Global Warming - So What?
A Library about Climate Change
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Below are articles about the role of governments in addressing global warming and climate change. They are arranged in 8 major groups: Cap & Trade, Carbon Tax, International, Europe, Asia, US, Other Countries, and Statements on Science. The US group has 7 sub-groups: Politicians, General Public, EPA Actions, Science in Politics, States, Investors, and Other. Asia has 1 sub-group: China.
Month and year follow each article's name. PDF files are so marked, after month and date, some with authors noted. Within sections, more recent files appear above older files.
Diagrams are generally immediately below the summary articles from which they were taken.
Graph above is from Lester Brown’s book, Plan B v.2.0.
The East is Grey 0813 - available on other pages: as "China's Carbon & Climate Internal Challenges" on the Overviews page and "The Orient is Grey" on the Costs, Wars+ page, under Deaths.
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Pricing CO2
$ / Ton
Remaking the US Pollution Fight, by Valuing Future Benefits 0523
In a 1st, Coal Company Agrees to Use Social Cost of Carbon 0323
Europe's CO2 Price Hits a Record €100 - 0223
The Tricky Business of Putting a Dollar Value on a Human Life 1222
Below for China, divide by 6 (or, more recently - in early 2023 (left), by 7) to get US $ per tonne.
EU Gets Landmark Deal to Strengthen and Expand Carbon Market 1222
IMF Chief Says $75 / Ton Carbon Price Needed by 2030 - 1122
Carbon Pricing Needs ‘Radical Redesign,’ Says Asset Owner Group 0622
As Climate Change Costs Mount, Biden Seeks to Price Damages 0222
Europe’s Carbon Prices Surge to Fresh Records on Tight Supply 0222
Economists Implore Biden to Get Social Cost of Carbon Number Right 0122 - The administration’s initial estimate, released last year—$62 per metric ton of CO2 by 2030—is way too low.
China's Carbon Market May Get Stricter Under a New Proposal 0122 - $9 to 10.25 / ton of CO2
Canada’s Biggest Emitters Are Paying the Lowest Carbon Tax Rate 0122 - $1.80 to $25.60 / ton of CO2
European Energy Prices Soar as a Deep Freeze Arrives 1221
Europe’s CO2 Price Has Almost Tripled in 2021 - 1221 - €80 / ton
Energy Crunch Drives Carbon Prices to Record as Europe Burns Coal 1121 - €71.21 per metric ton
EU CO2 Price Hits New Records, after Watchdog Finds No Market Abuse 1121
Judge Scraps Red State Lawsuit over Biden Carbon Metric 0821 - preliminary number is $51 / ton of CO2, compared to $1 under Trump and $50 (final) under Obama
Shipping Now Faces the Highest Price on Carbon for Any Global Industry 0521 - nation with 3rd largest ship registry proposes $100/tonne of CO2 to start, rising to $300/tonne.
Biden Hikes Social Cost of Carbon, Changing How U.S. Tackles Global Warming 0221
Top Economists Warn U.S. Against Underestimating Climate Damage 0221 - Nobel laureate and former World Bank chief economist, author of 2006 Stern Review (of climate costs) for Chancellor of Exchequer
A Tale of 2 Carbon Prices to Shape Biden’s Climate Policy 0221 - social cost of carbon (damages) or number to reach e.g. net zero by given date
London Hedge Funds Are Betting a $100 Carbon Price Is Almost Here 0221
The Social Cost of Carbon Could Reshape Our Climate Future 0121
EU Price on CO2 Pollution Hits Record High in Early 2021 - 0121
Carbon Pricing Rises as World's Weapon of Choice in Climate Fight 1120
Trump Administration Undervalues Cost of Carbon by 7x 1120
A New Metric to Figure Out the Most Effective Ways to Cut Carbon 1020
Do Renewable Portfolio Standards Deliver? 0519
From Ruined Bridges to Dirty Air, EPA Scientists Price the Cost of Climate Change 0419
Charge €30 a Tonne for CO2 to Avoid Catastrophic 4°C Warming 1018
Carbon Prices Are Too Low to Reduce Emissions 0918
New EPA Document Has Sharply Lower Estimate of Climate Change Cost 1017
GM, Disney, Shell 1,200 Other Companies Taking Steps to Fight Climate Change 0917 - They use, or plan to soon, internal carbon prices. Ones mentioned range from $5 to $40 / tonne of CO2.
Failure to Set Cost of Carbon Hampers Trump’s Effort to Expand Fossil Fuel Use 0817
World’s Young Face $535 Trillion Bill for Climate Change 0717
Sky-High Carbon Tax Needed to Avoid Climate Catastrophe, Say Expertsm 0517
What Does the Social Cost of Carbon Mean? 0417
Scientists Have a New Way to Calculate What Global Warming Costs 0117 - Disaggregate the effects and include omitted effects. Use declining discount rates.
Climate Change May Be Doubted by Some, but Now It’s the Law 0816 - US Appeals Court OKs “Social Cost of Carbon”.
RGGI Carbon Auction Prices Fall 40% on Clean Power Plan Uncertainty 0716
Tough to Keep the World From Warming When Carbon Is This Cheap 0716
Carbon Pricing Schemes Double since 2012 in Climate Fight - World Bank 0915
Enormous Social Cost of Cheap Coal 0915
Coal Renaissance Means Switching to Plan B - Carbon Pricing and CO2 Removal 0715
Inaction on Climate Change Would Cost Billions, Major EPA Study Finds 0615
Energy Taxes Are Misaligned with Environmental Impacts of Energy Use 0615 - Gasoline taxes loom large.
Global CO2 Pricing Seen Unlikely to Be Big Part of Paris Climate Deal 0615
In Stunning Reversal, ‘Big Oil’ Asks for World Carbon Price 0615
Shadow carbon prices ($/ton of CO2 equivalent) by big oil companies in 2013 included $40 at BP and Shell, $60-80 (in 2030 & 2040) at ExxonMobil, $34 at France’s Total, and $6-45 at ConocoPhillips. I don’t know the numbers for Chevron, Italy's Eni, Norway’s Statoil, or Britain's BG Group.
Carbon Pricing Letter from Oil Giants 0615
Price on Carbon Is Key to Canada Tackling Global Warming, Say Researchers 0415
Limiting Climate Change Could Have Huge Economic Benefits 0315
Fossil Fuels Are Way More Expensive Than You Think 0315
Shell & BP Call for Carbon Price & Financiers Divest from Fossil Fuels 0215
Some oil companies use carbon prices of $60 and $80/ton as shadow prices in decision-making.
Social Cost of Carbon 6 Times Higher than Thought 0115 - cuts GNP growth, so next year starts from lower base
Oil Companies Quietly Prepare for a Future of Carbon Pricing 0914
Tax Carbon Emissions or Trade Them? Economists Dig into the Problem 0914
At Least 150 Companies Prep for Carbon Prices 0914
Government Auditors Say 'Social Cost of Carbon' Is by the Book 0814
Court Ruling May Reverberate on ‘Social Cost’ of Carbon 0714
Climate Costs 'May Prove Much Higher’ 0414
Costs of Climate Change Steep, But Tough to Tally 0314
Internal Carbon Pricing - CDP 1213 - PDF
Prices below are per tonne of CO2 equivalent.
Microwave Oven Rule Shows Obama’s Climate Policies 0613
Rise in Carbon Costs Used to Analyze Rules 0613
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Carbon Tax
Exxon Mobil CEO (and Donald Trump’s Secretary of State) Rex Tillerson advocated a carbon tax in 2009.
See this video of his speech.
He cites several advanatages over regulations and cap & trade.
This video by Dan Miller also makes the case for a revenue-neutral carbon tax.
It also explores the psychological barriers against taking action to slow and stop climate change. Psychologically, human react to threats with (1) clear visibility, (2) historical precedent, (3) immediateness, (4) direct personal impacts, (5) simple causality, and (6) causation by clear enemy. In contrast, the climate change threat is (1) mostly invisible, (2) unprecedented, (3) drawn out over decades, (4) impact more our children and greandchildren, (5) compex in causes, and (6) caused by all of us.
He says denial of climate change is all too easy. We think it is only a distant environmental problem, one that’s impolite to discuss. We wait for someone else to act. We prefer rassuring lies to the inconvenient truth.
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In 2010, India enacted a carbon tax of 50 Rupees per metric ton on coal mined and imported. That translated to 80¢ per ton, or $2.97 per ton of CO2. India's carbon tax is a good bit lower than British Columbia's, which started at $10 per tonne of CO2 in 2008 and rose gradually to $30 in 2012. Canadian CO2 offsets are selling for $20-45 per tonne. India's carbon tax is also far below Australia's short-lived carbon tax of $23 per tonne of CO2, but similar to Japan's carbon tax of ¥289 (US $2.88) per tonne of carbon ($9.58/ton of CO2). South Africa plans a carbon tax of R120 ($13) per tonne of CO2. In 2014, Mexico enacted a carbon tax ($3 / tonne of CO2), while Chile’s $5 / tonne of CO2 tax was enacted in September.
Compared to prices in cap-and-trade markets, India's carbon tax is a little higher than American RGGI's price ($1.86-4.00, see above), but a bit less than recent European Union's ETS prices ($4-7, also above). India's price is far below EU CO2 prices for 2008-11 ($10-35, above) and recent California CO2 prices ($10.09 per ton in November 2012 and $12.22 in August 2013). India's carbon tax is also much lower than the initial 130 RMB price ($21.37) per tonne of CO2 in China's Shenzhen market. Norway’s carbon tax (since 1992), now $72 / ton ($20 / ton of CO2), applies to offshore oil and gas. Sweden’s is about twice that, but exceptions (e.g., electricity sector) and exemptions in both countries are the rule.
Carbon Prices: US $ / Tonne of CO2
Some cap & trade prices are in the top group. They've fluctuated a lot.
China's / ton CO2 prices began at US$4.90 in Shanghai, $8.21 in Beijing, $10 in Guangdong, and $4.61 in Tianjin. Shenzhen prices fell to $12 in November. RGGI's price rose to $4 in the March 2014 auction.
Carbon taxes are in the bottom group. Australia, under Tony Abbott, repealed its carbon tax in July 2014. What some call a cap & trade system may replace it.
Africa Calls for a Global Tax on Carbon Emissions 0923
Shipping Emissions Could Be Halved without Damaging Trade 0623 Giant kites, slower speeds, non-petroleum fuels. Tax is talked about by shipping companies.
This Is How a Carbon Tax Comes Back 0323 in the U.S.A.
WTO Chief Calls for Global Carbon Pricing 0123
World’s 1st Carbon Border Tax Lands in Europe 1222
IMF Chief Says $75 / Ton Carbon Price Needed by 2030 - 1122
American Petroleum Institute Weighs Clean Fuel Standard after Backing Carbon Tax 1022
Time to Charge the True Cost of Fossil Fuels 0922
The Climate Law's Methane Catch 0822
Carbon Pricing Needs ‘Radical Redesign,’ Says Asset Owner Group 0622
The Right Way to Help People Hurting from High Energy Prices 0422 - carbon tax and dividend, from Bloomberg News
Canada’s Biggest Emitters Are Paying the Lowest Carbon Tax Rate 0122
Global Carbon Price Could Be ‘Game Changer,’ Bank of England Official Says 0122
Russia Aims to Make a Carbon Tax System That EU Will Recognize 1221
Germany’s New Coalition Promises Climate Revolution & CO2 Floor Price 1121
Carbon Pricing, if Missing the 100% Dividend, Will Boost Inequality 1121
White House-Backed Carbon Tax in Sight for Biden’s Climate Bill 1121
Democrats Weigh Carbon Tax after Manchin Rejects Key Climate Provision 1021
Austria Announces Carbon Tax, Offset by Reduction in Other Taxes 1021
Methane Crackdown Could Threaten U.S. Driller Profits, Citi Says 0921 - $1,680 / ton of CH4 proposal in Congress
Democrats Consider Adding Carbon Tax to Budget Bill 0921
Carbon Tax Is Key to Address Climate, Dividend Gets Congress to Support It 0921
Industry Group Backs Global Carbon Price for Large Ships 0921
Former Republican FERC Chairman Joins Group Promoting Carbon Tax 0821 - from Mitch McConnell’s(KY) staff
Democrats Want to Tax Big Polluters, but Is It Enough? 0821
How the EU's Carbon Border Tax Will Work 0821
Israel to Impose Carbon Tax, Starting with Fossil Fuels 0821
Democrats Propose a Border Tax Based on Nations’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions 0721
2 Cheers for Carbon Tariffs 0721
The E.U. Is Getting Serious about Climate. Can the U.S. Follow Suit? 0721 - E.U. plans to raise the price to at least $71 per ton of CO2.
Nuts, Bolts & Pitfalls of Carbon Pricing - Equity-Based Primer on Paying to Pollute 0721 for NAACP - “Carbon pricing and trading systems are not very effective or equitable measures for curbing carbon emissions…. International shell games…. the worst environmental offenders co-opt the language of environmental advocates, in order to protect their bottom line, neutralize climate legislation, and preserve the status quo."
Austria Debates Carbon Tax to Ease Climate Anxiety 0721
Pacific Islands Make Lonely Case for Carbon Price on Shipping 0621
Climate Conundrum - Tax on Emissions Is Pragmatic but Unpopular 0621
Swiss Narrowly Reject Tax Hike to Fight Climate Change 0621
Climate Obstacles Facing Biden at the G-7 - 0621
Biden Should Impose a Carbon Fee Immediately 0621
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Testimony to Senate Finance Committee 0421
US Oil and Gas Industry Says It Will Support Carbon Pricing 0321
Canada Supreme Court Rules Federal Carbon Tax Is Constitutional 0321
Carbon Tax Sidelined in Biden’s Push on Climate, Taxes 0321
Carbon Tax Is Less Costly than Other Ways to Cut Electricity CO2 Emissions 0321
American Petroleum Institute Expected to Endorse Carbon Pricing 0321 - take 1
Top Oil and Gas Lobbying Group Close to Backing a Carbon Tax 0321 - take 2
National Academies Endorse Carbon Pricing 0321
Climate Game Changers - International Cooperation 0221 - In the game, the referee determines the lowest pledge from all players, then requires each player to pay exactly that amount – the amount of the lowest pledge. This makes the game impossible to lose.
Climate Scientist Jim Hansen Tells UK’s Boris Johnson to Tax Carbon 0221
Our Approach to Climate Change - the Chamber of Commerce’s Position 0121
How to Better Tackle Climate Change - John Kerry 1120
Carbon Pricing & The Energy Transition 1120
FERC Takes ‘Landmark Action' on Carbon Pricing 1020
Both Parties Used to Love the Carbon Tax. So Why Are They Giving Up on It? 0920
Carbon Fee & Dividend - a Socially and Environmentally Just Way to Fight Climate Change 0920 - by Jim Hansen. Dividend makes lower income households come out ahead.
Business Roundtable Endorses Market-Based Climate Policy 0920 - a "market-based mechanism”, includes cap & trade
Wall Street Watchdog Calls for Carbon Pricing, Better Prep for Climate Change 0920
Behavioral Contagion Could Spread the Benefits of a Carbon Tax 0820
A Simpler, More Useful Way to Tax Carbon 0820 - Set price by politics, redo every few years. Social Cost of Carbon is too difficult, too contentious, too uncertain.
Carbon Tax Border Adjustments - Good Politics, Bad for Consumers? 0720
Denmark to Introduce Green Taxes on Carbon Emissions 0620
New England Power Generators Pushing for a Carbon Tax 0620
The Climate Club - How to Fix a Failing Global Effort 0420 - by William Nordhaus, Nobel Prize winner in Economics for his work on climate change economics
The Fastest Way to Cut CO2 Emissions Is Fee and Dividend, Top Leaders Say 0220
The Winning Conservative Climate Solution 0120 - carbon fee & dividend
Why Fee and Dividend Cuts Emissions Faster than Other Carbon Pricing Policies 1119 - by Jim Hansen & Dan Miller
How to Cut U.S. Carbon Pollution by Nearly 40% in 10 Years 1119 Carbon Fee & Dividend, starting at $15 / tonne of CO2 ($55 / tonne of carbon), rising $10 / tonne CO2 per year. Proceeds are returned to each adult with a social security number, with half share to 1st 2 children in a household. Collected at wellhead, mine mouth or port of entry. Rebate (to US companies) or tariff (on imports) where other country’s tax is not the same rate.
World Needs a Massive Carbon Tax in Just 10 Years, IMF Says 1019
Climate Town Hall - Several Democratic Candidates Embrace a Carbon Tax 0919
Florida GOP Rep Seeks Carbon Tax to Reduce Pollution 0719
Watch Out, Big Oil. Jay Inslee Proposes a Greenhouse Gas Fee 0619
Alberta Makes It Official - Bill Passed and Proclaimed to Kill Carbon Tax 0619
Environment Minister McKenna Blasts Provincial Tories for Scrapping Carbon Tax 0519
South African Carbon Tax Finally Becomes Law 0519
CEOs of Major Companies Call on U.S. Congress to Set a Price on Carbon 0519
Top GOP Pollster Finds Overwhelming Support for Carbon Tax by Millennial Republicans 0519
Corporate America Is Terrified of the Green New Deal 0519
U.S. House Tax Panel Mulls Carbon Fee at 1st Climate Hearing in 12 Years 0519
U.S. Fossil Fuel Subsidies Exceed Pentagon Spending 0519
Why Some Climate Activists Are Cooling on a Carbon Tax 0519
Democrats Should Embrace a Carbon Tax 0519
Microsoft Joins Climate Leadership Council 0519
Canada’s Federal Carbon Tax Starts in 4 Provinces 0319
Climate Change Politics May Defy Even the Most Rational Arguments 0319 - Canada
Trump's Top Economic Adviser Still Supports Carbon Tax 0319
On the World Stage, Canadian Oil Majors Promote a Carbon Tax 0319
How Carbon Tax Plans Compare and Why Oil Giants Support One of Them 0319
Want a Green New Deal? Here’s a Better One. - Washington Post Editorial 0219
South African Parliament Approves Long-Delayed Carbon Tax Bill 0219
How to Win Public Support for a Global Carbon Tax 0119 - results of 5-nation survey
The Top US Economists – Fed Chairs, Nobel Winners, etc. - Call for Carbon Tax 0119
Economists' Statement on Carbon Dividends 0119
US Economists' Statement on Carbon Dividends
Jan. 16, 2019
Global climate change is a serious problem calling for immediate national action. Guided by sound economic principles, we are united in the following policy recommendations.
I. A carbon tax offers the most cost-effective lever to reduce carbon emissions at the scale and speed that is necessary. By correcting a well-known market failure, a carbon tax will send a powerful price signal that harnesses the invisible hand of the marketplace to steer economic actors towards a low-carbon future.
II. A carbon tax should increase every year until emissions reductions goals are met and be revenue neutral to avoid debates over the size of government. A consistently rising carbon price will encourage technological innovation and large-scale infrastructure development. It will also accelerate the diffusion of carbon-efficient goods and services.
III. A sufficiently robust and gradually rising carbon tax will replace the need for various carbon regulations that are less efficient. Substituting a price signal for cumbersome regulations will promote economic growth and provide the regulatory certainty companies need for long-term investment in clean-energy alternatives.
IV. To prevent carbon leakage and to protect U.S. competitiveness, a border carbon adjustment system should be established. This system would enhance the competitiveness of American firms that are more energy-efficient than their global competitors. It would also create an incentive for other nations to adopt similar carbon pricing.
V. To maximize the fairness and political viability of a rising carbon tax, all the revenue should be returned directly to U.S. citizens through equal lump-sum rebates. The majority of American families, including the most vulnerable, will benefit financially by receiving more in “carbon dividends” than they pay in increased energy prices.
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George Akerlof, Robert Aumann, Angus Deaton, Peter Diamond, Robert Engle, Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, Oliver Hart, Bengt Holmström, Daniel Kahneman, Finn Kydland, Robert Lucas, Eric Maskin, Daniel McFadden, Robert Merton, Roger Myerson, Edmund Phelps, Alvin Roth, Thomas Sargent, Myron Scholes, Amartya Sen, William Sharpe, Robert Schiller, Christopher Sims, Robert Solow, Michael Spence and Richard Thaler are recipients of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Paul Volcker is a former Federal Reserve chairman.
Martin Baily, Michael Boskin, Martin Feldstein, Jason Furman, Austan Goolsbee, Glenn Hubbard, Alan Krueger, Edward Lazear, N. Gregory Mankiw, Christina Romer, Harvey Rosen and Laura Tyson are former chairmen of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers.
Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan and Janet Yellen have chaired both the Fed and the Council of Economic Advisers.
George Shultz and Lawrence Summers are former Treasury secretaries.
Ex-GOP Rep. Ryan Costello Joins Group Pushing Carbon Tax 0119
Bipartisan Bill Taxes CO2 and Gives the Money Back to You 1118 - 5 sponsors in the US House. Up to 10 (3 GOP) by the time Senators Flake and Coons introduce an almost identical bill in the Senate in December.
Ballot Measures Aimed at Climate Change, Fossil Fuels Fall Short 1118
Big Oil Outspends Billionaires in Washington State Carbon Tax Fight 1018
Best Way to Fight Climate Change? Put an Honest Price on Carbon 1018 - New York Times editorial
Ottawa to Return 90% of Carbon Tax Money to Canadians Who Pay It 1018
Taxing Carbon May Sound like a Good Idea, but Does It Work? 1018
In an Era of Climate Urgency, We Need a Carbon Tax 1018 - Boston Globe editorial
Climate Change Is Getting So Real, Investors Are Converting to a Carbon Price 1018
ExxonMobil Gives $1 Million to Promote a Carbon Tax-and-Dividend Plan 1018
Charge €30 a Tonne for CO2 to Avoid Catastrophic 4°C Warming 1018
Yellen Touts Carbon Tax as ‘Textbook Solution’ to Climate Change 0918
Oil Giant BP Met with Greens for 3 Years on Climate Policy 0918
Carbon Pricing - Correcting Climate Change's Market Failure 0818 - lengthy piece, with expected emission cuts as a result
GOP Lawmaker Proposes Carbon Tax 0718
A Carbon Tax That Could Put Money in Your Pocket 0718 - Chicago Tribune editorial
Declare Energy Independence with Carbon Dividends 0718 - Citizens Climate Lobby
Ontario PM Ford Scraps Carbon Tax Plan, Sets Up Climate Fight with Trudeau 0718
Washington Voters Likely to Take Up Carbon Fee Initiative 0718
Janet Yellen Calls for US Carbon Tax to Curb Climate Change 0618
Another GOP Group Wants to Tax Carbon. Does It Matter? 0618
Here’s How to Break the Impasse on Climate 0618
Here's How One Group Pitches a Carbon Tax to the GOP 0618
Massachusetts Senate Votes to Put a Price on Carbon, with National Grid Support 0618 - It goes to the House now. It punts choice of tax or cap & trade to Governor. Goal is -40% (1990 base) by 2030 and -80% by 2050. Carbon price starts for transport, business, and residential in consecutive years. State’s largest utility strongly supports it, plans electrification of transport and home heating (heat pumps), continued decarbonization of electricity, etc.
