South Korean Government Approves Mandatory Carbon Trading Program
By a vote of 148-0 South Korean lawmakers have just approved a national emissions trading program to reduce the global warming pollution from its largest sectors by 2015.
By a vote of 148-0 South Korean lawmakers have just approved a national emissions trading program to reduce the global warming pollution from its largest sectors by 2015.
Gene Karpinski | Posted 04.03.2012
Last week, the EPA proposed historic new clean air standards to reduce industrial carbon pollution, an historic step by the Obama administration towards cleaning up our air and cutting dangerous global warming pollution.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 03.28.2012
Americans are already paying the price for record heat waves, dirty air, and an unstable climate. We need to fight these threats with every weapon we have, and the electricity industry has to do its fair share. The new carbon standard will help make that happen.
Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 03.28.2012
Every family has the right to breathe clean air, free from the toxic pollution. By establishing carbon pollution protections, the EPA is moving forward to clean up and modernize the way we power our country.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.27.2012
Americans know government safeguards drive dirty polluters to clean up their act. With these new carbon limits in place, we can count on a new generation of power plants that will create jobs, help stabilize the climate, and allow us all to breathe a little easier.
Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 05.21.2012
We support strong clean air standards that will safeguard our health, our families and our planet. Clean, healthy air and water are fundamental American rights.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 02.17.2012
At the insistence of Republican lawmakers, the tax bill moving through Congress includes a provision requiring the president to make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline in 60 days. This is political opportunism at its most cynical.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.16.2012
President Obama has delivered another victory for clean energy innovation. Today his administration moved forward with new standards for cars, SUVs, and pick-up trucks that will almost double vehicle miles per gallon to 54.5 mpg by 2025.
Jake Schmidt | Posted 11.21.2011
In 2011, Congress passed bills which dedicated $750-950 million for international action addressing the impacts of global warming. The House appropriations committee recently passed a bill that seeks to gut these key actions.
Terry Tamminen | Posted 10.04.2011
When the federal government abrogates its duties under the Clean Air Act or Clean Water Act, does that mean that impacted communities just go along with it?
John Rosenthal | Posted 07.18.2011
Sen. Brown claims he is trying to keep energy prices low and prevent over regulation of small business by the government. Certainly, admirable goals, but his execution is faulty.
Jake Schmidt | Posted 07.12.2011
If an airline claimed to be "green" but was actively working to gut carbon pollution standards, what would you do?
David Doniger | Posted 05.25.2011
Oil companies know that, like clean car standards, many of the EPA's steps to curb refineries' carbon emissions have the potential to save money. But fortunately for them, they have lawmakers fighting for them in Congress.
David Hawkins | Posted 05.25.2011
Thousands of other scientists have concluded that global warming pollution threatens our health and welfare. And Congress responds, "No it doesn't, and we have the votes to prove it!"
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
The unwritten law of journalism is that you need three examples of a thing to make a "trend piece." But shouldn't journalists stay abreast of such things, and warn people when trends are emerging? Not if the trends are idiotic, New York Times Style section! I can't help noticing, though, that in recent days two nearly-universally reviled corporate behemoths have published studies that actually contribute an unalloyed good to actual humans. Will there be a third?
Julie Packard | Posted 05.25.2011
The oil blowout that's fouled the Gulf of Mexico since April is many things: a human tragedy, an environmental disaster and a wake-up call. But it's not the greatest crisis facing the oceans today.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger Coal consumption has costs -- this week's explosion at a West Virginia mine, which killed 25, made that cl...
A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011
At the Business Roundtable today, President Obama challenged business leaders to lead beyond the daily stock ticker and the quarterly profits report.
Sen. John Kerry | Posted 05.25.2011
Today, Senator Boxer and I introduced our "Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act" that aims to put Americans back in charge of our energy future and our security.
Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011
I hope that the Sierra Club continues to support the new proposed bill more enthusiastically than they have the "greenwashing" efforts of their shot-gun bride, Clorox Corporation.
Jake Schmidt | Posted 05.09.2012