Tag Archives: greenhouse gases
The Climate Debate is Over. Let’s Tap Markets to Save the Trees, the Planet, and Ourselves
Everything you have heard about “institutional bias” among scientists in the IPCC is wrong. Everything you have heard about the rate of global warming slowing down is wrong. If anything, the earth is warming faster and all signs point to mankind as the culprit. To fix this problem, we must fundamentally change the way our economy prices goods and services. If we do that, everything else will follow. Continue reading
Exelon’s Rowe an Unlikely Booster for Shale Gas
“Somebody who really believes that the climate problem is the biggest problem we face will correctly point out that gas only deals with it for 20 years, and then the carbon in gas becomes a major impediment,” he said. “Well, 20 years is a long time. Better that we should do something now than wait for a perfect solution 20 years down the road.” Continue reading
Concealed Weapons Against the Environment
By Robert B. Semple, Jr. for The New York Times While almost no one was looking, House Republicans embarked last week on a broad assault on the nation’s environmental laws, using as their weapon the 2012 spending bill for the … Continue reading
Michigan Approves First Coal Plant Under CO2 Rules
By Gabriel Nelson for E&E Publishing (subscription or trial required) The state of Michigan has approved the first federal air permit for a coal-fired power plant under U.S. EPA’s new climate regulations, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced … Continue reading
Physicist Group’s Study Raises Doubts on Capturing Carbon Dioxide From Air
By John Collins Rudolph for The New York Times Over the last few years, some of world’s brightest minds have become fascinated with a seemingly simple idea: easing the threat of climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air. … Continue reading
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Opening Statement Before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Power
Last year alone, EPA’s implementation of the Clean Air Act saved more than 160,000 American lives; avoided more than 100,000 hospital visits; prevented millions of cases of respiratory illness, including bronchitis and asthma; enhanced American productivity by preventing millions of lost workdays; and kept American kids healthy and in school. Continue reading
Bush EPA Administrator Confirmed Science Necessitated Action on Global Warming but “Overruled” Due to “Cheney”
A January 2008 letter from then EPA Administrator Steven Johnson to President George W. Bush told President Bush that the administration must make an “endangerment finding” that carbon pollution endangers public health and the environment and to use EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act to reduce this pollution. Continue reading
Kansas, Missouri Attorneys General Join Brief on Global Warming Suits
The brief is sent to the court in an attempt to convince justices, but it has no binding effect. The brief said lawsuits seeking past damages for greenhouse gas emissions and injunctions against future emissions undercut state regulatory guidelines crafted by elected officials. Continue reading
“EPA-Bashing” Won’t Work Rockefeller Warns Industry
Rockefeller warns the coal industry that his bid to delay U.S. EPA emissions limits won’t work if cleaner-burning coal does not move closer to reality. Continue reading
Kansas Officials Express Unhappiness With EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Rule
Gross said he didn’t think it was going to do Texas any good to battle the EPA in court, but added KDHE also pushes back against EPA. “We do that in our own way pretty much every single day,” he said, referring to enforcement actions and permit timelines. Continue reading
