If true, this could be the worst news on global climate policy since Copenhagen:

A Senate proposal setting up a cap-and-trade program to curtail greenhouse gas emissions likely will be offered on the floor later this summer as an amendment to a smaller, energy-only approach, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said today.…

As for climate change...

Australia's centre-left government is headed for defeat in upcoming elections after a sharp drop in support blamed in part on a controversial new mining tax, polls indicated on Monday.

A Nielsen survey showed the ruling Labor Party six percentage points behind the conservative opposition, while a Newspoll survey found concern over the tax could...

The world is set to fail to make deep enough cuts in greenhouse gases in the next decade to tackle global warming, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Monday in a bleak assessment of the prospects for a U.N. deal.

Despite his gloomy short-term outlook, Yvo de Boer, who will step down on July 1 after about four years in the job, expressed...

The Chinese government is set to introduce a pilot program to subsidize the purchase of electric and hybrid cars in select cities.

Residents of Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Hefei and Changchun who purchase plug-in hybrid cars will be entitled to receive a subsidy of 50,000 yuan, or about 7,300 U.S. dollars. The maximum subsidy for a full...