Obama Proposes Expanded Offshore Drilling

The Obama administration wants to open vast areas of the outer continental shelf to new oil and natural gas exploration.
President Obama announced today that the Interior Department will allow drilling along the Atlantic coast off Virginia by 2012 and consider...

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Lugar Releases 'Practical' Climate Plan

Details on the compromise Senate climate bill are still under wraps but one lawmaker with an alternative to the plan being developed by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., is making his plan public.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., says his energy and climate measure is a "practical" plan that will...

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East Anglia Scientists Cleared in Probe

British lawmakers say climate scientists at the University of East Anglia probably held back some information, but never manipulated climate data on global warming.
The conclusions come from the House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee in the the first government investigation into...

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Chu Announces $37.5M for U.S.-China Clean Energy Research

Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the world's top energy consumers must work together to confront the global climate crisis.

So the DOE is making $37.5 million in grant money available for the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center.

Secretary Chu paved the way for the center when he visited China last June, and President Obama...

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U.S., Vietnam Sign Nuclear Power Deal

Vietnam, a developing country with a growing energy demand, now has a memorandum of understanding on peaceful nuclear cooperation with the United States.

U.S. officials say the deal, which addresses nuclear safety and nonproliferation concerns, will likeley lead to another agreement allowing U.S....

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EPA Issues Final GHG Phase-In Guidelines

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will regulate greenhouse gases, but only gradually.

EPA administrator Lisa Jackson said today that despite opposition from Congress and the industry, the agency is moving forward using the "endangerment finding" to regulate both mobile...

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More Than 150 Trapped in Chinese Coal Mine

Rescuers in China are scrambling to save 153 coal miners trapped by a flood.

The accident happened Sunday in the China's northern province of Shanxi. There were more than 260 workers in the mine, and 108 made it...

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KGL May Debut on Earth Day

The three co-authors of Senate climate legislation believe they have found a fitting day to release their bill: The 40th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22

Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., co-author with John Kerry, D-Mass., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., says details of the bill will likely be released the week of April 19. He spoke after the lawmakers...

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De Boer Hopeful for Climate Deal in 2011

World leaders may have been disappointed with the outcome of the Copenhagen climate talks this past December, but Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, says a climate deal is possible in 2011.

In an interview with EurActiv, de Boer said that the upcoming UN conference in Cancun this...

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EPA Proposes Veto of Spruce No. 1 Mine Permit

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will veto the largest mountaintop removal mining permit in West Virginia history.

The agency announced today that it will overturn Arch Coal's Clean Water Act permit to bury more than seven miles of headwater streams near its Spruce No. 1 mine, near Charleston. EPA says...

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GAO Report Finds Faults in Energy Star Program

A new report from the auditing arm of Congress shows that the federal Energy Star program has a sloppy certification process that can be easily abused.

The 18-year-old program, which is administered jointly by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy, offers consumers...

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Groups Call for Changes in Transmission Title

A coalition headed by electric utilities, renewable energy developers, labor unions and environmental groups wants changes in the Senate energy bill.

The group says language in the legislation designed to ensure that transmission costs are proportional to the economic benefits could...

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Study: China Leapfrogs U.S. in Renewable Investment

China now leads the world in spending on solar and wind, according to a study from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

The study looked at spending among the G-20 countries, and for the first time, China spent more than the United States.

Chinese private investment last year was almost $35 billion -- almost double the nearly $19 billion...

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DOE Awards $200M for 'Smart Grid'

The Energy Department is awarding its largest "smart grid" stimulus grant to CenterPoint Energy in Houston.

DOE will give the company $150 million for deployment of its advanced metering system. CenterPoint will also get $50 million to fund the...

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Bipartisan Measure Seeks to Revive Yucca

Can Yucca Mountain be resurrected as a nuclear waste site?

A group of House Democrats and Republicans introduced a resolution to stop the Obama administration from ending the nuclear waste repository program.

The resolution of disapproval aims to stop the Energy Department from using appropriated...

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EPA Expands GHG Reporting Proposal

The EPA wants the oil and natural gas sectors to track and report emissions of greenhouse gases.

