbon management is becoming a strategic business priority and competitive driver for the largest global companies, despite the lack of global agreement on climate change. These are among the findings of the 2010 Global 500 report and leadership index released by the C...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Nearly 270 companies responsible for more than half of Taiwan's greenhouse gas pollution have agreed to supply emissions data to the government to help it launch a carbon offset scheme, officials said on Tuesday.Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration passed rules on Sept...

The FINANCIAL -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) introduced an enhanced version of the SAP Carbon Impact OnDemand solution to help companies profitably reduce their energy and carbon footprint across their entire operations and product supply chains worldwide. Designed for the global economy, companies can rely ...

MemfoACT, a spin-off from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), has secured NOK 25 million to turn its award-winning membrane technology into a commercial product.Based on research conducted at NTNU's Department of Chemical Engineering, the company's carbon membrane can transfor...

BEIJING - China's planning agency said Tuesday that all new factories and other investment projects must be reviewed for energy efficiency and those that are too wasteful will be denied government approval.The National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement on its website that the new...

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators will introduce legislation on Tuesday that would require utilities to generate minimum levels of power from clean energy like wind and solar, after such a measure was stripped from a broader oil-spill bill in July.Senators Jeff Bingaman, a Democrat ...

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) India's Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is working on a plan to replace 400 million incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) across the country, an official said Tuesday.The project, called Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY), aims at reducing In...

Researchers in Norway believe that with help from oil and gas extraction technologies, geothermal energy could be tapped more readily.Norway -- There is a solution for the world's insatiable energy needs. It is CO2-free and safe. And it's located right under our feet.Ever since Jules Verne wrote in ...