Beijing has taken 300,000 high-emission cars off its roads as part of measures to clean up the capital's air pollution and ease traffic on clogged highways ahead of the Olympics.

New research conducted by the Energy Saving Trust (EST) has revealed that around 41 per cent of Britons think the UK will need a carbon police force by 2050 to help monitor carbon emissions.

Honda has fully deployed its fleet of Auto-Max® railcars, achieving a significant reduction in the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions associated with its automobile distribution activities in the United States.

The Irish Independent has reported that the Government will blow €400,000 on a Green Party pet project, at a time when they are preparing to cut €500m from spending on essential public services.

Fear of being ridiculed as a 'jobsworth' is stopping many people from promoting energy-saving measures in the workplace, despite their support for such practices when they are at home.

The UK's Carbon Trust has inked an alliance with the China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation (CECIC) that will see the two organisations begin on work on introducing carbon footprint labels to products manufactured in China.

This consultation paper outlines Ireland's requirement to prepare a National Implementation Plan (NIP) under EC Regulation 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants.

Limerick County Council has launched an initiative aimed at reducing the local authority’s overall carbon footprint.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has urged the Group of Eight rich nations to agree to a global goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, despite signs that top carbon emitter - US - would not back the target.

With rising energy prices and greater concern over global warming, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are having a successful run.