New York Grid Operator Floats Carbon Pricing Proposal 0518
Utah’s Climate Resolution & Bipartisan Carbon Pricing Bill 0318
Thank Colleges for Imminent Carbon Taxes 0318
Trump's Trade War Could Prompt Future Tariffs on U.S. CO2 - 0318
Associated Industries of Massachusetts Supports Carbon Pricing 0318
College Republicans Are Here to Fix Climate Change! 0218
Washington Carbon Tax Clears Hurdle, Heads for State Senate Vote 0218
Singapore to Impose Carbon Tax from 2019 - 0218
Carbon Pricing Could Save Millions of Hectares of Tropical Forest 0218
Vermont Lawmakers Forge Ahead with Carbon Tax Plan 0218
9 States Buck Trump Administration, Move toward Price on Carbon Pollution 0118
Can Gov. Inslee Deliver America's 1st Carbon Tax? 0118
In Texas, Conservatives Tout Carbon Tax, but Draw Critics on Both Left and Right 1217
China's Top Climate Official Rules Out Carbon Futures, Tax 1117
Americans Want a Tax on Carbon Pollution, but How to Get One? 1017 - How to use tax proceeds? Favorites are
support solar & wind; infrastructure; help displaced coal miners; reduce debt. #5 is cut other taxes. CCL discussion
British Columbia Will Increase Its Carbon Tax 0917
Americans May Finally Be Ready to Look at a Carbon Tax 0917
Proper Carbon Tax Could Wipe Billions from Polluters' Profits 0917
Some Democrats See Tax Overhaul as a Path to Taxing Carbon 0817
Exxon Mobil Lends Its Support to a Carbon Tax Proposal 0617
Sky-High Carbon Tax Needed to Avoid Climate Catastrophe, Say Expertsm 0517
Massachusetts Carbon Fee Would Save $2.9 Billion in Health Costs over 20 Years 0417
Use Carbon Tax to Help Fight Climate Change 0417 Chicago Sun-Times editorial
Guess Who’s for a Carbon Tax Now - Big Oil CEOs 0417
How Countries Cut Carbon by Putting a Price on It 0417
Vermont House Democrats Reintroduce Carbon Pollution Fee, with Fresh Messaging 0417
Will Washington State Be 1st in Taxing Greenhouse Gases? 0417
A Roadmap for Rapid Decarbonization 0317 - broad & detailed blueprint, mostly technological, by decade, of how to go carbon neutral (net-zero emissions) by 2050 and carbon-negative afterward. Policy instruments - carbon tax, cap & trade, regulations are also mentioned. Science journal
The Conservatives Who Are Switching Sides on Warming 0317
Carbon Tax Floated as Possible Replacement to Inslee's 'Clean Air Rule' 0317
China Floats Carbon Tax, in Split from EU’s Carbon Cap & Trade 0317
Singapore Carbon Tax Would Hit Refiners, Help Renewables 0217
A Serious Republican Idea on Climate Change – USA Today editorial 0217
Republican Statesmen Propose Replacing Clean Power Plan with a Carbon Tax 0217 - commentary on prospects for passage of the proposal below. Other authors include 25-year Wal-Mart chairman and a 3rd Treasury Secretary
A Conservative Answer to Climate Change 0217 - Sec’s of State & Treasury George Schultz and James Baker in Wall St J
A Conservative Case for Climate Action 0217 - Martin Feldstein, Greg Mankiw (2 Republican chairmen of Council of Economic Advisers), Ted Halstead in NY Times
Alberta's New Carbon Tax Is All about the 'Long Game', Says Deputy Premier 0117
Tillerson Led Exxon’s Shift on Climate Change; Some Say ‘It Was All P.R.’ 1216
Carbon Tax Could Boost Green Energy in Bangladesh 1216
Canada Will Impose Nationwide Carbon Price 0916
Americans Appear Willing to Pay for a Carbon Tax Policy 0916 - weighted average of $0 to $50+ per month
US Needs ‘Price on Pollution’ to Spur Clean Energy - National Academy 0916
There’s a Still Better Approach to CO2 Emissions - a Carbon Tax 0816 - Washington Post editorial
India Doubled Its Coal Tax to $6 a Ton. Coal India Wants the Tax on Petro Coke Too. 0816
Elon Musk’s Libertarian Case for a Carbon Tax 0816
To Tax or Not to Tax—That Is the Question 0716
Why Exxon Mobil Is Now Lobbying for a Carbon Tax 0616
Why Won't Clinton Support a Carbon Tax? Fear of Trump. 0616
House Backs Symbolic Measures to Oppose Oil Fee, Carbon Tax 0616
Supporters Laud 'Momentum' for Carbon Tax, despite House Vote 0616
Alberta Enacts Carbon Tax, in 1st Stage of Climate-Change Plan 0616
Say Yes to a Carbon Tax - Richmond VA Editorial 0416
Carbon Pricing Becomes a Cause for the World Bank and I.M.F. 0416
France to Set Unilateral Floor Price for Carbon Emissions 0416
Raise the Carbon Tax, B.C. Businesses Say 0316
A Climate Skeptic Calls for a Carbon Tax 0316 - Tax carbon, cut payroll tax, thus stimulate hiring.
Liberals Won't Rule Out a National Carbon Price, Catherine McKenna Says 0316
BP CEO Urges Global Carbon Price to Meet Paris Climate Change Goals 0216
Washington Lawmakers Consider Putting a Price on Carbon 0216
Tax High Carbon Food, Sugar for Climate and Health Gains 0216
UK-Wide £20 a Tonne Carbon Tax Would Have ‘Little Impact' on Consumers 0116
The Narrow Path to a Carbon Tax 1215 - US, revenue neutral, some corporate income tax reduction
Paris Climate Accord Is a Big, Big Deal (2.8¢/kWh Wind & 4.2 Solar) 1215
For Big Business Seeking CO2 Emissions Price, a Ray of Hope from Paris 1215
A Call to Paris Climate Negotiators - Tax Carbon. 1215 - 32 economists (4 Nobel Prize winners), US Cabinet Secretaries, Federal Reserve Bank Vice-Governors, etc. Excerpt is below:
"We endorse these 4 principles for taxing carbon to fight climate change without undermining economic prosperity:
1. Carbon emissions should be taxed across fossil fuels in proportion to carbon content, with the tax imposed “upstream” in the distribution chain.
2. Carbon taxes should start low, so individuals and institutions have time to adjust, but then rise substantially and briskly, on a pre-set trajectory that imparts stable expectations to investors, consumers and governments.
3. Some carbon tax revenue should be used to offset unfair burdens to lower-income households.
4. Subsidies that reward extraction and use of carbon-intensive energy sources should be eliminated."
Obama Says Carbon Price Is Better than Regulations 1215 But Congress wouldn’t pass one during his terms.
Alberta Doubles Down on Renewable Energy, Plans Carbon Tax in 2017 - 1115 - CN$20 / Ton CO2 in 2017, $30 in 2018
US Carbon Tax Effects Analysis by Income Level - RFF 1115 - PDF, 25 pp. Of ways to return (100%) of carbon tax to taxpayers, cutting corporate income tax is best for GNP, individual income tax cut worst. But individual (equal) income tax rebates do best for low (& even middle) income, while cutting corporate taxes benefits only the rich, while harming poor.
These Could Be the 1st US States to Tax Carbon & Give Residents a Paycheck 1115
Massachusetts Mulls an Economy-Wide Price on Carbon 1015
Governments to Raise $22 Billion from Carbon Pricing in 2015 - 1015
Climate Change Deal Will Not Include Global Carbon Price 1015
ITF Calls for Global Rules for Ship Operators to Cut Emissions 1015
Oil CEOs Differ on Carbon Strategy, Highlighting Industry Divide 1015
The Key Role of Conservatives in Taxing Carbon 0915 - Greg Mankiw was economic adviser to Mitt Romney in 2012.
Concord Monitor in New Hampshire - It’s Time for a Tax on Carbon 0815
GOP Needs Alternative Climate Policy 0815
Coal Renaissance Means Switching to Plan B - Carbon Pricing and CO2 Removal 0715
Energy Taxes Are Misaligned with Environmental Impacts of Energy Use 0615 - Gasoline taxes loom large.
Alberta to Boost Carbon Price, Ahead of Climate Policy Revamp 0615
In Stunning Reversal, ‘Big Oil’ Asks for World Carbon Price 0615
Shadow carbon prices ($/ton of CO2 equivalent) by big oil companies in 2013 included $40 at BP and Shell, $60-80 (in 2030 & 2040) at ExxonMobil, $34 at France’s Total, and $6-45 at ConocoPhillips. I don’t know the numbers for Chevron, Italy's Eni, Norway’s Statoil, or Britain's BG Group.
Carbon Pricing Letter from Oil Giants 0615
Hillary Would Charge New Fees for Fossil Fuel Extraction 0615 - royalties increase? or carbon tax?
Oil Industry Pushes for Carbon Tax in Alberta 0515
Former BP Boss, Tony Hayward, Calls for an End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies 0515
The Conservative Case for Taxing Carbon Pollution 0515
Yale to impose Carbon Tax on Itself, Led by the Man Who Helped Invent It 0415
US Support for Carbon Tax Reaches Almost 70% - 0415
Climate Group Launches Initiative for a Carbon Tax in Washington State 0415
Price on Carbon Is Key to Canada Tackling Global Warming, Say Researchers 0415
Doubled Top-Up Carbon Tax Will Trigger UK Coal Slowdown 0415
A Reagan Approach to Climate Change 0315
Low CO2 Emissions Tax Possible if Clean Technology Is Also Implemented 0215
Seize the Day - Tax Carbon, End Fossil Fuel Subsidies (Opinion) 0115
Australia’s Power Sector Emissions Jump as Carbon Tax Ends 0115
Study of MA Carbon Tax & Rebate - MA DOER / Breslow 1214 - PDF, 156 pp
Australia Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall to Record Low, Due to Carbon Tax 1214
When Will Vermonters Buy a Carbon Tax? It's Complicated 1214
Carbon Tax Could Bolster Green Energy 1114
Global CO2 Pricing Scheme Surfaces Ahead of 2015 Climate Summit 1014
Carbon Tax & Nuclear Power - Hansen 1014 - PDF
Chile Becomes 1st South American Country to Tax Carbon 0914
Tax Carbon Emissions or Trade Them? Economists Dig into the Problem 0914
How to Stop Tax Inversions With a Carbon Levy. Seriously 0814
Australia Votes to Repeal Carbon Tax 0714
Australian Senate Delays Carbon Tax Repeal 0714
Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax Would Improve on EPA Regulations 0614
Economic Analysis of US Carbon Fee & Dividend - REMI 0614 - PDF, 126 pp - sponsored by Citizens Climate Lobby.
With a carbon tax (100% returned to taxpayers in equal amounts, & with a border adjustment), US CO2 emissions decline from 5.1 GT/year in 2015 to 2.6 GT/year in 2035. The tax starts at $10 / metric ton of CO2 in 2016 and rises $10 / T annually thereafter, to 2035.
The number of jobs increases ~1% by 2025, compared to the baseline of no carbon tax. Only the West South Central states suffer. Job gains are largest in Health Care; Finance & Insurance; Retail; and Real Estate. Only Mining and Manufacturing (oil & chemicals) suffer. GNP rises ~0.25%.
The tax saves 10,000 lives a year (mostly from air pollution) by 2021 and 14,000 / year by 2031.
Annual electric energy after 25 years is 6% (250 TWh) less than in the base case. Coal (1,500 now) gets phased out, mostly by 2025. Wind energy use grows 750, nuclear 700, solar 200, and geothermal 100, but gas falls 500.
Here is a Citizens Climate Lobby summary video, one summary of the case for a carbon tax.
CCL sponsored the 2014 REMI US carbon tax study, summarized above, plus the July 2013 Massachusetts carbon tax study, summarized below. CCL has more than 200 chapters, coverring more than 380 Congressional districts in 48 states. CCL works to get a carbon tax (fee) enacted, with 100% of the revenues returned directly to households.
How to Sell a Carbon Tax - Bloomberg 0614
British Columbia''s Carbon Tax Works 0314
Voluntary Carbon Tax Witness 0314
CBO - Carbon Tax Chops $1 Trillion from Deficit 1113
Opinion - Taxing Tar Sands, Chasing Goliath - Hansen 1013
Abbott's Plans to Remove Australia's Carbon Price to Cost More than $6 Billion 0913
Conservatives Make the Argument for a Carbon Tax 0813
Sky Didn't Fall after British Columbia Began Carbon Tax, Cut Income Tax 0713
Effects of a Massachusetts Carbon Tax - REMI 0713 - PDF, 22 pp TAX: 
/ ton of carbon . = $4, $8, and $12 / ton of CO2. .
Other taxes are REDUCED to compensate, applied 1/2 to corporate income, 1/4 each to personal income and sales. .
Massachsusetts Jobs Change Due to Carbon Tax Annual MA GDP Change Due to Carbon Tax
The benefit of a carbon tax is highest for a $45/ton tax: ~ $70 per year per capita. In all cases considered, a higher carbon tax yields greater economic benefits to its citizens. Higher tax rates could yield even higher benefits per person. A carbon tax would add 1 job, net, for every 300 jobs now in the state.
Details: Massachusetts Jobs Change by Industry, for $30 / Ton CO2 Tax
Change in MA Consumer Price Index, due to Carbon Tax Changed Massachusetts MA CO2 Emissions, from Carbon Tax
The % emission effects of the 3 carbon tax rates are modest.
Price Changes for Carbon-Based Fuels, in Massachusetts, due to a Carbon Tax .
Australia to Scrap Carbon Tax, in Favor of Trading Scheme 0713
Economist Solution to Climate Change - Carbon Tax 0613
Australia Carbon Price Working 0513
US Carbon Price Backed by Independent Office 0513
Carbon Tax Economic Analysis, Exec Sum - NERA 0213 - PDF, for National Association of Manufactuers
House GOP Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax 1112
Carbon Tax Seen Viable with Exxon's Backing 1112
Carbon Tax for US Gets 2nd Look 1112
Australia Introduces Carbon Tax 0712
Australia Enacts Carbon Tax 1111
Australia to Tax Carbon Emitters 0711
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Cap & Trade (except Offsets, see next section)
Europe’s recent ETS prices, in euros (€) for CO2 permits.
Cap was cut in 2021. Russia cut back deliveries in early 2022
Europe’s War on Carbon Goes Global as Border Tax Comes Into Play 1023
European Law Might Get Companies around the World to Cut Climate Pollution 0523
- border adjustment, for industrial goods subject to little or no carbon price at home.
Washington State Just Began Capping Carbon Emissions. Here’s How It Works. 0123
New York Adopts Cap and Trade as a Pillar of Climate Action 1222
World’s 1st Carbon Border Tax Lands in Europe 1222
Carbon Trading in China Isn't Helping Tackle Climate Change 1222
China Delays Carbon Market Expansion on Data Problems 0522 - CO2 price is now about $8.55 per tonne.
China’s Weak Carbon Market Hits a New Roadblock -- Data Fraud 0422
China's Carbon Market May Get Stricter Under a New Proposal 0122 - $9 to 10.25 / ton of CO2
Gov. Youngkin Aims to Remove Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative 0122
Europe’s CO2 Price Has Almost Tripled in 2021 - 1221 - €80 / ton
Energy Crunch Drives Carbon Prices to Record as Europe Burns Coal 1121 - €71.21 per metric ton
Carbon Pricing, if Missing the 100% Dividend, Will Boost Inequality 1121
The E.U. Is Getting Serious about Climate. Can the U.S. Follow Suit? 0721 - E.U. plans to raise the price to at least $71 per ton of CO2.
China to Quickly Expand Top Carbon Market to Add More Polluters 0721
Nuts, Bolts & Pitfalls of Carbon Pricing - Equity-Based Primer on Paying to Pollute 0721 - for NAACP
Washington State Finally Passes a Cap on Carbon Emissions 0421
EU Price on CO2 Pollution Hits Record High in Early 2021 - 0121
Why China’s New Carbon Market Is No Quick Climate Fix 0121
China to Delay National Carbon Market Debut to 2021 - 1120
FERC Takes ‘Landmark Action' on Carbon Pricing 1020
World's Largest Carbon Market Faces Revamp under Draft EU Plan 0920 - target for cut by 2030 (from 1990) raised from 40% to 55%. Cap to drop faster than old 2.2% a year. Power plants and factories already covered. Add flights within Europe.
Trump Can’t Weaken California’s Carbon Market, Federal Judge Rules 0720
China Power Giants Prepare for World’s Biggest Carbon Market 0620
Merkel Cabinet Seals Plan to Widen CO2 Price to Heating, Roads 0520
Northeast States Take 1st Step in Effort to Reduce Transportation Emissions 1019
Pennsylvania Is Joining a Multi-State Effort to Price Carbon Emissions 1019
Quebec Adds $215 Million to Coffers from Carbon Market Envied by Europe 0219
How Ontario's Proposed Carbon Price Is Not a Carbon Tax (Probably, Maybe) 0219
After Topping EU Commodity Gains in 2018, Carbon Prices Set to Surge Again 1218
State Cap-and-Trade Systems Offer Evidence that Carbon Pricing Can Work 1118
EU Carbon Price Triples, Finally Puts Pressure on Coal 0818
Massachusetts Senate Votes to Put a Price on Carbon, with National Grid Support 0618 - It goes to House now. It punts choice of tax or cap & trade to Governor. Tool to meet -40% (1990 base) by 2030 and 80% by 2050. Starts for transport, business, and residential in consecutive years. State’s largest utility strongly supports it, plans electrification of transport and home heating (heat pumps), continued decarbonization of electricity, etc.
Later: Provision did not make it out of conference committee.
Checking the Math on California’s Cap and Trade - Is It Adding Up? 0518
Will China's Participation Invigorate Cap-and-Trade Schemes Elsewhere? 0518
Europe's $38 Billion Carbon Market Is Finally Doing Its Job 0318
Guide to the World’s Largest Carbon Market that Just Launched in China 1217
Gov. Jerry Brown and EU Leaders Agree to Work to Combat Climate Change 1117
California Pollution Permits Sell at Highest Price Ever 0817
Xi Jinping Is Set for a Big Gamble With China’s Carbon Trading Market 0617
How Countries Cut Carbon by Putting a Price on It 0417
Ontario's 1st Cap-and-Trade Auction Sells Out Current Allowances 0417
Ethiopia Plans Carbon Trading, as It Gears Up to Be Carbon Neutral by 2025 - 0317
Reform of EU Carbon Trading Scheme Agreed 0217
Cap & Trade to Cost Ontario $8 Billion in 1st Years, with Minimal CO2 Reductions 1116
RGGI Carbon Auction Prices Fall 40% on Clean Power Plan Uncertainty 0716
Tough to Keep the World From Warming When Carbon Is This Cheap 0716
California Ponders Expanding Cap and Trade to Brazil 0516
China Aims to Boost Renewable Energy with 'Green Certificates' 0316
Washington Puts Gov. Inslee's Carbon Rules on Hold 0216
Obama's Climate Change Rule Stays Alive in Courts, for Now 0116
In the Heart of Coal Country, Calls for Carbon Trading 0116
Rice Growers on the Front Lines of U.S. Carbon Markets 0116
Carbon Trading Finds a Foothold in at Least 20 States 0116
Drivers May Pay for Next Step in Fight against Climate Change 0116
For Big Business Seeking CO2 Emissions Price, a Ray of Hope from Paris 1215
Governments to Raise $22 Billion from Carbon Pricing in 2015 - 1015
Climate Change Deal Will Not Include Global Carbon Price 1015
ITF Calls for Global Rules for Ship Operators to Cut Emissions 1015
With Market on Their Side, Electric Utilities Skip Fight Against Carbon Rule 1015
What Can China Achieve with Cap and Trade? 0915
Will China's Carbon-Trading Plan Help Curb Climate Change? 0915
China to Launch National Cap-and-Trade Plan in 2017 - 0915
$2.2 Billion from CA Cap & Trade Begins Flowing, to Rail, Housing, Clean Cars, etc. 0815
Obama Just Created a Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program 0815
Carbon Caps Help Northeast Economy 0715
China's Guangdong to Allocate 408 Million CO2 Permits This Year 0715
China Prepares to Launch National Carbon Market to Fight Climate Change 0515
EU Diplomats Approve Proposal to Start CO2 Market Reform in 2019 - 0515
Ontario Sees Carbon Caps System as Best Way to Cut Emissions 0415
EU Carbon Permit Prices Rise, as Nations Agree to Seek 2021 Start to Fix 0315
European Carbon Market Reform Set for 2019 - 0215
As China Readies National Carbon Trading Program Launch, Questions Multiply 0215
California Manufacturers to Pay More Under Toughest Carbon Curbs 0215
EU Politicians Seek to Revive Sluggish Carbon Market 0115
Warm Weather Sinking EU Emissions-Market Plans 0115
California Motorists to Begin Shouldering Costs of Carbon Auction 1114
Carbon Trading Edges Closer, as UN Brokers Deal 1014
Gaming Carbon Market Must End to Solve Global Warming 1014
Other Nations to Link to China’s Planned Carbon Market 0914
China Suggests Coal Use Cap and Import Curbs in Draft Air Pollution Law 0914
Analysis - China's Big Carbon Market Experiment 0914 Below are price ranges, thru Aug. 2014
China Seeks Pollution Cut With National Carbon Market 0914
After US Pledges Cuts, China Announces Plans to Cap Carbon Emissions in 2016 - 0614
China's Ambitious Cap-and-Trade Plan Rolls Down a Long, Bumpy Runway 0514
Carbon Trading in China - Short-Term Experience, Long-Term Wisdom 0414
The China carbon trading graph below is by Lucas Bifera of Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, April 9, 2014.
www.c2es.org/blog/biferal/carbon-trading-china-short-term-experience-long-term-wisdom
April Brings Californians Electricity 'Climate Credit’ 0314
Australia’s Pollution Plan Starts to Look Like Trading 1213
Beijing Carbon Trading Starts as China Acts on Climate 1113
EU Carbon Price Declines as Poland’s Auction Debut Set to Boost Supply 0913
China Starts Testing Cap-and-Trade 0613
European Union [EU] Market Carbon Emissions Fell 0413. Below is a price graph, in €/Tonne of CO2, not of carbon. Note that prices depend heavily on how high (in tons) the cap is set. Wth a flat cap and declining emissions, allowance prices fall, even plunge.
California's 2nd Carbon Auction Price Up 0213
RGGI Cuts GHG Cap Steeply 0213
California Starts Cap & Trade 1112
Cap & Trade Failure Helped Cut US Emissions 1012
Chinese Official Says Carbon Caps Are Real Possibility 0811
Climate Bill Would Save US $19 Billion - CBO 0710
Senate Climate Bill Has No Major Surprises 0510
Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Cap & Trade Bill Framework 1209 - PDF - 5 page letter from the 3 Senators
US Senate Climate Bill Hearings 1009
Discussion Draft Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill 1009 - PDF, 801 pp -
Note that actual US fossil-fuel emissions have fallen 20% since 2007, approximating the orange line.
How Climate Bill Can Get 60 Votes in the US Senate 0709
Waxman-Markey Climate Bill Passes House 0709
Summary of Waxman-Markey Bill 0709
House Draft Climate Change Bill 0409
Markey-Waxman 2009 GHG Bill Summary 0409 - PDF, 5 pages
Markey-Waxman 2009 GHG Bill 0409 - PDF, 648 pp
USCAP Blueprint for GHG Law 0109
Offsets for Cap & Trade
CoP26 Finally Set Rules on Carbon Markets. What Does It Mean? 1121
A Climate “Solution” Actually Adds Millions of Tons of CO2 to the Atmosphere 0421 - semi-phantom forest offsets in California: use average tree carbon / sq meter nin a zone, buy land that’s above average and take credit for the difference,.
Huge Forest Accounting Problem Could Hamper World’s Push to Cut Emissions 0421 - Who gets credit for a forest preserved as an offset? Buyer, seller, both or neither? Many nations use different rules from independent evaluators. Large-emitting nations with large forests wind up with phantom benefits unless rules are changed.