Administrator Lisa Jackson says tracking methane emitted by oil and natural gas systems is of particular importance. Methane is the primary component of natural gas and is...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/24/10

Senators Maria Cantwell and Susan Collins talk about putting a predictable price on carbon. Nuclear blue ribbon panel to meet tomorrow. New Mexico State University's Jim Conca, PhD., says don't expect the panel to come forward with specific nuclear storage sites anytime soon. And White House Energy Advisor Carol Browner, Senator Amy Klobuchar and Congressman Jay Inslee discuss American cities going green and the role government can play in sustainable energy and efficiency.

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Virent, Shell Say Catalytic Process Turns Corn to Gasoline

Virent Energy and Shell say they've developed a catalytic process that can produce gasoline from plant sugars -- gasoline that is chemically identical to gasoline made from crude oil.

That would give this "biogasoline" a big leg up over the better known biofuel, ethanol, which can also be produced from sugars. Ethanol produces...

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D.C. Moves up in Building Efficiency Rankings

The nation's capital ranks just behind Los Angeles when it comes to energy-efficient buildings.

The latest EPA survey shows Washington, D.C., with 204 commercial buildings in 2009 that...

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Nuclear Support Reaches All-Time High

A new poll shows support for nuclear power at its highest since Gallup first asked the question in 1994.

Sixty-two percent of the 1,014 Americans polled say they favor nuclear as one way to meet national electricity needs.

Republican support hit a high of seventy-four percent, up from seventy-one percent last...

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Ritter Signs RES Bill; Fuel Switching Advances

Colorado now has the Rocky Mountain region's highest renewable energy standard.

Governor Bill Ritter has signed into law a bill requiring that state utilities generate 30 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The state's current RES is 20 percent.

The bill also encourages small-scale, home-based energy production. The Governor's Energy Office predicts...

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Schwarzenegger Signs Energy Law

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a state law he and federal officials say will speed up approvals for large-scale solar and wind projects.

It's also aimed at improving the chance renewables will meet deadlines to qualify for...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/23/10

France backs down from a carbon tax. Discussion of role of federal incentives helps public power meet renewable energy standards. And we'll have the natural gas industry outlook for 2010.

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Judge Gives EPA Until Friday to Rule on Arch Coal Mine

The EPA now has until Friday to decide if it will overturn the largest mountaintop removal mining permit in West Virginia history.

The Charleston Gazette reports that a federal judge has agreed to delay his ruling in a lawsuit over Arch Coal's Spruce No. 1 Mine, giving the...

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DOE, EPA Announce New Energy Star Testing

The government is moving to expand and strengthen the Energy Star program.

EPA and the Department of Energy have launched a new verification program that will test all products going after the Energy Star label at independent laboratories. About 25 percent of...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/22/10

NRG Energy's Steve Corneli talks about the prospects for the Kerry, Graham, Lieberman climate bill. Today marks 18th annual world water day - EPA Administrator announces new strategies on drinking water standards. Police cars go greener with a new BMW diesel engine.

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LA Officials Approve Carbon Surcharge

Utility officials in Los Angeles have approved a carbon surcharge for customers.

The Department of Water and Power agreed to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to charge residents $2.50 a month and businesses about 20 percent more for the next year, starting April 1.

The mayor says the money will allow the city to invest in clean renewable energy, implement...

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Wind Farm Plans Stir up Storm Over Military Radar

The military is worried that wind farms can disrupt or block radar designed to detect threats and protect America's skies.

Rotating turbine blades have been shown to sometimes give false radar signatures.

An Air Force General told Congress federal agencies need to work better together on a formal vetting process to prevent wind projects...

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Lawmakers Share Energy Bill Outline With Energy Groups

Industry groups have now seen a draft outline of the Kerry Graham Lieberman climate bill.

As of right now, that legislation will include at least two kinds of carbon emission reduction systems.

The authors of the bill, John Kerry, D-Mass, Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., shared the outline with industry leaders...

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Auto Industry Opposes Block on EPA Regs

Automakers are urging Congress not to bar EPA from setting its first national tailpipe emissions, and they're denying their stance is due to White House pressure.

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers sent congressional leaders a letter urging them not to pass pending resolutions that would nullify EPA's...

