Archive for ‘Poly-tics’
Hillary: How Her White House Might Look
October 15th, 2007
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sat down for an interview with TV One and discussed how she would handle Iraq, global warming and the role her husband would play inside her administration if she was elected.
Popularity: 2%
Bush vows to lead in UN climate change talks
September 28th, 2007
The world’s top greenhouse gas polluters, including the United States, have a “special responsibility” to produce fewer emissions, U.S. President George W. Bush said Friday, amid growing international pressure for the countries to accept binding targets on…
Popularity: 2%
Cyber Attacks Possible on U.S. Electrical Grid
September 27th, 2007
A government video shows the potential destruction caused by hackers seizing control of a crucial part of the U.S. electrical grid.
Popularity: 3%
FPL Plans To Build Solar Power Plant In Fla.
September 26th, 2007
Governor Crist and Bill Clinton announced the plans for the eco-friendly power plant.
Popularity: 2%
UN chief calls for ‘breakthrough’ at climate-change summit
September 24th, 2007
The largest-ever political summit on climate change got under way in New York City on Monday, with the head of the United Nations thanking the dozens of world leaders in attendance for sharing his concern about the environment.
Popularity: 2%
Climate change talks at U.N.
September 24th, 2007
The central issue during a trio of climate change meetings at the U.N. is how to curb the emission of climate-warming greenhouse gases.
Popularity: 2%
Crucial Climate Talks Mark Bush Agenda
September 24th, 2007
President Bush heads to the United Nations on Monday for a summit on global warming, then returns to Washington for crucial climate talks later in the week.
Popularity: 2%
Chinese man fights polluters
September 12th, 2007
A local farmer is in jail after speaking out at big business for allegedly polluting local rivers in China.
Popularity: 2%
Landmark Ruling on Emissions
August 27th, 2007
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Wyatt Andrews has more on the significance of this ruling.
Popularity: 2%
Kazakh oilfield development halted
August 27th, 2007
The oilfield’s developers, AgipKCO consortium also includes Shell, Exxon Mobil Corp, Total, ConocoPhillips, Japan’s Inpex Holdings Inc and the Kazakh oil company KazMunaiGas.
Popularity: 2%
Merkel visits China
August 27th, 2007
Angela Merkel urges China, on her second visit to the country, calls for more effort to tackle the issues of climate change and rampant intellectual property rights abuses.
Popularity: 2%
Polish Drive-By
July 30th, 2007
The European Commission seeks a court order to stop construction of a motorway through a protected wildlife area in Poland. The European Court of Justice is being asked to order a halt to preparatory work on the route through the Rospuda Valley, an area renowned for its peat bogs and populations of…
Popularity: 2%
Is California Doing Enough To Protect The Environment?
July 26th, 2007
(Los Angeles) The Public Policy Institute of California poll says 49 percent of residents are not happy with what the state is doing to address environmental issues.
Popularity: 2%
Weather Satellites at Risk
July 11th, 2007
Experts told a Senate science committee that cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate.
Popularity: 2%
