Chemical tanker being towed toward western French coast; no apparent leaks

Chemical tanker being towed toward French coast

UK-based scientists win Nobel physics prize for ultrathin carbon 100 times stronger than steel

Nobel Prize honors super-strong, super-thin carbon

Study says EU lags in energy efficiency, needs new policies to meet 2020 carbon reduction goal

EU must triple energy efficiency to meet 2020 goal

Greenpeace campaign gets 500,000 Facebook users to urge social networking site to quit coal

Greenpeace wants Facebook center off coal fuel

Eating more omega-3 fats doesn’t help heart attack patients who get good care, study finds

Study: More omega-3 fats didn’t aid heart patients

Dutch agency takes blame for error in UN report, but says climate change is already happening

Dutch agency admits mistake in UN climate report

Dutch agency admits its mistake in UN report, but says climate change is already happening

Dutch agency admits error in UN climate report

Climate monitor says no growth in global carbon emissions last year for first time since 1992

2009 sees no growth in CO2; first time since 1992

Head of UN panel on climate defends scientists despite errors, but welcomes review of work

UN science chief defends work, welcomes review

International Court of Justice backs paper mill, says Uruguay and Argentina must cooperate

World Court backs Uruguay in paper mill dispute

Electric eco-cars have not yet won the race; hydrogen-powered engines may make a comeback

Hydrogen still in the eco-car race

BERLIN — Hydrogen, one of Earth’s most abundant elements, once was seen as green energy’s answer to the petroleum-driven car: easy to produce, available everywhere and nonpolluting when burned.

Climate negotiators hope to revive momentum on treaty that stalled at failed Copenhagen summit

UN climate chief expects no binding agreement on global warming until the end of 2011

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UN climate envoy Brundtland expects talks to increasingly move away from UN format

LG Chem Ltd. says it will make battery cells for electric vehicles at Holland, Mich. plant

LG Chem Ltd. to make battery cells in Holland, MI

UN, climate panel to get outside review from world’s top scientists after spate of errors

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Resignation of sharp-tongued UN climate chief leaves gap in leadership of global warming talks

APNewsBreak: Yvo de Boer resigning as the top UN climate change official after nearly 4 years

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Shell says employee list circulating among environmental groups is authentic

Shell employee list leaked to environmental groups

Philips Electronics reverses year-ago loss, reports 4th quarter net profit of €251 million

Philips Electronics reports profit in Q4

AMSTERDAM — Royal Philips Electronics NV, the world’s largest maker of lights, reported a net profit of €251 million ($355 million) for the fourth quarter on Monday, helped by lower one-time charges and by job cuts.

Anti-whaling boat struck, damaged as it confronts Japanese vessel off Antarctica

Anti-whaling boat damaged during protest at sea

First of 150 saplings from the Anne Frank tree planted in Amsterdam

Sapling from Anne Frank tree planted in Amsterdam