GLOBAL WARMING

Ministers fought to save U.N. climate talks from collapse on Saturday, searching to narrow differences between rich and poor nations over how quickly to fight global warming.

Whether it’s an indoor herb garden or an entire grassed rooftop, there’s no doubt gardens are going urban.

This isn't the first time a polar bear was observed eating juvenile bears, there have been numerous related incidents in the recent past. In late 2009, cannibalism among ploar bears was witnessed on the shores of Hudson Bay, near the Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba.

Support grew on Thursday for an EU plan to agree a global climate change pact with binding targets by 2015, after poor nations vulnerable to climate change forged alliances with developed countries.

President Barack Obama and three 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls are all contenders for the award.

The recent rise of Gingrich in the polls for the former speaker of the House of Representatives is drawing increased attention to the fact that his own views -- on issues including healthcare, the environment and medical marijuana -- haven't always been in line with those of most conservative Republicans. The inconsistencies have raised questions about Gingrich's true beliefs, as well as his staying power as the conservative of the moment in the Republican campaign. They also have given h...

The U.N.'s climate chief said that she believes countries can snap the deadlock that has lasted for years and sign up to fresh and binding commitments to cut greenhouse gases.

If you are worried the world will end next year based on the Mayan calendar, relax: the end of time is still far off.

Canada believes the United States will ultimately approve TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which Washington put on hold last month for more than a year, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said on Friday.

Coca Cola has discontinued the white Coke cans for the holiday season after customers voiced outrage over the switch.

In a cyclical pattern that could increase sea levels and create more intense storms and droughts, the Earth's rapidly thawing permafrost is releasing tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. With more of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, the Earth's temperature gradually rises, and causes more permafrost to melt.

The world needs a far more ambitious plan to cut emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases than the Kyoto Protocol, European Union climate negotiators said on Monday, calling for a global deal to be reached by 2015 and in place by 2020.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) has begun in Durban, South Africa, where about 10,000 officials from 194 countries will meet in a bid to arrive at a new climate change deal.

The comments come ahead of a United Nations climate treaty conference in Durban, South Africa next week.

The U.S.-imposed delay of TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline shows Canada's energy industry cannot relax efforts to improve its environmental record, a former top minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government said on Monday.

The United Nation's weather agency, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has released a report that suggests the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2010. The report particularly noted the levels of nitrous oxide.

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Friday the current version of its climate report predicting extreme weather events such as heat waves, heavy rains, and droughts.

Deforestation in northern regions linked to global cooling, researchers announced Wednesday.

Newt Gingrich is the latest of the anti-Romneys: the constantly churning field of candidates who, for a few days or weeks, are trumpeted as the definitive conservative challenger to Mitt Romney before falling back into the abyss. But can he maintain his lead where others didn't?

The flooding in Thailand highlights an even larger problem facing the nation: Bangkok is sinking.

The world is heading towards rapidly changing and irreversible climatic changes, and immediate measures should be undertaken to prevent disastrous effects, warns the International Energy Agency.