Posted on May 20, 2008 by Dennis Pfaff
- Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson originally backed California's effort to set the nation's toughest limits on global warming-related vehicle emissions but backed off under pressure from the White House, according to a new congressional report cited by the San Francisco Chronicle.
- Sen. Barbara Boxer, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, has released a new version of the Lieberman-Warner climate bill containing some significant differences with earlier drafts of the measure, Grist reports.
- A decision on whether carbon dioxide endangers public health as a greenhouse gas will probably be made by the next administration, says the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the Associated Press.
- Global temperature rises should be kept well below the European Union's target of 2 degrees Celsius to avoid costly damage, says a European Parliament cited by Reuters.
- While it doesn't focus on global warming cases, here's an analysis of the Bush administration's largely losing court record in environmental disputes, appearing in the Sacramento Bee.
- Transmission may be the "ugly duckling" of the power business but it's vital and it appears to be providing new business opportunities, says this report on the Wall Street Journal's Environmental Capital blog.
- The momentum behind tackling climate change is translating into firm financial commitments, but is this, in turn, translating into investment opportunities? asks the United Kingdom's Telegraph.
- Nearly 40 per cent of rural people are uncertain about whether climate change is happening and are pinning their hopes on the weather returning to normal after the drought, reports The Australian.
- In the face of an almost-certain veto by President Bush, proponents of cellulosic ethanol are heralding the new farm bill for its substantial support for the next generation for biofuels, says Northwestern University's Medill Reports.
Trackbacks (0)
Links to blogs that reference this article
Trackback URL
http://www.climatelawupdate.com/admin/trackback/72121
