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Seven states to file Clean Air lawsuit.(states file lawsuit to force government to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants)
IN THE LATEST challenge to the Bush administration's clean air policies, seven states have announced their intention to file a lawsuit to force the federal government to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The lawsuit by seve ...
Tags: carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, lawsuit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2003-03-03
4 at once; Dueling GHG reports offer disparate views.(greenhouse gas)(Brief article)
Byline: Bruce Geiselman Two business groups are urging Congress to resist calls for carbon dioxide emission caps. The National Association of Manufacturers issued a white paper March 13 in which it cautioned the Senate Environment Commit...
Tags: carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-03-27
Australia's Linc, BioCleanCoal in JV to convert CO2 to Biomass, Oxygen
Australian underground coal gasification UCG firm, Linc Energy, formed a joint venture with compatriot firm BioCleanCoal to develop a bioreactor that would allow greenhouse gas emitters to convert their carbon dioxide through a photosynthesis process t Australian underground coal gasification UCG firm, Linc Energy, formed a joint venture with compatriot...
Tags: carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, Oxygen
Research articles 2007-11-01
Xcel Energy Joins Carbon Dioxide Reduction Partnership; Membership in Upper Midwest Group Devoted to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
MINNEAPOLIS -- To further investigate various strategies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) has joined the Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership, which is coordinated by the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota.
Tags: carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, partnership, Xcel Energy Inc.
Research articles 2005-02-08
White House: Human actions add to warming.(News)
Byline: Bruce Geiselman Human activities likely are contributing to global warming, according to a recent Bush administration report sent to Congress. Environmentalists and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., pointing to the report, called o ...
Tags: Bush Administration, carbon dioxide, global warming, greenhouse gas, White House
Research articles 2004-09-13
Awaiting federal power play; AEP points to Midwest's coal as reason other state plans will stall.(American Electric Power Co. Inc. )
Byline: Joe Truini California's groundbreaking greenhouse gas regulation caused a big splash in 2006, but the ripples may only reach so far. States have began taking the initiative in climate change regulations in the absence of...
Tags: American Electric Power Co. Inc., carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, regulation
Research articles 2007-01-08
US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase Slightly, EPA Reports.(Brief Article)
US EMISSIONS of greenhouse gases rose 0.5 percent from 1997 to 1998, according to a draft report released for public comment by the Environmental Protection Agency. Total emissions--including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluor US EMISSIONS of greenhouse...
Tags: carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2000-03-13
Congress Debates Global Warming Policy.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
Partisan differences arise on how best to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS agree that action is needed to combat global climate change, but lawmakers differ widely on how to go about solving the problem. ...
Tags: carbon dioxide, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2001-05-14
Climate Change: CO2 is Not the Only Gas Attack
How is your company air-conditioning its buildings? It may be the equipment it's using is unsustainable, even though it complies with today's environmental regulations. Although CO2 is by far the most common greenhouse gas (gases that are trapped in the earth's atmosphere which retain...
Tags: Financial, Carbon Dioxide, Greenhouse Gas, Climate Change, Global Warming, Attack, HFC, Shaun McCarthy
Blog posts 2009-11-24
Google's Green Cred: A Storm in a Teacup?
A Harvard University physicist has left Google a bit hot under the collar with research claiming a couple of Google searches generate as much carbon dioxide as boiling the kettle. Alex Wissner-Gross claims "Google operates huge data centres around the world that consume a great deal of...
Tags: Google Inc., Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Greenhouse Gas, Google Search, Wissner-Gross, Official Google Blog, Cloud Computing, Joanna Higgins
Blog posts 2009-01-12
The EUEC 2006 International Electric Utility Meet Initiates Carbon Neutral Conferencing Courtesy of Planktos CO2 Offsets
TUCSON, Ariz. -- When the 2006 Electric Utilities Environmental Conference EUEC convenes in Tucson on January 22, it will walk its eco-friendly talk by erasing its own carbon footprint with greenhouse gas offsets from the sea. Ocean restoration firm, Planktos, Inc. and its carbon marketing arm, Diatom Corporation (OTCBB:DTMC), have...
Tags: carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, Tucson
Research articles 2006-01-25

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Climate-Bill Stimulus: EPA Sends Greenhouse Gas Finding to White House
While climate-change legislation continues its political roller coaster ride through Congress, another effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions is underfoot. The Environmental Protection Agency has sent its final finding on whether carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to human health and welfare, Reuters reported....
Tags: Greenhouse Gas Emission, White House, Greenhouse Gas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-11-09
Supreme Court rebukes Bush administration on greenhouse gas
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ordered the federal government on Monday to take a fresh look at regulating carbon dioxide emissions from cars, a rebuke to Bush administration policy on global warming. In a 5-4 decision, the court said the Clean Air Act gives the Environmental Protection Agency...
Tags: emission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2007-04-02
EU Parliamentary Panel Urges 2020 Carbon Dioxide Target
STRASBOURG, France ENS — --> The European Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee wants the EU to be the most energy efficient economy in the world by 2020. In a report adopted unopposed on Thursday, the panel called for binding targets to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and...
Tags: emission, European Parliament
Research articles 2006-11-24
Schwarzenegger ready to sign bill limiting greenhouse gas emissions
LOS ANGELES AFP — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was set to sign a historic bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions after it cleared the state legislature, making California the first US state to limit carbon dioxide and other gases accused of contributing to global warming. The state Assembly passed the...
Tags: California, emission, Governor, Republican, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-09-01
CLEAN COAL: BIOMASS AND WASTE TECHNOLOGY TO FUEL GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION
Summary: The use of biomass and waste in a new generation of "clean" coal power plants could be an important innovation in the drive to reduce Europe's greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report recently published by the European Commission's APAS Clean Coal Technology Programme. ...
Tags: emission, European Commission
Research articles 1996-01-23
State to join greenhouse gas lawsuit vs. EPA
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gray Davis said Friday he will join other states in suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency to make sure the agency cannot interfere with California's efforts to control greenhouse gases. The announcement comes the week after Davis and his Democratic counterparts from Washington and...
Tags: agency, lawsuit, MARKETING, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2003-10-04
White House zealots skirt scientific truth about warming - failure to establish scientific proof of dangers from greenhouse gas emissions - Column
President Clinton's Earth Day pledge to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane has led to a burst of activity from the White House to prepare a National Action Plan. The White House Office of Environmental Quality, directed by Katie McGinty, had promised to release...
Tags: C, emission, satellite, White House
Research articles 1993-09-13
Burning Bush; Climate change; The reality of global warming.(Science and Technology)
THREE months ago, George Bush's fledgling administration dropped two public-relations bricks over the issue of global warming. First, Mr Bush refused to stand by his campaign pledge to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is widely believed to be a big cause of...
Tags: Science and Technology Corp.
Research articles 2001-06-16
NOAA: Global Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Rose in 2005
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> Levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmsphere have increased over the past 12 months relative to a 1990 benchmark, according to the Annual Greenhouse Gas Index issed today by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA. The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide traps the Sun's...
Tags: CFC, NOAA
Research articles 2006-05-01
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