Posts Tagged Carbon Emissions

Final Thoughts on a Dead Climate Bill

Posted by admin on Saturday, 24 July, 2010

Treehugger – July 23, 2010

I know I’ve ranted and raved a fair amount about the ignominious death of comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation. But lest we all head into our weekends wholly downtrodden and helpless-feeling, a few more words need to be uttered before the casket is lowered into the ground for good (am I getting carried away with this metaphor, here?). Here are some important final thoughts on the demise of the climate bill — and where we can and should go from here.

The battle isn’t over
This is true in more ways than one — first, it is unlikely but possible that some form of carbon-pricing legislation could surface next year, from entirely different tack and framing.

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Obama to attend beginning of U.N. climate meeting

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 25 November, 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen for a U.N. climate change meeting on December 9, hoping to add momentum to an international process despite slow progress on a domestic bill to cut carbon emissions.

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CO2 and Congress

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 7 October, 2009

Leighton Steward, a scientist who used to back the man-made global warming theory is on Capitol Hill this week to convince lawmakers that global warming is more related to solar activity and that cutting CO2 levels in our atmosphere could actually have a negative effect on our planet. Read the rest of this entry »