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Senator Kerry: Climate, Energy Challenges Spell Opportunity

April 30, 2009May 5, 2009 by Paul Nastu

At a reception for representatives of 17 countries attending President Barack Obama’s “Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate” in Washington, D.C., this week, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., compared pending climate legislation to the successful acid rain cap-and-trade system established in the 1990s and said climate regulations could buoy and ... Read more »

U.S., Mexico Partner to Fight Climate Change

April 23, 2009 by Gina Roos

The United States and Mexico agreed to a new partnership to fight climate change and promote environmentally-friendly forms of energy production, reports Reuters. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon, meeting in Mexico City, agreed on the importance of promoting clean energy and combating climate change and the value ... Read more »

White House Ties Climate Action to Economic Growth

April 8, 2009April 8, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Increasingly, the Obama Administration’s messaging on climate action is tied to opportunities for economic growth. The proposed cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions would “encourage the development and deployment of the clean-energy technologies that will be critical to address climate change, enhance energy security and create jobs that can’t be outsourced,” ... Read more »

House Ups the Ante on Emissions Bill

March 31, 2009March 31, 2009 by Paul Nastu

New climate legislation from the House of Representatives, which would cut national greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, is more aggressive than similar measures pushed by the Obama Administration. The bill would establish a cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide and national standards for renewable energy and ... Read more »

Obama Ousts GM Chief, Requires Better MPG Standards

March 30, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Increasingly putting its stamp on the U.S. auto industry that has sought bailout funds, the Obama Administration has forced an earlier-than-expected resignation by General Motors chief Richard Wagoner. And as a condition of receiving further bailout funds, the government is pushing Chrysler toward a partnership with Italy’s Fiat. Obama’s auto ... Read more »

Bonn Climate Talks May Preview Obama’s Policies

March 27, 2009March 29, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Expectations are running high for the world climate talks starting March 29 in Bonn, Germany. The talks, which run through April 8, are but the first stage in crafting a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The event will mark the Obama Administration’s first big statement on how the United States ... Read more »

Obama: Auto Maker Bailout Funds Tied to Restructuring, Emissions Cuts

March 27, 2009March 30, 2009 by Gina Roos

President Barack Obama is expected to make a decision in late March about a possible bailout for the financially troubled U.S. auto industry, reported the Legal Newsline. Automotive companies may get taxpayer help if they agree to restructure their businesses and employ stricter emissions regulations. An Obama task force must ... Read more »

EPA May Classify Carbon Dioxide as a Pollutant

March 24, 2009October 23, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, a move that may have far-reaching impacts on manufacturing and business. By concluding that greenhouse gases are pollutants that could endanger human health and welfare, the EPA is essentially over-riding a Bush-era ... Read more »

Stimulus Package Delivers $2.4 Billion for Electric Vehicle Projects

March 20, 2009October 18, 2009 by Gina Roos

President Barack Obama has announced the launch of two major electric vehicle programs that will help meet the president’s goal of putting one million plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road by 2015. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the U.S. Department of Energy released two competitive solicitations ... Read more »

Senators Challenge Obama’s Cap-and-Trade Emissions Program

March 19, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Normally, Democratic senators can be expected to stand with President Obama and his proposals, but some key lawmakers may become obstacles in the path of cap-and-trade carbon emissions standards. Citing the burden the standards would put on manufacturing, particularly automobile-related manufacturing, Michigan Democratic senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow are ... Read more »

Obama May Kill EPA Performance Track, ‘Green Club’

March 16, 2009March 16, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Within a week, President Obama is expected to terminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s Performance Track program. The Bush-era program allows companies who implement voluntary pollution controls to benefit from reduced environmental inspections and less stringent regulation. Companies complying with the program were in the so-called “Green Club.” Senior EPA officials ... Read more »

FutureGen Project May Get ‘Fresh Look’

March 12, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

An Illinois clean-coal project that was tabled by the Bush Administration may get a second life under the new president. The FutureGen project gained prominence for its promise to sequester CO2 emissions underground, and notoriety for a ballooning budget. Shortly before President Bush left office, the Department of Energy pulled ... Read more »

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