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With the fossil fuels era winding down, renewable energy sources—like solar, wind, geothermal and hydro—could supply nearly 80 percent of the world's power needs by 2050, ultimately cutting greenhouse gas emissions and halting climate change, according to a United Nations panel of 120 researchers. The UN has long called for a public policy push toward cleaner energy alternatives.

The U.S. state of Florida has sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for enacting stricter water standards on the state after an agreement between the two had been reached several years ago.

The livelihood of Pensacola, Florida’s waterways was put in jeopardy this past weekend, as boaters anxious for a day in the sun destroyed oil booms that had been laid to prevent oil from reaching the beaches.

eBay made a significant push this week with its Green Shopping Website, trying to encourage consumers to purchase second-hand items over new ones.

Bank heir, author, adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild, along with a handpicked crew of leading scientists, are getting ready to sail the ocean blue in a very unique vessel.

In the western state of Jalisco, 65 000 hectares of sugar cane have been set aside by the Mexican government to be used for biofuel production.

This coincides with the government's invitation for tenders to join a contract that will see 176 million liters of ethanol to be used as transport fuel in an attempt to drastically reduce the country's carbon emissions.

The Chinese government will continue its progressive shift to mandating cleaner and more environmentally sound energy use within the country by introducing a carbon-trading scheme.

Green building is being sweeping the nation. Corporations from McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), who retrofitted its 1980s Oak Brook, Ill., headquarters with renewable technology to achieve the U.S.

One of Canada's largest independent power producers, TransAlta Corporation (TSX:TA), has made an unsolicited hostile takeover bid to acquire Canadian Hydro Developers

With mounting public and political awareness of the effects of global warming and climate change, nations across the globe are taking steps to promote renewable energy industries. The most recent to announce its intentions is South Korea.