In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States must lead the world on renewable energy and pressed Congress to set greenhouse gas limits deemed crucial for the success of global talks on climate change. Obama, who has kept energy reform high on his priority list since taking office in …
The U.S. Congress on Tuesday began work on a bill that would fundamentally change the way American factories and power plants use and supply energy as part of the Obama administration's drive to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions. "The time for delay, denial and inaction has come to an end," …
A recent letter from US Trade Representative Ron Kirk downplays the notion that the Obama Administration would implement a border tax on imports from large developing countries to help domestic industry under a cap-and-trade scheme.
The Obama administration opened the way to regulating US greenhouse gas emissions on Friday by declaring climate-warming pollution a danger to human health and welfare, in a sharp policy shift from the Bush administration. Environmental activists and their supporters in Congress were jubilant and industry groups were wary at the …
The Obama administration's declaration that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health comes as Congress prepares legislation to significantly reduce those emissions and spur the use of cleaner alternative fuels. Friday's announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency was widely expected among lawmakers. Nonetheless, it could influence the debate that is unfolding …
The Chinese word for politics (zhengzhi) includes a character that looks like three drops of water next to a platform or dyke. Politics and water control, the Chinese character implies, are intimately linked. Such a way of thinking contrasts with the usual view around the world, which argues that since …
US efforts to curb emissions of greenhouse gases mean Canada will have to put a price on carbon and set up a national cap-and-trade system, an official panel said Thursday. Canada's Conservative government wants to fight global warming by reducing the intensity of emissions rather than capping them. But the …
This study sought to identify the initial impact that C&S; might have on the USA, based on a set of limiting assumptions. In particular, it attempts to quantify the immediate impact
The US Congress has put the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in an awkward position. In asking for the academy's advice on what to do about global climate change, it has left the NAS with a difficult balancing act if the academy wants to be effective and remain respected. (Editorial)
Businesses must not sink money into high-carbon infrastructure unless they are willing to lose their investments within a few years, the US lead negotiator on climate change has warned. In the Obama administration's starkest rebuke yet to industry over global warming, Todd Stern, special envoy for climate change at the …
The Australian government's proposed cap-and-trade scheme to regulate greenhouse gases, released in draft legislation last month, is facing mounting criticism from opposition politicians. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, whose Labor party holds a slim majority in the House of Representatives and none in the Senate, is under pressure to alter the …
Although still accounting for a small segment of the global carbon market, the voluntary carbon market is a place for innovation where original solutions are proposed to deal with some challenges faced by the regulatory market, including efforts to value the occasional ancillary benefits of climate action, to simplify methodologies, …
Despite the severity of the current financial and economic crisis, it cannot be allowed to distract us from addressing critical and strategic climate change and energy challenges. The energy sector produces 60% of global greenhouse gas emissions and so it must also be a key part of any strategy to …
Close your eyes. Picture white sands and turquoise waters, rows of palm trees cocooning you under the balmy sun. Then, imagine this pristine picture wiped away not simply from your mind, but from reality. The Maldives face an actual and potent risk of extinction. The island state, nowhere higher than …
RBI Nod To Use Overseas Bourses Also Grants Both Commodity Status Nidhi Nath Srinivas NEW DELHI THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed Indian companies to hedge carbon credits and freight contracts on overseas exchanges, a move that will help them cope with the intense volatility in global markets. …
A decline in industrial production in the European economies has led to a fall in carbon credit prices by more than 58 per cent in the last eight months. Despite traders