Why ‘Carbon Offsets’ Don’t Do All That They Promise 0820 - permanence, reality, additionality
San Joaquin Valley Growers Seek Credit for Sequestering Carbon in Soils 0215
Why the World Needs to Put a Better Price on the Rainforest 1014
Carbon Trading in China - Short-Term Experience, Long-Term Wisdom 0414
U.N. Carbon Offset Market to Be 'in a Coma' for Years 1113
California Air Rules Allow Business to Pay Someone Else to Slash Emissions 0813
Climate Bill Impact on Agriculture Gets Clearer 1209
House Draft Climate Change Bill 0409
USCAP Blueprint for GHG Law 0109
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Trillions in G20 Fossil Fuel Subsidies Fuel Profits and Climate Change 1023
Pope Francis Calls Climate Deniers 'Irresponsible' in New Letter 1023
Europe’s War on Carbon Goes Global as Border Tax Comes Into Play 1023
Africa Calls for a Global Tax on Carbon Emissions 0923
‘Beginning of the End’ of Fossil Fuel Era Approaching, Says IEA 0923
Climate Change 'Dystopian Future Already Here' - UN Rights Chief 0923
World Isn’t Cutting Pollution Fast Enough to Keep Warming below 2°C - UN 0923
The US and China Must Unite to Fight the Climate Crisis, Not Each Other 0823 - US Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont). Lots of detail and history.
‘Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived,’ Says UN Chief 0723
John Kerry Hails China’s ‘Incredible Job’ on Renewables, Warns on Coal 0723
Cheap Methane Fix to Global Warming Is Finally Gaining Support 0623
Rich, High-CO2 Emitting Nations Could Pay $170 Trillion in Climate Reparations 0623
U.N. Slams Carbon Removal as Unproven and Risky 0523
CoP28 Host UAE’s Approach Is ‘Dangerous’, Says UN’s Climate Ex-Chief 0523
CoP28 Head Backs Fossil Fuel Phase-out with Carbon Capture Caveat 0523
G7 Vows to Step Up Moves to Renewable Energy, Zero Carbon 0423
G-7 Energy Ministers Face Climate Fight with Japan as Host 0423
Countries Facing the Most Climate Disasters Are Already ‘Drowning in Debt’ 0423
Corporate Interests ‘Watered Down’ the Latest IPCC Climate Report, Again 0323
World Is on Brink of Catastrophic Warming - IPCC 0323
Warming above 1.5°C Likely in Near Term unless World Acts Now 0323
The Clean Tech Arms Race Has Begun 0123
Nations Promise to Protect 30% of Planet – to Stem Extinction 1222
China and US Renew Commitment to Tackling Climate Crisis 1122
EU Proposes Loss and Damage Fund Trade for Phase-Down of Oil, Gas & Coal 1122
G20 Leaders Agree to Keep 1.5°C Warming Target ‘within Reach’ 1122
Brazil, Indonesia and Congo Sign Rainforest Protection Pact 1122
Climate Pact Led by US and Japan Set to Offer Indonesia $15 Billion to Ditch Coal 1122
The Selfish Case for Climate Justice 1022
Tariffs Threaten to Undermine Global Shift to Clean Energy 1022
UN Finds ‘No Credible Pathway to 1.5C in Place’ 1022
Vulnerable Countries Demand Global Tax to Pay for Climate-Led Loss & Damage 0922
U.N. Chief Warns that Humanity Faces ‘Collective Suicide’ over Climate Crisis 0722
G-7 to Allow Fossil-Fuel Financing If Climate Pledges Are Kept 0622
UN Head Lambasts Fossil Fuel Firms - They ‘Have Humanity by the Throat.’ 0622
Climate Crisis Costs Up over 800% as UN Donor Nations Fail to Keep Pace 0622
Key Nations Agree to Halt Funding for New Fossil Fuel Projects 0522
Rich Nations Offer Debt Guarantees on South African Climate Deal 0522
U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry Puts Natural Gas on Notice 0422
Ukraine War Threatens Global Heating Goals, Warns UN Chief 0322
Pope Calls World to Act on Impact of Climate Change on Poorest Countries 1221
How Cities Are Going Carbon Neutral 1121
Keeping New Climate Promises Brings 1.5°C Goal Closer — but Not in Reach 1121
Countries Create the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance 1121
Surprise U.S.-China Climate Deal Breaks Through Superpower Standoff 1121
Over 40 Nations Pledge to Cut Emissions from Their Health Industries 1121
Net-Zero Alliance Plans to Reject Gas, Nuclear as Green Assets 1121
EU-US Steel Trade Pact Is Surprisingly Important 1121
Countries Promise Coal Phase-out and End to Fossil Fuel Finance 1121
Climate Change Highlighted as Security Issue, as NATO Leader Visits CoP26 - 1121
Brazil Says It Will Sign Global Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions 1121
UK’s Prince Charles Warns World Leaders at G20 Summit about Climate Change 1021
G-20 Make Mild Pledges on Climate Neutrality, Coal Financing 1021
100 Nations Pledge to End Deforestation, Backed by $19 Billion 1121
Pope Francis Urges Leaders to Take ‘Radical’ Climate Action at CoP26 - 1021
World Leaders Urged to Consider Health Benefits of Climate Action 1021
More Than 30 Countries Join U.S. Pledge to Slash Methane Emissions 1021
World Poised for Big Leap Forward on Climate Crisis at CoP26, Says John Kerry 1021
Fossil Fuel Industry Gets Subsidies of $11 Million a Minute, IMF Finds 1021
7 Nations Join UN Pledge to Stop Building New Coal Power Plants 0921
EU and US Pledge to Reduce Methane Emissions in Energy and Agriculture 0921
UN Chief Urges ‘Rapid' Emission Cuts to Curb Climate Change 0921
U.S. and EU Vow Steep Methane Cuts Ahead of Climate Summit 0921
Pacific Islands Call for Zero Carbon Shipping by 2050, Citing IPCC Report 0821
Low-Income Countries 'Can't Keep Up' with Climate Change Impacts 0821
How Many Years until We Must Act on Climate? Zero. 0721
‘Reckless’ - G20 States Subsidized Fossil Fuels by $3 Trillion since 2015 - 0721
U.N. Warns Drought May Be 'the Next Pandemic’ 0621
G7 Nations Take Aggressive Climate Action but Hold Back on Coal 0621
G7 Nations Commit Billions More to Fossil Fuel than Green Energy 0621
Rich Countries Falling Short on Vow to Help Poorer Ones on Climate 0621
Pope Launches Green Initiative, Decrying “Predatory Attitude" toward Planet 0521
G7 Nations Vow to Phase Out International Financing for Coal Projects 0521
Shipping Now Faces the Highest Price on Carbon for Any Global Industry 0521 - nation with 3rd largest ship registry proposes $100/tonne of CO2 to start, rising to $300/tonne.
Rich Nations’ Climate Targets Will Mean Global Heating of 2.4°C 0521
US and China Commit to Cooperate on Climate Crisis 0421
Britain, Norway, US Join Forces with Businesses to Protect Tropical Forests 0421
In Asia, John Kerry Urges Bold Action on Climate to Avoid Global ‘Suicide Pact’ 0421
G7 Should Double Help for Poorer Nations to Cut CO2 Emissions – UN 0321
Facing Sweltering Soldiers and Flooded Ports, NATO to Focus on Climate Change 0321
Europe Seeks Alliance with U.S. to Tackle Aviation Emissions 0321
How the Race for Renewable Energy is Reshaping Global Politics 0221 - The wind and especially sun are almost everywhere, in contrast to oil, also coal and natural gas. Some competition remains for minerals neede for batteriesw, etc.
5 Places Where Global Warming Is a Security Risk 0221 - South Asia, Mekong River, East Africa, Central America, USA
John Kerry, Biden’s UN Climate Envoy, Likens Global Inaction to a ‘Mutual Suicide Pact’ 0221
UN Calls on Humanity to End ‘War on Nature ... Suicidial Path”, Go Carbon-Free 1220
U.S. Quits Paris Climate Agreement - Questions and Answers 1120 - But, in 10 weeks, Biden will put the US back in.
UN Chief - Don’t ‘Throw Away’ Stimulus Money on Fossil Fuels 0920
London, New York Mayors Urge Cities to Divest from Fossil Fuels 0120
Disappointment as Marathon Climate Talks End with Slim Deal 1219
France to Partner with Brazil States on Amazon, Bypassing Bolsonaro 1219
Pope Says Climate Crisis Is a 'Challenge of Civilization' 1219
UN Calls for Push to Cut Greenhouse Gas Levels to Avoid Climate Chaos 1119 - cut emissions 7.6% a year to 2030 to stay within 1.5°, etc.
Climate Change - Impacts ‘Accelerating' as Leaders Gather for UN Talks 0919
Climate Protesters and World Leaders - Same Planet, Different Worlds 0919
Dozens of Countries Take Aim at Climate Super Pollutants 0919
Over 60 Nations Say They’ll Zero Out CO2 Emissions, but Not the Big 3 - 0919
UN Secretary General Hails ‘Turning Point' in Climate Crisis Fight 0919
'We're Losing the Race’ - UN Secretary General Calls Climate Change an ‘Emergency’ 0919
Pope Urges Politicians to Take ‘Drastic Measures' on Climate Change 0919
Think the Heat Wave Was Bad? Climate Already Hitting Key Tipping Points 0719
Just 10% of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Cash ‘Could Pay for Green Transition' 0819 - UN secretary general, António Guterres, attacked subsidies, saying: “What we are doing is using taxpayers’ money ... to destroy the world.”
Governments and Firms in 28 Countries Sued over Climate Crisis 0719
G-20 Reaffirms Fight against Climate Change 0619
UN Climate Chief Says 3°C Hotter World ‘Just Not Possible' 0619
UN Chief Guterres Decries 'Fading' Global Climate Change Efforts 0519
US and Saudi Arabia Blocking Regulation of Geo-Engineering 0319
Climate Negotiators Reach Overtime Deal to Keep Paris Pact Alive 1218
The United States Isn’t the Only Country Downplaying Climate Change 1218 - Saudi Arabia, Australia, Russia. Problems even in Brazil, Poland, Germany.
No G20 Countries Are Meeting Climate Targets, Says Report 1118
Charge €30 a Tonne for CO2 to Avoid Catastrophic 4°C Warming 1018
With the World on the Line, Scientists Outline the Paths to Survival 1018
Fossil Fuel Dependence Poses ‘Direct Existential Threat', Warns UN Chief 0918
Cities Lead the Way on Curbing Carbon Emissions 0918
World Leaders Who Deny Climate Change Should Go to Mental Hospital – Samoan PM 0818
Caribbean States Beg Trump to Grasp Climate Change Threat - ’War has come to us.' 0818
China, EU Reaffirm Paris Climate Commitment, Vow More Cooperation 0718
More than 20 Nations Seek Lead in Setting Tougher Climate Goals 0618
‘Natural Solutions’ in Focus as EU Hosts Climate Summit with China, Canada 0618
6 of the G7 Commit to Climate Action. Trump Wouldn’t Even Join Conversation. 0618
Pope Francis Spoke Common Sense at Gathering of Fossil Fuel Executives 0618
22 National Science Academies Urge Governments to Address Climate Change 0318
US Has Caused Serious Damage to Paris Climate Efforts - Former UN Chief 0318
World Leaders Take Aim at Climate Change and Trump 1217
France’s Macron Takes Lead in Climate Change Battle, with the U.S. Absent 1217
Climate Fund for Developing World Gets Boost at U.N. Talks 1117
Climate Change Denial or Indifference Are ‘Perverse Attitudes' - Pope 1117
19 Countries Pledge to Phase Out Coal 1117
Climate Action by China, India to Offset Trump 1117
'Tobacco at a Cancer Summit' - Trump Coal Push Savaged at Climate Conference 1117
Cities Hope New Emissions Push Will Spur Climate Ambition, Finance 1117
Canada, Britain to Tout Coal Phase-Out as U.S. Champions Fossil Fuels 1117
Gov. Jerry Brown and EU Leaders Agree to Work to Combat Climate Change 1117
Syria Embraces Paris Climate Deal, Leaving Trump’s USA Alone in the World 1117
How India’s Battle with Climate Change Could Determine All of Our Fates 1117
12 Cities Plan for Emissions-Free Neighborhoods 1017
'Stuck in the Dark Ages' - Pacific island Leader after Australia's Emissions Hit Record High 0917
Nicaragua to Sign Paris Agreement, Leaving Trump Increasingly Isolated 0917
China’s Xi Slams Unwillingness to Combat Climate Change 0917
'Dodgy' Greenhouse Gas Data Threatens Paris Accord 0817
Japan's Abe Urges G20 to Work Together on Climate Change 0717
Merkel Issues Warning to Trump Ahead of G20 Summit 0617
Trump's Coal Plan Sends U.S. Energy “Back to the Past" - Vatican 0617
This Is How the U.S.’s New Global Isolation on Climate Change Looks 0617
US Opts Out of G7 Pledge Committing to Paris Climate Accord 0617
China Now Looks to California, Not Trump, to Help Lead Climate Change Fight 0617
Meeting Paris Pledges Would Prevent at Least 1°C of Global Warming 0617
UN Official Warns of Costly Effects of Climate Change 0617
Trump Hands the Chinese a Gift - the Chance for Global Leadership 0617
Trump Climate Agreement - Rest of World Rallies around Paris Deal 0617
Not Even Trump Can Derail Global Action on Climate Change – UN Chief 0517
Paris Climate Deal - EU and China Rebuff Trump 0617
Trump Told He Risks ‘Lasting Damage’ to Ties between U.S. and Europe 0517
World Lags on Clean Energy Goals 0517
Tillerson, at Arctic Meeting, Signs Document Affirming Need for Climate Change Action 0517
Trump Warned that Leaving Paris Accord Risks Bad Deals at G7, G20 - 0517
NATO Urges Global Fight against Climate Change 0517
Bloomberg to World Leaders - Ignore Trump on Climate 0417
China, India Become Climate Leaders as West Falters 0417
Trump’s Climate Demands Roil U.S. Allies 0417
China Poised to Take Lead on Climate After Trump’s Move to Undo Policies 0317
G20 Report Shows Competing Visions of a Clean Energy Future 0317
Europe's Aim - Sway, Don't Provoke, Trump on Climate 0317
China Trumps US on Climate Change 0217
Faced with U.S. Retreat on Climate Change, EU Looks to China 0217
What Can China Do to Counter Trump Axing US Climate Change Efforts? 0117
As U.S. Cedes Leadership on Climate, Others Step Up at Davos 0117 - China, India, Europe
Water and Climate Dominate World Economic Forum Risk Report 0117
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In Trump’s Wake, China Emerges as Global Leader on Climate 1116
Steps to Address Climate Change Are ‘Irreversible,’ World Leaders Declare 1116
World's Poorest Countries Aim for 100% Green Energy 1116
From France to Canada, Countries Are Reeling from Trump’s Climate Plans 1116 - French proposal to slap 1-3% tariff on US goods on all US products, if US "exempts itself from environmental regulations we have imposed on our businesses."
China Rolls Its Eyes at Trump over His Ridiculous Climate Change Claim 1116
CEOs, Leaders Urge Trump to Stand by Climate Pact 1116 - 360+ companies (12 Fortune 500), investors, mainly American
Nations Will Push Ahead with Climate Change Action Plans, despite Trump 1116
Trump Victory Deals Blow to Global Fight Against Climate Change 1116
Trump Win Raises Questions About UN Climate Deal 1116
Climate Summit's Urgent Goal - Cut More Emissions, Faster 1116
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change Is Official. Now What? 1116
China Climate Chief to Trump - Keep the U.S. Part of Paris Agreement 1116
Oil Industry Must Back Workable Climate Policies 1016
Indonesia Ratifies Paris Climate Deal. Does It Matter? 1016
Nations Agree to Landmark Deal to Cut HFCs, Potent Greenhouse Gases 1016
Emerging Climate Accord Could Push A/C Out of Sweltering India’s Reach 1016
191 Countries Strike Deal to Cut Aircraft Emissions 1016
Paris Climate Agreement Is Coming into Force. Now Comes the Hard Part. 1016
India Ratifies Paris Climate Change Agreement 1016
EU Vote Sets Up Paris Agreement for an Early Start 0916
100 Countries Push to Phase Out Potentially Disastrous Greenhouse Gas 0916
Obama Appeals for Climate Investment in Valedictory UN Speech 0916
Obama, China Ratify Paris Climate Agreement 0916
Pope Francis Says Destroying the Environment Is a Sin 0916
Insurers Call on G20 to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies by 2020 - 0816
Pacific Islands Nations Consider World's 1st Treaty to Ban Fossil Fuels 0716
World Has Climate Goals Right, but Not Enough Ambition to Achieve Them 0616
Moody’s Calls for Rapid Paris Climate Deal Approval 0616
Obama's New Clean Electricity Goal for North America - 50% by 2025 - 0616
Cities Forge World's Largest Alliance to Curb Climate Change 0616
The US and India Just Made Progress on the HFC Climate Problem 0616
Climate Change Puts 1.3 Billion People, $158 Trillion at Risk, Says World Bank 0516
Plans for Coal-Fired Power in Asia Are ‘Disaster for Planet', Warns World Bank 0516
Carbon Pricing Becomes a Cause for the World Bank and I.M.F. 0416
The Key Players in Climate Change 0416
We’re Running Out of Water, and the World’s Powers Are Very Worried 0416
Paris Climate Deal Seen Taking Effect 2 Years Ahead of Plan 0416
WTO Swats Down India’s Massive Solar Initiative, on Domestic Content (via US) 0216
U.N. Agency Proposes Limits on Airlines’ Carbon Emissions 0216
Paris Climate Deal Could ‘Displace Millions of Forest Dwellers' 0216
How Big Cities Are Finding Innovative Ways to Nudge People to Ditch Cars 0116
Will Trade Trump Climate Pact? 0116Cut Global Emissions by Cutting Fossil-Fuel Subsidies 1215 - Washington Post editorial
Critical Mass of States Will Reach Emissions Peak by 2030 under Climate Deal 1215
Paris Agreement Ushers in End of the Fossil Fuel Era 1215
Paris Climate Deal - Nearly 200 Nations Sign, in End of Fossil Fuel Era 1215
Paris Climate Deal Is 'Best Chance to Save Planet’ 1215 - Key Points
• Recognizes INDCs already filed;
• Recognizes gap between effect of filed INDCs and keeping global warming below 2°C;
• Review progress every 5 years (with INDC committment updates);
• Future INDCs cut emissions further than current INDCs;
• Peak greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ASAP and achieve net zero GHG emissions in the 2nd half of this century;
• Goal to keep global temperature increase "well below" 2°C (3.6°F) and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C;
• $100 billion a year in climate finance for developing countries by 2020, more in the future;
• In force when 55% of nations or 55% of emissions ratify.
Paris Climate Agreement Text 1215 - PDF, 31 pp
Final Draft of Climate Deal Formally Accepted in Paris 1215
A Plea from Small Islands - More Insurance for Climate Change 1215
U.S. Doubles Climate Adaption Aid to Nearly $900 Million 1215
Kerry Signals U.S. Support for Ambitious 1.5°C Goal in Climate Deal 1215
Coalition of Business Leaders Challenges 2°C Target, Seeks 1.5°C - 1215
Oil, Coal Come to Climate Table with Significantly Fewer Bargaining Chips 1215
Climate Funding Piles Up, but Nations Argue over How Quickly 1215
Climate Delegates Agree on Text of Draft Deal 1215
Bhutan Has ‘Most Ambitious Pledge’ at the Paris Climate Summit 1215
Rich Nations' Fossil Fuel Subsidies Exceed Climate Aid by 40 to 1 - 1215
Developing Nations Shift Stance, See Need to Limit Their Own Emissions Too 1215
India, Brazil Resist Further Long-Term Goals on How to Limit Global Warming 1215
India Signals Willingness to Cut Coal for Climate Cash 1215
A Call to Paris Climate Negotiators - Tax Carbon. 1215 32 famed economists: 4 Nobel prize winners, 3 Cabinet secretaries, 2 Federal Reserve Board vice-chairs, 3 Harvard economic profs, etc.
Obama, Xi, Figueres Speak on Climate Change 1215
France, Germany, Canada, IMF, World Bank, OECD Call on World to Price Carbon 1215
Paris Conference Could Be Climate Turning Point, Says Obama 1115
Obama, Gates Announce Clean Energy Research Investment by 20 Nations & 28 Investors 1115
France, India to Launch Global Solar Alliance 1115
Is the 2°C World a Fantasy? 1115
Pope - 'Catastrophic' if Climate Deal Derailed 1115
India Opposes Deal to Phase Out Fossil Fuels by 2100 at Climate Summit 1115
Poor Nations Need Support to Cut Emissions from Farming 1115
World Bank Sets $16 Billion Plan for African Climate Action 1115
India Backs 2°C Global Warming Limit 1115
Rich Countries Agree to Slash Export Subsidies for Coal Plants 1115 - allowed only for ultra-supercritical or poorest nations. Deal includes China, Australia, Japan & South Korea.
G20 Spends 4 x More on Fossil Fuel Output than on Renewables 1115
Nations Conflict on Subsidy Rules for Exporting Coal-Fired Power Plants 1115 - see 2 articles above
For the 1st time, Saudi Arabia, Oil Empire, Commits to Climate Change Action 1115
Why a Paris Climate Agreement Could Actually Be Very Good for the U.S. 1115
US ‘Playing Catch-up to China' in Clean Energy Efforts, UN Climate Chief Says 1115
Paris Climate Deal to Ignite $90 Trillion Energy Revolution 1015
Climate Plans Must Go Further to Prevent Dangerous Warming - UN 1015
Climate Change Deal Will Not Include Global Carbon Price 1015
Buddhists Call for Strong Paris Climate Deal to Limit Warming 1015
U.S. Leads Industrialized Nations in Shift from Coal 1015
U.S. Said to Engage in Talks on Carbon Market Rules 1015
John Kerry Urges Ambitious Climate Change Deal to Ensure Food Security 1015
Major Oil Producers Back ‘Effective' Deal at Paris Climate Summit 1015
ITF Calls for Global Rules for Ship Operators to Cut Emissions 1015
Pacific Island Nations Beg for Help when ‘Calamity' of Climate Change Hits 1015
EU Climate Chief Hails Global Progress on Emissions 1015
U.N. Climate Reports Are Getting Harder to Understand, as Climate Worsens 1015
Paris Climate Summit - UN Negotiations ‘Need Redesign' 1015
Climate Aid Reaching $62 Billion Placates Developing World 1015
India ‘Disappointed’ at Draft Paris Climate Change Agreement 1015
UN Climate Science Panel Elects 1st New Leader in 13 Years 1015
Toughen Climate Action Every 5 Years, U.N. Draft Suggests 01015
India Pledges Clean-Energy Push in UN Climate Submission 1015
Analysis of 2015’s INDC CO2 and GHG Reduction Pledges - www.ClimateScorecard.org
by Climate Interactive, headed by MIT’s John Sterman
Gene Fry’s CAVEAT: Temperature rises shown at right are from climate models. They omit temperature rises after 2100. These likely exceed rises between now and 2100. Paleoclimate data indicate, for example, 5.4°C eventual warming (above 1880 levels) from 475 ppm CO2, not just the 2°C shown here. With 475 ppm CO2 and today’s CH4 levels (~1840 ppb), paleoclimate data indicate 7.4°C eventual warming.
Climate Interactive’s 2°C warming case has negligible net warming from other greenhouse gases (CH4, etc.), sulfate aerosols, black carbon, etc. Currently, other GHGs and black carbon, minus sulfates, account for almost as much warming as CO2. Reducing them to almost zero (485 - 475 ppm) is a very formidable task.
Achieving only 2°C warming requires VERY large NEGATIVE emissions, the sooner the better.
