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China Pushes for CO2 Storage, Not Emissions Reductions
The head of the U.S. delegation at U.N. climate talks in Barcelona this week says China should cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, ...
U.S. Cap-and-Trade Creates Winners and Losers among Largest Emitters
Under the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill, ExxonMobil would face an annual charge of $5.9 billion to purchase carbon allowances, while electricity giants like Exelon and Pacific Gas ...
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 ...
Cap-and-Trade System Might Cost Less Than Critics Say
The financial impact of regulating coal-fired power plants that produce carbon dioxide emissions under a cap-and-trade system is much less than previously projected, and a ...
EIA Projects 2009 Emissions Reduction of 29M Metric Tons
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects CO2 emissions from the commercial and residential sectors to be 29 million metric tons lower in 2009, or just over ...
EPA to Require Large Emitters to use ‘Best Technologies’ to Reduce Emissions
In a move that could galvanize industrial opposition to cap and trade, the EPA is proposing that large emitters use the "best available" technologies to minimize ...
EU Proposes Emission Caps on Aviation, Shipping
The European Union will likely propose that aviation and shipping should cut their carbon dioxide emissions by 10 and 20 percent, respectively, below 2005 levels over ...
G20 Leaders Debate Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Curb Global Warming
Group of 20 leaders are close to an agreement on phasing out subsidies for fossil fuels in an effort to curb global warming, though no fixed ...
Poland Power Plant Plans Carbon Capture
Poland's Belchatow power plant, Europe's largest polluter, is planning to curb its emissions with the help of millions of euros of EU investment, Reuters reports.
Lawsuit Charges Midwest Generation with Air Pollution
Midwest Generation in Illinois is being sued by federal and state lawyers for emitting noxious smoke at six plants, reports the Chicago Tribune. Lawyers allege ...
Thanks to Government, Carbon Capture Projects Taking Off
Touted as an alternative to alternative energies, carbon capture and sequestration for coal-fired utilities is gaining steam, thanks in part to support from federal and state ...
Bonn Climate Talks End Fruitlessly
Global climate ministers left the latest round of climate talks with a feeling that momentum is fading for a positive outcome at the December talks in ...
Australia Votes Down Carbon Trading Scheme
One of the world's most ambitious carbon-trading proposals was defeated in Australian Parliament. It was not a partisan vote, either. Conservatives voted against the proposal because they ...
Emissions, Energy, Water Use Rise at Cliffs Natural Resources in 2008
Cliffs Natural Resources, a mining and natural resource company, reports that the company's emissions, energy consumption and water use all increased in 2008, according to its ...
U.S. CO2 Emissions From Fuels to Fall 5% in 2009
As a direct result of the recession, U.S. emissions from fuels, including coal plants, are predicted to fall 5 percent in 2009, according to the ...
Lobbyist Opposing Climate Bill Sent Forged Letters to House
Letters sent to a member of the House of Representatives, under the guise of the NACCP and Hispanic advocacy groups opposing the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, ...
Even in Agreement, U.S., China Still Worlds Apart on Climate Change
While a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the U.S. and China, no firm goals have been set on climate change. Despite the pledge to ...
U.S., China Partnership to Develop Fuel-Efficient Cars, Green Buildings
China and the United States, the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases accounting for about 40 percent of the carbon dioxide emitted into the air, ...
California Delays Carbon Fee Decision
California has delayed a decision on whether to implement the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and ...
Federal Climate Report Supports Obama Agenda
A new federal climate report supports the notion of global warming, a development that may lend weight and urgency to some of Obama Administration proposals such ...
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