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Apple said Friday it was rejoining a program to certify its products as environmentally friendly after a controversy that could have dented sales of its popular gadgets.

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in Germany have come up with a new fluid for cooling the expensive batteries in electric cars and thereby extending their life, another potential step in improving the cost efficiency of electric propulsion. The fluid, dubbed CryoSolplus, absorbs heat more effectively than either air or water …

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc rejoined the EPEAT environmental ratings system on Friday, acknowledging that its decision to stop participating in a program that rates the green credentials of electronic products was a mistake. The about-face came after reports that various government agencies and schools that use …

Apple's move to stop paying into EPEAT, taking the green distinction away from 39 of its computers, not only made the hippies of San Francisco mad, but it got enough "loyal customers" on the phone to make the company change its mind. "I recognize that this was a mistake. Starting today, all eligible Apple products are back …

Apple recently found itself fielding criticism for its decision to remove a number of its products from the EPEAT environmental rating system. The Cupertino-based company on Friday, however, reversed its decision. “We’ve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our …

The dens of two snow leopard mothers and their cubs have been located in Mongolia for the first time, with new, unprecedented video showing the mothers and their young inside the den, a conservation organization announced yesterday (July 12).

(Reuters) - The worst drought in a quarter century tightened its grip on the Midwestern United States over the past week as sweltering temperatures and scant rainfall punished corn and soybean crops across the region, a report from climate experts said Thursday. Nearly two-thirds of the nine-state Midwest region was in …

When species lose their natural habitat to deforestation and other causes, they don't immediately disappear. Instead, they gradually die off over several generations, racking up an "extinction debt" that must eventually be paid in full. New research shows that the Brazilian Amazon has accrued a heavy vertebrate extinction …

Following the Ice: Is this Global Warming?

Discovered: The Hubble telescope finds a fifth moon circling lowly non-planet Pluto; global warming takes a toll on cows; watching nanoparticles break up blood clots is fun; scorpion venom is actually good for you (sometimes). 

The European Commission pushed Wednesday for cuts in automobile carbon emissions but environmentalists said the plans did not go far enough while car makers warned that it would hurt the industry.

Last year brought a record heat wave to Texas, massive floods in Bangkok and an unusually warm November in England. How much has global warming boosted the chances of events like that?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change increased the odds for the kind of extreme weather that prevailed in 2011, a year that saw severe drought in Texas, unusual heat in England and was one of the 15 warmest years on record, scientists reported on Tuesday. Overall, 2011 was a year of extreme events - from historic droughts …

A coalition of conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday over its approval of oil spill response plans for an Arctic Ocean drilling program.

New research suggests that global warming increases the chances of heat waves in Texas, like the one that hit the state last year.

More than 2,600 of the world's top marine scientists Monday warned coral reefs around the world were in rapid decline and urged immediate global action on climate change to save what remains.

Discovered: Discovered: What 2,000 years of climate change looks like, just being fat isn't actually unhealthy, a molecule that could make teeth cavity proof, and get ready for R-rated movies just for smoking.

's products are no longer considered environmentally friendly after the tech giant asked the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) -- the group that sets environmental standards for electronics -- to remove all 39 of its products from its green registry.

Rovio is working on a game that will be a must-have for anyone who’s ever felt sorry for crushing digital green pigs with rocks and lumber, Pocket-Lint reports. A new edition of Rovio’s hugely successful Angry Birds series that’s set to be released this December will actually let users play from the perspective of the villainous …

Switzerland's four nuclear power stations are fit to withstand a major earthquake and pose no threat to the population and the environment, inspectors said on Monday.

(Reuters) - Canada's Cardiome Pharma Corp said it will cut about 85 percent of its workforce after its partner Merck & Co stopped the development of an oral version of their drug to treat irregular heart rhythm. The two companies were earlier developing an oral version of vernakalant, a drug to treat chronic atrial fibrillation …

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been working for 35 years to make solar power and other technologies a reality. David Biello reports

Warming temperatures are turning a native Australian shrub into a mini version of itself, revealing the effect climate change is already having on the globe.