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Senate Tries to Get Past Hot Air in Climate Hearings
With the Senate set to wrap up three days of hearings on the climate bill Oct. 29, stakeholders on all sides of the debate are ramping ...
Climate Bill Needs to Drive Investment in Energy Efficiency
Climate legislation that encourages energy-saving investments will create millions of jobs, save U.S. consumers billions on monthly energy bills, and spur innovation, according to a report ...
U.S. Chamber to Sue Pants Off Pranksters Yes Men
After getting embarrassed by false communications that suggested a policy shift on climate change, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is fighting back by suing ...
Google, Microsoft, IBM Could Profit by Pressuring U.S. Chamber, Greenpeace Says
IT stalwarts like Google, Microsoft and IBM would profit by stepping up the pressure on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to modify its climate ...
UN Lowers Copenhagen Expectations
Citing the lack of a comprehensive climate bill in the U.S. Congress and a lack of consensus from industrialized nations, the United Nations indicates it doesn't ...
Sweden Mandates Carbon Emissions Labels on Food
New labels listing the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the production of foods, from whole wheat pasta to fast food burgers, are appearing on some grocery ...
Research Analyzes 270 Global Climate and Energy Policies to Drive Investment
Investors can't justify moving capital into clean-tech technologies until governments mitigate the financial risks involved by enacting climate-change policies that are transparent, long-term and certain, according ...
WWF to Screen Forest Carbon Investments
WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) plans to launch investment screening guidelines for financial investors in the upcoming months to encourage support for responsible ...
Kyoto CDM Offset Spending Fell 12% in 2008 – More to Come
The 12 percent drop in purchases of carbon offsets under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in 2008 may be just the tip of the ...
EPA May Withdraw Bush-era Rule, Crack Down on Refinery Emissions
The EPA wants to withdraw a portion of air toxics regulations put in place during the Bush administration, a move that would lead to ...
Fewer Americans View Global Warming as a Problem
About 35 percent of Americans see global warming as a very serious problem, down from about 44 percent in April of 2008, according to ...
GE Pushes for Multilateral Free Trade on Cleantech
General Electric Co. (GE) says a trade deal in environmental goods and services, separate from the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha round of talks to open ...
Leading CEOs Advise Congress to Support All Energy Sources, Electric Grid
Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers at leading U.S. companies, is urging Congress and the Obama Administration to support renewable and traditional sources of ...
EU Takes Tough Emissions Stance for Planes, Ships
The European Union has adopted a proposal to curb airline's emissions 10 percent by 2020, and that of ships by 20 percent by 2020. The move comes ...
VCS and CarbonFix Tops in Review of Forestry Carbon Standards
The voluntary carbon market has evolved tremendously since its early days and now provides a multitude of standards to certify the carbon credits and ...
GE, Whirlpool, Others Launch Smart Green Grid Initiative
GE, Whirlpool Corp. and other technology and utility businesses have established a new collaborative effort aimed at demonstrating the ...
Mohawk Fine Paper Joins U.S. Chamber Exodus
Citing its disapproval with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's position on climate change, another company has left the fold. Mohawk Fine Paper believes that to belong ...
News of Chamber’s Climate Change Shift a Hoax
A press release purporting to be from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 19 said that the chamber was ...
Another Republican May Break Ranks on Climate Bill
The Senate climate bill may have gotten another important ally in Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the ranking Republican on the Senate energy committee. However, for her ...
Greenpeace Calls Noel Kempff Climate Action Project a Carbon Scam
Greenpeace released a new report that calls into question the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project (NKCAP) aimed at saving Bolivia's rainforests, stating the project ...
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