The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday on climate change legislation that is a high priority of President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 26, 2009
A grudging acceptance of the U.S. climate change bill among energy industry executives and some environmentalists only reinforces the notion that a compromise ensures nobody's really happy.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 26, 2009
Democrats in the House of Representatives won a key test vote on Friday 217-205 to pass the climate bill, the Associated Press reports today.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 26, 2009
As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares for its vote on a crucial climate bill later on Friday, the Congressional Budget Office and the Environmental Protection Agency disputed claims that the measure would cost several thousand dollars per consumer.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 26, 2009
The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on Friday on one of the most significant environmental bills in history -- a sprawling measure that aims to wean industry off of carbon-emitting fuels blamed for global warming.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 26, 2009
The United States and Canada must do more than currently proposed to tackle greenhouse gases, France says in a position paper ahead of global climate talks in Copenhagen this December.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 24, 2009
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, urged on by President Barack Obama, announced progress on Tuesday toward quick passage of legislation to fight global warming by reducing industrial emissions of carbon dioxide.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 24, 2009
Car makers are lobbying the European Union to delay an agreed 2011 ban on climate-damaging chemicals in car air-conditioners, a letter from auto industry group ACEA shows.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 23, 2009
Russia plans to release 30 percent more greenhouse gases by 2020 under an emissions target scheme announced on Friday by President Dmitry Medvedev.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 19, 2009
House Republicans on Thursday published a study asserting most states in the U.S. will lose under the American Clean Energy and Security Act 2009, also known as the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill which proposes setting a price for carbon dioxide emissions.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 19, 2009
The European Union did not say today how much it would contribute to fight global warming in developing countries but identified its guiding principles for doing so during a summit in Brussels.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 18, 2009
The U.S. climate bill would not do enough to protect consumers from future energy costs and gives away too many permits to power and natural gas distribution companies to pollute with carbon dioxide, environmental groups said.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 18, 2009
Energy leaders across the Americas gathered in Lima, Peru, at the
Americas Energy and Climate Symposium,- which concluded today- to commit in taking concrete actions to reduce carbon emissions from the region.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 16, 2009
The Obama administration's top climate change scientists will unveil a report on Tuesday that details the impact of global warming on the United States and argues for fast action against it.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 16, 2009
China is formulating a plan for development of renewable energy, as pressure mounts from Washington for lowered green house emissions to fight the specter of a warming planet.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 11, 2009
Japan unveiled plans on Wednesday for greenhouse gas cuts over the coming decade only marginally deeper than its current U.N. commitments, a step green groups say threatens to deal a blow to global climate talks.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 10, 2009
NASA announced on Wednesday it will grant about $8 million to fund educational projects about global climate change.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 10, 2009
Energy prices, from fuel for interstate trucking to electric utility costs, would rise significantly under climate change legislation pending in the U.S. Congress, industry officials said on Tuesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 10, 2009
Environmental activists called on Monday for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and for developed nations to pay $160 billion a year to help the poor as part of a radical new U.N. climate treaty.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 09, 2009
China must press ahead with new ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions for the world to have hope of containing global warming, a U.S. energy official said, urging cooperation to end distrust between the two biggest emitters.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 09, 2009
The world's airlines have committed to achieve carbon neutral growth by 2020, the head of the global aviation body IATA said on Monday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 08, 2009
Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have put major environmental legislation on a fast-track, boosting chances a climate change bill will pass this month or next, leading lawmakers said on Wednesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 04, 2009
