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The United Nations' two-week conference on climate change formally opened Monday in Copenhagen. The goal of the summit, which is expected to draw about 15,000 people, is to reach a new deal on greenhouse gas emissions. The Boys and Girls...

Indiana's stimulus-funded home weatherization program is moving forward after a slow start and might reach its goal of improving more than 8,000 homes by June. The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority said about 1,600 homes statewide have started or...

The plan would expand existing programs such as subsidizing energy-saving compact fluorescent lights and providing rebates to homeowners who buy high-efficiency air conditioners. Also it would add new programs including recycling old, inefficient refrigerators and other appliances that homeowners...

Ky. — Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer has congratulated Kentucky farmers for surpassing $4 billion in cash receipts for the fourth year in a row. Farmer said the state's agriculture industry achieved the feat despite economic challenges. The University of Kentucky...

To a psychologist, climate change looks as if it was designed to be ignored. It is a global problem, with no obvious villains and no one-step solutions, whose worst effects seem as if they'll befall somebody else at some other...

Analysts are predicting that the $3 billion Sir  Richard Branson has pledged for developing energy sources to combat global warming could come close to matching the amount the entrepreneur, adventurer, and Virgin CEO has already spent on elaborate balloon-based excursions....

Northwest Indiana equal the amount created by roughly 3 million cars, according to a report on America's biggest polluters. Indiana ranks fourth in the nation for carbon dioxide emissions from mostly aging power plants, and they contribute to global warming,...

Despite GOP objections, the EPA is expected to announce Monday that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases are a threat to public health. 

There is a widespread view, particularly among environmentalists and liberals, that big businesses are environmentally destructive, greedy, evil and driven by short-term profits...Over the years I’ve joined the boards of two environmental groups, the World Wildlife Fund and Conservation...