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A More Perfect Union
Sierra Club and Auto Workers Unite Against Bush Fuel-Economy Plan |
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20 Feb 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| A More Perfect Union Sierra Club and Auto Workers Unite Against Bush Fuel-Economy Plan Bush's new fuel-economy plan is even ticking off the United Auto Workers union. The UAW has often been at odds with enviros over auto efficiency standards, but now it's teaming up with the Sierra Club to fight the administration's proposal. In a ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Footprint on the Gas
Exxon Responsible for 5 Percent of All Historical CO2 Emissions |
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30 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Footprint on the Gas Exxon Responsible for 5 Percent of All Historical CO2 Emissions Since its founding as the Standard Oil Trust in 1882, ExxonMobil and its predecessor companies have been responsible for between 4.7 and 5.3 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions. Ever. In the whole world. So claims a report, "Exxon's Climate Footprint," draw ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, climate, commercial and industry organizations, ozone, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Gore Text
Gore Calls Bush a 'Moral Coward' in Speech on Environment |
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16 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Gore Text Gore Calls Bush a "Moral Coward" in Speech on Environment The Bush administration is "wholly owned by the coal, oil, utility, and mining companies," said former Vice President Al Gore in a fiery address to a packed theater in New York City on Thursday. The speech -- fourth in a series co ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Al Gore, climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, New York, political groups, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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The Kindest Cut
Companies Show that Cutting Emissions Can Improve Performance |
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01 Dec 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| The Kindest Cut Companies Show that Cutting Emissions Can Improve Performance President Bush and many Republicans in Congress complain that restricting emissions of carbon dioxide would hobble the U.S. economy, but a growing number of companies are showing that cutting emissions can help the bottom line and they are pursuing reductions far greater than the voluntary ones proposed by Bush. Large alum ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, politics (all these topics) |
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I Want to Be Your Pledge Hammer
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13 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| I Want to Be Your Pledge Hammer In what the Bush administration hailed as proof that voluntary environmental initiatives can work, representatives from 13 different industries gathered in the Energy Department cafeteria yesterday to pledge their commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The industries, ranging from energy companies to paper manufacturers, have agreed to ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, Department of Energy, politics (all these topics) |
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Volunteer Spirit
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21 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Volunteer Spirit In an all-out effort to demonstrate the viability of voluntary solutions to global climate change, officials from the Bush administration are touring the country, coaxing promises from industry leaders to cut greenhouse gas emissions. If self-regulation fails to attract enough takers, staving off mandatory emissions restriction ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, politics (all these topics) |
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Credit Where Credit Is Due
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06 Dec 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Credit Where Credit Is Due The Kyoto Protocol on climate change has not yet gone into effect, but the first sale of greenhouse gas credits negotiated within the treaty's proposed framework is officially a done deal. Slovakia (of all places) has sold emissions credits equivalent to 200,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide to a Japanese trading house, which declined to ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, Japan, politics, Slovakia, United States (all these topics) |
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Detroit Rock City
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14 Nov 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Detroit Rock City Detroit automakers sure aren't complaining about the Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate. They anticipate having a close ally in the incoming chair of the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee, James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who is known for his criticism of clean air regulations and the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. He once referred ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, James Inhofe, placemaking, politics (all these topics) |
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