LABOR has agreed to create a "climate change committee" of MPs as part of a deal to secure the support of the Greens in the next parliament, Greens leader Bob Brown has said. Read More

JULIA Gillard is to create a Citizens Assembly to forge a national consensus on action on climate change and a commission of experts to help inform its deliberations. Read More

The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a final rule on Thursday for regulating major emitters of greenhouse gases, like coal-fired power plants, under the Clean Air Act. Read More

With Congress and the White House considering spending scarce dollars to jumpstart employment, they’ll need to get the biggest jobs bang for the buck to give Americans confidence that they’re spending our money wisely. Read More

It's cold out there - blame global warming. Weather experts say global warming not only warms the world, it also brings colder extreme weather. Read More

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Climate change, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Copenhagen and the Coalition. It's been a few weeks of Cs in Canberra. But what is the CPRS about? What is the science that underpins the necessity for such an action? Why does Australia need a carbon trading deal in place before going to the global climate summit in Denmark? Should we care about what happens in some wintry Scandinavian capital far away from sunny Sydney? Emissions trading aka the CPRS - what's... Read More

The UN's environment chief said Tuesday he is optimistic that the climate change talks beginning in Copenhagen next week will reach a deal setting firm targets to cut carbon emissions. Recent offers by the United States and China appear modest compared with European Union proposals and scientists' demands, but probably represent only first offers, said Achim Steiner, director of the UN Environment Program. "This is a dramatic negotiation process in its final... Read More

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released a copy of a long-suppressed report by officials in the George W. Bush administration concluding that, based on the science, the government should begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions because global warming posed serious risks to the country. The report, technically known as an "endangerment finding," was prepared in 2007 but the Bush White House refused to make it public because the administration opposed new... Read More

China pledged yesterday to slow the growth of its emissions despite the rapid expansion of its economy. President Hu Jintao told nearly 100 leaders at a UN summit on climate change that China would cut carbon dioxide emissions by a notable margin by 2020. “We have taken and will continue to take determined and practical steps to tackle this challenge,” he said. China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is overwhelmingly dependent on coal. Mr Hu said... Read More