Congress will vote friday on H.R. 2454 ot regulate carbon-dioxide emissions to fight global warming. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the "cap and trade" would create...
US lawmakers on Friday took up historic legislation to fight climate change as President Barack Obama's allies forecast a narrow victory they said would restore shaky US leadership on global warming. A "cap-and-trade" system would be created to curb...
Under the program, pollution emitters need to buy permits...June 27, 2009 The centerpiece is a "cap and trade" provision that sets limits on the greenhouse gas emissions scientists blame for global warming. The goal is to reduce emissions to 17%...
The House of Representatives narrowly approved landmark legislation Friday that promises to cut global warming pollution by more than 80 percent within the next 40 years.
It won’t be cheap, opponents said, claiming the measure will cost...
Both of Hawaii's House lawmakers helped their fellow Democrats pass a sweeping climate-change bill today that would limit pollution blamed for global warming. If passed and ultimately enacted, the bill would touch virtually all consumers one way or...
The House approved a sweeping energy and climate bill Friday which could for the first time usher in widespread government restrictions on greenhouse gases and help renewable energy become cost competitive with fossil fuels. The bill passed 219-212,...
House of Representatives could vote on the American Clean Energy & Security Act of 2009 on Friday, and observers think it stands a good chance of advancing to the Senate. Generally, the bill would set caps on emissions — to be lowered in time —...
Key Democrats reached a deal Tuesday that its supporters hope will lead to House passage of the biggest environmental bill in decades, one aimed at slowing the gradual, destructive heating of the planet. Farm-state Democrats won concessions that will...
Big polluters, such as coal-fired utilities, oil refiners, steel, paper, cement and glass manufacturers and other companies would receive government permits to emit lower amounts of carbon dioxide each year. Companies that end up with more permits...
Regulated industries will eventually need to buy permits to put carbon emissions into the atmosphere. But at the outset, 85% of those pollution licences will be distributed free to protect consumers from steep rises in their electricity bills and...
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President Barack Obama repeated his support of energy legislation in the U.S. House, saying it's time for the country to lead a global clean energy economy. "I know this is going to be a close vote," Obama said in a statement Thursday. "But my call...
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