Obama directs government to lead by example on global warming, oil useOctober 6th, 2009 Obama: Government to set global warming exampleWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants the federal government to set the example when it comes to global warming. In an executive order signed Monday, Obama required all agencies to do what he wants companies operating power plants, running refineries and making automobiles to do: reduce heat-trapping gases.
Obama directs federal agencies to set targets to reduce their global warming pollutionOctober 5th, 2009 Obama puts government on greenhouse-gas dietWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is putting the federal government on a greenhouse-gas diet. In an executive order signed Monday, Obama directed all agencies to set the first-ever targets for reducing climate-altering pollution from government buildings, fleets and federal workers' commutes.
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.
Democrats introduce climate-change bill in US SenateSeptember 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Democrats introduced ambitious climate-change legislation Wednesday in the Senate with the goal of reducin greenhouse-gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels, a larger reduction than the 17-percent approved in June by the House. The bill introduced by Democratic Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer outlines a plan to curb toxic emissions by creating a market for companies to buy and sell pollution permits.
Japanese PM pledges deep greenhouse cuts, money for poorer countriesSeptember 22nd, 2009 Japanese PM pledges deep greenhouse cutsUNITED NATIONS — Japan's new prime minister is pledging a deep cut in greenhouse gases blamed for climate change. Yukio Hatoyama told world leaders gathered Tuesday a United Nations climate change summit that his nation aims to make a 25 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2020.
Modest long-term economic costs projected in climate bill compared to overall growthSeptember 18th, 2009 Report: Climate bill costs could be modestWASHINGTON — The long-term economic costs of a climate bill being considered in Congress would be "comparatively modest" in light of expected overall economic growth over the next 40 years, according to a congressional report released Friday. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill, which would impose a "cap and trade" system to reduce greenhouse gases, would cause the economy, or GDP, to be a quarter to three-quarters of 1 percent lower in 2020 than it otherwise would be.
Japan's likely next PM pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020September 7th, 2009 Japan's likely next PM pledges big emissions cutTOKYO — The man expected to become Japan's next prime minister said Monday his government will follow through on a campaign pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020. It is a more aggressive goal than the previous administration's, which would have only cut emissions by about 8 percent from 1990 levels.
Korea, New Zealand pledge emissions cuts as climate talks reconvene; activists rap low goalsAugust 10th, 2009 Climate talks resume with new emissions pledgesAMSTERDAM —Wealthy countries are not going far enough to control greenhouse gas emissions, activists said Monday as delegates from 180 nations resumed talks on a global climate change pact. Beginning a five-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, negotiators began trying to whittle down a 200-page draft into a workable treaty that will bring the world's carbon emissions under control over the next decade.
Climate change: developed countries unwilling to commit to 2020 targetsJuly 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Developed countries comprising the G8 are unwilling to commit themselves to reducing greenhouse gas emissions drastically by 2020, despite scientists across the world and developing countries urging them to do so. With the issue of climate change becoming significant during the G8-G5 summit here, especially in the run-up to the UN climate change summit to be held in Copenhagen this December, emerging economies of the G5 are exerting pressure on the G8 to commit to earlier targets on reducing emissions.
Obama administration agrees that industrialized nations should reduce greenhouse gas emissionsJuly 8th, 2009 Obama administration agrees on greenhouse gas cutsL'AQUILA, Italy — The Obama administration says it agrees that industrialized nations should sharply reduce their greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades. White House officials said Wednesday that the administration supports a goal of an 80 percent greenhouse gas reduction from industrialized nations by 2050.
Major provisions of House Democrats' climate and energy billJune 25th, 2009 Major provisions of House climate and energy billHighlights of climate bill approved passed by the House:
— Reducing greenhouse gases by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050 through a cap-and-trade program that allows pollution permits to be bought and sold. — Limiting emissions from major industrial sources, including power plants, factories, refineries and electricity and natural gas distributors.
Calif. Air Resources Board ready to vote on carbon fee on industry to fight global warmingJune 25th, 2009 Calif. board weighs pollution tax on industriesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators are considering a proposal to impose the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.
Reduce your pollution 40 percent, India tells industrialised countriesJune 13th, 2009 BONN - Industrialised countries should be legally bound to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions "by at least 40 percent below 1990 levels in 2020", India and 36 other developing countries have proposed. The proposal, made on Friday, the last day of the June 1-12 talks here in preparation for the climate summit in Copenhagen this December, also says industrialised countries must reduce their GHG emissions after 2012 "by applying the principle of historical responsibility, from 1850 to 2005."
Apart from India, the developing countries that have submitted this joint proposal to amend the 1997 Kyoto Protocol include China, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
UN climate chief criticizes Japan's CO2 emissions target, says rich countries short of goalJune 10th, 2009 UN climate chief: Rich nations short on CO2 goalsBONN, Germany — Japan unveiled a new target Wednesday for reducing greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent by 2020, but the plan was slammed by environmentalists and the U.N. climate chief as leaving the industrial world dangerously short of its pollution goals.
Calif. expected to adopt nation's first low-carbon fuel rules; oil, ethanol groups criticalApril 23rd, 2009 Calif. expected to adopt low-carbon fuel rulesSACRAMENTO — California air regulators are considering first-in-the nation rules to require low-carbon fuels as part of the state's wider effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The California Air Resources Board on Thursday is expected to adopt standards that could serve as a template for a national policy.
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