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LONDON (Reuters) - European investors are returning to green technology stocks after switching to safer investments earlier in the recession, and companies involved in energy efficiency and biofuel production show the most potential.
Interest in the clean technology sector is running high as governments set emissions targets and unveil subsidies for technologies to combat climate change, [...]

It is six in the evening on a weekday - knock-off time. Thinking about the night out with friends that awaits, a worker grabs her personal effects, dumps them into her handbag and makes a hasty exit.
She forgets to turn off her workstation.
Sounds familiar?
Multiply that scenario countless times - from careless use of IT gizmos [...]

The world’s wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming “carbon bomb” if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said on Sunday.
Wetlands contain 771 billion tons of greenhouse gases, one-fifth of all the carbon on Earth and about the same amount of carbon as is now in the atmosphere, the scientists said [...]

In as short as 5 years, lives of many animals and plants in Korea have changed dramatically. The increasing number of summer birds and early blossom of flowers, all of which can be primarily attributed to global warming.
The Ministry of Environment of South Korea has revealed that the cherry blossoms in central Seoul blossomed a [...]

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday announced a loan to Indonesia of US$300m dollars in the first batch of aid under Tokyo’s new initiative on fighting climate change.
Fukuda met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the Japanese northern resort of Toyako on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit.

Fukuda “highly praised” Indonesia’s [...]

I have stumbled upon, literary, on this website - http://www.breathingearth.net/. It contains a simulation of the impact different countries have on climate change. Pretty cool.
The author gathered facts and data from various sources such as the World Factbook and United Nations. This simulation presents the impact each country has on climate change. Details of carbon [...]

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a two-day conference on addressing climate change Monday at the United Nations, urging international action this year on the issue. Some 100 countries are participating in the debate, along with members of the private sector, civil society and individuals from around the world.
The U.N. General Assembly-sponsored meeting is intended to [...]