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Full Boris
London mayor releases plan for adapting to climate change |
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29 Aug 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:45 PM on 29 Aug 2008 London Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a draft plan Friday to help the city mitigate and adapt to climate change. Johnson put special attention to water conservation, calling for mandatory metering, increased efficiency, improved drainage, and rainwater harvesting. He also envisions more trees and green space. Environmentalists said the adaptation strategy was a good step, but said measures to cut ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, London, news, placemaking, water crisis (all these topics) |
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Ghana But Not Forgotten
Nations gather in Ghana to talk shop on next climate-change accord |
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22 Aug 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:12 PM on 22 Aug 2008 Some 1,600 delegates from 160 nations are moving forward on negotiations for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol as they gather this week in Accra, Ghana. The meeting is the third in a series of eight that will culminate in the adoption of a new global climate-change accord in Dec. 2009. "The negotiations need to speed up and become more concrete if governments are to m ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Ghana, greenhouse-gas emissions, international treaties, news, United Nations (all these topics) |
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I'll Have the Marsupial of the Day
Aussies should fight climate change by eating kangaroo, says study |
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08 Aug 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:29 AM on 08 Aug 2008 Australians who want to make a dent in climate change just need to eat more kangaroo, says a new study in the journal Conservation Letters. The methane-producing burps and farts of sheep and cattle contribute 11 percent of Australia's annual greenhouse-gas emissions. Kangaroos, however, emit little methane. Researchers say that 175 million kangaroos could produc ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Australia, climate, climate change mitigation, food, greenhouse-gas emissions, livestock, news, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Volunteers for Fears
Voluntary programs not so effective, says gov't watchdog |
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25 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:29 AM on 25 Jul 2008 Shocker: Voluntary measures to reduce greenhouse gases don't work so well, the U.S. EPA Inspector General's Office said Thursday. Despite the Bush administration's adoration of the word "voluntary," such programs have "limited potential" to actually address pollution and climate-change concerns, said the report. Too often, industries decline to spend money to partic ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, US EPA (all these topics) |
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West Foot Forward
Western states unveil draft cap-and-trade scheme |
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24 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:53 PM on 24 Jul 2008 The Western Climate Initiative has unveiled a draft proposal for a regional cap-and-trade program that would kick off in 2012. The 11 states and provinces involved -- Arizona, British Columbia, California, Manitoba, Montana, New Mexico, Ontario, Oregon, Quebec, Utah, and Washington -- would impose an as-yet-determined greenhouse-gas emissions limit on industries and utilities, then allow laggards ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, business, California, Canada, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, Montana, New Mexico, news, Oregon, Utah, Washington (all these topics) |
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Right Ontario
Ontario joins up with Western carbon cutters |
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18 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:28 PM on 18 Jul 2008 Ontario has joined the Western Climate Initiative, a regional carbon-trading agreement with a goal of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The province joins seven U.S. states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and three Canadian counterparts (British Columbia, Manitoba, and Quebec). For those folks not up on their Canadian know-how ... |
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| Topics: Canada, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, news (all these topics) |
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On a Wing and a Prayer
Aviation industry is into greening, to an extent |
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16 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:25 AM on 16 Jul 2008 The aviation industry talked up greenness Wednesday at the world's biggest air show in Farnborough, England. At a sustainability summit, Giovanni Bisignani of the International Air Transport Association called climate change an "emergency situation" and said airlines are the best suited to address it: "No other industry is as responsible, united, and ambitious." Indeed, t ... |
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| Topics: air travel, business, climate, climate change mitigation, fuel efficiency, news (all these topics) |
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The hole truth
EPA proposes new regulations for injecting carbon into the ground |
Kate Sheppard |
15 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The EPA released a proposal for a new rule on Tuesday that lays some of the groundwork needed to get carbon capture and storage technology up and running. If formally adopted, the new rule would create a new class of injection wells under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act's Underground Injection Control program. There are currently five different types of wells; this would add a sixth for those created to store carbon emissions from coal-fired power pl ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, climate change mitigation, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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To Half and to Hold
