A recent poll shows public belief in the threat of global warming is slipping.

Wind power is one “green” sector that could quickly turn red for investors, argues John Laforet, president of Wind Concerns Ontario.

The online world is abuzz with anticipation of Wednesday’s launch of the power-plant-in-a-box, the Bloom Box, developed by 8-year-old Silicon Valley startup Bloom Energy.

The Thomson Reuters North America Shale Gas Valuation Index, based on closing share prices from Feb. 18.

Dubai’s debt fiasco and real estate bubble bust pushes investors to look out for alternative assets underlying Islamic finance products – could renewable energy provide a way-out?

Photo: Reuters/Manama, Bahrain wind turbines

What does the production of shale gas have to do with the price of oil? Everything, argues Richard Heinberg, author of nine books including The Party’s Over, Peak Everything, and Blackout: Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis.

Chesapeake Energy trails peers in the Thomson Reuters North America Shale Gas Valuation Index, based on closing share prices from Feb. 17.

In sharp contrast to the proposed federal scheme, California is set to auction all or almost all allowances under its emissions trading programme. It’s the cap and refund approach — and it’s gaining support in Congress.

The Dutch government, the European Commission, the U.N. panel of climate scientists and the journal Nature all have been confused about how much of the Netherlands is below sea level. The U.N. panel has come in for most criticism.

The Canadian oil sands are under fire this week as U.S. retailers announce they will boycott fuel produced in the region. Will the black mark stick?

Venezuela is at war with a severe drought that has caused an electricity crisis and forced the government to resort to unconventional methods to make it rain.

The debates on genetically modified brinjal, or eggplant, in seven Indian cities were chaotic, nothing more than acrimonious shouting matches between environmental activists and scientists, who say they were not given a fair chance to voice their opinion.

Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean global warming is a myth. It’s real and it’s here, even as Washington DC shivers.

Today travelers can rack up frequent flyer miles and trade them in for upgrades, tickets and other amenities. How about perks not for zooming across thousands of miles in a fossil-fueled jet, but for zero emission miles? That’s an idea from Volvo Group’s environmental initiative.

The SEC now sees climate change as a risk too important to opt out of evaluating, and companies shouldn’t be surprised if they find themselves turning to outside experts for help, Kathy Nieland, U.S. Sustainability and Climate Change Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers U.S. argues.