COPENHAGEN -- This decade is very likely to be the warmest since record-keeping began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency

The smell of wood smoke might be a pleasant reminder of campfires and hot-dog roasts to many Middle Tennessee residents, but Environmental Protection Agency officials say to take care. The emissions from burning wood rank up there with other

SWAN REACH, AUSTRALIA -- Before climate change strangled his lemon trees, Hermann Markovsky would drift off to sleep to the murmur of black swans in a lagoon beside his citrus farm.

While the New York area was drenched with rain and high winds, areas from the upper Midwest through New England fared far worse as a severe winter storm left more than a foot of snow

- Australian authorities Friday issued a shipping alert over a gigantic iceberg that is gradually approaching the country's southwest coast. The Bureau of Meteorology said the once-in-a-century cliff of ice, which dislodged from Antarctica about a deca

LOS ANGELES -- Rocks and debris trapped cars on Los Angeles area roadways and fears of muslides forced dozens out of their homes as California was hit with a wintry storm that inundated lowland areas with rain and

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Officials say U.S. Border Patrol agents and officers from the Blackfeet Department of Homeland Security reached several isolated ranches on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation

Petition to Prime Minister Harper: We call on you to uphold Canada's values, stop blocking UN climate talks and immediately start working with other countries towards a new international climate agreement.

As you should be aware, although the Tongass National Forest has been protected from development by the Roadless Area rule, the Bush administration has sought for years for a way to open up its rich resources for exploitation by its corporate friends.

"Listing polar bears on Appendix I would end international commercial trade in polar bear parts, removing a needless pressure on a species already struggling for its survival," said Rebecca Aldworth, director of Humane Society International/Canada.