The EcoPlum Daily

Whether big business can be a force for good is a perennial discussion among TreeHuggers. These corporate leaders are out to prove it can.

A government agency that investigates federal spending has singled out climate change as an event that could pose a significant financial risk to the U.S. government.

Scientists may play a more important role in figuring out just how to keep crop yields up in the face of worldwide climate change.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," could soon join the list of species threatened by climate change – a dubious distinction putting it in the ranks of the polar bear and...

Nicholas Stern, the British economist who made a big splash worldwide with his government-commissioned Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change in 2006, is now saying that things are even worse than he let on in his famous report.

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Several Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to use his broad powers to curb carbon emissions through federal agencies, saying Congress may be unable to...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says his top hopes for 2013 are to reach a new agreement on climate change and to urgently end the increasingly deadly and divisive war in Syria.

Addressing long-term climate change risks offers companies a profitable path forward.

Arguing that any climate change initiatives need to be for the long haul, MIT Technology Review's editors urge the Obama Administration to tackle the issue.

Australian BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, admits that climate change is real.

A government report argues that the frequency and ferocity of recent extreme weather events demands action to prevent further changes to the environment.

For the first time in its 120 year history, the Sierra Club is encouraging - and participating - in civil resistance to raise awareness about climate change.

Businesses are weighing how to prepare for potential new rules on climate change, after President Barack Obama has repeatedly promised to make the issue a priority in his second term.

On February 17, tens of thousands are coming together in Washington, D.C. to ask the president to stand up for climate. This is the beginning. The beginning of a real battle, for America's future.

Climate change will continue to threaten the health and vitality of U.S. coastal communities' social, economic and natural systems, researchers say.

Like many of you, we were pleased to hear President Obama make such a strong statement in his inaugural address about the need to address climate change.

A beautiful and unique plant appears to be vanishing before our very eyes, thanks to climate change. Can we save the Haleakala Silversword?

President Obama says it's time to respond to the climate change threat.

A new report by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives highlights twenty local government across the country that are taking the initiative to combat global warming.

It's that time of year when we look back and reflect on the past year and make silly lists.  Well this list is far from silly - it is quite sobering news for