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LEADERS PLACE CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL TRADE TALKS AT TOP OF WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL MEETING 2007 AGENDA
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007 has opened with a call from leaders to make progress on resolving climate change and restart the Doha round of global trade negotiations. The Annual Meeting Co-Chairs joined Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007 has opened with...
Tags: Annual Meeting, climate change, leader
Research articles 2007-01-24
SWITZERLAND: LEADERS PLACE CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL TRADE TALKS AT TOP OF WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL MEETING 2007 AGENDA.
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007 has opened with a call from leaders to make progress on resolving climate change and restart the Doha round of global trade negotiations. The Annual Meeting Co-Chairs joined Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007...
Tags: Annual Meeting, climate change, leader
Research articles 2007-01-24
SENATE TACKLES CARBON; SECURITY, STABILITY CONCERN G8 LEADERS
Middle East tensions and global terrorism eclipsed climate change as a topic at the G8 meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada last week, giving U.S. President George Bush a reprieve from having to defend his administration's often-criticized opposition to Middle East tensions and global terrorism eclipsed climate change as...
Tags: climate change, leader, security, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2002-07-01
Funds raise global warming alarm to SEC; Pension leaders link investment risk with enviro concern.(News)(Securities & Exchange Commission)
Byline: Elizabeth Thompson Beckley Leaders of 13 major pension funds are calling on the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to issue guidance on the enforcement of existing rules that they say include disclosure of the financial risks o ...
Tags: climate change, company, financial, global warming, investor, leader, pension fund, SEC, shareholder
Research articles 2004-04-26
NASA leader warns of climate change disaster.(News)
Byline: Bruce Geiselman The likelihood of Congress passing meaningful climate change legislation in the next few years is improving as the public learns more about the issue, said James Hansen, one of the nation's top climate change scientist ...
Tags: carbon dioxide, climate change, global warming, leader, NASA, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-11-06
Will the White House Play Politics or Address Global Warming?; WWF Urges National Leaders to Stand By Scientific Report
WASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- World Wildlife Fund urges the White House to stand by its recent global warming report and reject requests for the administration to distance itself from the scientific consensus on climate change. WASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- World Wildlife Fund urges the White House...
Tags: climate change, leader, White House
Research articles 2002-06-21

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US acknowledges 'challenge' of climate change
WASHINGTON AFP — Long skeptical about climate change and its causes, the US administration on Friday finally acknowledged the "global challenge" facing the planet and called for international solutions. "Climate change is clearly a global challenge and we all recognize that it requires global solutions," said Sharon Hays, leader...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Brussels, emission, FINANCE, U.S.
Research articles 2007-04-06
No climate change deal at Copenhagen, world leaders say
The announcement comes as the Federal Government will attempt to push through its emissions trading scheme legislation this week. World leaders including US president Barack Obama and Danish prime minister Lars Rasmussen debated the merit of next month's meeting, and concluded the Copenhagen summit will only see a political framework...
Tags: emission, Summit, Copenhagen
News items 2009-11-15
Is Obama Out of Bounds on Climate Change?
Did President Obama exceed his authority by announcing a fuel economy goalâ€"35.5 miles per gallon fleet averageâ€"for automakers in 2016? The goal (which works out to 30 mpg for trucks, 39 for cars) is part of a sweeping and unprecedented rulemaking announced earlier this week that combines Corporate Average Fuel...
Tags: Greenhouse Gas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rulemaking, Standards, Kirk Van Tine, Baker Botts, Van Tine, Quality, Regulations, Business Operations, Government, Jim Motavalli
Blog posts 2009-05-22
Climate Change Support Builds, but Will it Be Enough?
There are plenty of people who are apathetic, or outright hostile, to the idea of climate change. But the perception that business is aligned against it is shifting, helped in part by petitions like the one just signed by a group of investors collectively representing $14 trillion dollars. ...
Tags: Climate Change, Chris Morrison
Blog posts 2009-09-17
Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly?
