An Oxford University survey has determined what many have long suspected: rich men are ruining the planet for everyone else. And they’re doing it primarily by flying.

China and India are choking on their own emissions in their race to catch up with the lifestyles of the developed world. Their argument against cleaning up their emissions has been that smog and greenhouse gases are just the price they pay for admission to the club of the wealthy nations. But that is starting to change.

The Clean Air Act, studied by a special Commons committee, looks to have increase punishments for polluters. After the Easter break, the House of Commons will convene to vote on these amendments.

Chinese computer maker Lenovo has earned the top spot in Greenpeace’s ranking of the eco-friendliness of major electronics companies, ousting previous leader Nokia, the activist group said on Tuesday.

The report, which ranks companies on their policies regarding chemicals and waste, gave the Beijing-based company top marks for its handling of discarded electronic products, known as “e-waste”.

Global air travel has become one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and public health by driving the spread of alien species and infectious diseases to new habitats, scientists report today. Bon voyage!

As much as 35 per cent of air pollution comes from auto body shops, dry cleaners, printers and small factories that use or dispose of hazardous chemicals, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Unlike people in many parts of the United States and in other industrialized countries, Toronto residents get little information about any of them.

Ken Livingstone is expected to confirm that older, “dirtier” lorries and buses will be charged £200 a day to drive in London.

Sunflower Electric Power Corp., the building’s owner, finds itself in a political furnace for wanting to build two or three coal-fired plants next to the one already rising from the Great Plains in southwest Kansas. The state’s decision on granting a needed environmental permit is nearly four months overdue, delayed by a raft of comments, including criticism from California and New York officials.