How to Stop Deforestation? Make ‘Good Stuff' Cheaper 0915
Climate Deal Gains, with Brazil Pollution Plan and European Cash 0915
Limited Progress Seen, Even as More Nations Step Up on Climate 0915
Pope's Climate Push Is ‘Raving Nonsense’ without Population Control - Ehrlich 0915
Indonesia to Curb Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions, but Details Are Thin 0915
Pope Francis Backs Urgent Climate Change Action, Lauds Obama's Climate Plan 0915
Israel Approves Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan 0915
Carbon Pricing Schemes Double since 2012 in Climate Fight - World Bank 0915
Paris Talks Won’t Hit Global Warming Target, UN Warns 0915
Developing Countries Set an Example on Emissions Cuts 0915
Join the 4‰ Initiative Soils for Food Security and Climate 0915
Australia's Inaction on Climate Change Set to Dominate Pacific Island Talks 0915
International Efforts to Cut Carbon Pollution Won't Be Enough 0915
$190 Trillion Spending to Slow Warming, vs $192 Trillion for Business as Usual 0815
UN Said to Summon Leaders to Closed-Door Climate Change Meeting 0815
Assuming ’Wrong Type of Coal' Way Overestimated China's CO2 Emissions 0815
Can an Islamic Climate Change Declaration Inspire 1.6 Billion Muslims? 0815
Islamic Leaders Call on Rich Countries to End Fossil Fuel Use 0815
How US Climate Plan Can Follow China and Europe—or Not 0815
Australia Carbon Plan Sends Shudder through Neighbors 0815
World Bank Rejects Energy Industry Notion That Coal Can Cure Poverty 0715
Kenya Pledges to Cut Carbon Emissions 30% by 2030 - 0715
Japan Delivers 26% Emissions Reduction Plan to UN 0715
Mayors at Vatican Seek 'Bold Climate Agreement' 0715
Muslim Scholars Say Climate Change Poses Dire Threat 0715
Treat Climate Change as Seriously as National Security 0715
New Zealand Commits to Post-2020 Emissions Reduction Target 0715
New Coal Plants ‘Most Urgent' Threat to the Planet, Warns OECD Head 0715
China Climate Change Plan Unveiled 0615
South Korea Eyes 37% CO2 Emissions Cut 0615
US and Brazil Set Energy Goals, in Sign of Improving Ties 0615
Brazil, China, India, South Africa in Push for Climate Financing 0615
Release of Encyclical Reveals Pope’s Deep Dive into Climate Science 0615
Pope Francis Encyclical Calls for End to Fossil Fuels 0615
Laudato Si: Pope Francis' Encyclical on the Environment 0615 - PDF, 192 pp
Pope Francis Blasts Global Warming Deniers in Leaked Draft of Encyclical 0615
China ‘Deserves More Credit’ for Renewable Energy Effort - IEA 0615
BP Boss Widens Transatlantic Rift in Energy Industry over Climate Change 0615
UN Climate Conference - Silence over Emissions Targets 0615
China leads refusal to officially look at how pledges compare to what’s needed to hold warming to 2°C.
G7 Carbon Goal May Come Too Late, Scientists Say 0615
Is Gas a Weapon in the Fight against Climate Change? 0615
G7 to Limit Global Warming to Below 2°C - 0615
G7 - End of Fossil Fuel Era? 0615
Developing Countries Could Leapfrog West with Clean Energy, Says Hollande 0615
Marshall Islands, the Flag for Many Ships, Seeks to Rein In Emissions 0615
Global CO2 Pricing Seen Unlikely to Be Big Part of Paris Climate Deal 0615
Report - U.S. Can Make Good on Climate Pledge — Barely 0515
UN Head Calls for Global Climate Change Action 0515
$5.3 Trillion in Coal, Oil, Gas Subsidies Exceed Public Health Spending 0515
Former BP Boss, Tony Hayward, Calls for an End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies 0515
2°C Rise Is "Unacceptable," the Cap Must be Lowered – IPCC Author 0515
New Climate Deal Seen Aiding GDP, Lacking Sanctions - U.N. Chief 0515
U.N. Climate Chief Slams Fossil Fuel Investments, Outlines Steps for Paris Deal 0515
Current Carbon Pledges Won't Stop Dangerous Global Warming - Lord Stern 0515
Scientists Say Globe Could Warm 6°C by 2100, Call for Action Before Paris 0415
France Urges Australia to Keep Climate Commitment, Ahead of UN Summit 0415
Russia Sketches Emissions Cut of up to 30% by 2030 - 0415
US Pledges a 26-28% Carbon Emissions Cut by 2025 - 0315
$8 Billion Push to Cool the Globe Has Poor Countries Steaming 0315
UN Backs Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign 0315
'Long Struggle' Warning on Climate 0315
IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri Resigns 0215
Is 'Net-Zero' Carbon Goal to Rescue the Climate Plausible? 0215
UN Agrees on Draft Text for Paris Climate Summit 0215
Paris Talks Won’t Achieve 2°C Goal - Does That Matter? 0215
One Upside of Cheap Oil - Countries Are Ditching Their Fossil-Fuel Subsidies 0115 Consumption Subsidies - IEA
Pope's Visit to Stoke Climate Fight 0115
U.N. Asks Countries for Climate Plans after Record Warm 2014 - 0115
World Bank Chief Makes Climate Action Plea 0115
Al Gore made this speech , also at Davos, summarizing impacts and what has been happening to turn energy green.
Solar, Nuclear, Climate Progress Possible on Obama India Visit 0115
Experts Warn Governments to Plan for Climate Change Migrants 0115
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Pope Francis Thinks Climate Change Is a Major Threat. So Do American Catholics. 1214
Drought, Heat and Ice - 2015 Could Be Tipping Point on Climate 1214
Pope Francis’s Climate Change Edict Will Anger Deniers and US Churches 1214
“World Faces Climate Tragedy” - Kerry Rallies Leaders at Lima Climate Talks 1214
Global Group of Catholic Bishops Call for End to Fossil Fuels 1214
Climate Deal Commits Every Nation to Limiting Emissions 1214
Lima Climate Deal - Every Nation Now Plans to Tackle CO2 Emissions. Sort of. 1214
Lord Stern’s Warning - Legally Binding Climate Deal 'Not Necessary’ 1214
Zero Emissions Climate Idea Comes of Age 1214
Giving Climate Pact Legal Teeth Could Make It Toothless 1214
U.S. Sees Voluntary Emissions Cuts as Key to a Climate Change Accord 1214
In Climate Talks, Spotlight Turns to India 1114
Russia May Cut CO2 Emissions 25-30% by 2030. What Will India Do? 1114
- a maybe by a minister, not a formal commitment
US-China Climate Deal's Ambition Fails to Impress India 1114
China, U.S. Agree to Limit Greenhouse Gases 1114
G20 Pledges Lift Green Climate Fund Towards $10 Billion U.N. Goal 1114
Barack Obama Tells G20 a Global Climate Change Deal Is Possible and Vital 1114
US and China Reach Historic Deal to Cut CO2 Emissions 1114
US and China Shake Up Global Climate Talks With Major Pollution Pledges 1114
World Losing Battle Against Global Warming 1114
Capping Warming at 2°C Not Enough to Avert Disaster, Experts Warn 1114
IPCC Speaks – Rapid Carbon Emission Cuts Vital to Stop Climate Change 1114
Fossil Fuels Should Be Phased Out by 2100, Says IPCC 1114
IPCC Report Warns of 'Severe, Pervasive' Effects of Global Warming 1114
Effects of Climate Change ‘Irreversible,’ IPCC Warns 1114
IPCC Climate Change Synthesis Report Sees Risks of Irreversible Damage 1014
US Considers Climate Change Plan That Would Mandate Emission Cuts 1014
2 Bold Proposals Emerge to Change Climate Negotiations 1014
Could the 2°C Climate Target Be Completely Wrong? 1014
Economic Benefits of Preventing Global Warming Open New Front in Debate 0914
Top 5 Takeaways From the United Nations Climate Summit 0914
Climate Change Summit - Global Rallies Demand Action 0914
Earth Has 30 Years Before Carbon Budget Is Blown 0914
74 Countries, 1,000+ Businesses Speak Out to Support a Carbon Price 0914
World Leaders Reach Fragile Consensus on Global Warming 0914
Obama Presses Chinese on Global Warming 0914
U.N. Draft Report Lists Unchecked Emissions’ Risks 0814
UN Experts Call for Action to Mitigate Climate-Related Health Risks 0814
Paris Climate Deal May Not Keep World Under 2°C -- Is that Failure? 0814
Obama’s Green Dilemma - Punish China, Imperil U.S. Solar 0814
Climate Talks on Path to Fall Far Short of Goals, Says MIT Study 0814
Pope - Destroying the Earth is a Sin 0514
Climate Change Report Was Watered Down, Says Senior Economist 0414
IPCC Calls for Energy Transformation 0414
To Slow Warming, No More ‘Business as Usual,' U.N. Warns 0414
World 'Needs Plan B' on Climate - IPCC 0414
U.N. Says Lag in Confronting Climate Woes Will Be Costly 0114
UN 'Loss and Damage Mechanism' Born Amid Rising Climate Costs 1113
Deals at Climate Meeting Advance Global Effort 1113
Big Polluters Backpedal at Climate Talks 1113
Growing Clamor About Inequities of Climate Crisis 1113
Rich Nations Must Pay Up if U.N. Climate Talks to Succeed- China 1113
Green Climate Fund Can Power Poor Countries 1113
Fossil Fuel Subsidies 'Reckless Use of Public Funds' 1113
World Bank Support for China Solar and Wind Power May Have Cost US Jobs 1013
California and Quebec Create Their Own Trans-National Carbon Market 1013
Carbon Budget Talks Urgent, Warns Lord Stern 0913
Skeptic Groups Launch Global Anti-Science Campaign on Eve of IPCC 5 - 0913
Survey Reveals Worldwide Fears of Climate Change 0913
Coal at Risk as Global Lenders Drop Coal Financing on Climate Concerns 0813
World Bank to Limit Financing of Coal-Fired Plants 0713
Obama Plan Gives US Leverage in Climate Talks with China 0713
US, China Agree on Climate Steps to Curb Emissions 0713
World Bank Slams Climate Skeptics 0613
Climate Change Threatens Trouble in Near Future, World Bank Says 0613
Democrats Urge Obama to Get HFC GHG Agreement from China 0613
4 Ways the World Bank Can Fight Climate Change 0513
Pragmatic US Approach Leads Climate Talks 0413
US, China Jointly Call for Forceful Climate Change Action 0413
For Climate Action, 2013 Good as It’ll Get - Nicholas Stern 0413
Economist Stern Warns of Radical Climate Change 0413
World Bank to Increase Climate Role, to Fight Poverty 0413
World’s Poorest Nations Say Yes to Emissions Cuts 0413
World Bank Condemns Business as Usual 0313
Ex-IPCC Chief Sees 5°C Warming Ahead 0213
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Nicholas Stern - I underestimated climate change. 0113
UN Says Carbon Cuts Too Slow to Curb Dangerous Warming 1112
US Replaces China as Top Clean Energy Investor 0112
What Countries Are Doing to Tackle Climate Change - NPR 1211 - PDF
Australia's goal is to cut its GHGs emissions by 5% from 2000 to 2020. By and large, Australia met those targets, mostly by reducing deforestation and land clearing. In November 2011, Australian lawmakers approved a carbon trading plan, where its top 500 polluters would pay a carbon tax starting in July 2012. The Abbott government elected in September 2013 is repealing it.
Brazil aims by 2020 to cut its emissions to 1994 levels and cut annual deforestation by 80% from historic highs. Its Plan focuses on more renewable energy, notable hydroelectricity (Belo Monte), and more biofuels for transport. It hopes to eliminate illegal deforestation and bring the net forest loss to zero by 2015. But some propose to loosen the deforestation rules, which some flout. Anyway, Brazil's deforestation rose 28% in 2012, from ~2,300 to 2,900 square miles, still much less than 12,000.
Canada initially committed to cut its GHG emissions by 6% below 1990 levels, but backpedaled to 17% from 2005 levels by 2020, like the USA. It has since cancelled its emissions commitments. Canada’s emissions are 17% above 1990 levels, due largely to oil from Alberta's tar sands. This more than cancels out the progress from shifting electric generation from coal to natural gas.
China pledged to reduce its carbon intensity 40-45% by 2020, but not its emissions. It is the world's biggest consumer (and producer) of coal: #1 in CO2 emissions, still growing fast, and #2 in energy use. China has become infamous for its heavily polluted air. The most recent projections are for its CO2 emissions to peak about 2016 or 2020 instead of 2030. However, China’s coal use in 2014 was lower than in 2013. In November 2014, China pledged to cap its emissions by 2013, but also “as soon as possible."
Still, by 2020 China plans to get 15% of its energy not from fossil fuels and 20% by 2030. Its renewable portfolio standard dates to 2005. Hydro plays the biggest role. Nukes play a growing one, but less than wind. China subsidizes its clean energy sector heavily, so green tech jobs can fuel future growth. Chinese manufacturers have cut world PV cell prices dramatically. China plans 50 GW of solar power by 2020. China raised its target for wind power to 100 GW by 2020; it's ahead of schedule again. It leads the world in wind and solar power and plans to add 800-1,000 GW in renewable generation (20% of its total) by 2030. [TOTAL US generation is 1,060 GW.]
China began its pilot carbon trading programs for 7 cities & provinces with Shenzhen in July. All 7 are in full swing, with varying exceptions and free allowances. China plans a nationwide carbon price in 2016.
The European Union (EU), with 27 member states, pledged to cut emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, including 8% by 2012. To do that, in 2005 the EU launched the world's biggest carbon trading market. Today, all members must participate; 3 outsiders do too. Major EU factories and power plants get CO2 allowances for their emissions. Ones that emit less CO2 than permitted can sell their excess to other firms. The price depends heavily on the cap (see twin graphs above). Many other nations oppose new EU plans that flights to & from Europe buy CO2 permits.
India agreed to reduce its carbon intensity 20% by 2015, but not its emissions, saying that would hurt efforts to bring millions of Indians out of poverty. India is the world's #3 CO2 emitter. It's active in the Clean Development Mechanism carbon offset plan. It earns credits for emission-reducing projects (half wind and biomass) and sells them to industrialized nations. Its goal is 20 GW of solar by 2022. In 2010, India began a carbon tax of $1.07 / ton on coal, to fund renewables.
Indonesia pledged emission cuts of 26% by 2020, from 2010 levels. It has vast swaths of tropical forests, which suck up CO2. But those forests are being logged at an alarming rate — releasing huge amounts of carbon into the air. In May 2011, Indonesia agreed to implement a 2-year moratorium on new forest clearing, in exchange for $1 billion to support forest conservation. Observers question Indonesia's commitment to stopping deforestation, since its economic boom is fueled by natural resource extraction.
Japan, the world's #5 CO2 emitter, once pledged to reduce its CO2 emissions by 25% below 1990 levels by 2020. Tokyo lauched a cap-and-trade plan in 2010 for 1,300 big users - even large offices and schools. But after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan shut down its nuclear power: 1/3 of its electricity. Despite drastic energy cuts, its 2011 CO2 emissions rose sharply and could stay there. So far, one reactor has been licensed to restart.
#4 Russia pledged to cut its emissions by 15% from 1990 levels - when Soviet emissions from heavy (mostly miltary) industry were sky high. After the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia's emissions did too, meeting its pledge. Russia still depends on many heavy industries, with heavy pollution. Russia's leaders long questioned a human role in climate change, but reversed that in 2009, and in spades after its record heat, drought, forest fires, and wheat crop failure in 2010.
South Africa expects its emissions to peak between 2020 and 2025, then remain flat for a decade before dropping. Its CO2 emissions top Africa's #2-5 emitters combined. Coal generates 90% of its electricity. It aims for renewables to provide 9% its energy by 2030. Construction on the first 50 projects, mostly wind and sun, begins after mid-2012. It plans to enlarge nuclear power's role, from 5% of its electricity.
The USA pledged to reduce emissions 17% by 2020, contingent on Congress passing an aggressive cap-and-trade bill. It did not, but US emissions fell anyway, 11% from their 2005 peak, to only 11% above 1990 levels. In November 2014, the US President pledged 26-28% carbon emission cuts by 2025. The 4 biggest factors are (1) a switch from coal to fracked natural gas; (2) higher oil and gasoline prices; (3) widespread energy efficiency, from federal appliance and lighting standards, to state-funded programs, to individual business and household decisions; and (4) wind energy replacing oil (and coal) to make electricity, with help from 29 state renewable portfolio standards. Over the coming years, 2 other factors come into play: (5) new nationwide fuel-efficiency standards will almost double fuel efficiency for new cars and light trucks; and (6) new regulation of CO2 emissions from new power plants and then existing ones.
Climate Talks End with Late Deal 1211
US & Saudi Arabia Stall Climate Fund 1111
Governments Subsidize Fossil Fuels 1111
Mixed Messages on Climate Vulnerability 1111
Climate Pledges Will Yield Up to 4°C Warming by 2100 - 1110
Assessment of Summer Copenhagen Committments 0410
Copenhagen Results Summary 1209
Copenhagen 5-Nation Pact 1209 - PDF, 5 pp - US, China, India, Brazil, South Africa
Climate Talks Near Deal to Save Forests 1209
Nations' Positions Entering Copenhagen Talks 1109 - China, US, EU, India, Japan, African Union, Gulf States, Small Islands
Carbon Lobbyists Attack Before Copenhagen 1109
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Europe’s War on Carbon Goes Global as Border Tax Comes Into Play 1023
New E.U. Law Requires 70% of Aviation Fuel to Be Sustainable by 2050 - 0923
EU Looks into Blocking Out the Sun, as Climate Efforts Falter 0623
Swiss Voters Approve Climate Law to Cut Greenhouse Gases, as Glaciers Melt 0623
Germany to Walk Back Charging Goal as More People Plug EVs in at Home 0623
France Bans Short-Haul Flights, as It Looks to Cut Transport Emissions 0523
European Law Might Get Companies around the World to Cut Climate Pollution 0523
- border adjustment, for industrial goods subject to little or no carbon price at home.
Germany Sets the New Standard for Cheap, National Mass Transit 0423
Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle 0423
EU Approves 2035 Ban on Sales of Gasoline-Powered Cars 0323
UK Set for Massive Rollout of EV Chargers, in Net-Zero Push 0323 
EU’s Green Plan Will Force Oil Majors to Store CO2 Underground 0323
EU Lawmakers Back Deal to Ban New Combustion-Engine Cars by 2035 - 0223
Italy Gets Cold Feet over EU Greener Buildings Plan 0223
Europe’s Plan to Become the 1st Climate-Neutral Continent 0123
EU Gets Landmark Deal to Strengthen and Expand Carbon Market 1222
World’s 1st Carbon Border Tax Lands in Europe 1222
EU Passes Law to Make Electric Car Batteries Cleaner 1222
EU’s New Climate Change Plan Will Cause Biodiversity Loss, Deforestation 1222
France Mandates Solar Panels on Most Parking Lots; Great Marriage with EVs 1122
Time to Stop Counting Forest Biomass as ‘Renewable Energy’ 1122
E.U. Plans for Only Electric New Vehicles by 2035 Are ‘without Precedent’ 1022
EU Targets ‘Zero Pollution’ by 2050 to Curb Premature Deaths 1022
Germany Extends Lifetime of Remaining Nuclear Plants 1022
Greta Thunberg - Germany Making ‘Mistake' by Ditching Nuclear Power for Coal 1022
EU Set to Pave Way for €565 Billion Overhaul of Electricity Grid 0922
European Union Signals a Move Away from Wood Energy 0922
Denmark Is 1st UN Member to Pay for ‘Loss and Damage’ from Climate Change 0922
Europe Plans 20 Floating Gas Terminals by Year-End, Raising Climate Fears 0822
How Germany Is Scrambling to Save Energy 0822
Spain Air Conditioning Crackdown Set to Take Effect 0822
Germany Gets Solar Boost amid Energy Crisis 0822
Londoners Urged Not to Travel, as Heat Wave Engulfs Europe 0722
Italy Declares State of Emergency on Impact from Drought 0722
Europe Calls Gas and Nuclear Energy ‘Green’ 0722
Putin’s War Threatens Europe’s Ambitious Climate Goals 0722
To Save Energy, Stop Wearing Neckties, Spanish Premier Sanchez Says 0722
Ireland Lays Path to Cut Emissions in Half by 2030 - 0722
Italy Declares State of Emergency on Impact from Drought 0722
EU Lawmakers Support Banning Gasoline Car Sales by 2035 - 0622
Finland Targets Net Zero by 2035 - 0522
Why Germany Is Offering a Summer of Cheap Trains 0522 - Cut use of Russian oil and gas.
Germany Presents New Ukraine-Accelerated Renewables Plan 0422
EU Targets Man-Made Greenhouse Gases in Climate Neutrality Push 0422
U.K. Bets Big on Nuclear, Wind in Energy Security Strategy 0422
U.K. Targets 10-Fold Increase in Electric Vehicle Charge Points 0322
Germany Brings Forward Goal of 100% Renewable Power to 2035 - 0222
E.U. to Unveil Strategy to Break Free from Russian Gas 0222
France Bans Short-Haul Domestic Flights, in Favor of Train Travel 0222
Germany Responds to Russia, by Halting Nord Stream 2 Pipeline 0222
Slovenia Pledges to Stop Burning Coal for Electricity by 2033 - 0122
Denmark Wants to Drop Fossil Fuels in Domestic Flights in 2030 - 0122
Europe Unveils Gas Market Proposals Key to Low-Carbon Future 1221
Germany Approves Billions for Climate, Modernization Fund 1221
Germany’s New Coalition Promises Climate Revolution & CO2 Floor Price 1121
Europe’s CO2 Price Has Almost Tripled in 2021 - 1221 - €80 / ton
Portugal Becomes 4th EU Country to Stop Using Coal to Make Electricity 1121
Iceland’s Cabinet Raises Climate Goal as Glaciers Melt 1121
Germany’s New Government to Channel $67 Billion to Climate Fund 1121
CoP26 Deal Sounds Death Knell for Coal Power – British PM 1121
Greece Brings In Climate Law, Banning Fossil-Fuel Cars From 2030 - 1121
France to Invest in Small Nuclear Reactors and Green Energy Projects 1021
Austria Announces Carbon Tax, Offset by Reduction in Other Taxes 1021
Denmark Agrees to Binding 2030 Climate Target for Agriculture 1021
London Brings Forward Plan to Electrify City’s Bus Fleet 0921
France Passes Climate Law, but Critics Say It Falls Short 0721 - A few of the measures: domestic flights for journeys that can be made by train in less than 2.5 hours are banned, unless they connect to an international flight. Subsidies for drivers who trade in a polluting car for a cleaner one have been extended to electric bicycle purchases.
The E.U. Is Getting Serious about Climate. Can the U.S. Follow Suit? 0721 - E.U. plans to raise the price to at least $71 per ton of CO2.
