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Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
Following California's decision earlier this week to require elevated energy efficiency standards for TVs, the Canadian province of Ontario is ...
EPA Is One Step Closer to New Ship Emissions Standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered draft rules for new engine and fuel standards for the largest ocean-bound ships to the White House for review, ...
California City’s Green Building Ordinance Applies to Commercial Buildings
New commercial buildings in San Mateo, Calif., will have to be constructed to minimum environmental standards now that a previously ...
Canada Delays GHG Emissions Regs, Russia Ups Emissions Cuts
Add Canada to a growing list of countries that want to wait until a global climate deal is struck and the United States decides how it ...
Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
As the U.S. House of Representatives considers how far the EPA should go in regulating chemicals used in everyday products, trade groups are cautioning against over-regulation. The ...
U.S., China Partner on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency
President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao have agreed to a wide ranging package of programs and initiatives (seven in total) to strengthen the ...
UK to Ease Rules for On-Site Renewable Energy Installations
Aimed at helping cut carbon emissions, the UK has proposed new planning rules that will allow home owners, offices, schools, stadiums and railway stations to install ...
EPA May Regulate Sulfur Dioxide Emissions on Hourly Basis
Manufacturers and utilities that emit sulfur dioxide may soon fall under tighter regulation, as the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new rules that set hourly requirements ...
Mafia Ties to Wind Fraud in Italy Investigated
Italian finance police have arrested two prominent businessmen -- including one with ties to a former investor in the Cape Wind project in Nantucket -- in ...
Around the Web – Net Impact, Sustainable Packaging, GE, Frontier Oil
Debate arises on sustainable packaging The Packer Business Leaders Converge At C.U. for Net Impact 2009 Cornell Daily Sun Frontier Oil ...
Legal Risks & CSR Standards
Many people wonder if the global recession will make it hard to enforce corporate social responsibility. Michael Levine, of Epstein, Becker & Green explains that in fact there are now an increasing amount of legal ...
Consensus: No Climate Deal at Copenhagen
The decision by some world leaders to not seek a binding climate change agreement in Copenhagen has dealt a significant setback to efforts leading up to ...
Around the Web: Green Jobs, NAM, P&G, Nuclear Reprocessing
What British business wants from Copenhagen The Times Mass. struggles to turn green tech into green jobs Chicago Tribune NAM ...
Japan, U.S. Forge Consensus on Climate, Cleantech
The United States and Japan will work with each other to develop renewable energy technologies and other cleantech, as well as set ...
Offshore Wind Power Capacity Estimates Rise, Yet Support Seems Weak
Offshore wind power development is starting to gain a foothold in the renewable energy industry thanks to several new reports that cite big potential capacity. But ...
Senate Climate Bill May be Reshaped by Coal States
Senators from states heavily reliant on coal-fired electricity want the climate bill to apportion more free carbon permits to their states, reports Reuters. Without such changes, ...
U.S. Must Pursue Low Carbon Development
Todd Stern, State Department Special Envoy for Climate Change, testifies at the House ...
As Congress Drags Feet on CO2 Regulations, EPA Moves Forward
The Environmental Protection Agency, as it promised it would do, is moving ahead to regulate carbon dioxide emissions in the absence of ...
Nations Argue Over CO2 Emissions Cuts, Audits
The measurement, reporting and auditing of greenhouse gas emissions by each country is a key focus of U.N. climate negotiations leading up to climate talks in ...
Peabody, Exxon Accused of Undermining Climate Talks
Negotiations for a new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being blocked by a multi-national backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy ...
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