New York

Mayor Bloomberg earmarks 47-acre site on Staten Island for planned solar system that is expected to power more than 2,000 homes

Plans are afoot to build a boat out of refuse and sail it down the Hudson River

World Bank researchers urge cities to listen to 'prophecies of doom'

UN-backed initiative to publish new report setting out sustainable reporting best practices for stock exchanges

Mayor set to cross 'final recycling frontier' with city-wide plan to handle up to 100,000 tons of food waste a year

Dutch airline confirms weekly flights from New York to Amsterdam will use sustainable biofuels

Fund will be used to cover three quarters of the cost of fitting chargers at homes, stations, and by the roadside

Michael Bloomberg to announce crackdown on hard-to-recycle fast food packaging

Up to nine per cent of greenhouse gas produced from Utah field found to be escaping into the atmosphere

Governor Andrew Cuomo dubs new programme to improve drafty buildings a "financial and environmental win-win"