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State Department climate change representative to the UN Todd Stern formally announced that the U.S. would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. In a letter to the UN, Stern confirmed the moderate emission reduction target of 17% of 2005 levels by the year 2020. This is the same number that was announced by the Obama administration [...]
The United States Environmental Protection Agency – or EPA – has proposed new smog regulations that are tighter than those under the previous administration. An article in the Guardian describes smog standards as ‘lax’ under the term of George W. Bush, a period during which environmental concerns went largely ignored in favor of corporate interests, [...]
‘In a paper published today in the journal Science, the researchers say mountaintop removal, widespread in West Virginia, southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky, is destroying extensive tracts of biologically rich forest and degrading hundreds of streams. Fish and drinking-water wells are being contaminated, while the air downwind is fouled with high levels of hazardous [...]
Here are a couple of clips from the Rachel Maddow Show relating to the erstwhile COP15 conference that was to be the environmental movement’s coup de grâce on climate change – or something like that. Rachel interviews NBC News anchor Andrea Mitchell who explains some of the difficulties and diplomatic twists that met President [...]
I’ve just finished watching a live feed of U.S. President Barack Obama speaking at a press conference regarding the results of negotiations at COP15. News sources are reporting that a deal has been reached by principal players at the UNFCCC summit in Copenhagen, but is it significant or useless? Is something better than nothing? President [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change today in Copenhagen, Denmark today. Known as a great orator with a gift for sound bites and inspiring slogans, President Obama failed to inspire those who were hoping for some additional commitment from the U.S. on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Secretary [...]
It has been expected from the start of the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen that there would be a clash of interests between the developing world and the wealthy industrialized countries. The rich nations cause most of the pollution and the poor ones suffer the most from its effects. So they would like some recompense [...]
Though Barack Obama has confirmed that he’ll be attending the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen, the U.S. president’s recently stated goals have received ‘Lukewarm praise’ from the UNFCCC among others. While many welcomed news of President Obama’s participation in Copenhagen, organizations like the WWF and Friends of the Earth would clearly like to a greater [...]
In a campaign to persuade – or scare – key players at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen to agree upon key legislation to stop climate change, a dramatic series of posters welcomes arrivals at Copenhagen Airport. The startling placards by environmental group Greenpeace represent a grim future where today’s leaders have failed to act [...]
United States President Barack Obama announced a whopping $3.4 billion in grants for revamping and modernizing America’s energy infrastructure, including making power more efficient, reliable and accurately measured. Other Green news includes the announcement that a former GM plant will be reopened to make electric cars, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. $529 million [...]
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