G8 nations agree to cut emissions 50 percent by 2050 (sort of) |
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08 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:51 AM on 08 Jul 2008 At this year's Group of Eight meeting in Japan, the world's richest nations more or less agreed to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 50 percent by 2050. While the agreement is notable since it means President Bush has budged ever-so-slightly on the climate issue, the group's statement on the cuts is little more than a carefully worded pledge to keep negotiating. At last year's G8 meeti ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, international politics, news (all these topics) |
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Summit like it hot
G8 leaders head to Hokkaido where Bush and his sherpa will provide climate guidance |
Kate Sheppard |
02 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| On Monday, George W. Bush will travel to Hokkaido, Japan, for his eighth and final G8 summit, where climate change is likely to be the subject of heated (ahem) talks. At last year's meeting, leaders agreed to seriously consider a goal of cutting global greenhouse-gas emissions 50 percent by 2050. But the Bush administration continues to resist mandatory targets, and in a speech on Wednesday, Bush made sure to again emphasize 'technologies' over regulation. 'I'll ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, George Bush, international treaties, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Air Over There
Airlines must pay for emissions, E.U. says |
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27 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:30 AM on 27 Jun 2008 All flights into, out of, and within the European Union will be included in the bloc's emissions-trading scheme as of 2012, the E.U. Parliament decided Thursday. If the plan is given final approval, airlines will have to cut emissions 3 percent in 2012 and 5 percent per year from 2013 on. Airlines would buy 15 percent of their emissions permits from the E.U.; the rest would be allocated for free. Big ... |
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| Topics: air travel, business, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, European Union, greenhouse-gas emissions, news (all these topics) |
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A Stern talking to
U.K. economist testifies to House subcommittee on the costs of inaction on climate change |
Kate Sheppard |
26 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| U.K. economist Nicholas Stern, author of the 2006 report, that argued that costs of inaction on climate change far outweigh the costs of acting, said yesterday that the planet is warming faster than previously predicted, which may increase the costs of action. Today he testified before the a House subcommittee on the increasing need for action, and the high economic and social costs of not taking the steps necessary to curb warming. Stern's initial report found th ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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California, California ... Here It Comes
California announces specifics of greenhouse-gas reduction plans |
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26 Jun 2008 |
News |
| California, California ... Here It Comes California announces specifics of greenhouse-gas reduction plans Posted at 7:30 AM on 26 Jun 2008 On Thursday, California state regulators released specific plans to reduce California's greenhouse-gas emissions 10 percent from today's levels by 2020, the first phase of a scheme to reduce emissions 80 percent by 2050. The bulk of the outlined reductions are designed to come from programs the state has already begun work on, but have been stalled, most no ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change mitigation, news (all these topics) |
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Checks and the City
Tokyo set to pass citywide cap-and-trade bill |
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24 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:32 AM on 24 Jun 2008 Tokyo, Japan, is on track to pass a bill on Wednesday that would limit the amount of greenhouse gases big companies in the city could emit, making it the first such mandatory program in the country. The city's 1,300 largest emitters are responsible for some 20 percent of Tokyo's total greenhouse-gas emissions. The bill aims to cap emissions from factories as well as office buildings starting in 20 ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Japan, news, politics (all these topics) |
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We Spend That Before Breakfast
Mere $45 trillion needed to tackle climate change, says IEA |
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06 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:26 PM on 06 Jun 2008 A G8-backed goal to halve greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 would take a global clean-technology investment of merely $45 trillion, the International Energy Agency said in a report Friday. That's about 1.1 percent of the world's average annual gross domestic product through 2050; more overwhelmingly, it's also about three times the size of the current U.S. economy. To meet ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, G8, news (all these topics) |
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Bonn of Contention
Yet another international climate meeting gets rollin' |
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02 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:19 PM on 02 Jun 2008 Yet another round of international climate talks has kicked off, this time in Bonn, Germany. More than 2,000 delegates from 162 countries will chit-chat over the next two weeks about the details of an agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol. But no significant steps forward are expected out of Bonn; most major decisions on the next treaty have been put off until 2009, when the U.S. delegat ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, international treaties, news (all these topics) |
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GOP vs. John McCain?
