With an electricity grid supplied by hydroelectric dams across rivers, from the heat of its numerous volcanoes, and from wind and the sun, the small Central American nation expects 97 percent of its energy generation to come from renewable sources this year.
Climate activists are looking for alternatives ways to bring attention to the upcoming climate negotiations in Paris after two public gatherings were cancelled due to security concerns in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks.
Despite the horrendous terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, French officials have vowed to move forward with a major climate conference set to begin on Nov. 30.
Honduras has seen a sudden explosion in tree-killing southern pine beetles this year that some experts blame on El Niño, exacerbated by global warming.
As the world prepares for the most important global climate summit yet in Paris later this month, news from Greenland could add urgency to the negotiations. Another major glacier appears to have begun a rapid retreat into a deep underwater basin, a troubling sign.
Earth has heated up by 1 degree Celsius (1.6 F), Britain's weather office said Monday, as greenhouse gases hit record levels just weeks before a crucial climate summit in Paris.
Methane emissions from cattle can be cut just by changing their diet. An experiment in France is trying to figure out just how much emissions can be cut, and how to make it profitable for farmers.
