USA

Booming economy and soaring cement production drive Chinese emissions up eight per cent in 2007 according to new report

Attempts to establish climate change as a legal threat to endangered species could yet give environmentalists the tools they need to revamp US carbon legislation. Danny Bradbury investigates

Want to go green, but scared what the shareholders will say? Matthew Madden argues that a little know piece of legislation currently being proposed in California could provide the answer

Report highlights regions of innovation that rival the US for attracting cleantech investment

US study claims metropolitan areas emit significantly less carbon on a per capita basis than rural communities

New study argues that hurricane damage, property losses and increased water and energy costs would wipe 3.6 per cent off US GDP

House of Representatives votes in favour of extending renewables tax credits, but fears remain that incentives will be allowed to lapse