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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human... More>>
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1.73 million to South Carolina. More>>
President Barack Obama made a pitch for renewable energy Tuesday, announcing $3.4 billion in government support for 100 projects aimed at modernizing the nation's power grid. More>>
A Germany-based solar company plans to open its first North American manufacturing site in Denver. More>>
The Coast Guard is investigating reports of an oil spill Tuesday in the mouth of Charleston Harbor and surrounding beaches. More>>
South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says cleaning air pollution and achieving energy independence must go together. More>>
India and China, both major polluters and crucial players in fighting global warming, agreed Wednesday to stand together on climate change issues at a major global conference later this year. More>>
South Carolina residents can tap into about $4 million in federal rebate cash for energy efficient appliances under a program next spring. More>>
President Barack Obama wants the federal government to set the example when it comes to global warming. More>>
Proposed regulations would require power plants, factories and refineries to reduce greenhouse gases by installing the best available technology and improving energy efficiency whenever a facility is significantly changed or... More>>
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization say 25 national parks are threatened by climate change. More>>
A federal agency must decide within three weeks whether spotted seals, which depend on sea ice off Alaska's coast, should be listed as a threatened or endangered species. More>>
The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in recent decades. More>>
Scientists over the past month explored coral reefs in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands that until recently were considered too deep for scuba divers to reach. More>>
It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch. More>>
The Arctic is warmer than it's been in 2,000 years, even though it should be cooling because of changes in the Earth's orbit that cause the region to get less direct sunlight. Indeed, the Arctic had been cooling for nearly... More>>
A Chinese official tried to calm unease about curbs on exports of rare earths used in clean energy products and superconductors, saying Thursday that sales will continue but must be limited to reduce damage to China's... More>>
Only a squawk from a sandhill crane broke the Arctic silence - and a low gurgle of bubbles, a watery whisper of trouble repeated in countless spots around the polar world. More>>
The world needs more innovative projects - like putting weather stations on cellular phone towers across Africa - to help it better predict the increased hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts and floods that climate change will... More>>
Researchers have a new clue to the collapse of honey bee colonies across the country - damage to the bees' internal "factories" that produce proteins. Theories about the cause of bee colony collapse have included viruses,... More>>
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that climate change is the greatest challenge facing a world beset by crises and called on governments to reach a deal on the environment at a... More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Crabcakes and fish sticks won't be disappearing after all. More>>
Associated Press - July 22, 2009 4:15 AM ET CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. John Warner of Virginia is visiting the South Carolina coast for two days to discuss climate change and how... More>>
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