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EPA Starts Hydrofracking Study

The EPA says it will redirect nearly $2 million to get a study on hydraulic fracturing under way this year.

The study comes amid increasing fears that hydrofracking could contaminate drinking water aquifers. The practice is now regulated state by...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/18/10

Today EPA announces a new study on hydrofracking and safety concerns over the natural gas drilling technique.We have details of the draft outline of the Senate climate bill. And the House Energy & Commerce committee looks into the President's proposed Home Star program.

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Bill Clinton Nudges Dems on Climate Bill

Former President Bill Clinton joining the chorus of those urging Senate Democrats to pass a climate bill this year.

Clinton said Tuesday legislation would spur innovation and create new jobs. Those at a luncheon where he spoke say he also argued the...

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Pakistan, Iran, Sign Pipeline Deal

A $7.6 billion natural gas deal could help Pakistan avert a growing energy crisis.

Pakistan has signed a deal with Iran for construction of a pipeline pumping Iranian natural gas to Pakistan, which suffers severe electricity...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/17/10

We're watching several congressional committee meetings and what they could mean for the Senate climate bill. Also, a new report shows mercury pollution levels are up at several coal-fired plants around the country. And, is your state one of the 10 designated by NRDC as most vulnerable to rising oil and nat gas prices? And Alcatraz goes solar!

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UN Envoy Expects Dual Track Climate Talks

As the world sets its sights on Mexico for the COP-16 climate conference, one negotiator says formal talks are becoming less important.

Special United Nations climate envoy Gro Harlem Brundtland says the Copenhagen Accord -- a deal reached by world leaders outside the formal negotiations -- is the kind of agreement that will...

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UAW to Congress: Hands off EPA 'Endangerment Finding'

The United Auto Workers union wants lawmakers to keep their hands off the EPA's endangerment finding.

Union leaders fired off a letter to congressmen and senators on Monday, urging them to reject resolutions in both houses aimed at nullifying last...

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Govs Have 'Great Expectations' for Wind

Governors of 29 states say they'll push the White House and Congress to boost wind energy by enacting a renewable electricity standard, a goal long sought by wind energy trade groups and industry.

A bipartisan group called the Governors' Wind Energy Coalition made its recommendations today in a report to Congress and the Obama administration. The group said that energy cost...

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Chu: Carbon Pricing Needed to Jump Start Clean Tech

Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the U.S. clean energy sector is stalled without a price on carbon, while the rest of the world -- especially China -- surges ahead.

Speaking to the National League of Cities today in Washington, Chu said the US led the world in photovoltaic technology 15 years ago, capturing...

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Official: EPA Could Start Own Carbon Trading Plan

An Environmental Protection Agency official says the agency could set up its own system for trading carbon allowances without waiting for action from Congress.

Anna Marie Wood, a senior policy analyst for the agency, said today that the Clean Air Act could be used to set up a carbon trading system -- without action from lawmakers, who are divided...

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EPA: Some Coal Ash to Remain in Emory River

Federal regulators say it's technologically impossible to remove all the coal ash from the December 2008 Kingston spill from the Emory River.
And that means an undetermined amount of coal ash will remain, even after the cleanup ends.

The leader of EPA's emergency cleanup operation says the removal of ash from the Emory River has entered its final stage. But because dredging...

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Chinese Leader Alleges U.S. Snub at Copenhagen

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says he skipped meetings of world leaders at last December's Copenhagen climate summit because China was snubbed.

Wen told a Beijing news conference he was never formally invited to a late-night leader's session before the conference's last day, and before President Obama arrived. He says he learned of...

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Study: Volcanoes Hold Key to 'Carbon Sinks'

Undersea volcanoes could be a secret weapon in the fight against climate change.

A study published in the latest issue of Nature Geoscience shows for the first time that the volcanoes hold a key that turns the world's oceans into "carbon sinks."

French and Australian researchers tell Reuters they've pinpointed the volcanoes as a key source...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/15/10

The International Green Building Code will be unveiled today by the International Code Council. Dan Goldstein is tracking an American Bar Association forum: "Climate Change: Understanding the Legal Issues. And we have more from CERAWeek 2010 with Margaret Ryan's interview with Southern's CEO David Ratcliffe on the future of nuclear energy in the U.S.

