Topic: Environment

India has threatened to ban European airlines from its airspace if Brussels sanctions Indian carriers in a dispute over an EU plan to charge carriers for their pollution. The FT reports.

Chesapeake Energy shares soared late in trading Thursday on revelations that Carl Icahn and BlackRock have been on a buying spree.

Thailand's economy expanded a robust 11.0 percent in the first quarter from the previous three months, rebounding from last year's severe flooding, and strong full-year growth is expected due to a jump in consumption and investment after the disaster.

Exxon Mobil shut the North Line oil pipeline supplying its Baton Rouge refinery, the nation's third largest, after a leak spilled 1,900 barrels of crude in a rural area over the weekend.

International investors rattled by Argentina's multi-billion-dollar grab of the country's main oil firm should steel themselves for other states to raid foreign-held assets as one easy solution to their economic woes.

There are too many options but no one solution to the energy problem. Our needs are many. The current alternative energies — solar, wind, biofuels, nuclear and geothermal — all have limitations, but they're worth it until something better comes along.

Hundreds died and businesses lost billion in last year's floods, caused in part by overflow from dams filled to hedge against drought. This year, Thailand is testing different prevention measures. The CSM reports.

For all the criticism lobbed at Hollywood over greenwashing, there are a few true champions of nature among the rich and famous – and these 15 exemplify that.

The greenest power plant of the future may be one that is already built and can be found in many communities.

Farmers in California and Ontario, Canada, are signing 20-year leases with a firm that places small solar installations on marginal land.

A new generation of green chemicals from bio-based sources could help industrial production break from the grip of volatile oil prices.

Energy harvesting covers a growing basket of technologies that can find and transmit energy that might otherwise be misspent.

Green is alive, if not entirely well, and certainly bigger than ever. As we highlight Earth Day as part of our "Green Is Universal" initiative, our mission is to show that green first and foremost is a business, and, at times, a transformative one.

BP has accused the U.S. government of withholding evidence that may show the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was smaller than federal officials claimed, a key issue in determining the oil company's liability.

A flare near Total's Elgin drilling platform has gone out, reducing the threat of explosion at a massive gas leak from a North Sea well, the company's chief executive said on Saturday.