je.st
news
Tag: environmental
Though Brown touts progress, China's environmental issues persist
2013-04-14 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: It's easy to feel good traveling through China with Gov. Jerry Brown this week. Multimillion-dollar business deals between Chinese and California companies have been announced, and cooperation on environmental policy is pledged at every turn from top Communist Party and California officials. At night, the state is celebrated at lavish dinners where the California wine flows freely. Brown says his trip here is a first step toward improved relations between California and China that will be mutually...
Tags: issues
brown
progress
environmental
Why Obama's environmental pick drives some Republicans crazy
2013-04-13 15:36:06| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: Thursday's confirmation hearing for President Obamas nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency became the latest forum for an ongoing argument over global warming, jobs, the future of the U.S. coal industry, and the role of the federal government. This will continue over the course of Obamas second term, as EPA looks set to become the presidents biggest weapon in his efforts to take on climate change. In his February State of the Union speech, Obama said that if Congress wont...
Tags: pick
environmental
crazy
drives
Earth Day Kids Fest to Inspire Environmental Focus
2013-04-13 14:11:23| Grocery - Topix.net
The 11th Annual Earth Day Kids Fest "Healthy Kids, Healthy Planet" will find its way to Roswell today.
Tags: day
kids
focus
environmental
Jeremy Grantham, environmental philanthropist: 'We're trying to buy time for the world to wake up'
2013-04-12 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One icy morning in February, a train pulled into Washington DC. It was loaded with environmentalists planning to handcuff themselves to the gates of the White House, in protest at the building of a 3,500km oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Amid the hundreds of placard-carrying protesters stood a somewhat incongruous figure in a suit Jeremy Grantham, a 74-year-old fund manager. "What we are trying to do is buy time," he told reporters. "Buy time for the world to wake up." Grantham...
Environmental Questions Take Back Seat at Confirmation Hearing for E.P.A. Nominee
2013-04-12 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Most of the biggest challenges facing the Environmental Protection Agency climate change, major new regulations on power plant emissions, biofuels production and enforcement of clean air and water laws were virtually absent from Thursdays confirmation hearing for President Obamas nominee to head the agency, Gina McCarthy. Instead, Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee repeatedly returned to relatively arcane disputes over e-mail accounts used by top officials at...
Tags: back
questions
environmental
hearing
Sites : [527] [528] [529] [530] [531] [532] [533] [534] [535] [536] [537] [538] [539] [540] [541] [542] [543] [544] [545] [546] next »