Tag: Global Warming
Several world leaders say carbon pricing a powerful tool to reduce global warming
Carbon pricing can “lead to profound changes in our emission patterns” – Chilean president Michelle Bachelet LE BOURGET, France _ One of the smartest ways to fight global warming is putting a price on carbon dioxide pollution, according to key world leaders at the international climate summit, including U.S. President Barack Obama. Either a tax […]
Paris climate summit won’t set binding target: emissions plan will be incremental
Paris climate summit a historic moment in fight against climate change WASHINGTON _ The upcoming Paris climate summit won’t result in a binding target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions below disaster-averting levels, the White House said Tuesday. But it said the talks starting next week could still be a historic moment in the global fight […]
Sierra Club (reluctantly) admits fracking has helped lower CO2 emissions
Sierra Club’s own research indicates a future outlook spearheaded by natural gas is even brighter The Sierra Club released a report last week attempting to argue that its “Beyond Coal”campaign is the reason that the United States has been able to achieve dramatic greenhouse gas reductions even though every credible organization from the Intergovernmental Panel […]
With Keystone rebuff, Obama aims credibility in global climate talks
Killing Keystone part of Obama’s environmental legacy WASHINGTON _ For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for treating the Keystone XL pipeline as a signal of whether the U.S. would seriously fight global warming. Now that he’s killed the project, Obama is holding it up as Exhibit A as he works to […]
VP Joe Biden aims to build resolve for global climate treaty
Joe Biden meeting with US, Chinese leaders in LA WASHINGTON – Vice-President Joe Biden will call on other nations to commit to ambitious cuts in greenhouse gases at a gathering of U.S. and Chinese leaders on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Biden’s address to the U.S.-China Climate Leaders Summit was designed to lay the groundwork for Chinese President […]
US officials working with Alberta on province’s climate change policy
Alberta climate change policy currently under review EDMONTON – Alberta’s environment minister is acknowledging the provincial government is coming under more international pressure to improve its record on climate change. “I’ve had meetings with the U.K. consul general and with the Americans as well,” Shannon Phillips told reporters Wednesday. “There’s a real appetite for Alberta to be […]
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