The government says the Qashqai model’s emissions tests were rigged, but Nissan says the import meets the latest European requirements
Australia's carbon emissions levels are on a downward trend and are not expected to exceed the record highs witnessed in 2005 ever again, Australia's environment minister said on Tuesday.
South Korean prosecutors on Friday stormed German carmaker Volkswagen's Seoul office and a house of a senior company official as part of an investigation into an emissions-fabricating case, Yonhap news agency reported.
New Zealand has met its first round of emissions reductions under the Kyoto Protocol and is on track to meet its 2020 target, Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett said Thursday.
An unprecedented number of world leaders joined together Monday to give a boost to difficult, years-long efforts to fight climate change collectively.
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday requested documents from Volkswagen and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the company's illegal software used to circumvent emissions test for certain models of diesel engine passenger vehicles.
Italian authorities would recall Volkswagen (VW) cars in the country if it were proved the German automaker also rigged emissions tests in Europe, Italian Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti said on Wednesday.
Healthier diets are not only important to ensure food security and people's health, but also to avoid dangerous climate change, according to a new British study published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday welcomed the initiative announced by the U.S. government to limit emissions from the country's power plants.
Shanghai rolled out Wednesday a detailed scheme for carbon emission trading, following Shenzhen's response to the central government call to cut emissions.
The United States is on the way to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, a U.S. government report said Thursday.
Chinese government officials, environment and energy experts, and entrepreneurs have vowed to join hands in accelerating the process of building a nationwide carbon emissions trading market.