Reuters: Environment

Electric cars could dominate U.S. roads in 2030

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:05:29 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electric car sales could jump to 86 percent of U.S. light vehicle sales in 2030 if consumers don't have to buy batteries themselves, according to a University of California, Berkeley study to be released on Monday.

U.S. officials to prod China on climate change

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:08:41 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke visit their ancestral homeland this week to press China to join with the United States in stepped-up efforts to fight global warming.

Small island nations demand more emissions cuts

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:17:34 -0400

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - This week's pledges by G8 leaders to cap increases in the world's temperature are insufficient, a group of small island countries that face potential catastrophe from climate change said on Friday.

UK to set out route map for cutting emissions

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:48:04 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will set out a route map on Wednesday showing how it plans to meet its 2020 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 34 percent compared to 1990 levels, a minister said on Sunday.

Cap-and-trade support hinges on economy: survey

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:53:30 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers would be much more likely to support cap-and-trade legislation to limit pollution if they believed the industrial economy was about to improve, according to a survey.

British company barcodes trees to protect forests

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:30:51 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Deep in the world's tropical rainforests, workers are hammering thousands of barcodes into hardwood trees to help in the fight against illegal logging, corruption and global warming.

Bangladeshis struggle to protect town from river

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:41:39 -0400

DHAKA (Reuters) - Hundreds of people including soldiers and police were struggling to stop a town being washed away by the choppy Jamuna river in Bangladesh over the last two days, officials said Saturday.

Indian monsoon among risks from rapid climate change

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:57:23 -0400

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Rising seas, a rapid weakening of the Indian monsoon and spiraling costs of adapting to a warmer, drier world are just some of the looming risks from rapid climate change, a report for the Australian government says.

Obama's drive for climate change bill hits delay

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:47:19 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Barack Obama encouraged world leaders meeting in Italy to intensify the fight against global warming, legislation to cut U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases suffered a delay in the Senate on Thursday.

Major economies to agree 2 degrees climate goal: Merkel

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:54:59 -0400

L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the world's major economies would reach a deal to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius.