Stories: Climate, Energy & Transport

Last month, Chinese cement companies took the first steps towards measuring and managing CO2 emissions across the entire cement sector.

There are two ways the U.S. government could bring consistency and credibility to the voluntary carbon offset market: endorse an existing program and provide guidance, oversight and/or enforcement.

The representatives of more than 100 countries attending December’s U.N. climate conference in Bali, Indonesia, finally focused on the important role tropical forests play in global warming.

The renewable energy tax credits expire at the end of 2008. 15 corporate green power buyers say these tax credits are absolutely critical, and are calling on Congress to renew them.

EMBARQ’s Lee Schipper talks on National Public Radio about the much-hyped Tata Nano, a 4-door car costing $2,500 that’s scheduled for release this year.

Over the last year I’ve been visiting cities around the world, studying their bus systems. My review includes many aspects ranging from the political and managerial environments that allowed the different bus systems to be implemented to the actual design of the systems themselves.

A recent holiday visit brought home how global warming is already affecting the way we live—starting at the top of the world.

When my wife and I made our holiday plans this year, we decided for p