tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11981943140946561292024-09-07T17:59:01.293-05:00Global Warming HeatwatchThe Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.comBlogger11843125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-44179108832899136312009-06-25T22:06:00.001-05:002009-06-25T22:06:04.323-05:00California weighs global warming fee on industryBusinessWeekThe money will go toward funding a regulatory bureaucracy that will oversee the law and ensure the state lowers its greenhouse gas emissions. The California Air Resources Board on Thursday is expected to vote for the carbon fee, an action that comes as ...www.businessweek.com related articlesGoogle News: greenhouse gasPost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-92017501778980877192009-06-25T21:51:00.001-05:002009-06-25T21:51:03.811-05:00Possible Plan for Tariffs on Imports From China Remains Alive in ...New York Times, United StatesThe Ways and Means Committee's proposed bill language (pdf) would virtually require that the president impose an import tariff on any country that fails to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions. Directed primarily at China, the United States' biggest ...www.nytimes.com related articlesGoogle News: greenhouse gasPost sponsored by the Energy Issues The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-64000998922414365092009-06-25T21:34:00.001-05:002009-06-25T21:34:02.961-05:00New effort sounds hopeful note about climate changeSmartBrief, DC"Hopenhagen" is the tagline for an effort being launched this fall by the United Nations to the issue of climate change ahead of a global summit in December in Copenhagen. The name is meant to represent the idea the public can either "cope" with global ...www.smartbrief.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy IssuesThe Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-74516533970826048302009-06-25T21:21:00.001-05:002009-06-25T21:21:02.402-05:00The nexus of climate change and human rightsBusiness Green, UKThough climate change and human rights are important corporate responsibility issues on their own terms, they are increasingly interrelated. As our global climate destabilizes, there will be an increase in water stress, food scarcity, the prevalence ...www.businessgreen.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-57966972140765209772009-06-25T21:06:00.001-05:002009-06-25T21:06:05.427-05:00Climate change bill gaining in US House-PelosiForexyard, Cyprus"We are making progress," Pelosi told reporters when asked whether previously undecided Democrats were beginning to line up behind the climate change bill. "We intend to bring it up" this week, she added. House Democratic leaders have said they hope to ...www.forexyard.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-34853289068547437702009-06-25T20:51:00.001-05:002009-06-25T20:51:03.801-05:00Hopenhagen: Twitter-Like Site to Push World Leaders at Copenhagen ...Fast CompanyThe open source project, which riffs on Obama's hope campaign, aims to push world leaders to take action on climate change at December's UN meeting in Denmark. Unlike Twitter's limit of 140 characters, Hopenhagen asks site participants to use 45 ...www.fastcompany.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-62308301422961409202009-06-25T20:34:00.001-05:002009-06-25T20:34:02.359-05:00USAID giving $1 million to Africa climate projectThe Associated PressJOHANNESBURG (AP) - The US development agency said Thursday it has committed $1 million to a project that aims to help people living along southern Africa's Zambezi River cope with worsening natural disasters because of climate change.www.google.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-80306431808032559252009-06-25T20:21:00.001-05:002009-06-25T20:21:01.383-05:00What Will Obama Do on Climate Change?Washington Post Blogs, DCI've been trying pretty hard to wrap my head around the politics of the climate change debate. No one, for instance, seems to think Waxman-Markey is, at this point, a particularly good bill, even as everyone agrees it's the best we're likely to get. ...voices.washingtonpost.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-61377328840815127342009-06-25T20:06:00.001-05:002009-06-25T20:06:01.298-05:00Relating Climate Change to Poverty 'Vital'Christian PostBy Aaron J. Leichman The leader of a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service groups says it is "vital" for humanitarian organizations to relate climate change to the issue of poverty and to address the factors that make ...www.christianpost.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-39470048691689247172009-06-25T19:51:00.001-05:002009-06-25T19:51:01.071-05:00Report foresees drastic climate change for BCCalgary Herald, CanadaThe above scenario may sound like apocalyptic, but evidence suggests blights of biblical proportions may be coming, due to climate change, according to a new government-commissioned research paper, Climate Change and Health in British Columbia.www.calgaryherald.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-70047238530941707142009-06-25T19:34:00.001-05:002009-06-25T19:34:02.268-05:00Climate Change, Patent PendingISN, SwitzerlandBy Peter Buxbaum in Washington, DC for ISN Security Watch On 12 June, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a foreign relations funding bill which included an instruction to the US envoy to the UN-sponsored climate change treaty ...www.isn.ethz.ch related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-26632497044424147392009-06-25T19:21:00.001-05:002009-06-25T19:21:03.226-05:00What's New in the EU: EU examines impact of climate change on jobsJerusalem Post, IsraelBy ARI SYRQUIN The European Commission held a meeting in Brussels this week to examine the impact of climate change on employment. Bringing together about 300 policy makers and experts, this latest edition of the Restructuring Forum addressed various ...www.jpost.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-18110646391775147172009-06-25T19:06:00.001-05:002009-06-25T19:06:02.421-05:00UN Climate Change Summit to be Held in New York This SeptemberAZoCleantech, AustraliaOn Tuesday, UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon invited world leaders to an "unprecedented" Summit on Climate Change at UN Headquarters for Heads of State and Government from every country in the world. The focus of the day-long event will be to mobilize ...www.azocleantech.