U.S. Doing Nothing for the Earth

Japan�Group of Eight leaders patched together a deal to fight climate change at a summit that wound up on Wednesday, but failed to convince big emerging economies that rich countries were doing enough. Climate change was the most contentious ...

The upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit can hardly achieve a breakthrough on tackling climate change due to different national interests and thinking styles between developed and developing countries and among developed countries themselves. ...

European Union environment ministers cleared some ground Thursday as they debated how to achieve the vaunted dream of slashing the 27-nation bloc's carbon pollution by 2020. Ministers, staging an informal meeting in Paris, agreed to complete a deal ...

China is willing to discuss the setting of medium- and long-term goals for reducing emissions of polluting gases at a summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations next week in Japan, a climate change official said Thursday...China is open to ...

South Asian environment ministers said Thursday developed countries should establish a special fund dedicated to saving them from the effects of climate change...Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh -- are among the ...

China says it is prepared to discuss moderate goals to combat climate change at next week's summit of leaders from the world's eight leading industrialized nations. Su Wei, the head of China's office responsible for dealing with climate change, says ...

A new study suggests Canada ranks second to last among G8 countries when it comes to addressing global warming. Only the United States scores lower on the Group of Eight Climate Scorecard, released Thursday by the World Wildlife Fund. The study also ...

But in a briefing for reporters Wednesday, ahead of next week's G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, a senior Canadian official said the Harper government hasn't signed on yet. "A number of countries have indicated their interest in participating in this, ...

The U.S. has done the least among the world's eight biggest economies to address global warming, a study released Thursday found. The G8 Climate Scorecards 2008, released Thursday ahead of next week's gathering of the Group of Eight on the northern ...

China said Thursday it was eager to discuss "long-term goals" on fighting climate change at the G8 summit but stuck to its position that rich nations must lead on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. "We are ready to discuss the establishment of a ...