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Push for Increase in Biofuels Causes Oil Industry to Scale Back Refinery Expansion |
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (AP ) -- A push from Congress and the White House for
huge increases in biofuels, such as ethanol, is prompting the oil
industry to scale back its plans for refinery expansions. That
could keep gasoline prices high, possibly for years to come.
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S.Korea PM Cool on Climate Quotas, Sees Progress |
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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PARIS (Reuters ) -- Asian countries are likely to resist fixed
quotas on greenhouse gas emissions but there is growing awareness of
the need to act on climate change, South Korean Prime Minister Han
Duck-soo said on Monday.
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Climate Policy Rhetoric Escalates as Germany Threatens Trade Duties |
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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LONDON (Thomson Financial ) -- Differences over climate change policy
have pushed some governments to escalate their rhetoric, with Germany
threatening developing countries with trade duties if they fail to make
cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Senate Democrats Propose Loans for Coal-Based Fuel Plants |
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times ) -- As the Senate began debate Tuesday on a sprawling
bill to reduce oil consumption, top Democrats were circulating a
proposal to provide $10 billion in loans for plants that make diesel
fuel from coal.
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U.N.Bali Meeting Should Map Out New Climate Treaty |
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters ) -- Environment officials from 28 nations
meeting in Sweden agreed on Thursday that December's United Nations
climate conference should be used to craft a firm timetable for talks
on a pact to replace the Kyoto agreement.
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Africa: Climate Change the "Defining Issue of Our Era" |
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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(BuaNews ) -- Climate change was described as the "defining issue of our era" by
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, at the close of the G8
Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, at the weekend.
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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(The Observer ) -- London is to make one of the biggest environmental statements Britain
has ever witnessed next week, when the heart of the city switches off
its lights in a mass twilight turn-off.
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UN to Hold Climate Summit in September |
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
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(Financial Times ) -- United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon said on Friday he would
convene a high level meeting on September 24 in New York to plan the
next steps in climate change negotiations.
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G8 SUMMIT 20 Environment Ministers to Meet in Sweden |
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
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BERLIN (Thomson Financial ) -- Twenty environment ministers from around
the world will meet in Sweden on Monday to discuss the compromise
agreement to tackle climate change reached between the G8 members at
their summit in Heiligendamm, the German environment ministry said.
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G8 Seals Historic Climate Change Pact |
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
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(The Australian ) -- A Landmark deal between the world's eight leading
industrialised countries to move towards a halving of greenhouse gas
emissions by 2050 has raised the prospect of a climate change
breakthrough at September's APEC meeting in Sydney.
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Britain to Urge US to Set Climate Goal |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
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(The Guardian ) -- Britain will today step up the pressure on George Bush to commit
himself at this week's G8 summit to a specific target on cutting
greenhouse gas emissions. David Miliband, the environment secretary,
will travel to Washington to warn that the US has a responsibility to
save the world from "a climate change implosion", just as it had a
responsibility to save Europe from fascism in the 20th century.
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China Releases Climate Change Plan |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
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BEIJING (NY Times ) -- China today released its first comprehensive strategy on addressing climate change,
a plan that calls for improving energy efficiency and controlling
greenhouse gas emissions but that rejects mandatory caps on emissions
that could harm the country’s sizzling economy.
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G8 Drive for Climate Change Pact Threatened by US-Russia Collision |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
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(AFP ) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge G8 leaders to take a bold
step forward on climate change at a summit starting Wednesday but the
event could be upended by US-Russian tensions.
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Bush Proposes Goal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas |
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times ) -- President Bush, fending off international accusations that he was ignoring climate change,
proposed for the first time on Thursday to set “a long-term global
goal” for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and he called on other
high-polluting nations to join the United States in negotiations aimed
at reaching an agreement by the end of next year.
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Exxon Isn't Budging on Emissions Stance |
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
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DALLAS (Houston Chronicle ) -- To the chagrin of some institutional investors and a few dozen
protesters, Exxon Mobil Corp. shareholders voted Wednesday to keep the
world's largest oil company focused on fossil fuels, rejecting
proposals to set targets for greenhouse-gas emissions cuts and to move
aggressively into alternative energy.
