

BRUSSELS, -- The International Postal Corp., a trade group representing global postal operators, said last week it would publish a report in December detailing the sector's carbon proficiency, based on 2008 data from 21 participating postal operations.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The international aviation industry has committed to “carbon neutral growth” by 2020, meaning the sector would grow without increasing its carbon footprint. A new proposal given to U.N. negotiators for consideration, however, offers the climate neutral growth target, plus others that are more ambitious.

A project underway at Stonyfield Farms is changing the food cows eat and finding herds' methane reductions reduced by 18 percent, while also improving cows' health and the quality of their milk.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Worldwatch Institute report cautions against developing a climate change mitigation strategy without including agricultural and land use policies.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Barack Obama puts to rest today a long-running feud between the auto industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and more than a dozen states over the right to regulate vehicle tailpipe emissions.

MERCED, Calif. -- A new study suggests converting biomass to electricity rather than ethanol is more efficient in terms of “miles per acre” and greenhouse gas emissions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee wrestles over the draft climate change legislation proposed by Reps. Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, a new study has been released suggesting the feared economic toll may be lighter than some predict.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FedEx wants a third of its jet fuel to come from biofuels by 2030, the company’s chief executive said Wednesday in a speech delivered during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event.

The forestry sector was left out of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and faced restrictions under the Kyoto Protocol. Bur recent developments indicate forestry may play a key role in addressing climate change, while a new survey suggests offset buyers have a positive view of those originating in forestry projects.

OXFORD, U.K. and OAKLAND, Calif. -- A new study released today from EcoSecurities, Conservation International, the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance, and ClimateBiz.com analyzes the perceptions and expectations driving corporate decisions to buy forestry carbon offsets.

Absorbing the increase in energy demand from PHEVs is just one of a myriad of challenges facing the electric power sector as it evolves in an increasingly carbon-constrained economy.

Aggressive lobbying scored the European steel industry more free carbon permits than needed.

GENEVA, -- International aviation trade groups today called for the widespread adoption of Performance-based Navigation (PBN) to trim trip length, fuel and greenhouse gas emissions.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Legislation that puts a cap on greenhouse gas pollution will spur job expansion in a dozen manufacturing states in the U.S., according to the Environmental Defense Fund.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Just 10 percent of businesses are managing the greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains, with more than a third having no clue about the size of their supply chain carbon footprint, according to new survey.