2011 in Review

Policymakers and the business community should ramp up collaboration and demonstrate renewed leadership in order to achieve sustainable and equitable growth objectives, according to recommendations released today from KPMG’s “Business Perspective on Sustainable Growth: Preparing for Rio+20″ global summit.

An offshore rig exploring possible oil and gas fields off Nigeria’s coast for Chevron caught fire Monday, and the oil company said officials were still trying to account for all those working there.

Canadian drivers of electric cars have a chance to make their commute even greener. The new version of the Chevrolet Volt now includes an option to for owners to pay $198 and get Bullfrog to inject enough electricity from renewable sources into the grid to power the vehicle for two years.

Violent and deadly weather events have affected more than 240 million Americans — about 80 percent of the nation’s population — over the past six years, says a report out last week from Environment America.

Eight Nobel Peace Prize laureates have written to European Heads of State and Ministers of the Environment urging them to tackle the most climate polluting sources of transport fuel, notably tar sands.