Resources

12 Resources for

climate change and u.s. senate

  • Subscribe to this listing via:
  • RSS
  • Email

BNET Resources

Business Roundtable Statement on Senate Climate Change Legislation
WASHINGTON -- "The environmental and societal consequences of global climate change demand action. America's leading CEOs are committed to working with Congress, the administration and global business leaders to reduce and stabilize global greenhouse gas GHG emissions to levels that will address the risks of climate change.
Tags: climate change, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-06-02
WWF Statement on Senate Climate Bill
WASHINGTON -- The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S. 3036) today failed to garner a 60 vote supermajority necessary to advance the legislation in the U.S. Senate. However, the 48-36 vote in favor of proceeding marked a significant shift in political support for addressing climate change, said Dr. Richard Moss, vice...
Tags: climate change, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-06-06
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
Senate Democrats Demand That Bush Explain Climate Change Moves
Senate Democrats Demand That Bush Explain Climate Change Moves Senate Democrats Demand That Bush Explain Climate Change Moves
Tags: Bush, CLIMATE CHANGE, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2002-05-10
PNM Resources Executive Announces Eight Principles for Addressing Climate Change; Sterba Testifies on Climate Change Before U.S. Senate Energy Committee
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- PNM Resources' (NYSE: PNM) top officer told members of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that the time has come to fully engage on the right design for a mandatory climate change program.
Tags: Climate Change, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-04-04
Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)
Global Warming Senate OKs climate change research Washington - A Senate committee has approved a measure that would set aside $60 million to establish a scientific research program on abrupt climate change. ...
Tags: climate change, cloth, fuel cell, U.S. Senate, wind energy
Research articles 2004-03-15
Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)
Government Senate OKs Bodman to lead Energy The U.S. Senate confirmed Samuel W. Bodman as secretary of energy on Jan. 31. Bodman had most recently served as deputy treasury secretary and...
Tags: asbestos, climate change, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2005-02-14
Senate Panel Tackles Ethanol, Climate Change
Democrats are planning to force decisions on the controversial issues of climate change and use of ethanol in gasoline by offering a slew of amendments when a key Senate panel resumes consideration of a broad energy bill this week. Democrats are planning to force...
Tags: climate change, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-04-28
Senate Begins Work on ANWR-Free Energy Bill This Week
A tussle between Republicans and Democrats seems inevitable when the Senate begins consideration of a comprehensive energy bill Tuesday, with members readying controversial amendments on issues such as ethanol use and climate change. A tussle between Republicans and Democrats seems inevitable when the Senate...
Tags: climate change, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-05-05
Senate questions 9/11 air quality response. (Capitol Beat).
Five months after the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Senate subcommittee on clean air, wetlands, and climate change held a hearing to discuss air quality issues and how they were handled following the towers' collapse and during the subsequen Five months after the attacks...
Tags: 9/11 commission, climate change, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2002-05-01
It's time to act; Senate panel says U.S. must address global warming.(News)(Brief article)
Byline: Bruce Geiselman The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a bipartisan resolution expressing the Senate's belief that the United States must address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international Byline: Bruce Geiselman ...
Tags: climate change, global warming, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-06-05
Week in Oil & Gas: Climate Bill Hurdles and Refining Blues
A key Senate panel -- along with environmentalists, oil and gas industry folk and government energy officials -- squared off last week in a round of hearings aimed at hashing out the details of a climate bill. The initial hearings, as the WSJ notes, took on a familiar political...
Tags: U.S., Industry, Oil & Gas, Climate Change, U.S. Senate, Chevron Corp., WTI, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-11-02

Additional Resources

Climate Hoax Burns U.S. Chamber, Lobby Group Turns to Law Enforcement
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sure sounded like a different organization this morning as a spokesman threw around phrases like "support a strong climate-change bill quickly" and "the Kerry-Boxer bill is a good start." Could it be that the U.S. Chamber had made a sudden and unexpected U-turn? Was the...
Tags: Climate Change, Yes Men, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-10-19
Capping greenhouse gas emissions: the U.S. Senate plans to consider climate change legislation on greenhouse gas emissions this summer
The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) announced that the Senate plans to take up a climate change bill, America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191), after the Memorial Day recess. The bill would impose a cap on greenhouse gas emissions and set up a...
Tags: Boxer, chairman, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-05-01
U.S. Senate Environment Committee Passes Climate Change Bill
Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed S. 2191, a bill putting mandatory limits on greenhouse gases sponsored by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.).Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed S. 2191, a bill putting mandatory limits...
Tags: U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-12-01
Rhetoric Roundup: Obama Calls For All Nations to Fight Climate Change, China's Hu Defines Responsibility
President Obama's speech at the United Nations summit on climate change spent considerable time on the concept of responsibility. Namely, that all countries -- rich and poor, developed and emerging -- are responsible and must share the burden of climate change. It's an interesting shift by a president,...
Tags: U.S., China, Climate Change, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-09-22
Exelon Ditches U.S. Chamber Over Climate Policy, Who Will Leave the "Voice of Business" Next?
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's stance on climate-change legislation continues to alienate its member base. This time it's Exelon, the third utility to desert the U.S. Chamber in a week. It's not quite a exodus. But momentum is building against the powerful lobbying group -- described as...
Tags: Exelon Corp., Voice, Greenhouse Gas, Climate Change, Duke Energy Corp., Chamber, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-09-28
Abandoning Ship: Nike Quits Chamber Board Over Climate Change Stance
Nike -- a longtime proponent of reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- has resigned from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce board to protest the business group's opposition of climate-change legislation. Nike fundamentally disagrees with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the issue of climate change and their recent...
Tags: Nike Inc., Climate Change, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-09-30
SENATE DEFEATS CLIMATE CHANGE BILL; S. 139 AIMED TO CUT OIL IMPORTS
The U.S. Senate late last month defeated the first climate change legislation to come to the floor in five years. The sponsors, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), say the issue will be back in Congress again. The U.S. Senate late last month defeated the first...
Tags: U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-11-10
Betting Against Climate Change Legislation and the Most Important Week Ever
While global investors -- and their $14 trillion -- pen their support for climate change legislation, there are still plenty of folks out there betting against the bill. American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard is one of those ready to toss his chips into the pot. Valero...
Tags: Climate Change, Jack Gerard, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-09-17
  • << Previous
  • page 1 of 1
  • Next >>
advertisement
advertisement
Click Here