Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels told a U.S. Senate committee Thursday that state and local governments are leading the fight against global warming and he warned Congress against reining in local efforts that are under way across the nation.

A freaked-out Guy Pearce tries to outwit weather and time and beat a death sentence imposed by a psychic, but the filmmakers make his character too sympathetic and the second half too soft for their tale about fate.

P-I reporter and gardening novice Lisa Stiffler is jumping on the urban farming veggie wagon and taking a stab at growing produce at home. This is the second in an ongoing series of her reports.

An increasing number of developers are touting that the environmental credentials of their projects and a downtown Bellevue project would be the greenest so far. But developers say green building is not yet a priority for most buyers.

Carbon credits are advertised as a way for polluters to offset the greenhouse gases they produce. Of course, it's not that easy.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- A coalition of technology companies and environmental groups led by Google Inc. and Intel Corp. launched an initiative Tuesday to conserve electricity and curb global warming emissions by making the world's computers and servers more energy-efficient.

Coke or Pepsi? McDonald's or Burger King? Amazon or Yahoo?

PARIS -- Renewable energy has moved out of the fringe and into the mainstream, with investors worldwide pouring $71 billion of new capital into the sector in 2006, up 43 percent from the previous year, and more is expected, a U.N. report said Wednesday.

Washington and seven other Western states and Canadian provinces Wednesday staked out a regional goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, partly by creating a trading block for pollution credits and requiring less-polluting vehicles.

Within five to 10 years, Boeing and Airbus jetliners could be flying the friendly green skies with a blend of fuel made from plants rather than petroleum.