The construction and operation of buildings accounts for approximately 40 percent of all U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases. The most-used building material in the world, concrete, is used to construct many of the nation’s homes and office buildings — but a new MIT report says a variety of measures could drastically reduce, and ultimately even eliminate, the carbon footprint of most new concrete buildings, as well as some older ones. Read More

The construction and operation of buildings accounts for approximately 40 percent of all U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases. The most-used building material in the world, concrete, is used to construct many of the nation’s homes and office buildings — but a new MIT report says a variety of measures could drastically reduce, and ultimately even eliminate, the carbon footprint of most new concrete buildings, as well as some older ones. Read More

The failure to set emission cuts at last year’s climate talks in Copenhagen added $1 trillion to the price tag of preventing dangerous increases in temperatures, the International Energy Agency estimated. Read More

Big business will head the discussion on how to implement a carbon tax in Australia; a situation causing concern in some sectors. Read More

THE Australian Greens have secured a deputy chair position on a new parliamentary climate change committee, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced. Read More

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