The democratic leadership of the 110th Congress kicked off the legislative session with a goal of addressing global climate change, and that attention has not waned, it is fair to say that, other than the debate on the war in Iraq, almost every polic The democratic...
Climate change is on the agenda of the 108th Congress in the form of several legislative initiatives. Key issues to be considered include better coordination of government research, setting caps on greenhouse gas GHG emissions, and whether reporting systems should be voluntary or mandatory. Climate change debates are expected to...
In the years ahead changes in climate will become of greater and greater concern to the world. Just look at what happened last week, when the Supreme Court ruled that a U.S. government agency has the power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that ...
The newly elected Congress addressed energy issues quickly. In her first address. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called for a "new America that declares our energy independence, promotes domestic sources of renewable energy and combats climate chaThe newly elected Congress addressed energy issues quickly. In her first address. House Speaker...
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 ...
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. ...
THE WHITE HOUSE is asking Congress to approve a $2.4 billion spending and tax package for programs to address global warming in fiscal 2001--a 40 percent increase over the previous year's climate change budget. In his State of the Union Addre...
Trade Association Leaders Outline Key Policies Required News Advisory: [TABLE OMITTED] The leaders of the nation's renewable energy trade associations will host a joint news teleconference to highlight how their industries can help lead the U.S. economic recovery once key near-term policy priorities are enacted. ...
Offers Commitment to Work Cooperatively To Grow the Innovation Economy To Heal, Fuel, Clean and Feed the U.S. and the World WASHINGTON -- The following statement was issued today by Biotechnology Industry Organization BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood following yesterday's historic U.S. elections: "On behalf...
The 1.4 million-plus members of the We Campaign (wecansolveit.org), a project founded by the Alliance for Climate Protection, recently helped convince the U.S. Department of the Interior to recognize the polar bear as a threatened species. Up next, the community will lobby Congress to support tax incentives for renewable energy...
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Set against the political backdrop of the upcoming Presidential election and the future of energy policy, energy security and climate change initiatives, the 31st World Energy Engineering Congress WEEC is poised to be the largest gathering of energy efficiency and sustainable decision-makers in the region. ...
GOLD FROM GREEN EARTH: THE SEQUEL The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn, W. W. Norton & Co., 256 pps. An optimistic look at ways regulation and the profit motive, together, can inspire entrepreneurs and engineers to fight climate change. ...
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration, dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, rejected regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming Friday, saying it would cripple the U.S. economy. In a 588-page federal notice, the Environmental Protection Agency made no finding on whether global warming poses a...
On Monday, June 2, the U.S. Senate began deliberating on the Climate Security Act (S. 3036), in what many hoped would mark the start of a historic debate. But progress was thwarted by partisan bickering over judicial nominations and by procedural maneuvers, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's insistence...
The U.S. economy is battered and bruised and the global environment is stressed from the polar ice caps to the equator and latitudes in between. Greenhouse gases have settled over the polar ice cap and as global temperatures rise, glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. Drought grips much of...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FACED WITH EVER-INCREASING DIRE ASSESSMENTS OF GLOBAL climate change, the U.S. Green Building Council USGBC recently testified before Congress about the importance of green buildings as a solution for "one of the biggest challenges facing society today," and schools were a key ingredient in their argument....
ENERGY RESOURCE-27 May 2008-FEDERAL REPORT: Climate Change Fueling Forest Fires, Creating Water ShortagesC2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com A new federal government assessment finds that climate change is fueling forest fires, creating water scarcity, harming animal habitats, and causing other significant changes throughout the United States that will only worsen...
WASHINGTON -- Just months ago, ethanol was the Holy Grail to energy independence and a "green fuel" that would help nudge the country away from climate-changing fossil energy. Democrats and Republicans cheered its benefits as Congress directed a fivefold increase in ethanol use as a motor fuel....
CHICAGO -- The leader of the American Chemistry Council said today that Congress has presided over a U.S. energy policy that "doesn't make sense" and pointed to that policy as responsible for the loss of "millions of good American jobs." Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Frustrated by the paralysis in Washington over combating climate change, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and officials from 17 other states signed a pledge Friday to pressure Congress and the next president to quickly adopt aggressive limits on greenhouse gas emissions. "Washington is asleep...
Articles 2008-04-19
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