Archive for ‘policy’
Oppose state greenhouse gas laws
February 10th, 2008
General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner urged a group of auto dealers Saturday to lobby against individual states trying to set their own limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
Popularity: 4%
EU cities launch climate-change battle plan
January 29th, 2008
London, Berlin, Venice and Warsaw were among almost 100 European cities to sign up Tuesday to an EU campaign for fighting global warming.
Popularity: 3%
Polar Bear Controversy
January 28th, 2008
Why is the government considering polar bears for the endangered species list while their population approaches an all-time high? Climate change may be to blame.
Popularity: 3%
Republicans differ on global warming
January 24th, 2008
While the major presidential candidates agree global warming is real, the Republicans are sharply divided over what to do about it — even as they chase votes in Florida, where the predicted risk of rising sea waters and more severe storms is anything but a passing concern.
Popularity: 4%
Gore, Bono Talk Poverty, Warming at Davos
January 24th, 2008
Former Vice-President Al Gore and Irish rock singer Bono addressed the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland on tackling climate change and global poverty.
Popularity: 5%
World forum focuses on terrorism
January 24th, 2008
Fears of world recession briefly took a back seat Thursday at the World Economic Forum, where leaders from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq focused on how to establish security in their volatile regions.
Popularity: 10%
Main points of the EU’s climate and energy package
January 23rd, 2008
The European Commission’s package of legal proposals on the climate and energy consists of the following documents:
Popularity: 5%
EU climate package could harm economy, top official warns
January 19th, 2008
A row within the European Union’s executive over plans to strengthen the bloc’s fight against global warming showed no sign of cooling as the EU’s top industry official warned that key parts of the plan could harm Europe’s economy.
Popularity: 3%
Bushs asks for more oil to protect economy
January 18th, 2008
This week, President Bush called on oil-producing countries to put more oil on the world market. Bush met with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Tuesday, whose country holds the world’s largest oil supply. He warned that soaring oil prices could cause an economic slowdown in the U.S., and increased production would be helpful to American consumers. Bush persuaded Egypt’s president this …
Popularity: 4%
US’s big trucks under scrutiny
January 15th, 2008
The latest big trucks are being showcased at the Detroit motor show, but they are now under scrutiny.
Popularity: 4%
Sarkozy proposes carbon tax for EU
January 15th, 2008
In a letter to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, made public Tuesday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed the establishment of a so-called carbon import tax to punish countries who do not conform to greenhouse gas emission limits.
Popularity: 3%
Wash. state governor to launch greenhouse gas bill
January 15th, 2008
Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire said Monday she plans to introduce legislation to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent in 2050 from 1990 levels.
Popularity: 4%
President Bush Asks OPEC To Keep Oil Prices Low
January 15th, 2008
President Bush has traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet with OPEC to plea the United States’ case for keeping oil prices low.
Popularity: 3%
China eyes energy, environment ministries in March
January 14th, 2008
China will likely get an energy ministry in March and upgrade its environment watchdog to ministry status, sources said on Monday, as it aims to boost fuel security with oil at $100 a barrel and cut back on pollution.
Popularity: 5%
Follow Germany on renewable energy, Clinton says
January 12th, 2008
Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton wants America to follow Germany’s lead — and her own — in using environmentally friendly fuel sources and making homes and buildings more energy efficient.
Popularity: 4%