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Salazar: Birds are 'Messengers' on Climate Change

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says birds are a key indicator of the effects of climate change.

Speaking at a news conference on the "State of Birds, 2010 Report on Climate Change" Salazar said Thursday that birds are messengers that tell...

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Poll: Attitudes Shifting on Warming

A new Gallup poll shows Americans are less worried about climate change, and are less convinced of its impact on the environment.

The poll shows 48 percent feel the seriousness of global warming is generally exaggerated -- the highest percentage in the 13 years the question has been included in the poll. It's up from 41 percent last year and 31 percent in 1997.

Gallup speculates the shift may be due to the recent controversy over stolen e-mails from climate scientists and the increasingly partisan nature of the...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/12/10

Elliott Gue of The Energy Strategist discusses natural gas and oil inventories. Also, professor James Casey discusses the nexus of the economy and the environment.

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CA 'Green Transmission Line' Shelved

Los Angeles power officials have scrapped plans for an 85-mile "green transmission line" through the southeastern California desert.

The LA Department of Water and Power's $800 million project was designed to bring electricity from solar, geothermal, wind and nuclear plants...

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Barton Questions GM, Chrysler on USCAP

A top House Republican wants to know if GM and Chrysler used taxpayer money to lobby for climate legislation.

Joe Barton, R-Texas, the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote to GM Chairman Edward Whitacre and Chrysler Chairman Rober Kidder this week questioning...

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Govs Urge Congress to Stall EPA Regs

A group of 18 U.S. Governors is joining the call to stop the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.

The governors wrote to House and Senate leadership on Wednesday, urging them to pass legislation keeping the agency from putting rules in place. Both parties have introduced legislation in each House designed to halt or delay EPA...

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BP to Pay $7B for Exploration Rights

British Petroleum is shoring up its exploration rights in the Gulf of Mexico and gaining a foothold in Brazilian waters in a $7 billion deal with Devon Energy Corp.

BP says it will buy the rights for 10 offshore exploration blocks in Brazil and a portfolio of...

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Groups Threaten Lawsuit Over PNG Project

Several environmental groups are threatening to sue the U.S. Export Import Bank for financing an LNG project in Papua New Guinea.

The bank approved $3 billion for ExxonMobil and partners for the project.

The Center for Biological Diversity, Pacific Environment, and Turtle Island Restoration...

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Study Links Drilling Water, Earthquakes

A seismologist in Texas believes drilling for natural gas may be the cause of several small earthquakes in the state..

Brian Stump of Dallas' Southern Methodist University and senior author on a Leading Edge journal study says it's possible the saltwater pumped into the ground during hydrofracking...

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Natural Gas Prices Predicted to Stay Steady at Least to 2012

Natural gas prices will stay in the $4-6 per million Btu range through 2011, but supply may start to tighten in 2012 -- and by 2014, an upward price trend will be discernible globally. The U.S., with its rich shale gas potential, though, may not be as affected.

That was the picture painted by multiple speakers at Wednesday's "Gas Day" at IHS CERA Week in...

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Lawmakers Consider Federal Disaster Insurance Amid Threat of Climate Change Disasters

As world climate negotiators hammer out details of funding global climate change adaptation, US lawmakers on Capitol Hill talked Wednesday about to what extent US taxpayers should be responsible for the effects of climate change here at home.

Two House subcommittees looked at whether the federal government should insure or guarantee state disaster insurance in high-risk states.

The issue pits some lawmakers, who say they want to spread risk so certain states aren't...

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Panel Chosen to Review IPCC

The United Nations has found an outside panel to review the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The InterAcademy Council, a group that includes the science academies of 15 nations, will have complete control to review the panel's rules, procedures and reports.

A scientist close to the situation says InterAcademy Council will decide which of its...

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Vermont Regulators Push for Nuclear Plant Shutdown

Vermont state regulators are pushing for an immediate shutdown the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

They're being pressured to shut it down because of leaking tritium that environmental groups say is polluting the environment.

The Conservation Law Foundation and the New England Coalition say the plant should shut down...

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China Calls for More U.S. Action on Climate Change

China says the United States needs to make stronger commitments on climate change.

