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California emissions waiver blocked by Bush administrationFeb 29, 2008 - Reuters WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Friday formally rejected California's bid for a waiver from U.S. law to set its own tailpipe emissions standard to reduce global warming. |
Banks in talks to shape U.S. climate policyFeb 29, 2008 - Reuters LONDON - U.S. banks, industry and decision makers are holding open talks about the shape of future climate regulations in the United States, likely to have far-reaching impact on the economy, bankers say. |
Weyerhaeuser and Chevron form biofuels joint ventureFeb 29, 2008 - Reuters NEW YORK - Oil company Chevron Corp and forest products maker Weyerhaeuser Co on Friday announced the launch of a joint venture to develop renewable fuels from nonfood sources like wood. |
Winter temperature in Finland hits record highFeb 28, 2008 - Xinhua HELSINKI - Finland this year has recorded its highest average temperature for a winter season since 1900, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said Thursday. |
Automakers to stick to position on CO2 emissionsFeb 28, 2008 - Reuters MILAN - Faced with the prospect of paying billions of euros in fines for CO2 emissions, car makers plan to renew their call to the European Commission to improve roads and public transport to help them meet proposed limits on CO2. |
Arctic Meltdown: The Economic and Security Implications of Global WarmingFrom Foreign Affairs, March/April 2008 NEW YORK - Thanks to global warming, the Arctic icecap is rapidly melting, opening up access to massive natural resources and creating shipping shortcuts. But there are currently no clear rules governing this economically and strategically vital region. Unless (there is) a multilateral diplomatic solution, the Arctic could descend into armed conflict. |
First biofuel flight dismissed as Virgin stuntFeb 25, 2008 - The Independent (UK) LONDON - The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt. |
Left-leaning budget calls for taxes, deficitFeb 24, 2008 - CanWest News OTTAWA - A carbon tax of $30 a tonne, a hike in the newly-reduced GST and a higher tax rate for Canada's wealthiest residents would be part of Tuesday's federal budget if the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives had its way. No longer available |
Aviation makers say CO2 emissions reduction of 50% by 2020 possibleFeb 23, 2008 — Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE : The environmental concern is not confined to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on land; the aviation industry is also tackling the issue head on. No longer available |
GM exec stands by calling global warming a "crock"Feb 22, 2008 - Reuters DETROIT - General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he made dismissing global warming as a "total crock of s---," saying his views had no bearing on GM's commitment to build environmentally friendly vehicles. |
Influential journal blasts Tory government's 'disregard for science'Feb 22, 2008 — CBC News One of the world's leading scientific journals has criticized the Conservative government's "manifest disregard for science" in Canada. |
German Biodiesel Plants Find US, Canada BuyersFeb 22, 2008 — Planet Ark HAMBURG - Three German biodiesel production plants were recently sold to the United States and Canada and more are up for sale after biodiesel sales collapsed, a German renewable fuels industry leader said on Wednesday. |
Carbon tax focus of British Columbia budgetFeb 20, 2008 —Globe & Mail VICTORIA — The B.C. government introduced North America's first full-fledged carbon tax yesterday, an attempt to engineer a social movement aimed at getting British Columbians to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions. |
Climate change threatens human rights of millions: U.N.Feb 19, 2008 — Reuters GENEVA - Climate change threatens the human rights of millions of people who are at risk of losing access to housing, food and clean water unless governments intervene early to counter its effects, experts said on Tuesday. |
Manitoba premier keynote speaker at green conference in AustraliaFeb 19, 2008 — CBC News ADELAIDE - Manitoba Premier Gary Doer is in Adelaide, Australia, on Tuesday as head of a delegation of scientists and business leaders from the province who are interested in renewable energy and climate change. |
Carmaker Porsche challenges London gas guzzler taxFeb 19, 2008 — Reuters LONDON - Porsche said on Tuesday it planned to challenge London mayor's decision to help fight global warming by taxing gas guzzling cars driving in the city centre. Porsche said on Tuesday the charge was unfair, would not cut emissions of carbon dioxide and would deter businesses from moving to the city. |
Second deadline to protect polar bears missedFeb 13, 2008 — Reuters WASHINGTON - The United States has missed its own postponed deadline to decide if polar bears need protection from climate change, and critics link the delay to an oil lease sale in a vast swath of the bear's icy habitat. |
London tripling daily ‘gas guzzler’ fee to $49Feb 12, 2008 — AP LONDON - Drivers of gas-guzzling cars will have to pay nearly $50 a day to enter central London, triple the current charge, while the most fuel-efficient vehicles will get a free ride, the mayor said Tuesday. |
GE sees 2008 wind revenue approaching $6 billionFeb 12, 2008 — Reuters BOSTON - General Electric expects revenue from its wind turbine business to approach $6 billion, a top executive said on Tuesday. |
Lake Superior at record low levels in August & SeptemberFeb 12, 2008 — Canadian Business THUNDER BAY - Since the turn of the millennium, Canada’s shipping industry has played a strange game of inverted underwater limbo. As water levels in the Great Lakes have trended below norms, lakers have often been forced to carry less cargo to avoid running aground. |
Billionaires step up at UN to target climate shiftsFeb 12, 2008 — Chicago Tribune NEW YORK - Invoking symbols as varied as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Allied war effort in World War II, two billionaires helped open a United Nations climate change meeting Monday aimed at promoting global efforts by governments and businesses to slow the gradual warming of the atmosphere. No longer available |
Expect some short, sharp jabs in B.C. climate change boutFeb 8, 2008 — Globe & Mail VANCOUVER - The oil industry, ever adept at bobbing and weaving on the climate-change issue, has outpunched the opposition in the last two rounds. The third round begins today. |
Manitoba lists polar bear as threatened speciesFeb 8, 2008 — Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - POLAR bears in Manitoba now have special protection under the province's Endangered Species Act, a move designed to restrict how close people can come to female bears and their cubs along the Hudson Bay coast, the province said Thursday. |
Study: Corn ethanol worse than gasolineFeb 7, 2008 — AP WASHINGTON - The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. |
Winnipeg mayor to tout climate strategy, more camerasFeb 7, 2008 — Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - MAYOR Sam Katz is expected to announce an environmental strategy for Winnipeg as well as plans to place more security cameras downtown during a state of the city address billed as meatier than speeches from earlier years. |
Climate change becomes a Republican issue tooFeb 6, 2008 — Reuters WASHINGTON - The U.S. fight against climate change isn't just for Democrats any more. |
$40-billion needed for transit , group saysFeb 4, 2008 — Globe & Mail OTTAWA — The country's municipal transit systems will need $40.1-billion for upkeep and expansion over the next five years, the Canadian Urban Transit Association said Monday. |
Banks to weigh CO2 emissions in power lendingFeb 4 , 2007 — Reuters NEW YORK - Three Wall Street banks said on Monday they will set environmental standards that factor in risks posed by carbon emissions when lending to power companies that seek to build coal-fired power plants. |
Canada panel suggests $2 billion carbon capture planFeb 1, 2008 — Reuters OTTAWA - Canadian governments should spend $2 billion to encourage the capture and storage of carbon to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a government-commissioned panel recommends. |
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