Coal State Senators Battle EPA to Control Greenhouse Gases
Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, led a group of coal state senators in sending a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Friday challenging the agency’s potential regulation of greenhouse gases from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act.
Read More »Senators of Three Political Stripes Propose Climate Bill Framework
Three U.S. senators – a Democrat, a Republican, and an Independent – today released their framework for climate change and energy independence legislation in advance of President Barack Obama’s trip to Copenhagen next week to participate in the United Nations climate change conference.
Read More »Bonn Climate Talks Move at Glacial Pace
Negotiations toward a new agreement to limit global warming ended today in Bonn with little progress, United Nations officials and conservationists said.
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