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Copenhagen Climate Conference: Day 2

December 8, 2009 by Gina Roos

The second day of the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen for a 12-day conference kicked off on a high note with encouraging words from UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer. He said negotiators must use the first week of the conference to lay the groundwork for ... Read more »

Canada Delays GHG Emissions Regs, Russia Ups Emissions Cuts

November 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

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 will regulate emissions before they regulate their own greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this week, New Zealand made a similar announcement. There also appears to ... Read more »

G20 Leaders Debate Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Curb Global Warming

September 25, 2009September 25, 2009 by Gina Roos

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 dates have been set, reports Reuters. Several G20 countries subsidize fuel such as coal and oil, at a cost of about $300 billion, to ... Read more »

Aside from U.S., Rich Nations to Cut CO2 Emissions 15-21%

August 12, 2009 by Gina Roos

Industrialized nations excluding the United States will cut greenhouse gas emissions between 15 and 21 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 under a new U.N. climate pact, reports Reuters. This means emissions by the 39 industrialized nations will drop between 10.71 and 9.86 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in ... Read more »

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 »

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