greenhouse gas emissions

Grants were awarded to organizations working to overhaul the treatment of young offenders, help improve mass transit, strengthen restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, and improve conditions in illegal boarding houses....

China announced it will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 with a pledge to reduce what's called "carbon intensity." Jeremy Hobson explains what the term means and how the rate of emissions is involved.

The health care debate is putting climate change on the back burner, which means the U.S. may not pass a law to cut down greenhouse gas emissions anytime soon.

Commentator Dan Esty says that's a cop out.

As shipping costs and pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rise, companies are looking for ways to make their supply chains shorter and save money.

Kai Ryssdal talks to Craig Carter of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.

Michigan wants to speed up the transition from an automotive to an alternative energy focus in some smaller manufacturing plants  And its plans to pony up some dough to do it.

The Group of Eight nations has failed to reach an agreement over cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades.

European negotiators say hard and fast targets have been dropped. Stephen Beard reports.

The Congressional Budget Office says a proposed cap and trade bill to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions will cost $22 billion a year by 2020.

Sarah Gardner reports this gives supporters of the bill some ammunition.

Congress is considering global warming legislation to cap greenhouse gas emissions. But, there is controversy over how to control the emissions, and whether to give the carbon allowances away or make emitters pay.

Sarah Gardner reports.

The Environmental Protection Agency has ruled that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public safety, which could lead to sweeping regulations across several industries.

Business groups want Congress to legislate greenhouse gas emissions instead. Steve Henn reports.

As more and more people embrace the locavore movement, it makes sense to introduce it to a young and impressionable audience -- especially when they are captive.

I'm not talking jailbirds here, but schoolkids.

Which is why the news that the Food System Economic Partnership in Southeast Michigan will receive $40,000 to support the expansion of its Farm to Schools lunch program from the Kellogg Foundation is such great news.