China's top climate negotiator, Xie Zhenhua, said today that although the Obama administration has improved its commitment on the issue, White House promises of greenhouse gas reductions...

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ENI Head: Oil Majors Can Profit From Growing Europe, Asia Gas Demand

Shale gas has made North America self-sufficient and taken it out of the global natural gas market, but the rest of the globe is still struggling to secure nearly 300 billion cubic meters of new gas that economies in Europe and Asia will need by 2020, says Paolo Scaroni, CEO of Italy's ENI.

His solutions: better pipeline interconnections, cooperation among pippeline projects competing for the European market, continued LNG...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/10/10

Following President Obama's call for a climate bill with a price on carbon this year. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) speaks at the Energy Efficiency Policy forum being held by the Alliance to Save Energy. Nat gas day at CERAWEEK 2010.

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Petrobras Can Develop Subsea Reserves At $45/Barrel

At oil prices of $45 or more, Brazil's plans to exploit the huge deep sea resources off its coast can be profitable, according to Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, CEO of Brazilian oil company Petrobras.

He told IHS CERAWeek in Houston today that Petrobras anticipates nearly doubling its oil output by 2020, up 1.8 million barrels per day to...

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ConocoPhillips Chief Calls Natural Gas "The Gift"

If oil is "The Prize," as IHS CERA chief Daniel Yergin dubbed it in his prize-winning history, then natural gas should be called "the gift," says ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva.

Speaking to IHS CERAWeek in Houston today, Mulva said clean and affordable energy, from all sources, will be needed to support a global population of 9.2 billion in 2050, a third higher than today. He predicts that natural gas, with the...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/9/10

High-level energy meeting at the White House to talk about the energy bill. Senate Natural Resources Committee looks at financial transmissions rights. Oil day CERAWeek 2010.

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China, India Offer Qualified Support for Copenhagen Accord

China and India are offering qualified approval to the Copenhagen Accord -- an agreement that calls for voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

The two countries are among the world's largest and fastest growing greenhouse gas emitters. Both submitted letters to the United Nations today, agreeing to join more than 100 countries...

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Saudi Aramco Head Urges Oil Industry to Invest in Future

Supplying enough oil to meet the demand of a burgeoning world population with aspirations to better lifestyles is a challenge too big for any one oil company, says the President and CEO of Saudi Aramco, Khalid al-Falih.

Speaking at IHS CERAWeek in Houston today, al-Falih said meeting world needs is an "obligation" of the entire industry, and "it is...

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Chu: U.S. Lags in Clean Tech Race

Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the U.S. lags behind other countries in the race for clean technology even though it has the greatest "innovation machine" in the world.

Chu spoke Monday at Stanford Univerity, where he led the Physics Department from 1990 to 1993 and from 1999 to 2001.

The Palo Alto News reported Tuesday that he told the audience that other countries are ahead in...

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High Court Won't Hear Emissions Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a lower court ruling that environmentalists say closed a loophole allowing major industrial polluters to exceed federal air quality standards.

The court declined to review a 2008 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that prohibited the EPA from suspending normal emissions standards in...

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Chinese Firm Plans at Least 10 New Wind Farms in 2010

The world's largest carbon emitter is surging ahead on wind farm investment.

Bloomberg reported Monday that China WindPower Group plans to invest about $116 million in wind farms this year. The company said in a statement that it intends to build 10 to 12 wind farms in 2010, nearly doubling...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 03/08/10

Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina make an offer to acquire Arrow Energy. Clean Skies News takes a look at merger and acquisition activity across the oil and natural gas industries. Also, Executive Editor Margaret Ryan reports from CERA Week in Houston.; Tyler Suiters looks at the Recovery Act's "Buy American" provision; and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson gives an update on the agency's progress in 2010.

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North American Gas Shale, Oil Sands Lead 2009 M&A Dealmaking

With the global recession presenting tempting opportunities, world energy companies responded with a 40 percent increase in mergers and acquisitions from 2008 to 2009, according to a study released today by IHS Herold.

Leading the M&A fervor were acquisitions of unconventional natural gas reserves and oil sands in...

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Barrasso Slams EPA Oversight

The top Republican on the Senate panel overseeing the EPA is calling for a hard look at the workings of the agency.

