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So Fresh and So Clean More than $6 billion pledged to boost clean-tech in developing countries		26 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 4:01 PM on 26 Sep 2008 Industrialized countries have promised to put more than $6.1 billion in the World Bank's Climate Investment Funds, which aim to boost clean technologies and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in developing countries. On Friday, the United States pledged $2 billion over three years; Britain will chip in $1.47 billion and Japan $1.2 billion, with contributions from Australi ...
Topics: Australia, climate, climate change mitigation, France, Germany, investing, Japan, Netherlands, news, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland ... (all these topics)

You've Got a Visible Party Line GOP platform acknowledges human-caused climate change, leaves out ANWR drilling		28 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 4:59 AM on 28 Aug 2008 The Republican platform for 2008, hammered out by the Republican National Committee ahead of the party's convention next week, is mildly greener than in 2004, making it "the greenest platform we've ever had," according to a member of the committee. The draft platform acknowledges humans' role in climate change but still takes digs at the issu ...
Topics: climate, energy, news, politics, presidential race 08, United States (all these topics)

NOAA's Arctic U.S. scouts out territory in Arctic; ice-cover loss could be worst ever		12 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:09 PM on 12 Aug 2008 U.S. scientists will head to the Arctic this week on a quest to map the ocean floor, and will collaborate with Canada on a surveying trip in September. The two nations -- and their Arctic-bordering compatriots Russia, Denmark, and Norway -- are scrambling to measure their respective continental shelves, with an eye to claiming as much as they can of the estimated 90 billion bar ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, climate, climate change impacts, news, oil and gas drilling, scientific research, United States (all these topics)

Green Groups Doing a 'Face Plant' Two coal plants given go-ahead by green groups after concessions negotiated		07 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 7:00 AM on 07 Aug 2008 Environmental groups dropped their opposition to two different coal-fired power plant expansion projects in Wisconsin and Texas this week after the utilities agreed to a range of concessions designed to limit the environmental impacts of the plants. In Texas, power company NRG reached an agreement with Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition and the Environment ...
Topics: air pollution, business, climate, coal, Environmental Defense Fund, news, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics)

This is Not a Testimony Four senators call for perjury investigation of EPA chief's testimony		30 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 8:32 AM on 30 Jul 2008 Four senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee have called for the resignation of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and have asked the U.S. attorney general to investigate whether Johnson lied to Congress in a hearing about California's greenhouse-gas emissions waiver. In a letter to the attorney general, the senators wrote, "[W]e believe that there is ...
Topics: climate, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

The Gore-y Details Al Gore details plan for exclusively carbon-free electricity in U.S. by 2018		17 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 8:34 AM on 17 Jul 2008 In a speech in Washington, D.C., today, climate activist Al Gore called for the United States to move toward using electricity that comes exclusively from carbon-free sources within 10 years in order to stave off catastrophic climate change. "I ask you to join with me to call on every candidate, at every level, to accept this challenge," he said. "It's ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, energy, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Is It Graduation Yet? Bush admin gets senior-itis, says it won't decide on emissions before term ends		11 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:32 AM on 11 Jul 2008 EPA head Stephen Johnson. Photo: epa.gov Instead of deciding whether greenhouse-gas emissions endanger human health and welfare and formulating standards to reduce them -- as the Supreme Court ordered -- the EPA will run out the clock for the next few months soliciting more public comment. The Supreme Court ordered the EPA last year to decide on the GHG-endanger ...
Topics: climate, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Dally Affirmation Appeals court won't force EPA to speed up CO2 decision		27 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 7:08 AM on 27 Jun 2008 A federal appeals court has decided not to force the Bush administration to speed up its decision on whether carbon dioxide emissions endanger public health or welfare. The administration's decision on CO2 is a necessary step in the process of regulating U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles and industrial sources. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide is a pollu ...
Topics: climate, litigation, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

