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Rivals' Meeting Today
Could Benefit Both Men

Obama and McCain to get together in Chicago to talk cooperation

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Nov 17, 08 8:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Meeting today in Chicago to bury the hatchet, Barack Obama and John McCain could each be of considerable use to the other, the Wall Street Journal notes. Working together, McCain could get his maverick groove back, and Obama could get help on these key areas: Auto efficiency: McCain has worked with Obama ally John Kerry in the past on this priority for the new president. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • John McCain • President Obama • fuel efficiency • immigration reform • cap and trade

Palin: Chronicle Suppressed Obama Coal Interview

Paper: It's been online since January

San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle Nov 3, 08 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin apparently believes the San Francisco Chronicle suppressed a January interview with Barack Obama, in which he threatens to bankrupt the coal industry. “You gotta listen to the tape,” Palin told an Ohio crowd yesterday. “Why is this audio tape just now surfacing? This interview was given many months ago.” To the crowd, the answer was obvious—“Liberal media!” someone shouted—but the Chronicle says it posted the interview in full online in January. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • media • San Francisco • media bias • coal • coal power • cap and trade

ANALYSIS

Hefty Carbon Tax Raised Norway's Emissions

Greenhouse gases up 15% despite system aimed to curb them

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Sep 30, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - In 1991, Norway enacted a punishing carbon tax, but things haven’t turned out quite as expected, the Wall Street Journal reports. Greenhouse-gas emissions have actually risen 15%, and industries deemed vital to the nation’s economy or image were spared the tax or given sweet deals. Though the oil and gas industry has become more eco-friendly, Norwegians are driving more than ever. More »

More about:  environment • European Union • carbon emissions • greenhouse gases • Norway • cap and trade • petrodollar

ANALYSIS

With Economy Uncertain, So Is Obama's Plan

Presidential hopeful's top priorities would cost hundreds of billions

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Aug 26, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama promises change, but if he’s elected in the current uncertain economy, those changes may come later rather than sooner, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama’s big economic priorities–government-sponsored health care for millions, greenhouse-gas reductions, and tax increases—leave the government with a tab in the hundreds of billions and face opposition, even within his own party. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • China • Obama administration • economic stimulus • health care reform • cap and trade • tax policy • Obamanomics

OPINION

To Fix US Energy Policy, Start Over

Activist argues for multipronged strategy on climate change

Yale Environment 360 Yale Environment 360 Jun 10, 08 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US must overhaul its environmental strategy, alternative-energy advocate Denis Hayes writes in Yale Environment 360 , and here's how: Cap carbon at its source—coal mines, oil fields, pipelines—not where it leaves the atmosphere. Promote renewable energy and buy photovoltaic devices in bulk to drive prices down. More »

More about:  climate change • environment • global warming • energy • alternative fuels • cap and trade

 NYT Columnist Pied at Brown 

Activists take issue with Friedman's corporate environmental solutions

Associated Press Associated Press Apr 25, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two environmental activists threw cream pies at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman at an Earth Day speech Tuesday at Brown University, the AP reports. Friedman’s speech was about the corporate world's ability to help the environment with schemes such as cap-and-trade for carbon emissions. One of the pie-chuckers, a Brown student, faces possible expulsion. More »

More about:  environmentalism • carbon emissions • Thomas Friedman • cap and trade • activists • Brown University

 Bush Plan Cuts Growth of Greenhouse Gases by 2025

President outlines broad plan to shape debate in Congress

Associated Press Associated Press Apr 16, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush set 2025 as the target date by which the US should stop the growth of greenhouse emissions from coal power plants, the AP reports. The goal is for those plant emissions to peak in 10 to 15 years, then begin declining. Bush called for legislation to introduce incentives for the development of green technology. More »

Going Greener Won't Cut Much* Into Bottom Line: Study

*If governments are smart with policies

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Apr 3, 08 7:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions will put a dent in the world's bottom line, but the damage could be minimal with the right economic policies, the International Monetary Fund forecasts. A 60% reduction of 2002 emission levels will reduce global growth by 2.6% come 2040, but the world's economy would still double in size, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

More about:  China • global warming • India • energy • greenhouse gases • IMF • clean energy • International Monetary Fund • cap and trade • carbon trading

OPINION

Which Hopeful Is Greenest?

Policy ace Clinton and 'visionary' Obama are both good, Slate says

Slate Slate Mar 4, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Primary voters who lean green can go with "visionary" Barack Obama or policy whiz Hillary Clinton, writes Brendan I. Koerner in Slate—both are good. Each offers a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, and both want to make 25% of energy renewable by 2025. "Neither is perfect, given their knee-jerk affinity for biofuels and clean coal, but such is the nature of politics," Koerner writes. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • climate change • green technology • cap and trade

Bush Warms to Global Warming

The president looks to lead on climate change, in his own way

Washington Post Washington Post Dec 29, 07 1:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Aiming to polish his legacy, President Bush is mulling new climate policy that may include mandatory emissions caps, the Washington Post reports. The Post tracks his evolution from climate skeptic to advocate of higher fuel efficiency and a $37 billion investment in alternative fuels—although critics remain dubious of a president who skewered climate science and snubbed cap-and-trade policies for seven years. More »

UK to Cut Greenhouse Gases

Britain pledges to reduce emissions
60 percent by 2050

BBC BBC Nov 7, 07 2:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Britain has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent over the next four decades, the BBC reports. Under the Climate Change Bill, the government will create an independent commission to help it meet five-year "carbon budgets." The government says the plan gives Britain the first "legally binding framework" to reduce emissions. More »

More about:  John McCain • George W. Bush • Great Britain • global warming • Gordon Brown • greenhouse gases • cap and trade

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