The US Treasury Department has taken over the quasi-public Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac mortgage lenders. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has fired the heads of both companies & put in hand-picked replacements. He said a "rescue plan" will be implemented.

Comcast Cable, which has already given us who use it bandwidth limits of 250G monthly, is now challenging the Federal Communication Commission's authority to impose rules on internet service providers. Major threat ahead if the FCC loses!

Brands making green claims about their products need clarity on what they can and cannot say.

Six major retailers are pulling from their shelves Simplicity bassinets linked to the deaths of two babies after a company refused to recall the infant beds.Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Toys "R" Us Inc., Kmart Corp., Big Lots, Target, J.C. Penney have recalled

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It pays to cut greenhouse gas emissions, literally and members of the National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program will vouch for that. The program gives agricultural producers the opportunity to earn carbon credits through carbon sequestration, ...

The British government confirmed today that only 7% of the European Union Allowances (EUAs) will be auctioned. A previous analysis hypothesized that the government may auction around 10% of the allowances, which is the maximum allowed by EU ..

EUAs might be undervalued, but the fact that their prices are far higher as compared to last year is adversely affecting the profits of power generators. The first phase of EU ETS (2005-07) contended with abysmally low EUA prices owing to excessive supply

Federal authorities have ordered a company tied to a Texas bus crash on Friday that killed 17 people to cease operation, saying they pose an "imminent hazard." The orders -- issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration -- apply to motor coac

The recent update by the Carbon Offset Guide shows nearly 40% increase in the number of carbon offset providers between March and June 2008. According to Victorian Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings, the website currently has 50 ..