The Weather Aboveground U.S. federal report details climate change's impact on weather extremes		20 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 6:41 AM on 20 Jun 2008 North America will continue to experience more heat waves, intense rains, increased drought, and stronger hurricanes due to the worsening effects of climate change, says a new report from the U.S. federal government. The report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program is being billed as the first comprehensive federal review of climate change's effects on weather ex ...
Topics: climate, climate science, news, scientific research, United States (all these topics)

Pump Up the Volume China's carbon emissions highest in the world last year, study says		16 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 6:35 AM on 16 Jun 2008 China's carbon emissions were the highest in the world in 2007, exceeding those of its closest rival, the United States, by 14 percent, according to a new study from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. The NEAA also found in a study last year that China was the world's top polluter in 2006, a finding some other energy agencies disputed. However, the emissions incr ...
Topics: China, climate, energy, news, United States (all these topics)

Deep Space Excoriation NASA internal investigation finds press-office climate distortion		03 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 6:21 AM on 03 Jun 2008 An investigation by NASA's inspector general has found that the agency's press office repeatedly distorted climate-change research findings and limited its scientists' access to the media between 2004 and 2006. NASA scientist James Hansen first spoke out about the press-office distortion to major news outlets two years ago, leading the agency to eventually alter its press po ...
Topics: climate, James Hansen, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Y2.1K Ignoring climate change will cost U.S. big bucks, says group		23 May 2008	News
Posted at 11:34 AM on 23 May 2008 Doing nothing in the face of climate change would cost the U.S. $1.9 trillion a year (in today's dollars) by the turn of the next century, says a new report from green group NRDC. That includes big spending on severe-weather damage, real-estate losses, and energy and water costs. The NRDC report is aimed to counter claims that the Lieberman-Warner bill, set to hit the Senate floor in June, will s ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, economy, news, NRDC, United States (all these topics)

Weather or Not U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions rising		20 May 2008	News
Posted at 2:00 PM on 20 May 2008 U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions increased 1.6 percent in 2007, according to the Energy Information Administration. Factors at fault, according to the EIA: wacky weather that increased the need for heating and cooling, and "a higher carbon intensity of electricity supply." (Our electricity supply is carbon-intensive? Who knew?) The agency was quick to point out that GDP grew 2.7 percent in 2007, so " ...
Topics: climate, economy, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, severe weather, United States (all these topics)

Breaking the U.S.-China suicide pact William Chandler's recommendations on how we can cooperate to lower emissions	Joseph Romm	28 Mar 2008	Gristmill
William Chandler, director of the Carnegie Energy and Climate Program, has borrowed my phrase for the title of his new study: 'Breaking the Suicide Pact: U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change.' It begins: Together, China and the United States produce 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Their actions to curb or expand energy consumption will determine whether efforts to stop global climate change succeed or fail. If these two nations act to curb emissions, ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, economy, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, United States (all these topics)

It Was the West of Times ... U.S. West warming faster than the rest of the planet, says analysis		28 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:42 AM on 28 Mar 2008 The U.S. West is warming faster than the rest of the country, and faster than the planet as a whole, according to an analysis of 50 scientific studies done by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. From 2003 to 2007, the globe was 1 degree Fahrenheit warmer than its average 20th century temperature; during the same period, 11 Western states averaged 1.7 degrees war ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, United States (all these topics)

Unclear and Present Danger Climate change may cloud Lake Tahoe's waters, study says		25 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 12:45 PM on 25 Mar 2008 Climate change will likely cloud Lake Tahoe's famously clear waters within a decade, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California at Davis. Warmer temperatures are likely to alter and eventually shut down the lake's deep-water circulation, eventually turning the waters a murky green, researchers said. "A permanently stratified Lake Tahoe becomes ju ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, United States (all these topics)

Only You Can Prevent Climate Change Gore group will launch climate marketing campaign		24 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:42 AM on 24 Mar 2008 Photo: World Resources Institute Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection plans to spend more than $300 million over the next three years on a marketing campaign aimed at getting Americans to address climate change. With ads developed by the Martin Agency (the folks behind the Geico cavemen and chatty gecko) and partnerships with grassroots groups, the campaign focus will be o ...
Topics: advertising, Al Gore, business, climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, green products, news, United States (all these topics)

