08.20.2008 | By Chris Holly
In the latest of a string of Bush administration courtroom defeats on Clean Air Act regulation, a federal appeals court Tuesday threw out a 2006 Environmental Protection Agency rule that prohibited states from revising air pollution permits to tighten...
08.15.2008 | By Johnathan Rickman
The approval last month by World Bank leaders of two new international funds to help developing nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions and finance investments in low-carbon technologies has sparked partisan sniping by congressional leaders and fed...
08.13.2008 | By Johnathan Rickman
Continuing its push to develop promising new carbon-capture technologies, the Energy Department announced last month that it will provide up to $36 million for 15 projects to develop new carbon capture technologies focused in five areas of interest...
08.11.2008 | Commentary By Daniel M. Adamson
What electricity generation technology wins the prize for receiving almost no attention from policymakers or the media, despite the fact that it could be essential to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and keeping the lights on? The answer--hydropower pumped...
08.11.2008
Unveiling a new tool for protecting the Amazon rain forest, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last week launched an international fund to combat deforestation in the Amazon and to help conserve the forest--a key tool in the fight against global...
08.07.2008 | By Chris Holly
In a report that questions claims that China is and will continue to be a laggard in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, an independent climate change policy organization concludes that the economic powerhouse is overtaking more developed countries in...
08.07.2008 | By Johnathan Rickman
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, currently said to be on the short list of potential Republican vice presidential candidates, Wednesday urged the GOP to "boldly" embrace new forms of energy such as wind power and biofuels to appeal to a broader base of...
08.07.2008
Hoping to build on what he called a "robust" response thus far from prospective participants in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative's first-in-the-nation auction of carbon dioxide allowances, RGGI Executive Director Jonathan Schrag Wednesday...
08.05.2008 | By Johnathan Rickman
In an unusual deal involving an energy company, environmentalists and municipalities, NRG Texas LLC has agreed to offset or sequester 50 percent of future carbon emissions from a proposed expansion of a 1,700 megawatt coal-fired power plant--in advance of any...
08.01.2008 | By Chris Holly
In a revolutionary advance in energy research, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Thursday they have discovered a process that mirrors natural photosynthesis by using solar-generated electricity to obtain oxygen and hydrogen...
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