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Reaction to EPA’s GHG Delay, As Republicans Step Up Their Attack

March 4, 2011March 4, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Environmental managers have reacted to the Environmental Protection Agency’s delay to its greenhouse gas rules, as Republicans in Congress stepped up their offensive with a bill that would permanently block such regulations. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) yesterday introduced a bill, called ... Read more »

EPA Delays Deadline for GHG Reporting

March 2, 2011March 2, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the reporting deadline for greenhouse gas emissions from large emitters and fuel suppliers, originally set for March 31. It did not specifically mention the date of the new deadline, but said that the final tool for companies to upload their data will be ... Read more »

GOP Seeks to Block GHG Regulation Funding

February 14, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

House Republicans on Friday continued an assault on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), introducing spending legislation that would prohibit the agency from regulating carbon dioxide emissions. The continuing resolution (CR) would also cut funding for energy and climate research, ClimateWire reports for the New York Times. The CR would fund ... Read more »

Motorola, British Land Take Carbon Trust to 500

February 9, 2011February 9, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Motorola, British Land and Mothercare are the latest companies to achieve the U.K.’s Carbon Trust Standard, taking the program’s number of certifications to 500. The mobile phone, real estate and maternity and children’s wear companies have all demonstrated genuine reductions in their carbon emissions over a three-year period, the Carbon ... Read more »

Energy Companies Fail to Track Carbon

February 1, 2011February 1, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Most energy and utility companies do not have any systems in place to measure their carbon emissions, according to a survey. A poll by software provider Enviance of attendees at the Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) found that 58 percent of those surveyed have no system in place to ... Read more »

Obama Calls for ‘Clean’ Energy Mandate, End to Oil Tax Breaks

January 26, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

President Obama has confounded many pundits by making energy policy a significant part of his State of the Union address. In the speech Tuesday night, Obama called for an end to tax breaks for oil and gas, and a redirection of those funds to renewable energy. “We need to get ... Read more »

Canadian Minister Rejects Cap and Trade Call

January 26, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

Canada has no plans to introduce its own emissions trading system, the country’s environment minister said, contravening the advice of a government-appointed think tank. Peter Kent said that his government is not interested in setting up a cap and trade system without similar steps being taken in the U.S., according ... Read more »

Obama Energy Czar Quits; Policies In Doubt

January 25, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

Carol Browner, President Obama’s top adviser on energy and climate change, is leaving her post. Two White House officials confirmed the move Monday, the Associated Press reports. Both USA Today and the New York Times say Browner’s departure indicates that the Obama administration is putting its environmental ambitions on ice, ... Read more »

Fleet Roundup: Fuel Standards, TVA, Mazda, Chevy, Nissan, McCain’s ‘Joke’

January 25, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

Here’s a round-up of the latest environmental fleet news. California has pushed back the launch date for its new fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) standards from March to the autumn. Both California and federal U.S. standards will now debut by September 1, 2011. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) ... Read more »

U.S. Can Reduce Transporation GHG by 65%, Report Says

January 13, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

“Reasonable actions” in the realms of technology, policy and consumer behavior could deliver up to a 65 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation by 2050, a report says. The report (pdf) by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change lays out three plausible scenarios of actions that ... Read more »

Four of Five Cities Call Sustainability a ‘Top Priority’

May 5, 2009May 7, 2009 by Gina Roos

Living Cities has released its Green Cities report that provides an assessment of how cities in the United States are trying to limit their carbon footprint, and identifies areas where environmental efforts lag. The report shows that cities have not waited for federal or state governments to initiate green policies ... Read more »

EPA Poised To Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

February 20, 2009February 19, 2009 by Paul Nastu

In what could be a major boon to cleantech industries, the Environmental Protection Agency appears poised to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas, The New York Times reports. Impacting transportation, manufacturing and the way utilities generate power, the mere threat of EPA action also may spur Congress to create ... Read more »

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