Science Unfair! Climate skeptics hold conference in New York City		04 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 8:34 AM on 04 Mar 2008 A conference of climate-change skeptics gathered in New York City this week to congratulate each other for daring to challenge the accepted science of global warming. A range of high-profile deniers painted themselves as put-upon independent thinkers branded as heretics by the church of climate-change dogma. Films were shown. Speeches were made. Al Gore jokes abounded. But actual climate science w ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, news, United States (all these topics)

Mark(et)ed for Death Three Wall Street banks announce funding restrictions for new coal power plants		04 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 6:24 AM on 04 Feb 2008 Photo: iStockphoto Three major investment banks, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, will announce new environmental standards today that are expected to make it more difficult for large coal-fired power plants in the United States to get funding. The standards anticipate some form of cap-and-trade program becoming law in the U.S. in coming years an ...
Topics: business, climate, coal, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Snow Woe Climate change leading to water shortages in U.S. West, says study		01 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 11:58 AM on 01 Feb 2008 Remember water? We're not quite at the point of calling it a thing of the past -- but it sure looks to become scarce in the U.S. West, says a new study in the journal Science. It's not natural weather variability or volcanic activity, say researchers, but quite clearly climate change that is leading to swiftly declining snowpack in Western mountains, which leads to rivers running dry, wh ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, United States, water crisis (all these topics)

As I Lei Dying Hawaii climate conference ends, scant progress made		01 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 6:50 AM on 01 Feb 2008 The U.S.-led climate talks in Honolulu, Hawaii, ended yesterday without much fanfare and without much progress achieved. By most accounts, it was a closed-door, bureaucratic nothing-fest wherein delegates from the 17 biggest-polluting countries spoke about the need to act, but no one actually did. The United States finally agreed to take part in forming climate-change plans with the rest of the ...
Topics: climate, international politics, news, United States (all these topics)

Under pressure E.U. considers pollution charges on imports from U.S. and other climate scofflaws	Patrick Mazza	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill
U.S. failure to enact limits on global warming emissions could cost American companies that export to the European Union. E.U. President Jose Manuel Barroso on Sunday said the European Commission is considering a charge on importers from nations without carbon limits. Companies from those countries may be required to buy carbon emissions allowances on exports into the E.U. This is intended to level the playing field with European companies who are already part ...
Topics: European Union, United States, economy, politics, international politics, climate, business, state politics (all these topics)

Papua ooh mau mau The real story behind the world's favorite scolding of the U.S.	David Roberts	22 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Last month, Kevin Conrad became somewhat famous representing Papua New Guinea at the Bali climate talks. Confronted yet again with U.S. intransigence, Conrad said: I would ask the United States, we ask for your leadership. But if for some reason you're not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of us. Please get out of the way. The way the story's been told, Conrad's bold moral cry shattered the wall of U.S. indifference and broke the logjam. Naturally, the realit ...
Topics: international politics, Bali 07, United States, politics, climate (all these topics)

Assault and battery Chinese workers pay for our cadmium-battery habit	Tom Philpott	16 Jan 2008	Gristmill
In the last 20 years, the United States has essentially dismantled its industrial base, moving production of consumer goods south to Mexico and east to Asia. This has not only dramatically lowered the cost of goods, fueling a consumer boom; it has also helped make our economy less energy-intensive, and lowered our exposure to industrial waste. But net gains for the environment and worker health have been imaginary. We've merely shifted the burdens of industrial ...
Topics: environmental justice, greenhouse-gas emissions, climate, consumerism, business, toxics, United States, China (all these topics)

Gnashing my teeth over globalization Can economic democracy make the global economy more sustainable?	Jon Rynn	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Worried about more coal plants, carbon emissions from transportation, and a crumbling infrastructure? Evidence provided by several recent reports point to one of the least explored causes of these problems: globalization, that is, the transfer of manufacturing capacity from developed to developing countries, particularly China. The mechanisms differ. The U.S. and Europe, which could manufacture using environmentally benign techniques, instead use old, polluting techn ...
Topics: economy, United States, China, business, climate, energy, air pollution, coal, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

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