EU Deal Forces Investors to Shift Gears on Climate Threat 0721
EU Unveils Ambitious Climate Package, as It Cools on Fossil Fuels 0721
UK’s Target to End to Coal Power Is Now 2024, a Year Sooner 0621
Court Orders Shell to Slash CO2 Emissions in Landmark Climate Ruling 0521
German Climate Goals Need ‘Massive’ Cut in Industry CO2 by 2030 - 0521
‘Historic’ German Ruling Says Climate Goals Not Tough Enough 0421
Poland Clinches ‘Historic’ Deal to Phase Out Coal by 2049 - 0421
Danish Leader Speaks of Ambitious Offshore Wind ‘Energy Island’ Plans 0421
UK to Cut CO2 Emissions 78% by 2035, from 1990 Levels 0421
EU Reaches Major Climate Deal Ahead of Biden Climate Summit 0421
French MPs Approve Bill Enshrining Climate Change Protection in Constitution 0321
Court Faults France Over ‘Ecological Damage’ From Its Emissions Levels 0221
EU Hopes for a Climate Partnership with China 0221
U.K. to Halt Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad 1220
Germany Seeks to Curb Global Emissions of N2O, a Climate Super-Pollutant 1220
EU Leaders Agree to Reduce Emissions, after All-Night Talks 1220
EU Drafts Deal to Upgrade 2030 Climate Change Target Next Month 1120
EU Plans to Increase Offshore Wind Farm Capacity by 250% - 1120
EU Eyes Tax as Tool in Climate Change Fight 1120
Boris Johnson Lays Out U.K. Plan for a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ 1120
EU Says Fossil Fuel Subsidies Undermine Its Climate Ambitions 1020
Does the EU’s Methane Strategy Go Far Enough? 1020
Oslo Is What a Zero-Emissions City Looks Like 0920
Europe Poised to Ramp Up Emission Cuts with Ambitious Target 0820
Boris Johnson Poised to Stop UK Funding Overseas Fossil Fuel Projects 0820
Electric Car Subsidies Make Renaults Free in Germany 0720
‘Green Tsunami’ Washes Over France’s City Halls 0720
Denmark to Introduce Green Taxes on Carbon Emissions 0620
U.K. Announces ‘Jet Zero’ Plan to Drive Down Aviation Emissions 0620
Germany Just Unveiled the World’s Greenest Stimulus Plan 0620
Merkel Cabinet Seals Plan to Widen CO2 Price to Heating, Roads 0520
Greener Farms and Healthier Food Key to EU’s Climate Plan 0520
Spain Aims to Pass Green Law, Boost Clean Energy on Grid to 70% - 0520
Oil Slump Spurs Talk of Ending EU Subsidies for Polluting Fuels 0420
EU Draft Climate Law Sparks Political Battles 0320 - Net-zero by 2050. Arguments over details
Is Scotland Leading the Way on Climate Change? 0220
UK Petrol and Diesel Car Sales Ban Brought Forward to 2035 - 0220
EU’s $1 Trillion Plan to Make Whole Continent Carbon Neutral 0120
Spain Declares Climate Emergency, Gets Climate Plan Ready 0120
Holland Must Cut CO2 to Protect Citizens from Climate Change – Supreme Court 1219
Europe Threatens U.S. with Carbon Tariffs to Combat Climate Change 1219
EU Unveils 'Green Deal' Plan to Get Europe Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 1219
EU Declares a Climate Emergency 1119
Germany Passes Climate-Protection Law to Ensure 2030 Goals 1119
Germany’s Merkel Wants 1 Million Electric Car Charge Points by 2030 - 1119
Labour Party Pledges to Ban Sale of Non-Electric Cars by 2030 - 1019
Scotland Enacts ‘Toughest Climate Change Laws in the World' 0919
Germany Unveils Plan for Climate-Friendly Aviation 0819
How Copenhagen Plans to Reach Carbon-Neutral Status in Just 6 Years 0819
New EU Chief Makes Bold Climate Pledges 0719
UK’s Goal of Net-Zero Carbon by 2050 Becomes Law 0619
Denmark’s New Prime Minister Vows to Tackle Climate Change 0619
East European States Block Bid for EU 2050 Decarbonization Target 0619
Theresa May Will Commit to Ending UK’s GHG Emissions by 2050, No Caveats 0619
Europe’s Triumphant Greens Demand More Radical Climate Action 0519
'Green Wave' in EU Vote amid Climate Crisis 0519
Ireland Declares Climate Emergency 0519
Amsterdam to Ban Petro-Powered Cars from 2030 Onward - 0519
UK Parliament Declares ‘Climate Emergency' 0519
Copenhagen Wants to Show How Cities Can Fight Climate Change 0319
UK’s Fracking Plan ‘Will Release Same CO2 as 300 Million New Cars’ 0319
Dutch to Close Amsterdam Coal-Fired Power Plant 4 Years Early 0319
EU Being Sued to Stop Burning Trees for Energy; It’s Not Carbon Neutral 0319
EU Forges Deal on Coal Phase-out, with Special Polish Clause 1218
EU Agrees on Deal to Cut CO2 Emissions from Cars 1218
Court Tells EU Commission It Can’t Let Cars Spew More Greenhouse Gases 1218
Dutch Appeals Court Upholds Landmark Climate Change Ruling 1018
European Parliament Wants 40% CO2 Emissions Cut for New Cars by 2030 - 1018
Inside Oslo’s Plan to Go Carbon Neutral by 2030 - 0918
Europe Mulls Stripping Carbon from the Skies 0818
Hottest Summer Bumps Up Climate Fight in Swedish Election 0818
Ireland Moves to Divest From Fossil Fuels 0718
Dutch Parliament to Set Target of 95% CO2 Reduction by 2050 - 0618
EU Raises Renewable Energy Targets to 32% by 2030 - 0618
Germany to Miss 2020 Climate Target, Government Concedes in Official Report 0618
Scotland Draft Climate Change Bill Targets 90% by 2050 Emission Reduction 0518
EU Targets 30% Cut in Truck CO2 Emissions by 2030 - 0518
Climate-Linked Spending Set to Rise to 1/4 of EU Budget 0418
France to Commit €700 Million to International Solar Alliance 0318
EU Sees Higher Climate Target Possible, as Cost of Renewables Falls 0318
Environmental Activists Are Suing Governments over Climate Change and Winning 0218
France Is Officially Shutting All Coal-Fired Power Plants in 3 Years 0118
France Sets Out 10-Point Plan to Double Wind Power Capacity by 2023 - 0118
Germany Set to Miss 2020 Climate Target 0118
EU Lawmakers Reach Deal on Climate Targets for 2030 - 1217
France Passes Law to Ban All Oil and Gas Production by 2040 - 1217
EU Announces €9 Billion in Funding for Climate Action 1217
German Greens Reveal Coal Phase-out Red Line for Joining Government 1117
EU Strikes Deal on Carbon Market Reform for 2020-2030 - 1117
Europe Calls for Cutting Car Emissions by 1/3. Not Enough, Critics Say. 1117
EU Ministers Agree on National Climate Goals, Ahead of U.N. Talks 1017
Paris Plans to Banish All but Electric Cars by 2030 - 1017
EU Plans Carbon Credits, Not Quotas, for Electric Vehicles 1017
Paris Experiments with Car-Free Day across the City 1017
European Countries Spend Billions a Year on Fossil Fuel Subsidies 0917
Scotland Sets 2032 Ban on New Diesel and Petrol Cars, Funds Carbon Capture 0917
Britain Bans Gasoline and Diesel Cars, Starting in 2040 - 0717
Feeling That Trump Will ‘Say Anything,’ Europe Is Less Restrained, Too 0717
France to Ban Sales of Petrol and Diesel Cars by 2040 - 0717
The Harder the Brexit, the Worse the Climate Impact, Study Warns 0717
Sweden Passes Ambitious Climate Law to Be Carbon Neutral by 2045 - 0617
Oil Producer Norway Bans Use of Heating Oil in Buildings 0617
France Vows to Go beyond Paris Climate Commitments 0617
Norway Adopting Electric Vehicles Faster Than Anywhere Else 0517
NATO Countries Worry Trump Will Undo Climate Progress, Drafts Show 0517
Swiss Voters Embrace Shift to Renewable Energy 0517
Oslo, London, Amsterdam Lead Push for Greener Transport 0417
Energy Efficiency Becomes Breakthrough Issue in French Election 0417
Battling Old Habits, Mayor of Warsaw Launches Climate Revolution 0417
EU Energy Companies Pledge No New Coal Plants after 2020 - 0417
Reform of EU Carbon Trading Scheme Agreed 0217
EU’s Renewable Energy Policy Is Making Global Warming Worse 0217
How EU Can Limit Coal’s Life for the Cost of a Pint of Beer 0217
MEPs Approve Overhaul of EU Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme 0217
EU Energy Use to Fall 30%, under New Efficiency Plans for 2030 - 1116
EU Requires Pension Funds to Assess Climate Change Risks 1116
New Climate Leader Germany Outlines Path to Carbon-Neutral Economy by 2050 - 1116
Prince Charles Joins Clean Soil Project to Combat Climate Change 1016
Germany Wants to Ban Fossil-Fuel-Powered Cars 1016
Plans for an Electric Car Charging Point in Every New Home in Europe 1016
Germany Takes Steps to Roll Back Renewable Energy Revolution 1016
Sarkozy Sparks Storm, Sayings Man 'Not Sole Cause' of Climate Change 0916 - Climate has changed for millions of years.
Reykjavik Unveils Plan to Limit Urban Sprawl, Become Carbon Neutral by 2040 - 0916
The Netherlands Could Be the 1st Country to Ban Gas, Diesel Vehicles 0816
UK Votes to Leave EU, Fears Grow for Climate Ambition 0616
Oslo Votes to Slash Emissions 95% by 2030 - 0616
Scotland Exceeds Emission Cut Targets – 6 Years Early 0616
Sweden, in Turnaround, Agrees to Continue Nuclear Power 0616
Norway Becomes 1st Nation to Ban Deforestation. How Will That Work? 0616
Norway Brings Carbon Neutrality Goal Forward to 2030 - 0616
Norway to Ban All Sales of Petrol Powered Cars by 2025 - 0616
France Leads by Example with Carbon Price Floor 0516
Germany to Exit Coal Power ‘Well before 2050' - 0516
France to Set Unilateral Floor Price for Carbon Emissions 0416
Netherlands Looks to Ban All Non-Electric Cars by 2025 - 0416
Dutch Lawmakers Call for Halt to Wood Energy Subsidies 0216
Polish Government Chokes on Coal 1215
British Court Rejects Donald Trump’s Attempt to Block Wind Farm 1215
Missing Climate Goals, Dutch Mull Closing Coal Plants 1115
Britain’s Prince Charles Links Syria War to Climate Change 1115
Most of Britain's Major Cities Pledge to Run on Green Energy by 2050 - 1115
UK Is Harking Back to the Energy System of the Last Century 1115
UK's Coal Plants 'to Be Phased Out within 10 Years' 1115
European Parliament Members Back CH4, NH3 Limits 1015
EU Climate Chief Hails Global Progress on Emissions 1015
U.K. Said to Consider Closing All Coal-Fired Plants by 2023 - 1015
Join the 4‰ Initiative Soils for Food Security and Climate 0915
Party Leaders in Scotland Make Climate Change Pledge, CO2 Down 42% by 2020 - 0815
Slashing Household Solar Subsides Will Kill Off UK Industry 0815
EU Politicians Back 2019 Carbon Market Reform Start 0715
Court Orders Dutch Government to Cut Carbon Emissions Steeper 0615
Sinful Coal a Problem for the Religious Pole 0615
How Europe’s Climate Policies Have Led to More Trees Being Cut Down in the US 0615
Rudd's ‘Green Light' as Climate Secretary 0515
Tory Victory a Huge Blow to UK Green Energy Industry, Campaigners Warn 0515
EU Diplomats Approve Proposal to Start CO2 Market Reform in 2019 - 0515
EU Carbon Permit Prices Rise, as Nations Agree to Seek 2021 Start to Fix 0315
London Mayor Told to Divest £4.8 Billion Pension Fund from Fossil Fuels 0315
Europe Submits UN Climate Pledge, Urges US, China to Follow 0315
European Carbon Market Reform Set for 2019 - 0215
EU Policy Mash Roils Markets Before Paris Climate Deal 0215
3 UK Party Leaders Sign Joint Climate Pledge 0215
EU Policy-Makers Seek to Make Electric Transport a 'Priority' 0215
EU Politicians Seek to Revive Sluggish Carbon Market 0115
Warm Weather Sinking EU Emissions-Market Plans 0115
Germany's Planned CO2 Cuts to Dampen EU Demand for Certificates 1214
E.U. Greenhouse Gas Deal Falls Short of Expectations 1014
EU Leaders Agree on CO2 Emissions Cut 1014
Europe Emission Targets ‘Will Fail to Protect Climate’ 1014
Eastern Europe Attacks Planned EU Emissions Curbs 1014
Coal Trains Stopped in UK and Poland Protests 0914
Green Village to Be Bulldozed to Mine Lignite, as Germany Goes Non-Nuclear 0914
Dirtiest Fuel Threatens 700-Year-Old Villages in Europe 0814
Britain Joins US in Ending Coal Power Support Overseas 1113
German Voters Follow Merkel Down Bumpy Path to Clean Energy 0913
Merkel’s Green Shift Backfires, as German Pollution Jumps 0713
EU Carbon Price Rallies on Permit Supply Cutback 0913
EU Move to Fix Carbon Market Praised 0713
EU Committee Backs Ban on Potent Coolant GHGs 0613
Failure to Reform Europe’s Carbon Market to Echo Round the World 0413
Europe's Carbon Market Limps On 0213
Mankind Must Go Green or Die, Prince Charles 1112
Prince Charles Warns - Act Before It's Too Late 0612
EU Targets CO2 in Farms and Forests 0312
Russia's Putin Sees Climate Change in Record Heat Wave 0810
EU to Make Renewables Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels 0610
Panel Clears Jones in Climategate 0310
French Carbon Tax Struck Down 1209
British Prime Minister Warns of Climate Catastrophe 1009
France Set to Impose Carbon Tax 0909
British Mandate 80% Cuts by 2050 1108
EU Import Carbon Tax Comes and Goes 1007
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Asia - China
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Is ‘Unrealistic,’ China Climate Envoy Says 0923
As the World Sizzles, China Says It Will Deal with Climate Its Own Way 0723
China Sets Out Proposals to Underpin Its Massive Renewables Push 0623
China Strengthens Role of Courts in Meeting Carbon Targets 0323
Why China’s New Carbon Market Is No Quick Climate Fix 0121
Carbon Trading in China Isn't Helping Tackle Climate Change 1222
China Has Plan to Curb Methane Emissions in Sign of Progress 1122
China Plans Cloud Seeding to Protect Grain Crop from Drought 0822
China to Double Wind, Solar Energy Capacity by 2025 - 0622
China Delays Carbon Market Expansion on Data Problems 0522
China Could Hit 2030 Renewable Target by 2025 on Local Ambitions 0322
China to Freeze HFC-23 Production, but Lacks a System to Monitor Emissions 0122
China Starts Round 2 of Massive Desert Renewable Energy Build 1221
China Issues Guidelines to Fight Pollution, Cut Emissions 1121
China’s New Renewable Project Rivals All Wind and Solar in India 1021
Climate Report from China 1021 - Coal and electricity shortages erode support for climate action.
China Just Entered Major HFC Climate Pact. Now Comes the Hard Part. 0921
China's Xi Jinping Promises to Halt New Coal Projects Abroad 0921
China Ties Climate to Better U.S. Relations in Kerry Talks 0921
China to Quickly Expand Top Carbon Market to Add More Polluters 0721
China Puts Most Powerful Agency in Charge of Climate Policies 0721
China’s Leader Xi Jinping Promises to Strictly Limit Coal 0421 - “strictly limit increasing coal consumption” in the next 5 years and phase it down in the following 5 years
Despite Pledges to Cut Emissions, China Goes on a Coal Building Spree 0321
China in Climate Denial? US Railroads Reverse Course on Warming. 0321
Will China Take a 'Great Leap' to a Greener Economy? 0321
Can China Meet Its Ambitious Decarbonization Goals? 0221
EU Hopes for a Climate Partnership with China 0221
China Promises to Reduce Its Carbon Intensity 65% by 2030 - 1220
China Battles the World’s Biggest Coal Exporter, and Coal Is Losing 1220
China Must Ban New Coal Power Plants to Meet 2060 Goal 1120
China to Delay National Carbon Market Debut to 2021 - 1120
China Hits Out at US Climate Record, in Pointed Message Ahead of Election 1020
China's Carbon-Neutral Plan Uses Carbon Sinks to Wipe Out 1/3 of Emissions 1020
China’s Top Climate Scientists Map Out Path to 2060 Net Zero Goal 0920
Coal’s Last Refuge Crumbles with China’s Renewables Plan 0920
China Boosts Renewable Power Subsidies 7.5% to $13 Billion 0620
China Power Giants Prepare for World’s Biggest Carbon Market 0620
Why China’s Renewable Energy Transition Is Losing Momentum 0919 See discussion at Renewables:Renewables: China
China No Longer Participating in Start of Aviation Emissions Deal 0718
China’s Dramatic Solar Shift Could Take Sting Out of Trump's Panel Tariffs 0618
Water-Stressed Beijing Exhausts Its Options 0318
China to Fight Emissions, Pollution to Protect 'Blue Skies, Green Land' 0318
Guide to the World’s Largest Carbon Market that Just Launched in China 1217
China's Top Climate Official Rules Out Carbon Futures, Tax 1117
China Aims to Stop Renewable Energy Being Wasted by 2020 - 1117
China Hastens the World Toward an Electric-Car Future 1017
China Will Meet 2020 Carbon Reduction Target, Xie Zhenhua Says 1017
China Strengthens Climate Pledge, as White House Creates Confusion 0917
China Studying When to Ban Sales of Traditional Fuel Cars 0917
Beijing Aims to Curb City's Use of Coal by 2020 - 0717
Xi Jinping Is Set for a Big Gamble With China’s Carbon Trading Market 0617
China Calls US ‘Selfish' after Trump Seeks to Bring Back Coal 0317
‘Irrational’ Coal Plants May Hamper China’s Climate Change Efforts 0217
City of Beijing Vows 30% Cut in Coal Use in 2017, to Fight Smog 0217
China to Plow $361 Billion into Renewable Fuel by 2020 - 0117
China Unveils Green Vehicle Subsidy Caps, Increases Technical Requirements 1216
China Fines 605 Power Plants $47 Million for Environmental Breaches 1216
Obama, China Ratify Paris Climate Agreement 0916
China Turns to Free Markets to Tame Fossil-Fuel Pollution 0816
China May Be Entering “Post-Coal Growth.” But Don’t Get Too Excited. 0816
China Pledged to Curb Coal Plants, but It’s Still Adding Them. 0716
Sweltering China Tries to Dole Out Subsidies for Working in High Heat 0716
China Decarbonizes for Greener Growth 0616 - from 2005, 37% less CO2 / GDP, vs 40-45% target for 2020
China's Plan to Cut Meat Consumption by 50% Cheered by Climate Campaigners 0616
Wind at China’s Back to Amp Up Its Renewables 0616 - Move wind turbines from hinterlands to near the cities.
Beijing to Adopt China's Tightest Fuel Standards by January 0516
Why China Is Having So Many Problems Ramping Up Wind Power 0516
China Curbs Plans for More Coal-Fired Power Plants 0416
China Pushes for Mandatory Integration of Renewable Power 0316
China Says Slowing Economy Won’t Stop Anti-Pollution Efforts 0316
China Aims to Boost Renewable Energy with 'Green Certificates’ 0316
China Sets Cap for Energy Consumption for 1st Time 0316
False Emissions Reporting Undermines China’s Pollution Fight 0116
China’s Latest Climate Change Assessment Depicts Somber Scenarios 1115
China's Economic Shift to Aid Climate Fight, but Packs a Commodity Punch 1015 -
5-Year Plan may ban new coal plants. Coal GWh down 9% for 1st 7 months. Lack of transmission limits solar & wind.
China Raises Solar Installation Target for 2015 - 1015
China to Launch National Cap-and-Trade Plan in 2017 - 0915
Clean Tech on Minds, as China's Xi Visits 0915
Chinese Cities Pledge Early Carbon Emissions Peak under Deal with U.S. 0915
Assuming ’Wrong Type of Coal' Way Overestimated China's CO2 Emissions 0815
China’s Anti-Pollution Drive Starts to Bite on Sales of Coal 0715
China's Guangdong to Allocate 408 Million CO2 Permits This Year 0715
How China, the World's Biggest Polluter, Is Dealing with Climate Change 0715
China Climate Change Plan Unveiled 0615
China Puts $6 Trillion Price Tag on Its Climate Plan 0615
China ‘Deserves More Credit’ for Renewable Energy Effort - IEA 0615
China Prepares to Launch National Carbon Market to Fight Climate Change 0515
China's CO2 Emissions Have Been Plummeting Lately. What's Going On? 0515
Taiwan Committed to Promoting Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency 0515
China and India Call on Rich Countries to Step Up Climate Change Efforts 0515
China to Expand Coal Ban to Suburbs 0515
Why China Should Make Cutting Coal Power Its #1 Goal 0415
China Sees Through Its Coal-Fired Haze What Alabama Cannot 0315
China Official Warns of Huge Impact from Climate Change 0315
China Eyes Fundamental Shift in Energy Policy 0315
China's Coal Usage Targeted in New Energy Plan 0315
China's ‘War' on Air Pollution May Release More CO2, with Scrubbers 0315
As China Readies National Carbon Trading Program Launch, Questions Multiply 0215
China Vows to Cut Fossil Fuel in Painstaking Energy Revolution 0115
China to Slow Down New Coal-to-Gas Projects a Lot, to Cut CO2 Emissions 1214
China Will Cap [?] Its Coal Consumption by 2020 - 1114 China’s coal use may or may not increase after 2020.
China Follows Through on its Climate Pledges 1114 - According to its draft 2015-2020 Plan, coal will fall from 67% of energy in 2013 to 62% in 2020 - even as coal use rises from 3.75 to 4.2 billion tons a year, or 2% a year. 12 of China’s 34 provinces, with 44% of its coal use, have already implemented coal control measures. 10 of the 12 require a reduction in coal use - see map below.
Meanwhile the share of no-carbon “fuels" will rise from 9.8% in 2013 to 15% in 2020, aiming for the pledged 20% by 2030. From "Transforming China’s Grid… 0913,” below, China targets 260 GW of hydro, 104 of wind and 35 of solar, just by 2015. By 2020, China plans 500 GW (a 100 GW addition) of renewable electricity. That's almost half of the 1,060 GW in US total electric capacity. By 2030, China plans to add (from 2013) 800 to 1,000 GW of nuclear, wind, solar and other no-carbon generating capacity.
Wind and solar targets were revised significantly upward during the current (2010-2015) Plan.
Power Politics Behind China's Climate Pledge 1114
China, U.S. Agree to Limit Greenhouse Gases 1114
US and China Shake Up Global Climate Talks With Major Pollution Pledges 1114
China Power Plants Exempt from Low-Quality Coal Ban 0914
China Suggests Coal Use Cap and Import Curbs in Draft Air Pollution Law 0914
China May Be Ready to Kick Coal Habit 0914
Obama Presses Chinese on Global Warming 0914
China Pledges Emissions Cuts, Coal Use to Peak ASAP 0914
China Seeks Pollution Cut With National Carbon Market 0914
China's Coal Use Drops, for 1st Time in a Century 0814
Obama’s Green Dilemma - Punish China, Imperil U.S. Solar 0814
China's Carbon Plans - Secrecy, Oversupply Darken Outlook 0814
What Beijing Abandoning Coal Means (Add 16 Years to Beijinger's Life!) 0814
Smoggy Beijing to Ban Coal Use 0814
China's Experts Divided Over Carbon Emissions Peak 0614
After US Pledges Cuts, China Announces Plans to Cap Carbon Emissions in 2016 - 0614
China's Coal Boom Is Slowing — That's a Big Deal for Climate Change 0414
Below, blue (2013 and 2014) is projections from 2012. Reality since then was lower.
China Looks for Blue-Sky Solutions, as Smog Worsens 0214
U.S. and China Find Convergence on Climate Issue 1113
Transforming China's Grid - Sustaining the Renewable Energy Push 0913 - This article details feed-in tariffs and other policies that China has used to encourage the growth of solar and wind power in China.
Silver Lining in China’s Smog - It Puts Focus on Emissions 0813
China Says It Will Spend $275 Billion to Control Pollution 0713
US, China Agree on Climate Steps to Curb Emissions 0713
Obama Plan Gives US Leverage in Climate Talks with China 0713
China Moves to Cap Emissions in 2016, Peak by 2025 - 0513
China Nears Launch of Large Emissions Trading Pilot Programs 0513 7 pilot cities & provinces are shown at left.
