Nepal has made significant efforts towards low-emission development, using government tools to encourage finance flows towards climate action. However, achieving its ambitions will be difficult given current
The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that it would require the nation
Amid a growing split in the business community over climate policy, Pacific Gas and Electric, a major California utility, is withdrawing from the United States Chamber of Commerce, citing
Chinese President Hu Jintao announced new goals on Tuesday to slow the growth in his country's carbon dioxide emissions while U.S. President Barack Obama warned time was short to act on global warming. Following are reactions to the summit, meant to spur negotiations on a 190-nation deal due to be reached in Copenhagen at a meeting from December 7-18:
The U.S. government will begin requiring big companies to monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions, officials said on Tuesday, a move that could make it easier for federal regulators to cut emissions if Congress does not pass a climate change bill.
UNITED NATIONS: Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday announced four measures that China would adopt to further integrate action on climate change into its economic and social development plan.
A group of 500 businesses and nonprofit executives on Tuesday urged global governments to take action on climate change, saying failure to do so would result in catastrophe for the planet and global markets.
United Nations: Blamed for the deadlock in climate change talks along with China, India has said it will be a
A senator from the U.S. Corn Belt filed an amendment on Tuesday that would bar federal regulators from considering how land is used overseas when they write rules to expand use of biofuels.
UNITED NATIONS: United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared that his country is a serious partner in combating global warming, telling world peers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be prohibited for one year from clamping down on some new carbon dioxide pollution under legislation being crafted on Tuesday by Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. The "time out" would stop EPA from issuing regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from utilities and factories, the Republican senator said.
