Google aims to do for the power grid what it did for the Web.

Greenhouse gases are at higher levels in the atmosphere than at any time in at least 800,000 years, according to a study of Antarctic ice on Wednesday that extends evidence that mankind is disrupting the climate.

 Global warming is accelerating three times more quickly than feared, a series of startling, authoritative studies has revealed.

Ministers will this week embark on a campaign to curb "cyber-warming" from computers and information technology equipment that now does as much damage to the climate as aircraft emissions.

It could be years before the EPA can enact new rules on mercury. In the meantime, regulating mercury emissions will likely be left to states, which in many cases have set their own strict limits on utilities.

Poor countries will soon receive billions of dollars from a new World Bank fund to help them cut pollution, save energy and fight global warming, the international organization said.

 An important step today on the road to a utility-scale fusion power reactor. Love it or hate it, fusion today edged a little closer to reality

The public-private partnership will work to develop cleaner and quieter airplanes

 Fukuda also proposed setting a global target of a 30 percent improvement in energy efficiency by 2020.

The cost of decommissioning ageing nuclear power sites has risen "rapidly" in the past few years by £12bn to £73bn, according to an official report.

 Cranberry, the leading Smart Client (SC) manufacturer, today released research that shows that using a secure and efficient computer offsets CO₂ emissions equivalent to a 2½ hour business flight every year.

The Norwegian government has reached an agreement with three opposition parties to bring forward a goal for Norway to go "carbon neutral" to 2030 from an earlier target of 2050, officials said on Thursday.