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Kansas Blocks Plant Over CO2

First decision to forbid construction because of carbon emissions

Oct 19, 07 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kansas' health department yesterday became the nation's first government agency to block a proposed coal-burning power plant on environmental grounds, saying it would be "irresponsible to ignore the contribution of carbon dioxide to climate change." The decision, particularly in a red state, cheered environmental groups, and it may... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • Kansas • power plant • Kathleen Sebelius

Rice Kicks Off Climate Summit

Secretary denies US is trying to undermine UN work

Sep 27, 07 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice insisted the US is serious about fighting global warming today, as top polluting nations began a two-day conference in Washington. "Climate change is a global problem and we are contributing to it," the Secretary of State said. President Bush convened the conference to "support and... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • Condoleezza Rice • Kyoto Protocol • green energy

CA Tosses Global Warming Suit v. Automakers

Judge dismisses California's charges against carmakers

Sep 19, 07 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge has thrown out California's attempt to hold automakers liable for the environmental implications of vehicle emissions, the LA Times reports. The judge who rejected the much-watched lawsuit Monday called global warming a "political question" for legislators, rather than courts. The suit had blamed carmakers for Sierra... More »

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climate change • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • General Motors • Honda • automaker • Ford • carbon emissions

Apocalypse Not Now: Saving the Earth Demands Positive Vision

The answer is funding innovations, say writers

Sep 18, 07 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apocalyptic thinking and small solutions aren’t capable of saving the world in the Inconvenient Truth age; instead, we need optimism and innovation funding, say New Republic writers Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger. Reducing energy consumption, at the root of global warming, is not realistic, they argue. More »

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energy • greenhouse gases • global warming • environmentalism • clean energy • lobbyists

Auto-Emission Ruling Boosts States' Rights

Federal judge rules against carmakers on standards for greenhouse gases

Sep 13, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vermont can set its own greenhouse emissions standards to curb gases that contribute to global warming, a federal judge ruled yesterday in a decision that boosts states’ rights. Automakers sued the state after it adopted standards originally made law in California, saying the regulations were impractical and would upend the... More »

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environment • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Clean Air Act • Vermont • Environmental Protection Agency • auto industry • trucks • carbon emissions • cars

Arctic Thaw Set at 40% by 2050

Researchers put 40% of Arctic underwater by 2050

Sep 7, 07 6:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least 40% of the polar icecap will be gone by 2050, Seattle scientists predicted today, putting the meltdown way ahead of earlier predictions that so much ice would take a century to vanish. Greenhouse gases, which linger in the atmosphere for up to 50 years, are primarily responsible for... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arctic • polar bear • polar ice caps

Bill Targets Reps' Gas Guzzlers

Bid to strip Congress
of guzzlers by
revoking leasing dollars

Sep 4, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The environmental movement might just be trickling up: The House of Representatives has approved an energy bill amendment that would bar members from leasing gas guzzlers with taxpayer money. The proposal still faces some roadblocks, McClatchy reports, including its vague definition of emissions standards and the efforts of a top... More »

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energy • greenhouse gases • environmentalism • House of Representatives • Joe Barton • carbon emissions

Do Carbon 'Offsets' Really Offset Anything?

Inconvenient Truth director says offsets have 'symbolic quality'

Sep 2, 07 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone from Al Gore to Coldplay has jumped on the carbon offset bandwagon, but the Los Angeles Times reports that their payments don’t actually make the air any cleaner. Here's how they work: "Offset” companies invest in existing clean energy and win the right to sell “reductions”... More »

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Al Gore • pollution • greenhouse gases • global warming • carbon offsets • fossil fuel • FTC • An Inconvenient Truth • methane digester • Native Energy • carbon emissions

Fla. Governor Joins Green Revolution

Toughest emissions standard in nation
will make waves

Jul 13, 07 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida governor Charlie Crist is taking the green revolution farther down the road traveled in California, with an executive order setting the nation's toughest emission standards. Highly vulnerable to climate change, the fourth largest state will catalyze legal, business and attitude shifts throughout the country, says the Economist. More »

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Florida • greenhouse gases • Arnold Schwarzenegger

G8 Concludes with AIDS Pledge

World leaders renew $60B pledge to fight disease in Africa

Jun 8, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Global leaders renewed their vow to spend $60 billion to help fight AIDS, TB, and malaria in Africa today as the G8 summit wrapped up. But they set no deadlines for delivering the relief, leading critics to question the pledge. "I think it is deliberately the language of obfuscation,... More »

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Iran • Russia • Africa • AIDS • greenhouse gases • global warming • France • malaria • Tuberculosis • Kosovo • G8 summit • Group of Eight • Bono • U2 • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

