Archive for ‘policy’
Nobel laureate Gore set for White House return
November 26th, 2007
Former US vice president Al Gore, now a celebrity environmentalist, finally found a way to return to the White House - at least briefly, to honour his Nobel Peace Prize.
Popularity: 3%
Business Debates Climate
November 26th, 2007
The CBI calls for a partnership with govt to tackle climate change.
Popularity: 6%
Business Chiefs Meet To Discuss Economy
November 26th, 2007
Climate change at CBI conference.
Popularity: 4%
Climate change not priority for India firms-survey
November 22nd, 2007
Most firms in India, one of the world’s worst polluters, are yet to plan for the impact of climate change on their businesses, do not measure emissions or have deadlines to curb them, a study said on Thursday.
Popularity: 11%
Greenpeace blasts climate declaration as “weak and inadequate”
November 22nd, 2007
The environmental group Greenpeace said Thursday the leaders of 16 Asia-Pacific countries signed a “weak and inadequate response” to the dire warnings on climate change.
Popularity: 7%
Friends of the Environment Gather
November 19th, 2007
Friends of the environment gather in New York.
Popularity: 3%
Africa “forgotten continent” in climate fight
November 18th, 2007
Africa is the “forgotten continent” in the fight against climate change and needs help to cope with projected water shortages and declining crop yields, the U.N.’s top climate change official said on Sunday.
Popularity: 5%
Deal Reached: Georgia to Keep More Water
November 17th, 2007
The Army Corps of Engineers rolled out a plan Friday that will keep more water in Atlanta’s Lake Lanier, a focal point in the tug-of-war over water involving Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
Popularity: 7%
Pending Energy Bill: Legislation in 2007 - Which Companies Care?
November 16th, 2007
Analysis and Discussion with Daniel Ripp of Bradley Woods & Co.: Energy Bill Likely to Pass and Be Signed by President Bush; Alternative Energy Sources
Popularity: 2%
China environment woes blamed on lack of planning
November 8th, 2007
Lack of central planning, ministerial infighting and a pervasive get-rich-quick attitude mean China’s environmental problems are not going away any time soon, a state newspaper on Thursday quoted an official as saying.
Popularity: 3%
Clinton sees opportunity in climate woes
November 6th, 2007
The battle against global warming means big economic opportunities as well as challenges for the U.S., Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday, touting her energy proposals as she campaigned in Iowa. “For this generation, climate change is our space race,” said Clinton, speaking in a cavernous factory with giant wind turbines in the background.
Popularity: 3%
Special Spending
November 5th, 2007
Analysts say there’s a problem with lawmakers doing too much.
Popularity: 2%
U.S. Mayors Meet to Sign Climate Protection Pact, Pledging to Cut Carbon Emissions to 7% Below 1990 Levels
November 2nd, 2007
Cities Address Climate Change - Interview with Trenton NJ Mayor Douglas Palmer.
Popularity: 2%
U.S. climate bill seen as sign of political shift
November 1st, 2007
A milestone, a landmark and “the political center of gravity is finally shifting on global warming.” Those accolades greeted a U.S. Senate subcommittee’s approval Thursday of a bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions, mostly because it is the first of a dozen such measures that might have a chance of becoming law.
Popularity: 2%
Environment ministers target 2009 climate treaty
October 25th, 2007
An informal meeting of environment ministers in Indonesia has accepted the need for negotiations on a new treaty to fight climate change to be wrapped up by 2009, a U.N. official said on Thursday. The gathering of environment ministers and officials from about 40 nations this week comes ahead of a key meeting in Bali in December aimed at …
Popularity: 4%
