In an expletive-laden commentary on former Vice President Al Gore’s upcoming Live Earth concert event, concert organizer Bob Geldof said that the extravaganza was meaningless because it didn’t mandate specific environmental goals.

The Tennessee city of Belle Meade has ruled that former Vice President Al Gore could put 33 solar panels on top of his home to produce energy, a decision that came about only after the city changed its zoning laws to allow the panels.

Former Vice President Al Gore descended on Capitol Hill yesterday, telling Congress that global warming represents the most dangerous crisis in American history and that the solutions for the problem are far more drastic than anything currently on the table.

Speaking in Britain, former vice-president Al Gore hit out at the short-termist attitude of corporate executives and fund managers, urging the pension fund industry to force companies to take a more responsible approach to environmental issues.

A group headed by former Vice President Al Gore announced on Thursday a single day of concerts on seven continents featuring more than 100 performers, including Bon Jovi, Snoop Dogg, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to promote awareness of global warming.

Sir Richard Branson is raising his game as "savior of the planet" by announcing a multimillion-dollar prize for the best way of removing thousands of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Climate change stands alongside the use of nuclear weapons as one of the greatest threats posed to the future of the world, the British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has said.

Potential presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama are joining with newly independent Sen. Joe Lieberman on a plan they say would reduce annual global-warming gases by two-thirds by mid-century.

Ted Turner, the cable television billionaire and owner of vast tracts of land in the U.S. West, is forming a venture with the New Jersey-based solar energy company Dome-Tech Solar. The new business, to be called DT Solar, will target the California market.