At G8, Bush Hangs Tough on Greenhouse Gas Goals

Bush meets with German chancellor, stances remain divided

Jun 6, 07 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The G8 summit convened today, with President Bush still holding out on long-term greenhouse gas emissions goals. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's proposal includes hard targets which would cut emissions in half by 2050 and limit global temperature change to an increase of 3.6 degrees F. The plan also includes... More »

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climate change • energy • Angela Merkel • greenhouse gases • G8 summit • global temperature • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

Europe Disses Bush Plan for Climate Change

Claims speech undermines G-8 deal
on global warming

Jun 1, 07 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The new Bush plan to combat climate change is being received with skepticism in Europe, where it is seen as a bid to outfox German Chancellor Angela Merkel and torpedo more radical proposals she will unveil at the G-8 Summit. Germany's Der Spiegel and Britain's Guardian both say the US... More »

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climate change • Angela Merkel • greenhouse gases • global warming • G8 summit • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

Bush Wants Global Plan
on Emissions

US still won't accepted Kyoto, but prez pushes for new agreement on caps

May 31, 07 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush offered a groundbreaking—if decidedly vague—call this morning for a global plan to combat climate change, continuing to reposition himself on the issue. Bush asked 15 nations, including the G8, China, and India, to create "long-term global goals” on emissions that will replace the Kyoto Protocol... More »

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climate change • environment • Tony Blair • Al Gore • greenhouse gases • global warming • vehicle emissions • National Environmental Trust • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

CO2 Emissions Soared From 2000 to 2004

Greenhouse gas increase tripled over '90s rate

May 22, 07 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Worldwide carbon dioxide emissions boomed between 2000 and 2004, a new study shows. Output of the greenhouse gas accelerated by 3.1% each year, compared to a 1.1% rate during the '90s, according to the National Academy of Sciences, faster than all but the most dire forecasts. More »

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China • pollution • greenhouse gases • India • global warming • carbon • carbon intensity • carbon emissions

Bush Asks Agencies to Cut Emissions

Orders plans for regulating greenhouse gases by term's end

May 14, 07 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush stepped up to the plate on global warming today, ordering the the EPA, transportation and other agencies to begin to regulate vehicle emissions by the time he leaves office. Chided by the Supreme Court last month for failing to protect the environment, Bush asked agencies to prepare plans,... More »

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climate change • environment • greenhouse gases • global warming • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

Burning Forests Heat Globe

Rainforests absorbe CO2, but burning them pumps out 25% of all greenhouse gasses

May 14, 07 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Destruction of rainforests is a bigger source of global warming than all the planes, cars and factories in the world, concludes a study reported today in the Independent. It's not just the loss of forests, which absorb CO2, that's the problem. It's the rampant burning of those forests that actually... More »

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climate change • environment • Indonesia • greenhouse gases • global warming • Brazil • rainforest • deforestation • carbon emissions

UN's Take On Climate Change Grows Sunnier

Some measures may enhance global GDP

May 4, 07 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Policy and behavior changes can help limit greenhouse-gas emissions and slow climate change, say experts at a UN conference in Bangkok—and at a reasonable price. Some curbs on emissions may even enhance global GDP, but time is short. Within 10 to 20 years, global emissions should begin dropping to... More »

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climate change • energy • United Nations • sustainable living • greenhouse gases • fossil fuel • consumption • deforestation • carbon emissions

Governator Says He'll Sue EPA

Apr 26, 07 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger says he'll take the Environmental Protection Agency to court if California doesn’t get a green light for its tough new auto emissions laws within six months. "The clock is ticking. If we don't see quick action from the federal government, we will sue the EPA,"... More »

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climate change • environment • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Environmental Protection Agency • carbon emissions

Sorry, Al: Tree Planting May Speed Warming

Outside the tropics, trees merely trap
heat, study shows

Apr 10, 07 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Planting trees to offset your carbon footprint not only won't slow global warming, it may worsen its effects, a new study claims. Trees growing outside a small band of tropical zones don't cut the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by enough to offset the heat their foliage traps,... More »

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climate change • environment • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • trees • carbon footprint • environmentalism • science

Utilities May Profit From Ruling

Some corporations may profit off tighter greenhouse gas regulations

Apr 3, 07 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some utility  companies may actually benefit financially from the Supreme Court ruling forcing the EPA to crack down on greenhouse gas emissions, the Wall Street Journal reports.  While it will cost them millions in the short-term to meet new requirements, utilities in government-regulated markets—mostly in the Southeast, Great... More »

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climate change • environment • politics • Texas • utility companies • pollution • greenhouse gases • Northeast • Southeast • Great Plains • West • Midwest • US Supreme Court • utilities

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