News Source: Canadian Free Press
| about 1 month ago
It’s too early to fully analyze the bill, but a few things are clear from the outset. A couple other interesting features:
News Source: Labor Herald
| about 1 month ago
The discussion draft of the Act, announced by United States Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer, incorporates an emissions trading scheme similar to Australia's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme...The two Bills are broadly similar,...
News Source: Politico
| about 1 month ago
When Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) released her long-awaited climate bill on Wednesday, the first surprise came in the first line: “Mr. Kerry (for himself and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following bill.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 month ago
Today the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began the process of regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from large industrial facilities under the Clean Air Act. This announcement comes just one week after the EPA finalized a rule...
News Source: The San Antonio Express-News
| about 1 month ago
A climate bill being debated in Congress is "draconian" and would wreak havoc on the Texas economy by wiping out thousands of jobs in the energy sector, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday. But an environmental group said the bill would be an...
News Source: The Denver Post
| about 1 month ago
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unveiled its version of climate-change legislation Wednesday, a sweeping bill that in key respects is even tougher than a version that narrowly passed the House this spring. Sponsored by Sen. John...