Obama aide concedes climate legislation won't be done by DecemberOctober 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama's top aide on climate change acknowledged that legislation requiring major reductions in global-warming emissions is unlikely to pass Congress before December's Copenhagen summit on climate change. Carol Browner, director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, said Friday in Washington that completion of the legislative process before Obama attends the Copenhagen meeting "is not going to happen", The New York Times reported early Saturday on its website.
Obama's top energy adviser says no way Congress can pass climate change bill this yearOctober 2nd, 2009 Obama adviser says no climate change law this yearWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says there is no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year. "That's not going to happen," the adviser, Carol Browner, said Friday.
Mesa, Ariz., is 1,000th city to sign Conference of Mayors' climate change agreementOctober 2nd, 2009 Mesa, Ariz., is 1,000th signer for climate changeSEATTLE — Mesa, Ariz., is the 1,000th city to sign the U.S. Conference of Mayors' climate change agreement.
Climate change fight back proposal for poorer nations fails to address financing shortagesSeptember 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Oxfam Australia, an international aid group, has said that the Australian government's proposal to allow developing nations to set weaker emissions targets failed to address financing shortages in poorer countries. Australian Climate Change Minister Penny Wong outlined a plan, during a meeting of world environment ministers in Washington, that would let the developing world set their own binding schedule to cut carbon pollution.
Failure to cut CO2 emissions spells global health catastropheSeptember 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists has warned that failure to agree radical cuts in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen this December spells a global health catastrophe. According to Lord Michael Jay and Professor Michael Marmot, the scientific evidence that global temperatures are rising and that man is responsible has been widely accepted since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report in 2007.
Obama, Brown speak by phone, discuss climate change and economic recoveryJune 27th, 2009 Obama, Brown speak on climate change, economyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday spoke with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to discuss climate change and the global economic recovery. Obama spoke with his counterpart by telephone as part of their ongoing consultations.
US to suffer serious effects from climate changeJune 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US is already being struck by the effects of climate change and the threats will only grow if the world does not speed up its efforts to reduce pollutants blamed for rising temperatures, the US government warned Tuesday. In a much-anticipated report that was compiled over years by US agencies and independent scientists, the government painted a broad picture of the threats that the United States faces from climate change.
Potsdam symposium urges action on climate changeJune 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Participants at the Nobel Laureate Symposium Series on Global Sustainability in Potsdam have called for a 'Great Transformation' aimed at bringing about technical, economic, political and cultural changes to meet the double challenge of environmental destabilization and persistent underdevelopment. According to a report in ENN (Environmental News Network), this Symposium series brings together Nobel Laureates of various disciplines, top-level representatives from politics and Non Government Organizations, and experts on sustainability.
Now, effects of changing climate on sheep can be mathematically predictedMay 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, it has been proven that the effects of a changing climate on a population of bighorn sheep can be mathematically predicted. Researchers from Germany, the US, and Mexico studied a population of bighorn sheep introduced to Tiburon island, Mexico, in 1975.
Groundbreaking proposals unveiled for inclusion of climate change data in annual reportsMay 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has announced groundbreaking proposals to assist directors in the inclusion of climate change-related information in companies' annual reports. The pioneering proposals, unveiled at the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen, take the form of a global framework that clarifies precisely which climate change data should be reported by corporations and provides management with a set of guidelines designed to streamline disclosure procedures.
Study argues energy efficiency can offset cost of addressing climate changeApril 21st, 2009 High cost of addressing climate change challengedWASHINGTON — An environmental group is challenging claims that major reductions in greenhouse gases would lead to soaring energy costs. The Union of Concerned Scientists says its analysis, using Energy Department computer models, show that higher electric and gasoline costs will be offset by improvements in energy and automobile efficiency.
Global warming might reduce if nations cut greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percentApril 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new analysis has determined that the threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century. The analysis was done by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
India, US to maintain dialogue on climate changeMarch 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - India and the US have agreed to continue their high level dialogue on climate change in the run up to the Copenhagen conference to evolve a new global regime on the issue. The agreement came as Prime Minister's Manmohan Singh's Special Envoy on climate change, Shyam Saran, Wednesday concluded the first high-level interaction with Obama administration on climate change and related matters.
Carbon sinks losing the battle with rising emissionsMarch 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the international Copenhagen Climate Change Conference have determined that the stabilizing influence that land and ocean carbon sinks have on rising greenhouse gas emissions is gradually weakening. "Forests, grasslands and oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere faster than ever but they are not keeping pace with rapidly rising emissions," said CSIRO scientist and co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Dr Mike Raupach.
US ready to tackle energy, climate issues: ObamaJanuary 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Monday said Washington would take on a new leading role in confronting climate change and weaning the country off its dependence on foreign oil. Obama signalled a clean break in climate and energy policy from the administration of former president George W Bush, which was criticized for playing down the dangers of climate change.
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