The cost of cleaning up fossil fuels - and the price of doing nothing

Scientists are looking at ways to bury carbon dioxide gas deep under the ground rather than let it pollute the atmosphere. " The 500ft cooling tower at the Mountaineer power station in New Haven, West Virginia, does not look much different from the scores that dot the...

Pavel Bém - Our Mountaineering Mayor

"Pavel Bém - Our Mountaineering Mayor by sambeckwith He’s the mayor of Prague and, nationwide, is second only to Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek in the ruling Civic Democratic Party (ODS). And now he’s taking seven weeks off to climb Mount Everest. Following a ruling by...

Venezuelan climber buried on Pakistan peak (AP)

" ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Search teams found the body of a top Latin American mountaineer and buried him on a snowcapped Pakistani peak Saturday, nearly a week after he went missing while scaling the world's ninth highest mountain, officials said. Jose Antonio Delgado's body...

Experienced California Mountaineer Dies on Mt. Mendel

"n the world of California mountaineering, Patricia Rambert was closing in on the Holy Grail. The 57-year-old Laguna Hills woman had just 39 peaks to "bag" before making a clean sweep of the 247 summits that climbing enthusiasts consider the most notable in the Sierra...

Hillary Blasts Climbers Who Left Dying Man

"Mount Everest pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary said Wednesday he was shocked that dozens of climbers left a British mountaineer to die during their own attempts on the world's tallest peak."