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Obama Greenhouse-Gas Cut Plan Is Rhetoric, Australia's Robb Says

2014-06-15 16:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: President Barack Obamas bid to cut power-plant emissions in the U.S. is all talk and no action, Australias chief trade deals negotiator said. Despite the rhetoric you get over here and all the targets for 30 percent reductions and all this, its just rhetoric, Trade Minister Andrew Robb said in a Sky News interview from Houston, Texas, where he was visiting alongside Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Theres no action associated with it. Obama is seeking state-by-state limitations on...

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Greenhouse-gas fight could hurt Democrats

2014-06-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Columbus Dispatch: President Barack Obamas proposed restrictions to reduce greenhouse gases continue a 40-year federal effort to clean the air, but he might have seriously damaged Democratic chances of holding the Senate in the November elections. Although polls show that a sizable majority of Americans support efforts to reduce the threat of climate change, the new rules designed to curb carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants are unpopular in states that produce coal or rely on coal-produced electricity. The...

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Obama greenhouse-gas cuts splits power, coal industries

2014-05-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Bracing for greenhouse-gas rules from the Obama administration, two industries are staking out different positions. Coal companies are pledging to sue. Electric utilities are ready to talk. That split may give U.S. President Barack Obama a chance to rally support -- or at least blunt resistance -- to his plan, which is due June 2. Electric companies say they hope to convince Obamas aides that cuts in carbon emissions already achieved should count toward the goals in his plan, which could call...

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Quebec and California Link Credit Trading for Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

2014-01-27 17:02:30| ENR.com: Headline News

Other states and provinves may decide to create a program of their own and link with California and Québec as well.

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The five worst effects of greenhouse-gas emissions

2013-09-27 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe and Mail: A major new report on climate change contains stark warnings about what continued greenhouse-gas emissions will do to the Earth. Among the findings of the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Temperatures will continue to rise around the world, with a high likelihood of more - and longer - heat waves. Some regions will likely experience more intense, longer droughts. Many areas will have heavier rain, with more parts of the world likely to experience monsoons....

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