China Pushes for Own National Carbon Cap & Trade 0413
How Effective Will China’s Carbon Tax Be? 0213
China to Impose Limits on 6 Industries to Tackle Air Pollution 0213
China May Increase CO2 Emissions to 2030 - 1112
China’s National Assessment Spells Out “Grim" Climate Change Risks 0112
China Won't Reach US per Capita CO2 Emissions 1011
Chinese Official Says Carbon Caps Are Real Possibility 0811
How Does China’s 2010-2015 Plan Address Energy and the Environment? 0311
China May Launch Carbon Market by 2014 - 0510
China Could Levy Carbon Tax in 2012 - 0510
China to Cut CO2 per $ by 40-45%, by 2020 - 1109
China Unveils Emissions Targets 1109
US-China Clean Energy Partnership 1109
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Asia - India
India’s Projected Electric Capacity (GigaWatts) .
India Demands E-Scooter Makers Return $60 Million Aid for Using China Parts 1023
India Plans $4.3 Billion Spending for Energy Transition 0223
India Plans to Become Green Hydrogen Giant to Cut Energy Imports 0922
India Plans to Get Half Its Electric Capacity from Clean Fuels by 2030 - 0822
Mumbai Becomes 1st South Asian City to Detail Net-Zero Roadmap 0322
India Wants to Become a Solar Powerhouse without China’s Help 0222
India Will Spend $1.6 Billion to Add Lines for Transmitting Green Power 0122 - Transmission lines of 10,750 circuit kilometers will carry 20 GW, to support 50% renewable electricity by 2030. Coal currently supplies 75% of India’s electricity. But in 2021, India’s new GW capacity was 80% renewable.
Modi Surprises Climate Summit With 2070 Net-Zero Vow for India 1121
India Can Do More on Climate by 2030, even as It Snubs Net-Zero 1021
Can India’s 450 GW Renewable Energy Goal by 2030 Be Achieved? 0320
India Turns to Electric Vehicles to Beat Pollution 0719 - mostly 2-wheelers (mostly motor scooters, most of India’s traffic) and 3-wheelers (tut-tuk taxis / mini-buses and some small trucks). New sales all electric by 2025 and 2023. Electric cars only will be sold by 2030.
Can India Kick Its Coal Addiction? 0719
India Battles to Balance the Economy and the Environment 1117
India Taps Solar, Storage to Ensure All Homes Have Power in 2018 - 0917
India Aims to End the Sale of Petrol and Diesel Cars by 2030 - 0617
India Launches Massive Push for Clean Power, Lighting, and Cars 0517
Chased by Drought, Rising Costs, and Clean Technology, India Pivots on Coal-Fired Power 0417
Emerging Climate Accord Could Push A/C Out of Sweltering India’s Reach 1016
India to Ratify Paris Climate Change Agreement on October 2 – PM Modi 0916
India Doubles Down on Solar Parks after SunEdison Setback 0716
India to Meet Climate Goals Earlier than Promised 0716
India to ‘Divert Rivers' to Tackle Drought 0516
India Aims to Become 100% Electric Vehicle Nation by 2030 - 0316
Delhi, World's Most Polluted City, Plans New Limits on Car Use 0216
Indian Government Helps Carmakers Go Green & Cheap, to Fight Smog Crisis 0116
India Says Paris Climate Deal Won't Affect Plans to Double Coal Output 1215
India Signals Willingness to Cut Coal for Climate Cash 1215
France, India to Launch Global Solar Alliance 1115
India Opposes Deal to Phase Out Fossil Fuels by 2100 at Climate Summit 1115
India Backs 2°C Global Warming Limit 1115
Can India Make or Break Climate Change? 1115
India Leads Asia's Dash for Coal, as Emissions Blow East 1015
Modi Calls Solar ‘Ultimate Solution’ to India’s Energy Problem 0815
Cheap Power or Clean Energy? India’s $200 Billion Dilemma 0715
Modi’s Solar Embrace in India Leaves Wind Power in Shade 0615
World’s Worst Air Spurs Modi’s $25 Billion Utility Clean-Up Push 0515
China and India Call on Rich Countries to Step Up Climate Change Efforts 0515
Prime Minister Modi Says India Must Lead on Climate Change 0415
Renewables to Get Most of $1 Billion Ex-Im Bank Credit for India 0315
Experts Pitch for Fossil Fuels to Drive Growth in India 0315
Modi's Budget Slashes Environmental Funding for India 0315
Modi’s Clean-Energy Goals Face Funding, Political Hurdles 0115
U.S., India Deepen Cooperation in Defense, Clean Energy 0115
Modi Shifts on Climate Change With India Renewables Goal 0115
Obama's India Visit - Hopes for Clean Energy and Climate Deals 0115
India’s Modi Is More Worried About Renewables Than Obama's Emission Cuts 0115
Indian Leader, Favoring Growth, Sweeps Away Environmental Rules 1214
India Sticks to Its Gun During Climate Talks 1214
In Climate Talks, Spotlight Turns to India 1114
Can Modi Bring the Solar Power Revolution to India? 0914
Obama and Modi Agree on U.S.-India Efforts to Fight Global Warming 0914
Why India Isn't So Keen to Fight Climate Change 0914
Emissions From India Will Increase, Official Says 0914
Clean Energy (& Solar Air Conditionig) Is Indian Government’s Mantra 0814
Modi Accelerates India Solar Revolution, Doubles Tax on Coal 0714
India to Cut CO2 per $ by 20-25%, by 2020 - 1209
Asia - Various Countries
Japan Starts 1st Carbon Credit Exchange, in Net Zero Push 1023
Philippine President and Biden Pledge Clean Energy, Environmental Protection 0523
Bangladesh Needs $1.7 Billion a Year for Green Energy Transition 0423
Japan’s ‘Green Transformation’ Would Derail the Energy Transition in Asia 0323
Japan Adopts Plan to Maximize Nuclear Energy, in Major Shift 1222
Tokyo Will Require New Homes Built from 2025 to Have Solar Panels 1222
Vietnam Nears $11+ Billion Deal to Shift Economy from Coal 1122
Turkey’s Climate Plan Points to 32% Rise in Emissions by 2030 - 1122
Indonesia Plans EV Purchase Subsidies in 2023 to Spur Sales 1022
Emissions, Deforestation Set to Spike under Indonesia’s Biomass Transition 0922
Japan Turns Back to Nuclear Power as Fuel Prices Soar 0822
Mideast Nations Wake Up to Damage from Climate Change 0722
Japan to End Financing of Key Coal Projects under Climate Pledge 0622
South Korea Looks to Nuclear Expansion, in Bid to Meet Climate Targets 0622
Japan to Use Nuclear Reactors, Renewables to Cut Reliance on Russian Energy 0522
Japan Leader Says to Reconsider Nuclear Power, as Energy Costs Soar 0422
South Korea’s President-Elect Seeks Nuclear Power for Green Goals 0422
As Blackouts Loom, Indonesia’s Energy Crisis Highlights Its Coal Addiction 0122
Vietnam Spurns Coal as Southeast Asia Aims to Kick Dirty Habit 1121
Indonesia and Philippines Join Plan to Shut Coal Plants Early 1121
Oil Giant Saudi Arabia Pledges ‘Net Zero’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2060 - 1021
Turkey Ratifies Paris Agreement, after Approving a 2053 Net Zero Goal 1021
Indonesia’s New Plan Still Clings to Coal, despite Phaseout Pledge 0921
Sri Lanka Pledges No New Coal, Makes Push into Rooftop Solar 0821
Japan Pledges 46% Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cut by 2030 - 0421
Netanyahu Says Israel Will No Longer Burn Coal in 2025 - 0421
Saudi Arabia Backs 50% Renewable Energy by 2030, Huge Tree Planting Project 0321
Japan Adopts Green Growth Plan to Go Carbon Free by 2050 - 1220
Japan’s New Leader Sets Ambitious Goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2050 - 1020
South Korea to Implement Green New Deal after Ruling Party Election Win 0420
Indonesia’s President Signals a Transition Away from Coal Power 0719
Israel to Stop Electricity Production from Coal by 2030 - 1218
Vietnam in Test of What Happens When the U.S. Abandons Climate Diplomacy 0518 - New coal is tempting, with China $.
Singapore to Impose Carbon Tax from 2019 - 0218
From Oil to Solar - Saudi Arabia Plots a Shift to Renewables 0218
What Indonesia Is Doing about Its Deadly Haze from Forest and Peatland Fires 0817
Singapore Carbon Tax Would Hit Refiners, Help Renewables 0217
Indonesia’s Last Stand for a Coal Industry in Peril 0217 - Exports to China & India are hurting. Banks face pressure to withdraw financing from 117 proposed coal plants in the islands.
100,000 Died from Indonesia’s Unpunished Air Pollution from Forest Fires in 2015 - 0217
Saudis to Launch $30-50 Billion Renewable Energy Program Soon 0117
Indonesia, Vietnam Look to Blaze Trail for Solar in Southeast Asia 1116
Indonesia Ratifies Paris Climate Deal. Does It Matter? 1016
Paris Climate Targets to Cost Asia $300 Billion a Year, but Will Help Save Lives 0916
Philippines’ Duterte Won't Honor Climate Change Pledge, Calls It Absurd 0716
Turkey Coal Surge an ‘Historic Error,’ Say Economists 0616
Philippines investigates Shell and Exxon over Climate Change 0516
Japan Embraces Coal, while the Rest of the World Tries to Cut Emissions 0416
Bhutan Has ‘Most Ambitious Pledge’ at the Paris Climate Summit 1215
UAE Is the Example to Follow on Energy 1015
Indonesia to Curb Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions, but Details Are Thin 0915
Indonesia Looks to Increase Emissions Growth Cut Pledge 0815
Can the Church Shift the Balance to Renewable Energy in the Philippines? 0815
Is It Too Late to Stop Turkey's Coal Rush? 0815
Haze Chokehold Spurring Efforts to Save Indonesia’s Forests 0815
Japan Delivers 26% Emissions Reduction Plan to UN 0715
South Korea Eyes 37% CO2 Emissions Cut 0615
Why the Saudis Are Going Solar 0615
Saudi Arabia, Built on Oil, Foresees Fossil Fuel Phase-out by 2030 or 2050 - 0515
Japan Hikes Target for Emissions Cuts to about 25% by 2030 - 0415
Subsidies to Deforesting Industries Worth 100 Times the Aid to Prevent It 0315
Renewables to Get Most of $1 Billion Ex-Im Bank Credit for India 0315
Indonesia Defends Deforestation for Palm Oil on Economic Grounds 0315
Indonesia Cracks Down on Deforestation, in Symbolic U-Turn 1114
Malaysian Government Identifies the Technologies to Reduce Its Carbon Emissions 1014
Is Climate Change Destabilizing Iraq? 0914
Australia, Japan Likely to Offset Climate Gains in US, China 1113
Japan Backs Off From Emissions Targets, Citing Fukushima Disaster 1113
Philippines Envoy - UN Climate Talks Are “Fight for Country’s Future” 1113
Indonesia’s Forests Are Shrinking, Despite Reforms 1013
Tens of Thousands of Protesters Attend Anti-Nuclear Events in Tokyo 1013
South Korea Charges 100 with Corruption Over Nuclear Scandal 1013
China, Japan, US, Europe Leaders on Climate Action 0909
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Australia
Australia Ends ‘Wasted Decade’ with Emissions Reduction Law 0323
Australia Rejects Coal Mine by Great Barrier Reef for Risk of Irreversible Damage 0223
Australian Polluters Face Tougher Targets in Bid to Hit Net Zero 0123
Australia Court Blocks Giant Coal Mine on Human Rights Grounds 1122
Free Carbon Credits Seen Jeopardizing Australia’s Climate Target 0922
Australia’s 1st Climate Law Since 2011 Seals Green Comeback 0922
Australia Bets on Clean Power to Avoid Another Market Failure 0622
Australia Prioritizes Reducing Emissions and Cheaper EVs 0622
Australia Commits to Reducing Greenhouse Emissions 43% by 2030 - 0622
Foreign Oil Dependence a Massive Vulnerability, Oz Defense Experts Want EVs 0322
Australia’s Opposition Lays Out Targets to Cut Carbon Emissions 1221
Australia Pledges ‘Net Zero’ Emissions by 2050
Climate Crisis Will Wreak Havoc on Australian Economy if Coal Isn’t Phased Out 0921
Scott Morrison’s Claim Australia’s Emissions Are Falling Doesn’t Stack Up 0521
Australia Leaves 2030 Climate Goals Unchanged in UN Submission 0121
John Kerry Says We Can't Leave Climate Emergency to 'Neanderthals' in Power 0919
Australian PM Makes Climate Change Pitch as Election Looms 0219
Australian Court Rejects Coal Mine on Climate Grounds 0219
Australia Signs Declaration Saying Climate Change Is 'Single Greatest Threat' to Pacific 0918
Australia Weakens Commitment to Climate Accord after Government Fractures 0818
Queensland Says It Won't Play Any Role in Funding for Adani Project 0517
Great Barrier Reef 2050 Plan No Longer Achievable, due to Climate Change 0517
Australian Coalition Supporters Back Quicker Shift to Renewable Energy 0417
Australia's Carbon Emissions Jump, as Coal-Fired Power Ramps Up 0217
Australia’s Labor Party Pushes to Grow Renewable Energy 0217
Electricity from Coal Should Be Phased Out in Australia – Senate Report 1116
New South Wales Unveils Plan to Reach Zero Emissions by 2050 - 1116
Australia Will Need to Remove CO2 from Air to Keep Warming below 2°C - 0816
Victoria Sets Ambitious Target for Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050 - 0616
NSW Report Banks on DELUSION of Rising Coal Output, Royalties Out to 2056 - 0516
Australia Approval of Vast Coal Mine Is ‘Evil,’ Says Marine Scientist 0416
Welcome to the Climate Emergency. You’re about 20 Years Late. 0316
Australia's Military Sees Rising Challenges from Climate Change 0216
Australia Approves Huge Abbot Point Coal Port Expansion by Great Barrier Reef 1215 - sponsor nears junk bond status
Climate-Change Contrarian Loses Australian Funding 1015
Australia Must Double Decarbonization Rate to Meet 2030 Goals 1015
Turnbull Government Appoints Australia's 1st Wind Farm Commissioner 1015
Australia PM Tony Abbott Ousted by Malcolm Turnbull 0915
Adelaide Joins Race to Become World's 1st Carbon Neutral City 0915
Australia's Pollution Level Seen Rising Beyond Abbott's Target 0815
Newcastle Grasps What Tony Abbott Cannot – Coal's Time Has Passed 0815
Tony Abbott Is a Climate Change ‘Villain', says Canadian Author Naomi Klein 0815
Australia Carbon Plan Sends Shudder through Neighbors 0815
Tony Abbott Wrong on Coal Being ‘Good for Humanity’, Oxfam Report Finds 0715
Abbott Government and Labor Reach Renewable Energy Target Deal 0515
Australia PM's Adviser Says Climate Change Is a UN Hoax 0515
Australia ‘Public Enemy Number One' of UN Climate Talks, says Nobel Laureate 0415
Australia's Renewable Energy Investment Grinds to a Halt 0415
Byron Bay Is 1st Regional Australian City to Commit to Zero Emissions 0315
Australia’s Abbott Government May Be Shifting Ground on Climate Policy 0215
Australia’s Power Sector Emissions Jump as Carbon Tax Ends 0115
Heat Is on Abbott Government over Climate Change, as World Turns 0115
Abbott - Repealing Carbon Tax ‘Best Thing I Did as Minister for Women’ 1214
Gods and Faith versus Coal in Name of Climate Change 1214
Australia Told It Should Aim for 40% Cut in Greenhouse Gases by 2025 - 1114
Canada and Australia’s Leaders Laugh While the Planet Burns Up 1014
Why Abbott's Faith in Coal Could Be Wrong - Very Wrong 1014
Australia’s PM Tony Abbott - Coal 'Good for Humanity’ 1014
Shock China Coal Tariff Decision Throws Australian Free Trade Talks into Turmoil 1014
Australia Votes to Repeal Carbon Tax 0714
Australian Senate Delays Carbon Tax Repeal 0714
Australia Carbon Tax Repeal Voted Down by Senate 0314
Australia’s Carbon Tax Repeal Hits Senate Roadblock 1213
130 Australian Climate Change Rallies Call for Coalition to Keep Carbon Tax 1113
Tony Abbott's New Direct Action Skeptics 1013
Australian Wildfires Put Heat on Climate Change Skeptic Abbott 1013
Australian Coalition Delivers on Promise to Axe Climate Commission 0913
Climate Change Risks Security, Health, 90% of Australia's Irrigated Agriculture 0813
Carbon Program Backlash in Australia, EU Bode Ill for US Climate Change Efforts 0713
Climate Science Debate Has Cost Precious Time, Aussie Expert Warns 0613
Canada
Canada Moves to Make 1/5 of All Vehicle Sales Electric, Starting in 2026 - 1222
How Manitoba Grapples with Water Woes from Droughts, Floods, Extreme Heat 1122
Canada Sets Pace on Cutting Planet-Warming Methane Emissions 1122
Trudeau Says Russia’s War in Ukraine Speeds Up Energy Transition 1022
How Canada’s New Carbon Capture Tax Credit Aligns with Latest Climate Science 0422
Canada Offers Carbon Capture Tax Credit to Reduce Emissions 0422 - mostly , capture from oil & gas operations
Trudeau Climate Plan Seeks 42% Cut in Oil and Gas Emissions 0322
Trudeau’s Environment Czar Counting on Carbon Capture and EV Push 0322
Canada’s Biggest Emitters Are Paying the Lowest Carbon Tax Rate 0122 - $1.80 to $25.60 / tonne of CO2
Canadian Scientists Urge Rejecting Carbon Capture Tax Credit, as Oil Subsidy
Trudeau Increases Canada’s 2030 Emissions Target to 40-45% 0421
Canada Supreme Court Rules Federal Carbon Tax Is Constitutional 0321
Trudeau Unveils Net-Zero Emissions Plan to Meet Canada’s Climate Targets 1120
Canada Curbs Methane Emissions That Are Bigger Problem than Thought 0820
Electric Vehicles Sales Plummet in Ontario after It Cancels Rebate 1219
Alberta Tables Climate Plan for Industry, Retains Key Parts of Old Legislation 1019
Canada’s Big Election Winner? The Carbon Tax 1019
Ontario Government Made 'Next to No Progress' on Plan to Cut CO2 Emissions 1019
Canada Would Miss Paris Agreement Targets under Conservative Climate Plan 0719
Canada Signals a Willingness to Challenge Trump on His Clean-Car Rollback 0619
Alberta Elects Combative New Leader Promising Oil & Pipeline Revival 0419
B.C. to Phase Out New Gasoline-Powered Vehicles by 2040 - 0419
Ontario’s Ford Government Increasing Energy Bills and Pollution 0319
Edmundston, N.B., Declares Climate Emergency 0219
'So Many Bears' - Draft Plan Says Nunavut Polar Bear Numbers Unsafe 1118
Trudeau’s Tough Climate Policies Face a Mounting Backlash 0718
Ontario PM Ford Scraps Carbon Tax Plan, Sets Up Climate Fight with Trudeau 0718
Oil Pipelines or Climate Action? Trudeau’s Political Tightrope in Canada 0618
Canada Sets Methane Reduction Targets for Oil and Gas, except Tar Sands 0418
Canada Aligns with U.K. to Fight Global Growth in Coal-Fired Electricity 1017
Ontario's 1st Cap-and-Trade Auction Sells Out Current Allowances 0417
Alberta's New Carbon Tax Is All about the 'Long Game', Says Deputy Premier 0117
Cap & Trade to Cost Ontario $8 Billion in 1st Years, with Minimal CO2 Reductions 1116 - inside Ontario. Offsets are elsewhere.
Alberta Reaches $1.36 Billion Deal to Shut Down Coal Plants 1116
Ottawa to Phase Out Canadian Coal by 2030 - 1116
Trudeau Says Canada to Implement Carbon Tax 1016
Canada Will Impose Nationwide Carbon Price 0916
Vancouver Plans to Go 100% Renewable. What are the Challenges? 0716
Canada to Introduce National Carbon Price in 2016, Minister Says 0716
Alberta Enacts Carbon Tax, in 1st Stage of Climate-Change Plan 0616
Ontario to Spend $7 Billion on Sweeping Climate Change Plan 0516
U.S. and Canada Announce Common Goals on Climate, Energy and the Arctic 0316
Liberals Won't Rule Out a National Carbon Price, Catherine McKenna Says 0316
Canada to Set Climate Change Tests in Pipeline Reviews - Trudeau 0116
Alberta Doubles Down on Renewable Energy, Plans Carbon Tax in 2017 - 1115 - CN$20 / Ton CO2 in 2017, $30 in 2018
Transition Alberta off Oil Sands, Climate Thinkers Urge Trudeau 1115
Canada’s Trudeau Has All the Grounds to Make a Striking Climate Change Plan 1015
Researchers’ Open Letter Calls for Moratorium on New Oil Sands Projects 0615
Canada Agrees to ‘Low-Carbon’ Strategy at G7 - 0615
U.S., Mexico, Canada to Collaborate on Climate Adaptation 0515
Oil Industry Pushes for Carbon Tax in Alberta 0515
Canada to Regulate Oil and Gas Emissions with New 30% Target 0515
B.C. Evangelicals Finally Join the Climate-Change Battle 0515
Canada's Political Landscape Undergoes Seismic Shift with Election in Alberta 0515
Ontario, Quebec Chide Canada’s PM over Climate Change 0415
Canadian Mounties' Secret Memo Casts Doubt on Climate Change Threat 0215
How Canada's Climate Change Record Compares to the Rest of the World 1214
Cutting Emissions with Alberta Carbon Tax Needn't Kill Jobs - Oil Sands Labour 1214
Canada and Australia’s Leaders Laugh While the Planet Burns Up 1014
Canada to Badly Miss 2020 Emissions-Cut Target 1014
Canada-Australia 'Axis of Carbon' an Obstacle to Climate Pact 0914
Port Metro Vancouver OKs Massive US Coal Terminal 0814
Ottawa Concedes GHG Targets Not Met; Blame Oil Sands 1013
Alberta's Carbon Strategy No Match for Keystone's Emissions 1013
Harper Offers Obama Emissions Deal to Win Keystone XL Pipeline Support 0913
Alberta Report Recommends Stronger Carbon-Capture Rules 0813
Alberta’s Bold Plan to Cut Emissions Stuns Ottawa and Oil Industry 0413
Canadian Scientists Call for Dramatic Steps to Curb Emissions 0213
Canada Pulls Out of Kyoto Protocol 1211
Latin America
Ecuador Government Plans to Keep Drilling in National Park, Despite Vote on Ban 0823
Ecuadorians Reject Amazon Oil Drilling, Ending Operations in Protected Area 0823
Brazil’s Lula Lays Out Plan to Halt Amazon Deforestation 0623
Brazil's Lula Vows to Undo Environmental Degradation and Halt Deforestation 1122
Mexico Pledges Tougher 35% Emissions Cut Target for 2030 - 1122
Climate Scientists Hail Brazil Election Results - Victory for Humanity & Life Itself 1022
Mexico Sees Its Energy Future in Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables 0822
Brazil Backs U.K.’s Warming Limits to Mend Climate Reputation 1121
Bolsonaro’s Sudden Pledge to Protect the Amazon Met with Skepticism 0421
Costa Rica is the 2019 Champion of the Earth 0919
How Did Chile Become a Global Climate Leader? 0919
What Indigenous Rights Have to Do with Fighting Climate Change 0819
Costa Rica’s Zero-Carbon Plan Could Be a Model for the World 0319
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Made Grim Threats to the Amazon and Its People 1018
Brazil’s Political Storm Driving Amazon Deforestation Higher 0718
Costa Rica to Ban Fossil Fuels, to Become World’s 1st Decarbonized Society 0518
Brazil's President Announces Plan to Protect Forest, after Plea from Model Gisele 0617
Like U.S., Brazil Risks Falling Behind on Climate Change 1216
Brazil Just Ratified the Paris Climate Agreement. Why That’s a Really Big Deal 0916
Mexico Announces Launch of Cap-and-Trade Pilot Program 0816
Costa Rica at 99% Renewable. Are Others on the Same Path? 1215
Chile’s Solar Power Lights the Way to Cleaner, More Competitive Economy 1015
US and Brazil Set Energy Goals, in Sign of Improving Ties 0615
U.S., Mexico, Canada to Collaborate on Climate Adaptation 0515
116 Environmental Defenders Were Murdered Last Year, Mostly in Latin America 0415
Mexico's Climate-Change Promises - the Reality 0415
Everyone Praises Green Copenhagen. What If Your City Has 20 Million People? 0415
Subsidies to Deforesting Industries Worth 100 Times the Aid to Prevent It 0315
Climatologists Balk as Brazil Picks Skeptic for Key Post 0115
Chile Becomes 1st South American Country to Tax Carbon 0914
Brazil Warming to ‘Green’ Policies 0914
Latin America Aims for Growth and Climate Action 0813
Costa Rica Looks to Go Carbon Neutral on Agriculture 0713
Costa Rica's Friendship with China Conflicts with Its Green Goals 0613
Mexico Enacts Climate Change Law 0612
Russia
Russia Aims to Make a Carbon Tax System That EU Will Recognize 1221
Kremlin May Unveil Approach to Coordinate with Europe on Emissions at CoP26 - 1021
Russian Climate Plan Sees Rising Emissions Countered by Forests 0821
Russia Rules Out Cutting Fossil Fuel Production in Next Few Decades 1120
Fossil-Fuel Giant Russia Tiptoes towards Low-Carbon Future 0320
Russia Announces Plan to ‘Use the Advantages’ of Climate Change 0120
Russia to See Severe Trouble by Climate Change, but Won’t Reduce Fossil Fuels 0120
Russia Joins the Climate Crusade – in Its Own Way 1019
Moscow’s New Energy Doctrine Warns against Green Shift 0619
Russia Sketches Emissions Cut of up to 30% by 2030 - 0415
Drill, Comrade, Drill - Why the Kremlin's Arctic Plan Worries Activists 0913
Misc. Countries
Kenya Wants Africa to Sell Green Solutions at COP, Not Seek Aid 0923
Biden Announces Major Aid Package to Help Egypt Transition to Clean Energy 1122
South Africa Backs Energy Plan in Key Step For $8.5 Billion Deal 1022
Kenya’s President Breaks Ranks, Says Africa Must Leapfrog Fossil Fuel 1022
New Zealand to Tax Agriculture Emissions at the Farm, in World 1st 1022
Cow and Sheep Burps to Be Taxed by New Zealand, in World 1st 0622
Rich Nations Offer Debt Guarantees on South African Climate Deal 0522
South Africa Sued Over Plans to Build New Coal Power Plants 1121
Can South Africa Change One of the World’s Most Coal-Intensive Economies? 1021
New Zealand Announces Emergency due to Climate Change 1220
South Africa Aims to Reach Net Zero Emissions in 2050, while Still Burning Coal 0920
As Energy Prices Tumble, Developing Countries Trim Subsidies 0620
New Zealand Passes Bill to Be Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 1119
New Zealand Unveils Plan to Go Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 0519
Hit by Extreme Weather, Zimbabwe Rolls Out Triple Climate Policy 0618
Pacific Islands Nations Consider World's 1st Treaty to Ban Fossil Fuels 0716
After Errors, Congo Basin Forest Effort Restarts with New Scrutiny 1215
Africa to Triple Its Electric Capacity by 2030, by Adding All Renewables 1215
Pacific Island Nations Beg for Help when ‘Calamity' of Climate Change Hits 1015
Obama’s Signature Africa Energy Program Seeks Firmer Footing 0715
New Zealand Commits to Post-2020 Emissions Reduction Target 0715
Vatican Urges Action on Climate Change 0415
Subsidies to Deforesting Industries Worth 100 Times the Aid to Prevent It 0315
Angola Government in Denial over Impact of Severe Drought 1013
Pacific Island Climate Change Pact Wins US Support 0913
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Why Are We Paying for Crop Failures in the Desert? 0823 - US subsidizes crop losses, so growers grow thirsty crops in very dry land. This requires irrigation and mining groundwater.
