Former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that the success of the alternative energy movement is hampered by a lack of financing. His comments came as world leaders attending his annual philanthropic conference expressed fears about rising seas. | The editor of a science journal has resigned after admitting that a recent paper casting doubt on man-made climate change should not have been published. | Oil companies began evacuating workers from rigs in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday ahead of what US forecasters said could be a powerful and dangerous storm. | Over the next 18 months, the Environmental Protection Agency will finalize a flurry of new rules to curb pollution from coal-fired power plants. Mercury, smog, ozone, greenhouse gases, water intake, coal ash—it’s all getting regulated. And, not surprisingly... | A special meeting of the United Nations security council is due to consider whether to expand its mission to keep the peace in an era of climate change. | Smoke belching from Asia's rapidly growing economies is largely responsible for a halt in global warming in the decade after 1998 because of sulphur's cooling effect, even though greenhouse gas emissions soared, a U.S. study said on Monday. | The California Air Resources Board has unanimously voted to expand the clean-fuel zone off the shores of Los Angeles and Long Beach beyond the Channel Islands, according to the Los Angeles Times. | Several groups said Tuesday that an air monitoring plan approved by the Environmental Protection Agency doesn't do enough to address the health concerns of Southern California residents living near congested highways. |