John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee on oversight, is out with a report that he says...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/5/10

The economics of biofuels-discussion held by National Academies of Science. Latest on commodities markets from Elliott Gue of the Energy Strategist and Energy Letter. And is Saudi King Abdullah al-Saud an environmentalist? Rob Sobhani with Caspian Energy Consulting discusses in his new book.

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Wyoming Set to Tax Wind Production

Wyoming's governor is ready to sign into law the nation's first state excise tax on wind energy production.

Dave Freudenthal made the wind tax a priority of his legislative agenda, and last week the measure sailed through the state legislature, with at least a two-thirds majority in each house.

Starting in 2012, wind energy producers in Wyoming will pay the state...

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Lieberman: No ANWR Drilling in Climate Bill

Sen. Joe Lieberman is calling the prospect of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a "a deal breaker."

Lieberman, I-Conn., is one of three co-authors of the Senate climate bill -- and a long-time opponent of going for more...

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What's Happening Today on Clean Skies News - 3/4/10

Clean Skies' Susan McGinnis moderates panel with the Center for American Progress on building a clean energy economy. We'll talk with CAP President John Podesta. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will be announcing the first of eight regional science centers where scientists will study the impact of climate change.

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Sens. Seek Stronger 'Buy American' Provision

Four Senate Democrats are speaking out about more than $1 billion in stimulus money awarded to foreign-owned companies.

Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is leading the effort to rework the Recovery Act's "Buy American" provision to include not only government projects, but private projects as well. Joining him at a news conference on Wednesday were...

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Jackson Revises EPA's GHG Limits

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is making more revisions to her agency's proposed regulations on greenhouse gases.

More than a week after telling lawmakers that she might revise the so-called "tailoring rule," Jackson has announced just that.

Jackson told a Senate committee on Wednesday...

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Senate Climate Bill Still Weeks Away

Hopes are now fading for details this week on a compromise Senate climate bill.

Sources from the energy policy sector say lawmakers are still working on details of the proposal.

Senators John Kerry, D-Mass., Lindsey Graham R-S.C., and Joe Lieberman, I Conn., have been working on...

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Appeals Court Overturns Climate Lawsuit

A federal appeals court has thrown out a ruling that allowed Mississippi residents to sue energy companies over the effects of global warming.

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans ruled last year...

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Nuclear Projects Face New Financing Hurdles

Georgia's Municipal Electric Authority plans to borrow more than $2.5 billion this week to help finance the state's share of two new nuclear reactors.

The money would go toward the proposed $14-billion expansion at...

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House Republicans Push to Halt EPA Regs.

House Republicans are behind the latest move to keep the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and his colleagues are introducing a resolution to nullify the agency's "endangerment finding," the ruling made last year that's...

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Obama Renews Push For Efficiency

President Barack Obama Tuesday unveiled a new incentive plan to encourage Americans to retrofit their homes with new green technology such as energy efficient hot water heaters and windows -- at the same time boosting a moribund home building and construction market.

"This is not a Democratic idea or a Republican idea," Obama told an audience at Savannah Technical College in Georgia today, where students...

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Congress Continues To Mount Challenge To Impending Greenhouse Gas Regulations

House Republicans have launched the chamber's campaign against the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act using its new endangerment finding.

In a news conference Tuesday, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and several other Republicans unveiled...

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China to Produce Emissions Monitoring Plan

China is preparing details on its greenhouse gas emissions goals and monitoring rules.

Government officials tell state media that their next five-year plan will spell out the country's plans for regions and sectors, with monitoring to show...

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Gore Defends IPCC Report

Former Vice President Al gore is firing back at global warming skeptics and defending the UN report that brought climate change to the world's attention.

Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Peace Prize for the 2007 report. But now skeptics are...

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Indonesia Interested in UN Climate Chief Post

The search is on for a replacement for UN climate chief Yvo de Boer.

The Jakarta Post reported today that the Indonesian government expressed interest at last week's Environment Minister meeting in Bali in submitting at least two people...

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Climate Bill Could Treat Sectors Differently

Three senators appear ready to release details this week of new compromise energy and climate legislation.

The Washington Post reported Saturday that Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., are crafting...

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