Soaring temperatures, water droughts, war in the Middle East and a mad scramble for dwindling energy supplies…

The shuttle is powered entirely by the sun, cruises at 8km (five miles) per hour and carries 42 passengers.

Bush administration proposal to reprocess nuclear waste and store it at sites across the country…

THE Government is to outlaw standby switches on televisions and video and DVD players to cut the amount…

The government will this week unveil plans for a five-fold increase in energy generation from wind, solar, tidal and agricultural sources as a key measure..

American cars and pickup trucks are responsible for nearly half of the greenhouse gases emitted by automobiles globally, even though the nation’s vehicles make up just 30% of the nearly 700 million cars in use, according to a new report by Environmental Defense.

Ice Age fly discovered alive and well in Scotland. New species of insect are unusual in Britain, one of the most studied countries in the world, but to find two so close together is particularly rare.

NASA is canceling or delaying a number of satellites designed to give scientists critical information on the earth’s changing climate and environment.

Camp for Climate Action is being planned for the 26 August to 4 September 2006 in the North of England.

Flaws still remain in the flood defences of New Orleans leaving the city vulnerable to severe storms a month before the hurricane season starts, an independent study will announce today.

New Orleanians voted on Saturday for a mayor to lead the battered city’s huge recovery through the next hurricane season and beyond after one of America’s most closely watched civic-election campaigns.

An unidentified green object streaked across the Queensland sky last night, before landing on a property between Toowoomba and Warwick near the Great Dividing Range.

European officials were under mounting pressure last night to tighten the pollution limits on European industry in the second phase of its flagship emissions trading scheme (ETS). Such a move is essential, critics said, to restore the scheme’s credibility and to make a meaningful contribution to tackling climate change.

A scientific report commissioned by the US government has concluded there is “clear evidence” of climate change caused by human activities.

The quantity and diversity of tiny creatures found in a deep-sea survey in the Bermuda Triangle region of the Atlantic Ocean is amazing scientists.