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Can nuclear-generated electricity lead us off fossil fuels?After years of sitting in the energy dustbin, nuclear power is enjoying a renaissance. Countries such as France, Germany, Japan and China are furiously building nuclear plants to deliver cheap electricity and help combat climate change. Yet in the...
News items 2009-10-08
Climate Change Bill Passes on Razor-Thin Margin, Tougher Battle Lies Ahead
Maybe it was Al Gore's effort via telephone or Nancy Pelosi's chocolate-covered Dove bars. Heck, maybe it was all of those last minute concessions to please lawmakers in farm states. After weeks of negotiations and compromises and nearly seven hours of debate on the House floor, the American Clean Energy Act,...
Tags: Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Climate, U.S. Senate, Grist, Peterson, Telecom & Utilities, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-06-27
World Wildlife Fund Statement: Signing Positions California as a Leader on Climate and Energy Policy
WASHINGTON, July 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement by Katherine Silverthorne, Deputy Director, U.S. Climate Change Program, World Wildlife Fund: With today's signing into law a bill that will reduce the heat- trapping gases emitted by cars and trucks, California positions itself as a national leader on...
Tags: World Wildlife Fund Inc.
Research articles 2002-07-22
CLIMATE CHANGE : EP COMMITTEE ADVOCATES FIRMNESS IN BALI.
The European Union must be firm and should confirm its role as leader of the next UN Climate Change Conference, which will take place in Bali Indonesia from 3 to 14 December, stresses the European Parliament's Temporary Committee on Climate Change. In a resolution...
Tags: agreement, conference, emission, European Parliament
Research articles 2007-11-02
UN chief urges Japan to take lead on tackling climate change
KYOTO AFP — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Japan Sunday to take a greater lead in the fight against climate change, as the nation prepares to host next month's Group of Eight summit. In a speech at Kyoto University, Ban said Japan, the world's second largest economy and...
Tags: Japan, Kyoto University, Leadership, summit
Research articles 2008-06-29
Pfizer Recognized as Leader in Addressing Climate Change
NEW YORK -- Pfizer Inc announced today that in recognition for its approach to improving the environment, the company was named to the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index CDLI by the Carbon Disclosure Project CDP, a not-for-profit coalition of more than 315 global investors. Pfizer was one of 68 Fortune 500...
Tags: leader, Pfizer Inc.
Research articles 2007-09-28
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Joins New EPA Initiative — Steps Forward as Industry Leader in Environmental Protection
BANGOR, Maine--BUSINESS WIRE--April 7, 1999--In a move to help protect the environment and improve its bottom line, Bangor Hydro-Electric Company (NYSE:BGR) became a Charter Partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's EPA new voluntary partnership aimed at reducing emissions of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). SF6 is a greenhouse gas that contributes...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 1999-04-07
World Wildlife Fund CEO Carter Roberts to Urge Business to See Conservation as a Corporate 'Survival Imperative'; Conservation Leader to Engage Next Generation of Business Leaders -- MBA Students at Stanford.
Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 23 AScribe Newswire -- Stanford Business School today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Carter Roberts, CEO of the world's largest conservation organization and partner for leading...
Tags: World Wildlife Fund Inc.
Research articles 2007-10-23
Rain Bird Presents Leading Climatologist Jonathan Overpeck as Keynote Speaker at the 2008 WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition
Irrigation Industry Leader Showcases the Intelligent Use of Water During Thursday Morning Session Followed by Presentation of Keynote Session Focusing on Climate Change and the Global Water Supply AZUSA, Calif. -- Rain Bird([R]), the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services and a lead sponsor of the...
Tags: conference, Dr., innovation, Leadership, speaker, Strategy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2008-10-10
Shell UK and National Grid join ScottishPower's CCS consortium
13-08-09 Energy giant Shell UK and National Grid have today (August 13) joined ScottishPower's carbon capture and storage consortium in a bid to help deliver the UK's first commercial-scale CCS system at a coal-fired power station by 2014. Energy company ScottishPower hailed the addition of Shell and grid and gas-pipe...
Tags: U.K., technology, emission
News items 2009-08-13
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