FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — This is the time of year when residents who often live with the nation’s worst pollution often can draw a breath of fresh air. But this winter has not been kind to people who want to play outside in California’s Central Valley. (more)
During the 2010 midterm elections, California voters rejected Prop. 23 – a provision that would have postponed the implementation of the state’s cap and trade program until unemployment was down for five consistent years. But in a ruling published on Monday, a San Francisco superior court judge went a step further and halted the entire program, arguing the California Air Resources Board (CARB) was “unable to make an informed decision” because it had failed to consider other alternatives. (more)
After weeks of talk, legislation was introduced into the House and Senate Thursday afternoon to repeal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulations of greenhouse gases, or what proponents are calling “backdoor cap-and-trade.” The Energy Tax Prevention Act clarifies the EPA’s authority to regulate gases like carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act. (more)
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nonpartisan organization of state legislators, released a game plan Tuesday to fight against Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. (more)
Top GOP oversight official Rep. Darrell Issa asked 150 industry groups which of President Obama’s regulations they think are impeding economic growth. (more)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday in what will be the first showdown between the newly empowered House Republicans and the EPA chief over the agency’s regulatory powers. (more)
When Republican lawmakers introduced legislation this week to block efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate carbon, environmental groups pushed back hard. And this time, the groups stepped up their efforts by attempting to shift the argument from being about climate change science and green jobs to public health safety. (more)
Chrysler is joining Uncle Sam to develop a hydraulic hybrid based on its venerable minivan, the idea being the unusual technology could be applied to the passenger vehicle market. (more)
When temperatures dip during cold snaps, your body notices. (more)
With reports predicting brutally-cold weather to envelop much of the U.S. in the coming weeks, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations could make it harder for Americans to stay warm. According to the National Center for Public Policy, the EPA’s regulatory war on greenhouse gas emissions will drastically increase costs for the majority of Americans who get their heat generated from coal. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a new case about climate change, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal from electric utilities that are trying to short-circuit an effort by states to force cuts in power plant emissions. (more)
Americans living in the most industrialized regions of the country have a special stake in the outcome of a California ballot initiative that would suspend implementation of that state’s global warming law until after unemployment drops, according to policy experts who favor a free market response to energy needs. (more)
The climate debate may be temporarily stalled in Washington, D.C., but in California, it is still in full swing. It’s quickly heating up too (no pun intended), as Golden State residents prepare to go to the polls November 2 to vote on Proposition 23 – a bill that would postpone the implementation of the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, otherwise known as AB 32. (more)
Since the Senate will not pass the flawed cap-and-trade legislation, the administration is taking matters into its own hands, using the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as its lead enforcement agency. New regulations planned by the EPA would have detrimental effects on our economy — destroying jobs, impeding economic recovery and harming livelihoods. (more)
The political winds do not bode well for renewable energy and climate change policy. (more)
From the administration that brought you “man-caused disaster” and “overseas contingency operation,” another terminology change is in the pipeline. (more)
President Barack Obama’s ‘Plan B’ for tackling global warming is under attack in the courts and on Capitol Hill. (more)
UK researchers seeking to cut back on greenhouse gases have found a deliciously potent weapon for fighting agricultural methane emissions: curry. It turns out two spices customarily used to season curry dishes — coriander and turmeric — have an antibiotic effect in the stomachs of sheep and cows, killing methane-producing bacteria there. By spicing up animal feeds, farmers could reduce methane emissions from farms by up to 40 percent. (more)
A giant Green Noise Wall is coming to I-70, east of Columbus, Ohio. The concrete barrier alternative will be constructed from bags of dirt and seeds, making it a second major vegetation highway wall attempt in the U.S. Officials are hoping this one fares infinitely better than an earlier one in Wisconsin, which ended badly. (more)
Americans aren’t stupid. We’re just badly informed. And occasionally, stubborn. (more)
