Western Climate Initiative

PHOTOS: These States Aren't Letting The Climate Bill Failure Stop Them

The Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Maryland, West Virginia, Renewable Energy, Oregon, Western Climate Initiative, Massachusetts, Colorado, Green Energy, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, New Mexico, New York, California, Proposition 23, Maine, Slidepollajax, Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord, Smart Growth, Transportation Climate Initiative, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News

Though the federal government may be hamstrung by man-made climate change deniers and dirty energy lobbyists, state governments are doing their part t...

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A Win-Win Policy: Conserving Lands and Mitigating Climate Change in a Public-Private Partnership

Steven Apfelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Soil, Greenhouse Gases, Western Climate Initiative, Bush Administration, Top Soil, Carbon Emissions, Energy Bill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News
Steven Apfelbaum

A group of scientists, NGOs, and policy makers has been working on developing technical standards designed to allow soils to be put to work right now to sequester carbon.

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Fighting Global Warming by Saving British Columbia's Old Growth Forests

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Reese Halter

The Western Climate Initiative, a group of seven western states and four Canadian provinces, have joined forces in a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): A Step in the Right Direction

Good | Ben Jervey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Environment, Western Climate Initiative, RGGI, Carbon Footprint, Green News

America's first formal crack at regulating industrial greenhouse gas emissions kicked off last week with a much-ballyhooed carbon auction that should ...

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