Climate legislation threatens to bankrupt iron, paper, petrochemical and other companies in the United States that require a lot of energy, according to a new report.

Mineral carbonization promises to store away carbon dioxide in a much more stable form than simply pumping it into an underground geologic formation, and scientists have long known about its potential, but the carbon sequestration method is resource intensive.

The farming community was outraged late last year after rumors surfaced that U.S. EPA was considering a "cow tax" in an effort to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

NEW YORK -- Religious organizations launched a Web site today profiling the effects of more than 150 corporations on climate change and comparing those companies to their industry peers.

The fossil discovery of Titanoboa cerrejonensis, a 42-foot snake that hunted crocodiles in South American rain forests 60 million years ago, is helping scientists model the climate of the prehistoric tropics and how the present tropical ecosystems may react.

Those who walk in downtown Washington know diesel vehicles well: They're the trucks and buses that barge down city streets with all the subtlety of a T. rex.

The Western Climate Initiative is exploring how capping greenhouse gases will affect cross-border trade, a key question left unresolved in last year's national cap-and-trade debate.

Everywhere you look in the United States, industries are downsizing, sending the national rate of unemployment soaring to 7.2 percent. The climate change sector, however, is growing.