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Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) -- Even as Congressional leaders draft legislation to reduce greenhouse gases linked to global warming, a powerful roster of Democrats and Republicans is pushing to subsidize coal as the king of alternative fuels.
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U.S. Rebuffs Germany on Greenhouse Gas Cuts |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) -- The United States has rejected Germany’s proposal
for deep long-term cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, setting the stage
for a battle that will pit President Bush against his European allies
at next month’s meeting of the world’s richest countries.
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G8 Must Focus on Energy, Not Just Economy - Russia |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- The world should rethink its emphasis on
unfettered economic growth and boost efforts to create
environmentally-friendly sources of fuel, a draft statement by oil and
gas giant Russia ahead of a G8 summit says.
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Energy Declaration Signed without Targets |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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(The Age) -- Energy ministers from the Asia-Pacific region have signed a
declaration confirming their commitment to improving energy
efficiency, the security of oil supplies and cross-border
trade.
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PM Accused of Backing U.S. Version of Climate Plan |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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(Globe and Mail) -- Stephen Harper was accused yesterday of giving George W. Bush cover in
a U.S. effort to water down a new international agreement on climate
change.
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Leaked Report Claims U.S. Preparing to Reject Proposals for G-8 Climate Change Deal |
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Saturday, 26 May 2007 |
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(AP) -- The United States is preparing to reject new targets on climate change
at a Group of Eight summit next month, dashing German and British hopes
of brokering a new global pact on reducing carbon emissions, according
to a document leaked by environmental campaigners.
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Japan Calls for 50% Reduction in Emissions by 2050 |
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
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(Guardian Unlimited ) -- Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, unveiled ambitious plans today to
cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050 that would include
the world's biggest emitters, the US and China.
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EXCLUSIVE-Targets Still Out, Bali Back in G8 Climate Draft |
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
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LONDON (Reuters ) -- Targets and timetables for carbon emission
cuts are still out but a call for a major meeting in December to agree
the way forward on global warming is back in the latest draft
conclusions to be put to next month's G8 summit.
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UN Treaty Official Sees Very Encouraging Signals' On Climate Change |
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
(UN News Center ) -- Following three definitive reports on climate change and a recent
technical symposium, States and the private sector are showing more
willingness to move ahead rapidly to stem greenhouse gas emissions, the
lead official of United Nations-administered pacts on the issue said
today.
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Schwarzenegger Rips into Bush Administration |
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
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(LA Times ) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell,
both Republicans, have authored a scathing opinion piece accusing the
Bush administration of inaction and denial that "borders on
malfeasance" for blocking tailpipe emission regulations in several
states.
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Can Climate Change Get Worse? It Has |
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
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(The Age ) -- The world is now on track to experience more catastrophic
damages from climate change than in the worst-case scenario
forecast by international experts, scientists have warned.
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EU vs. U.S. Over Climate Change |
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
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BERLIN (UPI)-- Europe is at odds with the United States over
climate change less than three weeks before the Group of Eight summit
in Germany is to unite the world to stop global warming.
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Coalition to Make Buildings Energy-Efficient |
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
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(NY Times) -- A coalition of 16 of the world’s biggest cities, five banks, one former
president and companies and groups that modernize aging buildings on
Wednesday pledged investments of billions of dollars to cut urban
energy use and releases of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming.
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Report: Africa Bears the Burden of Climate Change, Though It Is Low Emitter |
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
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SOUTH AFRICA (AP ) -- Global warming isn't just a matter of
melting icebergs and polar bears chasing after them. It's also Lake
Chad drying up, the glaciers of Mt. Kilimanjaro disappearing,
increasing extreme weather, conflict and hungry people throughout
Africa.
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US Seeks G8 Climate Text Changes |
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Monday, 14 May 2007 |
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(BBC News) -- Washington objects to the draft's targets to keep the
global temperature rise below 2C this century and halve greenhouse gas
emissions by 2050.
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