Climate bill fight likely to divide Republicans |
Kate Sheppard |
27 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Politico reports on the divide between John McCain and other Republicans on climate change: By contrast, the debate on a bipartisan climate change bill sponsored by Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.) offers McCain a chance to stake out a position different from the president's and see if his party will follow. The catch is that many Republicans are uncomfortable with McCain's talk of a cap-and-trade program for reducing carbon emissions. ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, John McCain, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Ration-All Thought
Personal carbon trading considered in U.K. |
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27 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:17 AM on 27 May 2008 Britain should go ahead with a carbon-credit trading system for individuals, a committee of Members of Parliament has recommended. The system could be modeled on cap-and-trade programs for industry, setting a cap on the amount of carbon each person is allowed to emit and requiring those who would exceed their allotment to purchase credits from those who emit less. Activities such as using gasoline, c ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Energy outage
Senate Energy Committee members wring their hands about the cost of climate action |
Kate Sheppard |
20 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee held a hearing this morning on the economic effects of global climate change legislation, and as expected, it was largely devoted to stoking fears about the potential costs of meaningful action. 'On the extremes, models have been used to show that legislation will have massive disruptions to the economy and cause widespread unemployment,' Committee Chair Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) said in his opening remarks. 'They hav ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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We Will Connecticut You Now
Connecticut goes big with emissions-reducing goals |
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06 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:50 PM on 06 May 2008 The Connecticut senate has unanimously passed a bill aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, becoming the fifth state to pass such legislation (after California, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Washington). The bill would require Connecticut to reduce emissions 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2050. If, as expected, Gov. Jodi Rell (R) signs it into ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Connecticut, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, politics, progress, state politics (all these topics) |
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Time to Move to Mars
Are fixing the climate and the ozone layer mutually exclusive? |
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24 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:59 PM on 24 Apr 2008 A geoengineering scheme to solve climate change could hurt the Antarctic ozone layer, while recovery of the ozone hole could increase Antarctic warming, new research suggests. A study published Thursday in Science decries suggestions to solve climate change by spewing sulfur into the atmosphere, saying that such a scheme would wipe out the Arctic ozone layer and delay the healing ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, climate, climate change mitigation, geoengineering, news, ozone, scientific research (all these topics) |
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By Our Power Combined
California utilities scuffle over cap-and-trade |
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21 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:42 AM on 21 Apr 2008 California is well aware that reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is easier said than done. The state's attempts to craft an effective cap-and-trade system are causing infighting among public utilities and their privately owned counterparts. Public utilities, which source more of their power from coal, protest that they're going to end up paying out the nose to the state and seeing the money red ... |
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| Topics: business, California, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, regulation, state politics (all these topics) |
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Faint Nicholas
Nicholas Stern says climate change worse than he thought |
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17 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:23 AM on 17 Apr 2008 Nicholas Stern, the British economist known for a major report in which he declared that combating climate change would cost less than ignoring it, has announced that he was wrong -- about how bad the problem is. "We badly underestimated the degree of damages and the risks of climate change" in the Oct. 2006 report, he said in a speech Wednesday. "All of the links in the chain ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, news (all these topics) |
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Same as It Ever Was
Bush's unambitious climate speech bashed by other major economies |
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17 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:11 AM on 17 Apr 2008 President George W. Bush took his unambitious views and goals on climate and stuck them into one mediocre speech Wednesday. Bush called for U.S. emissions to "slow over the next decade, stop by 2025, and begin to reverse thereafter," an aim far short of what other developed countries are suggesting and what experts think is needed. He relied, as ever, on "acceler ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, George Bush, news, politics (all these topics) |
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State Statement
Governors gather to gab about climate |
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16 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:18 AM on 16 Apr 2008 A group of influential governors will meet this week at Yale University to discuss taking the reins in the fight against climate change. The discussion will center around "blending a set of state efforts, some of which are already up and running, with an emerging federal climate system," according to Dan Esty, the director of Yale's Center for Environmental Law and Policy. Those state efforts includ ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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