Jul

23

PSEG Exceeds EPA Climate Leaders Goal

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The federal government has announced that Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) achieved the carbon emissions reduction goal set in 2002 as part of its participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Leaders Program. PSEG voluntarily pledged to reduce its U.S. greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 18% from 2000 levels by the year 2008. The company surpassed its goal by achieving a 31% reduction. Read more

Jul

7

Blame It On China | Cap and Trade Battle Begins in Senate

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China Holding Up Agreement on International Climate Goals, Berlusconi Says

China threatens to derail climate treaty talks as U.S. and European leaders lay the groundwork for a new accord to fight global warming, Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said today.

Inhofe Says Climate Change Legislation Won’t Win Support of U.S. Senate

Republican Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma said climate legislation won’t be approved by the U.S. Senate even though it’s likely to get the endorsement of the Environment and Public Works Committee.

House Presses Cap and Trade
Energy Secretary Chu pressed Obama’s case on behalf of climate-change legislation as Senators clashed over the “cap-and-trade” proposal.  Read more

Jul

7

Capitol Hill Briefing on Enacting Effective Climate Policy

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An expert briefing on Capitol Hill for members of Congress and their staffs, NGOs, and journalists on enacting meaningful climate legislation in the wake of a narrow plurality for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill in the House and uncertain prospects for it in the Senate. Briefers will address the science, economics and politics of how we get from the currently divided House and compromised bill to a better architecture and brighter prospects for legislation that can gather wide support and actually be effective in preventing catastrophic climate change. Read more

Jun

27

Nation’s Mayors Praise Congress for Accelerating Action on Climate Legislation

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The nation’s mayors under the leadership of Conference President Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels praised Members of the U.S. House of Representatives for approving historic energy and climate legislation.

On the Congressional action, Conference President Mayor Nickels stated, “This is a landmark vote that will help cities transform to a clean energy economy. For years, there was debate over the existence of global warming. Then came discussions about what to do about it. Today, we take substantive action. We praise Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Waxman and Chairman Markey and so many other House leaders for their Read more

Apr

1

Waxman-Markey “Clean Energy and Security Act Of 2009″

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Chairman Henry A. Waxman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Edward J. Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee today released The Waxman-Markey discussion draft, “The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.”  The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) is a comprehensive approach to America’s energy policy that charts a new course towards a clean energy economy. The draft of clean energy legislation claims that it will create jobs, help end our dangerous dependence on foreign oil, and combat global warming.   Read more

Mar

28

Labor Unions, Environmental Organizations Urge Passage of Climate Change Legislation in 2009

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Blue Green Alliance Releases Principles for Cap-and-Trade Legislation Necessary to Put Americans Back to Work

MINNEAPOLIS, March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Four labor unions and two environmental organizations today announced their support for comprehensive cap-and-trade climate change legislation in 2009. The Blue Green Alliance and its partner organizations said this legislation is an effective way to rapidly put millions of Americans back to work building a clean energy economy and to reduce global warming emissions to avoid the worst effects of climate change.  Read more

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