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Global clean energy progress stalled: Report
Scott Tong Apr 17, 2013
Reports over the past couple years have suggested sky-high U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions have been falling, but what about the global energy picture? A new report suggests its nothing to write home about.
North Korea threatens U.S. nuclear strike ahead of U.N. sanctions vote
Lucy Williamson Mar 7, 2013
North Korea's government has said it reserves the right to carry out a preemptive nuclear attack against the United States ahead of a U.N. vote on tighter sanctions against the communist regime.
China considers carbon tax, will U.S. consumers foot the bill?
John Sudworth Feb 22, 2013
The official news agency in China is reporting that the government will tax carbon emissions.
The cost of corruption spirals in Afghanistan: Report
Bilal Sarwary Feb 7, 2013
Half of all Afghans have bribed public officials in the last year and the amounts are growing, according to a report from the UN.
Europe's slowdown endangers cap-and-trade market
Scott Tong Jan 25, 2013
Europe has the largest market for carbon permits in the world. The idea is, the more a company has to pay for permits to pollute, the greater incentive it has to reduce pollution. But the economic slowdown has greatly reduced the cost of permits.
Alarms raised over treatment of maids, domestic workers
Jeremy Hobson Jan 9, 2013
The International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency, raised concerns about the legal protections that domestic workers get.
North Korea rocket launch angers international community
Lucy Williamson Dec 12, 2012
North Korea defies international sanctions to launch a rocket. Japan has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which could take place later today.
At U.N. climate meeting, a focus on fossil fuels
Eve Troeh Dec 4, 2012
New sources of fossil fuels are stirring up the United Nations climate talks in Doha.
Online world anxious over new U.N. regulations
Bob Moon Dec 3, 2012
Heavy hitters in the online world worry that U.N. regulation could stifle the Internet's future.
Texting turns 20, U.N. group begins talks over Internet control
David Brancaccio Dec 4, 2012
Celebrating the text message as the technology turns twenty, and waiting on results from a UN summit on controlling the Internet.
