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Immigrants Hold Climate Change Hostage In US Senate

Immigrants Hold Climate Change Hostage In US Senate

Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by Ross.

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Just when the road seemed clear for America to finally hop on board the global clean energy agenda, domestic xenophobic politics has created a new crisis for climate change’s lethargic legislationary laggards.
10 months after the US Congress passed the Clean Energy and Security Act, the tri-partisan Senate coalition of Democrat John Kerry, Republican Lindsey Graham [...]

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Efficient Light Bulbs Replace Banned Incandescents In Europe

Efficient Light Bulbs Replace Banned Incandescents In Europe

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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Europe is dimming the light more than two centuries of incandescent lighting, as an European Union (EU)-wide ban on 100W and frosted incandescent bulbs kicks in.
As part of the EU strategy on climate change, old-fashioned and inefficient incandescent bulbs are being phased out and replaced by much more efficient fluorescent or halogen lighting, which are [...]

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Cap and Trade Comes To India Ahead Of USA

Cap and Trade Comes To India Ahead Of USA

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by Ross.

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In a bold move designed to stir up the landscape of international climate change diplomacy, the Indian government has set the foundations for an imminent carbon cap-and-trade scheme to reduce domestic energy consumption by 5% by 2015.
Despite still refusing to set a stringent target for carbon dioxide emissions ahead of the Copenhagen Conference in December, [...]

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Back To The Hill For America’s Cap-And-Trade Bill

Back To The Hill For America’s Cap-And-Trade Bill

Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

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Friday finally saw the approval of the American Clean Energy and Security Act by the United States Congress, but it now heads to the Senate where it’s prospects are far less certain.
The bill, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill after its chief sponsors, mandates reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and sets national standards for energy [...]

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Environmental Protection Agency To Use Water To Regulate Carbon

Environmental Protection Agency To Use Water To Regulate Carbon

Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

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Not content with taking action against carbon dioxide emissions by declaring it a pollutant, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now considering taking a more leftfield approach by also declaring it a water pollutant, according to E&E Publishing’s Greenwire.
Back in March, the EPA decided to act on the US’s continuing growth in carbon dioxide emissions [...]

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