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-63350896442360541902009-06-25T18:51:00.001-05:002009-06-25T18:51:02.446-05:00US climate change bill vote loomsguardian.co.uk, UKDemocrats say they are confident of delivering on one of Barack Obama's defining promises tomorrow, by calling a vote in Congress on a sweeping energy and climate change bill. The bill, produced with hands-on involvement from the White House and ...www.guardian.co.uk related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-68740488271192134902009-06-25T18:34:00.001-05:002009-06-25T18:34:03.974-05:00Limits on Emissions Have Wide SupportWashington Post, United StatesTiffany Collins, 31, a part-time children's activity director at a church and a mother of four in Riverside, Calif., said she does not think greenhouse gases are causing climate change. She said she read a report on the Internet saying climate change ...www.washingtonpost.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-39674699909879037832009-06-25T18:21:00.001-05:002009-06-25T18:21:01.419-05:00House set to pass historic Climate Change billExaminer.comHouse set to pass historic Climate Change bill. After weeks of compromise Obama announced the House is set to pass the Climate Change bill called Waxman-Markey. The key compromise delays regulation of farms for 5 years and gives the regulatory powers ...www.examiner.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-33693884231424578932009-06-25T18:06:00.001-05:002009-06-25T18:06:04.124-05:00Offshore wind farms could meet a quarter of the uk's electricity needsguardian.co.uk, UKThe Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) and energy regulator Ofgem also announced today they were opening the tendering process to companies to provide the ��15bn of new cabling needed to connect new wind farms. The energy and climate change ...www.guardian.co.uk related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-66261923997151676492009-06-25T17:51:00.001-05:002009-06-25T17:51:02.843-05:00Hasan discusses climate change challenges with Kofi AnnanThe Daily Star, BangladeshState Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud, who is now attending a UN conference in Geneva, Wednesday met with former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and President of Timor Leste and discussed possible ways to address the climate change challenges ...www.thedailystar.net related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-79827457795334894282009-06-25T17:34:00.001-05:002009-06-25T17:34:03.750-05:00Africa needs compensation for climate changeReutersA UN summit scheduled for December in Copenhagen will try to reach global agreement on how to tackle climate change and come up with a post-Kyoto protocol to curb emissions. "Africa should demand compensation at the upcoming Copenhagen negotiations," ...www.reuters.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-11274687451636648482009-06-25T17:21:00.001-05:002009-06-25T17:21:04.543-05:00Arnold Schwarzenegger backs Scottish Climate Change lawsScottish Daily Record, UKThe Terminator star, who is now governor of California, said: "Climate change is a global problem that requires a global solution. "California has set aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets, but we need the help of the world to tackle the most ...www.dailyrecord.co.uk related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-84560322298513441022009-06-25T17:06:00.001-05:002009-06-25T17:06:02.496-05:00Is the EPA suppressing or withholding information on global warming?Examiner.comIf we are withholding information or suppressing evidence regarding global warming, not only is the EPA's decision to classify CO2 as a pollutant now something that will need to be revisited, it calls into question the upcoming vote on cap and trade.www.examiner.com related articlesGoogle News: global warmingPost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-59380916360091279642009-06-25T16:51:00.001-05:002009-06-25T16:51:02.185-05:00Air quality board to consider fee on emissionsSan Francisco Chronicle, USAThe fee would apply to three major sources of greenhouse gas emissions: fossil fuels, heavy industry and electricity generation. The fee, in general, would be collected from fuel and electricity suppliers rather than users. For example, the fee would ...www.sfgate.com related articlesGoogle News: greenhouse gasPost sponsored by the Energy Issues DirectoryThe Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-20988997114716363802009-06-25T16:34:00.001-05:002009-06-25T16:34:02.396-05:00Rep. Earl Blumenauer: Reining in Global Warming? Not Without a New ...AlterNet, CAEarl Blumenauer, Huffington Post The House of Representatives is preparing to take one of its biggest environmental steps in 20 years as we move forward on legislation that will reduce global warming pollution and hold polluters accountable.www.alternet.org related articlesGoogle News: global warmingPost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-89877240568598779732009-06-25T16:21:00.001-05:002009-06-25T16:21:04.331-05:00Scotland commits to 42% greenhouse gas cut by 2020New Energy Focus, UKScotland has committed itself to the most ambitious emissions cuts target in the world, as the Holyrood parliament today voted in favour of setting a "42% by 2020" target to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The 42% target, which aims to cut emissions ...newenergyfocus.com related articlesGoogle News: greenhouse gasPost sponsored by the Energy Issues The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198194314094656129.post-53726504198516738262009-06-25T16:06:00.001-05:002009-06-25T16:06:01.425-05:00White House Releases Report On Climate ChangeU.S. News & World Report, DCBy Sid Perkins, Science News WASHINGTON - Climate change is already having detrimental effects in the United States, and those effects are probably going to get worse, a new federal study suggests. More than 3860 kilometers (2400 miles) of major ...www.usnews.com related articlesGoogle News: climate changePost sponsored by the Energy Issues Directory The Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747243896966243851noreply@blogger.com0