News

Al's well that ends well

Franken win means another likely Senate vote for climate action 15
Posted 3 days, 2 hours ago by Kate Sheppard
Waiver hello

EPA affirms California’s right to set tougher automobile emissions standards 0
Posted 3 days, 3 hours ago by Kate Sheppard
Feeling light-headed

Obama announces new efficiency initiatives as part of big clean-energy push 7
Posted 4 days ago by Kate Sheppard

More in News

China blasts U.S. climate bill enabling penalties on trade partners 2
Posted 1 day, 5 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
China said Thursday it was "firmly" opposed to provisions in a new U.S. clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution. Read More
2 degrees of Earth bakin'

47 groups urge Obama to endorse 2-degree C warming threshold 3
Posted 2 days ago by Kate Sheppard
A broad coalition of environment, science, and faith-based groups sent a letter to President Barack Obama recently asking him to pursue a goal of keeping global warming to less than 2 degrees in upcoming international meetings. Read More
G8 summit to seek 80 percent emissions cut by 2050 0
Posted 2 days, 5 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
The Group of Eight rich nations summit in Italy next week is likely to call on industrialized countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, a report said Wednesday. Read More
G8: Canada worst, Germany best on climate change 1
Posted 2 days, 5 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
Canada ranks last among the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations for tackling climate change while Germany is top, the green group WWF and the German insurance giant Allianz reported on Wednesday. Read More
Who knew?

Screwing up environment not so great for economy, studies find 2
Posted 3 days, 2 hours ago by David Roberts
You know all those things we do that screw up the environment but are allegedly necessary for a vibrant economy? Recent studies paint a different picture ... Read More
Environment ministers to meet in Greenland for climate talks 0
Posted 3 days, 5 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
Around 30 environment ministers and delegates from the world's biggest polluters are set to meet in the Danish territory of Greenland Tuesday ahead of the larger UN climate summit in Copenhagen at the end of 2009. Read More
US, Indonesia sign debt-for-nature agreement 1
Posted 3 days, 5 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
The United States and Indonesia signed an agreement in which the largest Southeast Asian nation will commit to protect tropical forests in return for reduced debt payments to Washington, officials said Tuesday. Read More
Nigeria’s oil pollution is stark example of resource curse, says Amnesty International 2
Posted 3 days, 6 hours ago by Agence France-Presse
The pollution caused by half a century of oil extraction in Nigeria is one of the world's most disturbing examples of the curse of natural resources, a global rights lobby group said Tuesday. Read More
MoveOn up

MoveOn asks members whether it should launch major campaign to strengthen climate bill 8
Posted 3 days, 23 hours ago by Kate Sheppard
The progressive activist group MoveOn is trying to rally its 5 million members behind an aggressive campaign to strengthen the climate and energy bill that passed the House last week. Read More
Still spinng

EPA ‘suppression’ story grows, despite shoddy science in report 3
Posted 4 days, 2 hours ago by Jonathan Hiskes
The peculiar story of a "suppressed" report at the Environmental Protection Agency continues to grow, despite the fact that the agency appears to have done nothing worse than holding its employees to professional standards. Read More