Politics
U.S. Power Giant to Cut Coal Emissions Polluting Eastern States
- The U.S. EPA, eight states and 13 citizens groups have reached an agreement with American Electric Power that requires the nation’s largest power company to cut air pollution at 16 of its coal-fired power plants across the Midwest and South.
Over 35,000 march on Washington demanding climate action and rejection of Canada’s ‘carbon bomb’
Originally Published by ENN - Over 35,000 people rallied in Washington D.C. for urgent action on climate change, which, according to organizers, was the largest climate march in U.S. history.
Filipino super-typhoon an ominous warning of climate change impact
Originally Published by ENS - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request by the marine mammal conservation group Sea Shepherd to end restrictions on the movement of its ships near Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean.
Obama’s Path from Rhetoric to Reality on Energy and Climate
- Exploring how President Obama can move from rhetoric to real-world action on energy and climate.
The German Energy Gamble
- The Ecologist’s political writer, Bibi van der Zee, asks whether the German's energy policy is a crazy punt, or an example to be followed by other states.
BP hit by new $34bn Deepwater Horizon claim
- Latest demand comes from local and southern state governments, including Louisiana and Mississippi, hit hard by pollution following 2010 blowout.
Norway Debates Overseas Ventures After Siege in Algeria
- Oil and gas made Norway one of the world’s most advanced and prosperous countries in just a few decades.
Green Blog: Tighter Radiation Monitoring for Fracking Sites
- Pennsylvania says it will conduct a comprehensive review of radiation levels in drilling cuttings and water but that the amounts measured so far are negligible.
Has the Kyoto protocol done more harm than good?
Originally Published by New Scientist - Fifteen years after its painful birth in Kyoto, Japan, the world's first legally binding agreement to limit emissions of greenhouse gases has now ended.
Lisa Jackson Departs EPA
- EPA chief Lisa Jackson announced yesterday that she will be leaving her position as head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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January 1st, 2013
Politics
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