A Bipartisan Plan to Punish Global Climate Laggards - Tax Them. 0623
The Most-Cited Number on the Inflation Reduction Act Is Probably Wrong. Good. 0423 
Why EPA’s Huge Social Cost of Carbon Might Fail to Halt CO2 Emissions 0323
What Congress Must Do Now to Speed Up the Green Energy Transition 0323
Republicans Propose Nationwide Offshore Wind Ban, due to Whale Deaths 0323
Sen. Whitehouse Flags Climate Costs for Senate Budget Committee 0323
Sen Mitt Romney Hopes a Carbon Tax Is Possible in a Divided Congress 1222
Congress Wagered on ‘Low-Carbon' Concrete. Will It Pay Off? 1022
Exxon’s Houston Carbon Capture Plan Just Got Massive Support from Congress 0922
Democrats Should Embrace New Transmission Line Reform in Manchin Side Deal 0922
Senate Approves 1st Climate Treaty in Decades 0922
New Transmission Lines Are Required to Fight Climate Change 0922
The Inflation Reduction Act Legally Defines Greenhouse Gases as Pollution 0822
The Chips Act Has a CO2 Removal Easter Egg 0822
What the Inflation Reduction Act Means for Direct Air Capture 0822 - The tax credit awarded companies for CO2 captured and durably stored was raised from $50 to $180 per tonne. For CO2 captured and utilized (concrete, carbonation, oil extraction, etc.), the increase was from $35 to $130 per tonne. Minimum capture to claim the credits is reduced to 1,000 tonnes / year. Smaller projects can receive direct pay for the full value of the credits for the projects 1st 5 years. Also, the deadline to build eligibale facilities ws extended 7 years. The Act also provides $2.15 billion for low-carbon buildings and use of low-carbon materials. This benefits companies such as CarbonCure and CarbonBuilt,which incorporate captured CO2 into building materials.
What the Manchin Climate Deal Means to You 0722
Manchin Pulls Plug on Climate and Tax Talks, Shrinking Domestic Plan 0722
House Republicans to Introduce Climate Change Strategy with Eye on Mid-Terms 0622
Whitehouse, Coons Introduce Act to Accelerate CO2 Removal 0522
Tonko, Peters Introduce CO2 Removal Legislation 0422
Manchin Eyes Tax on Carbon-Intensive Imports in Energy Package 0522
Senators Plead with Biden for Quick End to Solar Trade Probe 0522
Manchin Explores Possibility of Energy, Climate Package With GOP 0422
Manchin Suggests He’s Ready to Start Talks on Climate, Tax Bill 0322
Carbon Capture Takes Center Stage 0322
The U.S. Political Window Is Closing on Climate Change 0322
U.S. Is Learning That Renewable Energy Is ‘Safer’ - Sen. Whitehouse 0322
Here’s the Price Tag for 100% EVs for the Postal Service 0122
The Climate Policy Effects of Manchin's “No" on Build Back Better 1221 - The package contained more than $300 billion in tax incentives for electric vehicles, clean energy deployment, and other measures to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Lawmakers Demand Oil and Gas Firms Divulge Methane Leak Data 1221
Oil Companies Could Make Billions from Carbon Capture & Storage Tax Break 1221
$1.2 Trillion US Infrastructure Bill Passes, Funds Transmission, Hydrogen, EVs 1121
GOP Green Groups Want Climate Action, but Not Reconciliation 1121
Biden’s Clean Electricity Program Could Be Dropped from Spending Bill 1021
Top Democrats, White House Agree to Boost Carbon Capture Credit in Budget Bill 1021
Democrats’ Red Line for Manchin - No Climate Cuts 1021
Manchin Raises Red Flag on Carbon Tax 0921
Methane Crackdown Could Threaten U.S. Driller Profits, Citi Says 0921 - $1,680 / ton of methane is proposed
Politics of the World’s Urgently Needed Methane Emission Cuts Aren’t Simple 0821
Amid Extreme Weather, a Shift among Republicans on Climate Change 0821
The Infrastructure Deal Is NOT Not a Climate Bill 0821
Democrats Push Sweeping Climate Legislation amid a Scorching Summer 0721
House Votes to Reinstate Obama Methane Leak Rule for Oil, Gas Wells 0621
Growing Number of Republicans Are Working to Address Climate Change 0621
Manchin Floats Big Energy Proposals as Talks Ramp Up 0621
Republicans to Unveil a GOP-Only Climate Caucus 0621
Rare Climate Bipartisanship Emerges on Carbon Storage, Air Capture 0521
Senate Votes to Restore Obama’s Limits on Oil & Gas’ Methane Emissions 0421
Congressional Democrats Aim to Reinstate Methane Rules for Oil and Gas Wells 0321
Durbin Introduces Bill to Invest in a Clean Climate Future and Spur Job Creation 0321
House Energy and Commerce Leaders Unveil Sweeping Climate Change Bill 0321
How Republicans Are Responding to Biden on Climate, in Public and in Private 0221
Senator Romney Supports Carbon Fee and Dividend 0221
Charting a Path towards Net-Zero - US Leadership in CO2 Removal Is Important 0221 - several bills
Carbon Capture Coalition Statement on the Reintroduction of the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act 0221 - direct pay of the 45Q tax credit for CO2 removal
Senate Democrats Eye Quick Repeal of Trump Rules 0121
Stimulus Deal Includes Raft of Provisions to Fight Climate Change 1220
New Stimulus Bill Includes $35.2 Billion for New Energy Initiatives 1220
Ways & Means’ Neal Eyes Massive Covid Relief, Climate, Infrastructure Package 1120
Georgia Senator Dismisses Climate Change as a Hoax 1120
Lindsey Graham's Climate Record at Issue as Race Tightens 1020
In Colorado, Where Climate Matters, Hickenlooper Poised to Unseat Senator Gardner 0920
Climate is a Big Deal in Record Hot Arizona, but It May Not Sway Senate Voters 0920
Trump's Climate Denials Worry Republicans 0920
In Kansas, a Democratic Climate Hawk Closes in on a Republican Climate Skeptic 0920
Senators Agree to Slash Use of Potent Hydrofluorocarbon Greenhouse Gases 0920
Democratic Party’s Draft Policy Platform and the Potential Role of CO2 Removal Technologies to Combat Climate Change 0820
Democrats Are Getting Ready to Govern Responsibly on Climate Change 0720
House Democrats’ Ambitious Climate Package Steers toward a Net-Zero Economy by 2050 - 0720 - 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040, net-zero new buildings by 2030, zero-emission cars by 2035 and trucks by 2040, solar & wind tax credits for 5 more years, etc.
House Democrats Will Call for 100% Clean Cars by 2035 - 0620
2 GOP and 2 Democrat Senators Back Bill to Cut Emissions from Farms 0620
U.S. Senators Unveil Bill to Support Renewable and Nuclear Power, Efficiency 0220 - from the Energy Committee. It supports wind and solar power, energy efficiency 9but not new building codes), advanced batteries, and building facilities to capture carbon emissions at power plants and from the air, for storage underground
House Dems Propose $760 Billion for Climate-Friendly Initiatives 0120
House Democrats Tee Up Sweeping Climate Bill 0120 - non-carbon portfolio standard for electricity (to 100% by 2050), higher mpg for vehicles, tougher restrictions on methane releases, climate bank to fund emission reductions
Congressional Leaders at UN Climate Summit- ‘We’re Still In’ 1219
In Florida and Elsewhere, GOP Pressured over Climate Change 1119
Democrats' Daunting Task - Multiple Climate Bills 1119
Bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus Grows to 8 Members 1119 - GOP: Braun, Graham, Murkowski, Romney; Dem: Coons, Bennett, Shaheen; I - King; later Rubio of GOP
Senators on Climate Change - “We Look a Bit like Neanderthals” 1119 - Mitt Romney quote
Former Exxon Scientists Tell Congress of Its Climate Research before Exxon Turned to Denial 1019
A Republican and Democrat Form a Climate Caucus. What Can They Get Done? 1019
Why Democrats Forced a Failed Climate Vote in the Senate 1019
Sen. Mike Braun Aims to Bring GOP 'in the Game' with Bipartisan Climate Caucus 0919
The Green New Deal Is Cheaper than Climate Change 0919
Some in GOP Take New Tone on Climate Change, Mostly behind Closed Doors 0819
Mitt Romney - Climate Change Is Happening, Humans a Significant Contributor 0819
Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear 0819
Cory Booker Wants to Pay Many More Farmers to Practice Carbon Farming 0819
Florida GOP Rep Seeks Carbon Tax to Reduce Pollution 0719
House Democrats Offer an Alternative to the Green New Deal 0719
US Senators Target 50% Renewable Electricity by 2035, Zero-Carbon by 2050 - 0619
Car Makers Battle Oil & Gas Industry for Electric Vehicle Tax Credits 0619
Climate Change Could Harm Your Wealth and Health, Warns Key Democrat 0619
These Senators Are Going after the Biggest Climate Villains in Washington 0619
Did Senate Republicans Just Get Serious about Agriculture and Climate Change? 0519
U.S. House Tax Panel Mulls Carbon Fee at 1st Climate Hearing in 12 Years 0519
In a Switch, Some Republicans Cite Climate Change as Driving Their Policies 0419
Idaho GOP Rep. Mike Simpson - I’ll Fight Climate Change if I Want to 0519
House Passes Bill to Force U.S. to Stay in Paris Climate Agreement 0519
GOP Ready to ‘Cross the Rubicon' on Climate — Sen. Graham 0419
Climate Change Looms over Trump Infrastructure Meeting with Democrats 0419
Senate Democrats Form Special Committee on Climate Change 0319
Republicans Ignore Trump as He Undermines Them on Climate 0319
Romney Helps GOP Look for New Path on Climate Change 0319
Solving Climate Change the American Way 0319 - op ed by by former Congressman John Delaney (D-MD)
Murkowski, Manchin Call for ‘Responsible Solutions' to Climate Change 0319
Senate Democrats introduce 'Green New Deal' Alternative 0219
Some GOP Lawmakers Are Thawing on Climate Change 0219
Carbon Capture Gets Another Boost from Washington 0219
Massachusetts GOP Gov. Baker Urges Congress to Address Climate Change 0219
What Green New Deal Is and What It Means for Climate Change 0219
Carbon Tax Backers Grapple with 'Green New Deal' 0119
Bipartisan Bill Taxes CO2 and Gives the Money Back to You 1118 - 5 sponsors in the US House. Up to 10 (3 GOP) by the time Senators Flake and Coons introduce an almost identical bill in the Senate in December.
Climate Is Changing - Cut Carbon by Innovation - Sen. Barasso (GOP), Wyoming 1218
Nebraska Sen. Sasse Says Conversation Needed on Climate Change Solutions 1118
A Democrat Ran on Climate Change in a Republican Stronghold—and Won 1118
Science Candidates Prevail in US Mid-Term Elections 1118
Some Republicans in Close Races Change Their Climate Change Tunes, Slightly 1118
Environmental Concerns Threaten to Upend Florida Elections 1018
Democrats Go All-in on Clean Energy 1018
NC Republicans Move from ‘No’ to a ‘Reality’ on Climate Change 1018
America Spends over $20 Billion per Year on Fossil Fuel Subsidies 0718
GOP Lawmaker Proposes Carbon Tax 0718
Climate Change Is Finally Getting Political Cred with Republicans 0718
Republicans Are Finally Talking About a Carbon Tax. Not in a Good Way. 0718
House Republican Will Introduce $23 Carbon Tax Next Week 0718
3 More Republicans Join Climate Change Caucus 0518 - House caucus now at 39 GOP and 39 Democrats.
October update: now 45 and 45.
Bipartisan Bill Would Authorize U.S. EPA to Ratchet Down HFCs 0218
GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski Says It’s Time to Take Climate Change Seriously 0218
106 Lawmakers Urge Trump to Restore Climate Change in National Security Strategy 0118
A Bunch of House Republicans Accept Warming. Is It Real? 0118
Murkowski Introduces Bill to Study Ocean Acidification 1217
U.S. Renewable Energy Industry Relieved, as Republicans Keep Tax Credits 1217
Doug Jones’ Win Breaks Alabama’s Record of Electing Climate Change Deniers 1217
Tax Reform Losers, from Biofuels to Coal, to Get 2nd Chance 1217
Alaska’s Senator Murkowski Wants to Fight Climate Change and Drill for Oil Too 1117
GAO Report Calls on Trump to Act on Climate Change 1017
Friendly Policies Keep US Oil and Coal Afloat Far More than We Thought 1017
McCain Resumes His Quest for Climate Change Action 0917
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham Endorses 'Price on Carbon' to Fight Climate Change 0917
After Hurricanes, Climate Change Resurfaces in Washington 0917
U.S. House Votes to Block Climate Rules, Using Critical Budget Bill 0917
More GOP Lawmakers Bucking Their Party on Climate Change 0817
How Congress Is Cementing Trump's Anti-Climate Orders into Law 0717
9 Reasons Global Warming Is Great, According to a Texas Republican 0717
Mr. Smith Goes to Greenland 0717
House Republicans OK Measure Asking Military to Study Climate Change 0617
Congress to Pruitt - We’re Not Cutting EPA Budget to Trump’s Levels 0617
GOP Congressman Is Forging Ahead on Climate Action 0617
Senate Keeps an Obama-Era Methane Control Rule 0517
Modest Climate Change Bill Draws Sponsors From Both Sides of the Aisle 0517
EPA, Clean Energy Spared Trump's Ax in $1.1 Trillion Budget Deal 0517
100% Clean Energy Bill Launched by Senators to Phase Out Fossil Fuels by 2050 - 0417
Congressional Republicans Who Care about Climate Change End Denial 0417 - In House, 19 GOP & 19 Dems in Climate Solutions Caucus. Also, 17 GOP Reps make resolution for meaningful and responsible action on clilmate change.
Update, 23 of each GOP & Dems by June 17, 2017.
This Time, Congress Is Not Helping Trump Destroy the Planet - Methane Regs 0417
Republican Green Groups Seek to Temper Trump on Climate Change 0317
17 US House Republicans Back Resolution Urging Action on Warming 0317
Crowd Boos as Virginia Lawmaker Says 'Rich People' Like Clean Air 0217
Trump Plan to Scrap Paris Climate Change Pact Faces Skepticism from Corporations, GOP Moderates 0217
Bernie Sanders to Scott Pruitt - ‘Why is the climate changing?’ 0117
Eyeing Democratic Majority, Senators Rethink Climate Strategy 0816
Conservative to Fund Republicans Who Back Climate Change Action 0616
Clean Energy Group Backs Republican in Florida Race 0616
Why the GOP Is Trying to Stop the Pentagon's Climate Plan 0616
House Backs Symbolic Measures to Oppose Oil Fee, Carbon Tax 0616
Supporters Laud 'Momentum' for Carbon Tax, despite House Vote 0616
What Charles Koch Really Thinks about Climate Change 0616
Congressional Budget Office Warns of Climate Change's Budget Impact 0616
These Republican Lawmakers Turn to Climate Action to Help Keep Their Seats 0416
Republicans Are Warming Up to Renewable Energy 0416
Republicans Still Hunting a Way Forward on Landmark Climate Deal 0116
Experts Predict Renewable Investment Boom, as Congress Renews Tax Credits 1215
Paris Climate Accord Is a Big, Big Deal (2.8¢/kWh Wind & 4.2 Solar) 1215 - GOP stands alone worldwide in denialism.
Wind & Solar Tax Credits to Continue 5 Years, Crude Oil Export Ban to End 1215
U.S. Senators Vow to Block Climate Aid, Scrutinize Paris Deal 1115
Congressmen Call on SEC to Investigate Exxon's Climate Disclosures 1115
Ayotte Leads New Senate Republican Energy & Environment Working Group 1015
GOP Moves to Block Power Plant Plan 1015
Bringing Republicans to the Climate Change Table 1015
Changed Climate In Washington 0915
Pope's Climate Push Hits Wall in Congress 0915
Bipartisan Bill Would Reduce US Greenhouse Gases Causing 40% of Global Warming 0915
Key to Politically Appropriate Climate Policy Is Not Cost; It's Lobbying 0915
Senate Democrats’ Climate Change Bill Aimed Not at Success Now, but in 2016 - 0915
Republicans Break Ranks with GOP Leaders in Call for Climate Change Action 0915
Conservation Groups' Ad Campaign Targets 4 GOP Senators 0915
Giant Coal Company Bankruptcy Reveals Secret Ties to Climate Denial, GOP Dark Money Groups 0815
GOP Needs Alternative Climate Policy 0815
New Mexico Dems Call for Tough New Methane Rule 0715
GOP Senators Vow to Block U.S. from Complying with Global Climate Deal 0715
Republican Senator Wants Schools to Teach Natural Causes of Climate Change 0715
GOP Uses Spending Bills to Move against EPA Rules 0615
In Trade Debate, Climate Concerns Roar Back to House Floor 0615
Paul Ryan Adds Amendment to Trade Bill to Block Climate Deals 0615
GOP Pledges to ‘Rein In' Obama on EPA Rules, Global Warming 0515
Senators Challenge FEMA Requiring State Climate Change Plans for Disaster Relief 0515
Inhofe Staff Quashes Rumors of Senator Inhofe's Change of Heart 0415
Constituents Worry More about Climate Change than Their GOP Senators Do 0415
EPA Blasts GOP’s Bill to Change Climate Rule 0415
Republicans Warn World That Obama CO2 Cuts Plan Could Be Undone 0315
Republicans Seek to Push Climate Change off National Security Agenda 0315
NASA Chief to Sen. Cruz - We Can’t Get to Space if Cape Kennedy Is Under Water. 0315
12-Year-Olds Are Schooling Republican Senators on Climate Change 0315
Keystone Veto Override Fails 0315
Could a Failed Keystone XL Amendment Upend the Paris Climate Talks? 0215
House Passes Keystone Bill, Despite Obama’s Opposition 0215
15 Republican Senators Vote Humans Play Some Role in Climate Change 0215
Senate Passes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill Despite Obama Veto Promise 0115
House Panel Agrees to Prioritize Climate Change 0115
5 GOP Science ‘Believers' in the New Congress 0115
In 83 Speeches, Senator Whitehouse Pushes for Climate Change Action 1214
Drought, Heat and Ice - 2015 Could Be Tipping Point on Climate 1214
How Congress Snuck Changes to US Environmental Policy into New Budget Bill 1214
GOP Gains Put Nuclear Power Back on the Table 1214
House Republican Plans to Introduce Pro-Climate-Science Bill 1214
Senate Defeats Bill on Keystone XL Pipeline in Narrow Vote 1114
Republican Wave Unlikely to Wash Away Obama's Major Rules 1114
GOP Election Rout Delivers Blow to U.S. Leadership Role on Climate Change 1114
Republican Mid-Term Gains Endanger Environmental Progress 1114
Keystone Approval Sought by Republicans Daring Obama Veto 1114
Scott Brown Denies That Man-Made Climate Change Is Scientifically Proven 0814
Many Republicans Privately Support Action On Climate 0814
On Climate Change, Democrats Appeal to GOP’s Fiscal Conservatism 0814
GOP Rejects Grim White House Climate Change Report 0514
Filibuster Change Clears Path for Obama Climate Regulations 1113
A 2015 Climate Treaty? Don't Bother, Congress Says 1113
Backers Begin Multi-Pronged Push for Draft Bill Limiting EPA Rules 1013
Federal Boost for Farms' Renewable Energy in Doubt 1013
White House 'War on Coal' Is No Slam Dunk for GOP in 2014 - 0913
Evangelical Scientists' Letter to Congress on Climate Change 0713
House GOP Plans Mega-Hearing on Climate Change 0813
Top 10 States in Federal Disaster Aid Elect Climate Deniers to Congress 0813
Rep. Dingell to Obama: Clean Air Act Isn't Right for Greenhouse Gas Rules 0813
House Votes to Thwart EPA Move on ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ 0813
Congress’ Climate Skeptics Could Snarl GOP’s Strategy 0713
Democrats’ Recess Game Plan: Push Climate Message 0713
‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Battle Hits House Floor 0713
Republicans Propose Limiting Obama Climate Plan in Budget 0713
House Republicans Ready Attack on Obama's ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ 0713
Boehner Slams "Absolutely Crazy" Obama Climate Plan 0613
Moderate Democrats, Facing Hard Midterms, Treat Climate Plan Carefully 0613
Rand Paul Preaches Sustainability 0513
Former Republican Climate Change Leaders Steer Clear of the Issue 0313
Republican Climate Skeptics Face Uphill Re-Election 1012
Sen. Alexander on Climate Change 1009
House Global Warming Bill 0608
Courts, Semi-Judicial Agencies, etc.
Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths, in Landmark Climate Decision 0823
A Bottleneck on the Grid Threatens Clean Energy. New Rules Aim to Help. 0723
FERC Aims to Fix the Grid’s Renewable Energy Backlog. Can iI? 0623
Youth Climate Lawsuit against Federal Government Headed for Trial 0623
Big Polluters’ Share Prices Fall after Climate Lawsuits 0523
Supreme Court Boosted 24+ Cities & States Suing Big Oil on Climate Change 0523
New (Gas) Pipeline Agency Rule Aimed at Cutting Methane Leaks 0523
Experts Hail Supreme Court Decision to Let US Climate Lawsuits Advance 0423
Why Plugging In US Wind and Solar Projects Is So Difficult 0223
How to Modernize Permitting for a Low-Carbon Economy 0223
Streamlining Environmental Reviews Could Slow Down Clean Energy Transition 0223
The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Is Going to Be Very, Very Expensive 0622
Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Power to Combat Climate Change 0622
FERC 1st-Ready, 1st-Served Interconnection Rules Spur New Generation, Storage 0622
Supreme Court Allows Greenhouse Gas Cost Estimates 0522
Exxon Must Go to Trial over Alleged Climate Crimes, Court Rules 0522
Fossil Fuels vs Our Future - Young Montanans Wage Historic Climate Fight 0322
FERC to Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions, EJ for New Natural Gas Pipelines 0322
Appellate Court Rules Biden Can Consider Climate Damage in Policy-Making 0322
FERC to Consider Climate Change in Assessing New Pipelines 0222
Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Lease Plan Voided by U.S. Judge 0122
It Will Take More than Biden’s Economic Plan to Meet Climate Goal 1221
Supreme Court to Review EPA's Ability to Regulate Greenhouse Gases 1021
Big Oil Is Going All-Out to Fight Climate Rules in Build Back Better 1021
Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill 1021
Judge Scraps Red State Lawsuit over Biden Carbon Metric 0821
How the U.S. Could Slash Climate Pollution by 2030 - 0821
Court Blocks a Vast Alaskan Drilling Project, Citing Climate Dangers 0821
With Global Warming Getting Worse, Urgent Action Is Needed - Scientists 0821
80% Clean Energy Standard for 2030 - Achievable with Massive Benefits 0821
Federal Judge Says Biden Cannot Pause New Leases for Drilling on Public Lands 0621
FERC Makes Major Shift on Pipeline CO2 Emissions 0321
Biden Administration Wants Financial Sector to Face Up to Climate Risk 0321
Judge Rules Montana Coal Mine's Climate Costs Matter 0221
Charting a Path towards Net-Zero - US Leadership in CO2 Removal Is Important 0221 - several bills
Carbon Capture Coalition Statement on the Reintroduction of the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act 0221 - direct pay of the 45Q tax credit for CO2 removal
Court Voids a ‘Tortured’ Trump Climate Rollback 0121
Fed Creates Climate Committee - ‘Enormously Big Deal’ 0121
FERC Takes ‘Landmark Action' on Carbon Pricing 1020
Conservative Utah Leaders Voice Support for Climate Action 1020
Trump Can’t Weaken California’s Carbon Market, Federal Judge Rules 0720
Court Strikes Down Trump Administration's Methane Rollback 0720
9th Circuit Throws Out Youth Climate Case 0120 - Majority said plaintiffs must make case to political braches and electorate. Dissent said "It is as if an asteroid were barreling toward Earth and the government decided to shut down our only defenses. Seeking to quash this suit, the government bluntly insists that it has the absolute and unreviewable power to destroy the Nation."
What Does Climate Change Have to Do with Socialism? 0819 - Koch brothers and some libertarians see climate change as an excuse, a liberal plot to enlarge government. It also hurts their bottom lines, as they made (and make) their money from fossil fuels.
Lawsuit Moves Forward Saying ExxonMobil Ignored Climate Change Risks 0519
Trump’s FERC Chairman - Climate Change Is Real. We Must Cut CO2 Emissions. 0419
US Judge Halts 100s of Drilling Projects in Key New Climate Change Ruling 0319
Kansas State University to Get Half of Campus Energy from Wind Farm 1118
Supreme Court Won't Block Children's Climate Change Lawsuit 1118
U.S. Government, but Not Trump, Can Be Sued over Climate - Judge 1018
Former Trump Adviser Opens GOP Climate Shop 0718 - GOP needs a policy to fight climate change.
US Judge Throws Out Climate Change Lawsuits against Big Oil 0618
There's No Power Grid Emergency Requiring a Coal Bailout, FERC Regulators Say Unanimously 0618
Wyoming Judge Rules Oil and Gas Firms Need Not Comply with Methane Emissions Rule 0418
U.S. Judge Dismisses Exxon Lawsuit to Stop Climate Change Probes 0318
Judge - Trump Admin. Must Consider Climate Change in Major Drilling and Mining Lease Plan 0318
Climate Science on Trial as High-Profile US Case Takes On Fossil Fuel Industry 0318
Trump Administration Just Failed to Stop a Climate Lawsuit by 21 Kids 0318
Michael Bloomberg Says President Trump Can Be a 'Great Leader' if He Accepts Climate Deal 0318
Former Trump Aide Calls Paris Climate Accord ‘a Good Republican Agreement’ 0218
Environmental Activists Are Suing Governments over Climate Change and Winning 0218
Judge Orders Trump’s DoE to Implement Climate-Change Rules for Appliances 0218
Federal Regulators Reject Trump Coal Rescue Plan 0118
Organizations and Businesses Ask Congress for 100% Renewable Energy Goal 1217
Obama Environmental Chief Says Trump Rollbacks Won't Wash 1017
Court Tosses Obama-Era HFC Climate Rule That Trump Had Defended 0817
Court Tells EPA to Enforce Obama Methane Pollution Rule 0717
Court Rejects Trump Administration Move to Delay Methane Regulation 0717
'Bring on More Renewables,’ Departing FERC Regulator Says, as Grid Study Looms 0617
California, New York et al. Just Sued to Protect Obama’s Final Energy Rules 0617
Weather Channel Site Goes Apocalyptic after Trump Paris Accord Speech 0617
Greens Sue Trump for Delaying Obama Methane Rule 0617
EPA Should Not Be Allowed to Dodge Clean Power Plan Ruling, Cities and States Tell Court 0417
Donald Trump Makes Top Republican Fear Environmental Future 0117
A Trump Team Member Just Compared Climate Science to Flat-Earth Theory 1216
The Climate Myths Guiding Trump’s EPA Team 1216
Leaked Transition Team Memo Outlines Trump’s Catastrophic Energy Agenda 1216
Gore Says U.S. Climate Curbs on Track, Hopes Trump Will Surprise 1216
Military Leaders Urge Trump to See Climate as a Security Threat 1116
EPA Emerges from Clean Power Plan Court Hearing with the Edge 0916
Scientists Know Climate Change Is a Threat. Politicians Need to Realize It, Too. 0916
Military Experts Say Climate Change Poses 'Significant Risk' to Security 0916
Climate Change May Be Doubted by Some, but Now It’s the Law 0816
Here’s What a Conservative Climate-Action Agenda Would Look Like 0716
Science Organizations Again Urge Congress to Take Climate Change Seriously 0616
450 Groups Urge Congress to Reject TPP over Environmental Concerns 0616
Supreme Court Refuses to Block EPA’s Controls on Toxic Mercury 0316
What Scalia’s Death Means For Climate Change 0216
US Chamber of Commerce Official - Businesses Will Flee Climate Deal 0216
Ethanol Mandate, a Boon to Iowa Alone, Faces Rising Resistance 0116
Supreme Court Backs FERC in Demand Response Power Saving Rule 0116
These Arguments Convinced a Libertarian to Support Aggressive Climate Action 0515
What Do Conservative Policy Intellectuals Think about Climate Change? 0515
More & More Conservative Thinkers Back Carbon Tax. Will Politicians Follow? 0515
Why the Koch Brothers’ War against Clean Energy Is Still Failing 0515
Latest Climate Change Battle May Center on Food Pyramid 0115
McKibben Steps Down as Head of Climate Group 350.org 1214
George Shultz Defies GOP in Embrace of Climate Adaptation 1214
Climate Change Is Priority for Black and Hispanic Voters 1114
Republican EPA Chiefs to Congress - Act on Climate 0614
Tom Steyer Starts Big-Spending Plan to Defeat Climate-Denier Candidates 0514
Approving Keystone XL Could Be Biggest Mistake of Obama Presidency - Mann 0114
Tea Party’s Green Faction Fights for Solar in Red States 1113
Tea Party Republicans Are Biggest Climate Change Deniers, Pew Poll Finds 1113
Kerry Tells Pacific Island States Climate Science Is Alarming and Irrefutable 0913
Gravity exists. The Earth is round. Climate change is happening 0813
Republican Case for Climate Action 0813 - op-ed by 4 EPA Administrators for Republican Presidents
Old Secretary of State George Schulz on Climate Change 0713
Carbon Program Backlash in Australia, EU Bode Ill for US Climate Change Efforts 0713
Young Conservative Climate Campaign Launched in Midwest 0713
Coming GOP Civil War Over Climate Change 0513
On Climate, GOP Turns from Concern to Denial 0413
Gore Blasts Obama for Caving in to Carbon Lobby 0611
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President
Biden Says Extreme Heat Costing US $100 Billion Annually 0727
Biden Vetoes Resolution That Would Have Restored Solar Tariffs 0523
Biden Pledges $500 Million to Stop Deforestation in Brazil 0423
‘Doomerism’ - Why Scientists Disagree with Biden on 1.5°C 0423
Biden Warns that Climate Change Could Upend Federal Spending Programs 0323
Biden Announces Major Aid Package to Help Egypt Transition to Clean Energy 1122
Biden Orders Emergency Steps to Boost U.S. Solar Production 0622
Biden Plans Solar Manufacturing Push to End Project Slowdown 0622
Biden Signs Earth Day Order to Protect Old-Growth Forests 0422
Biden Restores Climate to Landmark Environmental Law, Reversing Trump 0422
Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Boost Renewables 0422
Biden Orders Federal Vehicles and Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050 - 1221
Biden Announces Oil Release from Strategic Petroleum Reserve 1121
Biden Submits Treaty Phasing Out HFC Super-Pollutants for Senate Approval 1121
Biden Unveils Multi-pronged Assault on Planet-Warming Methane 1121
Biden Wants the Sun to Provide Nearly Half of US Electricity by 2050 - 0921
Politics of the World’s Urgently Needed Methane Emission Cuts Aren’t Simple 0821
UN Climate Report Raises Pressure on Biden to Seize a Rare Moment 0821
Biden’s Clean Energy Plan Would Cut Emissions and Save 317,000 Lives 0721
Biden Proposes over $16 Billion in Clean Energy Infrastructure, Climate Spending 0621
Biden Order on Climate Financial Risk Reaches Deep into the Economy 0521
Biden Wants to Slash Emissions, for a Very Different America 0421
US Vows to Cut Emissions 50-52% from 2005, by 2030 - 0421
President Biden Calls on Congress to Fund Carbon Removal in New Budget 0421
Biden Wants to Cut Off Fossil Fuel Handouts 0421
9 Ways Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan Will Tackle Climate Change 0321 — 1 Modernize & weatherize affordable housing. 2 Accelerate transistion to electric vehicles. 3 Modernize power grid. 4 Modernize public transit. 5. $35B for R&D (storage, carbon capture, hydrogen, advanced nuclear, floating offshore wind, rare earth separation). 6 Clean up old oil/gas wells and coal mines. 7 Raise corporate taxes, end fossil fuel subsidies. 8 Clean electricty and energy efficiency standards. 9 Civilian Climate Corps.
Biden’s Push for Electric Cars - $174 Billion, 10 Years and a Bit of Luck 0321
Carbon Tax Sidelined in Biden’s Push on Climate, Taxes 0321
Biden Faces ‘Moment of Truth’ as He Weighs Key U.S. Climate Promise 0321
Biden Expected to Seek 50% Carbon Cut by 2030 - 0321
Biden Wants to End HFC Climate Threat from Grocery Store Freezers 0221
Trump’s Environmental Policies Killed 1,000s of People 0221 - 80,000 from air pollution, > 150,000 from covid-19
Biden's 'Restoration' Presidency Begins to Restore the Climate 0221
Biden Moves to Dial Down America’s Soaring Methane Emissions 0121
Why Biden Is Buying 645,000 New Electric Cars 0121
Biden Administration Freezes Federal Fossil Fuel Leases and Permits 0121
Biden Cancels Keystone XL Pipeline and Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement 0121
Biden Says US Needs to Defeat Climate Change as He Introduces Team, Priorities 1220
5 Easy Things Biden Can Do on Climate, Plus 2 He Can’t 1220
Deal-Makers and Fighters Make Up Biden’s New Climate Team 1220
How Biden Will Impact the Future of Energy 1120
What the Janet Yellen Pick for Treasury Means for Climate Policy 1120
Biden Prioritizes Climate Crisis by Naming John Kerry Special Climate Envoy 1120
Why the Oil Industry Doesn't Fear Biden 1120
The 10 Climate Executive Actions Biden Will Take on Day 1 - 1120
Biden and Utilities Split on When They Can Go Carbon-Free 1120
Trump Questions Climate Science during California Wildfire Briefing 0920
Trump Rollback of Mileage Standards Guts Climate Change Push 0320
Trump Makes U-Turn on Fuel Economy Standards 1119
Trump Serves Notice to Quit Paris Climate Agreement 1119
Mike Pence Repeatedly Refuses to Say Climate Crisis Is a Threat to US 0619
Next President Could Declare Climate Emergency, GOP Fears 0119
Trump Says Climate Change Not a Hoax, but Says ‘It'll Change Back' 1018
Trump’s Proposed Clean Car Rollback Will Cost the U.S. $457 Billion 0818 - like a 57¢ per gallon gasoline tax by 2040
Trump to Seek Repeal of California’s Smog-Fighting Power 0718
Trump's Trade War Could Prompt Future Tariffs on U.S. CO2 - 0318
Trump’s Policies Are Costing 10,000 Jobs in America’s Solar Power Industry 0218
Donald Trump Says US Could Re-Enter Paris Climate Deal 0118
Trump’s New Solar Tariff to Protect US Manufacturers Will Hurt Installers 0118
Trump Tweets that ‘Cold' East Coast ‘Could Use a Little Bit of' Global Warming 1217
Trump Is Pushing Coal Abroad 1217
Trump Signs Order Rolling Back Rule on Building for Sea-Level Rise 0817
U.S. Submits Formal Notice of Withdrawal from Paris Climate Pact 0817
Energy Rhetoric Irrelevant in World of $50 Oil 0817
Trump Says ‘Something Could Happen' on Climate Accord 0717
This Is How the U.S.’s New Global Isolation on Climate Change Looks 0617
US Opts Out of G7 Pledge Committing to Paris Climate Accord 0617
Trump ‘Does Believe in Climate Change', Says US Ambassador to UN 0617
Trump - I Was Elected to Represent Pittsburgh, not Paris. Pittsburgh - We’re with Paris. 0617
Trump on Paris Accord - 'We're Getting Out’ 0617
U.S. Will Lose Jobs if It Quits Paris Climate Deal 0317
Trump Puts Renewable Energy Critic in Charge of Renewable Energy Office 0517
Trump's Climate Cuts Could Result in Half-Billion Extra Tons of CO2 in the Air 0417
Republican Cracks Emerge in Trump's Coal-Heavy Energy Plan 0417
Trump Plan to Slash EPA Budget Goes Even Deeper, New Memo Shows 0417
How Trump's Moves on Coal Will Affect the Industry 0317
Planned Rollback of Climate Rules Unlikely to Achieve All Trump’s Goals 0317
Trump Dramatically Changes US Approach to Climate Change 0317
Trump Repeal of Climate Rules Means U.S. Paris Target Now May Be Out of Reach 0317
- But maybe not, We’re already 56% of the way there, in 55% of the time so far.
Trump Plan to Shelve MPG Rules Invites Fight with California 0317
Trump Seeks Input from U.S. Energy Companies on Paris Climate Pact 0317
Top Trump Advisers Are Split on Paris Agreement on Climate Change 0317
Solar Squabble Shows How a Trump Trade War with China Could Backfire 0217
Trump Would Face Legal Battle for Dumping Paris Treaty — CRS 0217
Making Sense of President Trump’s Energy Plan 0117
Barack Obama Puts $500 Million in Green Climate Fund, to Protect Paris Deal 0117
The Irreversible Momentum of Clean Energy 0117 - by Barack Obama, in Science
Obama Bans New Oil, Gas Drilling off Alaska, Part of Atlantic Coast 1216
To Avoid Worst Climate Impacts, Obama Says ‘We’re really in a race against time.’ 1016
Obama Appeals for Climate Investment in Valedictory UN Speech 0916
Obama, China Ratify Paris Climate Agreement 0916
Obama's New Clean Electricity Goal for North America - 50% by 2025 - 0616
Obama Administration Touts Energy Efficiency as a Climate Side Bet 0316
Obama Calls for Proactive Drought Strategy. What Would That Look like? 0316
U.S. and Canada Announce Common Goals on Climate, Energy and the Arctic 0316
Obama's $4.1 Trillion Plan Aims for ‘Climate Smart' Economy 0216
Obama Addresses Climate Change 0216
Obama to Propose $10-a-Barrel Oil Tax 0216
How Obama Inserted the “War on Coal” Into the 2016 Race 0116
Obama Calls Climate Action an Economic Success Story, in His Final State of the Union Address 0116
Fossil Fuel Leases Should Charge for Climate Change, Says President 0116
Using Pocket Vetoes, Obama Rebuffs GOP Attempt to Kill Clean Power Plan 1215
Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline 1115
Obama Will Decide on Keystone Pipeline during His Term 1115
Is Keystone Dead? 1115 - Sponsor TransCanada asks pipeline decision be deferred.
Obama, Gates Announce Clean Energy Research Investment by 20 Nations & 28 Investors 1115
Pope Francis Backs Urgent Climate Change Action, Lauds Obama's Climate Plan 0915
Obama Makes Urgent Appeal in Alaska for Climate Change Action 0815
Obama Hits Koch Brothers for Opposing Solar Power 0815
New Obama Climate Push - Let Them Make Power 0815
Obama’s Signature Africa Energy Program Seeks Firmer Footing 0715
Barack Obama's Climate Change Initiative- $4 Billion for Clean Energy 0615
These 10 Billion Tons of Coal Could Erase Obama's Climate Change Progress 0515
Report - U.S. Can Make Good on Climate Pledge — Barely 0515
Obama Recasts Climate Change as a More Far-Reaching Peril 0515
Next President Will Have Huge impact on Climate Policy, without Congress 0515
Obama Visits Everglades to Call for Action on Climate Change 0415
Obama Tells Us What's to Come on Climate, Drought 0415
Obama Presents Climate Change as Hazard to Your Health 0415
US Pledges a 26-28% Carbon Emissions Cut by 2025 - 0315
President Obama Vetoes Keystone Bill; GOP Plans Override Vote 0215
LBJ's Carbon Dioxide Warning 50 Years Ago 0215
Obama Draws Line on Climate, Says U.S. Will Lead the World 0115
Obama's State of the Union Address Could Ramp Up Climate Fight with Republicans 0115
Solar, Nuclear, Climate Progress Possible on Obama India Visit 0115
White House - Obama Would Veto Keystone Bill 0115
Keystone ‘Not Even Nominal Benefit' to US Consumers, Obama Says 1214
Obama Wants Kids to Learn About Global Warming 1214
Barack Obama Tells G20 a Global Climate Change Deal Is Possible and Vital 1114
China, U.S. Agree to Limit Greenhouse Gases 1114
President Obama Declares Climate Change Defining Threat of the Century 0914
Obama Pursuing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty 0814
Climate Change Deniers ‘Serious Threat’ to Future, Obama Says 0614
Keystone Decision Seen as Climate Change Test for Obama Abroad 0813
Obama's Call for Climate Action Reflects Foreign, Not US, Worries 0613
Obama Puts Legacy at Stake with Clean Air Act 0613
Obama Frames Climate Change as Make-or-Break Voting Issue 0613
Obama Bypasses Congress with Ambitious Climate Change Plan 0613
Obama Might Actually Be the Environmental President 0513
Obama Gives Congress Climate Change Ultimatum 0213
In Short Run, Obama Can Bypass Congress on Climate 0213
Obama Re-Election Solidifies GHG Action 1112
Obama to Pledge US Emission Cuts at Copenhagen 1109
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President - Executive Branch
White House Directs Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets 0923
Stifling Heat Spells Misery in Schools with No Air Conditioning 0823
White House Cautiously Opens Door to Blocking Sun’s Rays to Cool Earth 0723
US Government Is Awarding $1.7 Billion to Buy Electric and Low-Emission Buses 0623
Remaking the US Pollution Fight, by Valuing Future Benefits 0523
White House Unveils a New Climate Fix - Building Codes and Energy Retrofits 0523
Companies Flock to Biden’s Climate Tax Breaks, Driving Up Cost 0523
Over-Relying on CO2-Removal Technology Is ‘Dangerous’ - John Kerry 0423
Biden Treasury’s Rules for IRA Make Electric Vehicle Credits Elusive 0323
Washing Machines and Fridges Could Be Much Cheaper to Power by 2027 - 0223
White House Aims to Reflect the Environment in Economic Data 0123
Biden’s Green Energy Bank Races to Leverage $394 Billion to Scale Cleantech 0123
Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly PM2.5 Air Pollutoin 0123
The Tricky Business of Putting a Dollar Value on a Human Life 1222
Biden Administration Moves to Replace Compact Fluorescent Lights with LEDs 1222
More US Kids to Ride in ‘Clean’ School Buses, Mostly Electric 1022
Tariffs Threaten to Undermine Global Shift to Clean Energy 1022
Kerry Announces US Backing for African Methane-Abatement Drive 0922
USDA More than Triples Funding for ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture 0922
U.S. Solar Faces New Barriers after Year of ‘Crisis’ 0822
Biden Administration to Set Rules of the Road for Charging Electric Vehicles 0622
Biden Administration to Cut Costs for Wind and Solar Energy Projects 0622
Biden Administration Begins $3 Billion Plan for Electric Car Batteries 0522
U.S. Earmarks $504 Million to Back World’s Largest Hydrogen Hub 0422
Plugging Old U.S. Oil and Gas Wells to Boost Green Jobs, Curb Emissions 0422
Biden Flips the Switch on Trump's Incandescent Light Bulb Plan 0422
US Interior Department to Resume Oil and Gas Leasing, Charge Higher Fees 0422
Biden Administration Launches $6 Billion Nuclear Plant Bailout 0422
Biden Will Allow Summertime Sales of Higher-Ethanol Gasoline 0422
US's GSA to Impose 1st National Carbon Standard for Concrete 0322
Automakers Side with EPA in Court Case over Car Emission Rules 0322
Industry Calls Biden Tariff Probe a ‘Disaster’ for Solar 0322
The SEC Will Propose a Historic Climate Disclosure Rule. Here's What to Know. 0322
US Blocks Illegal Imports of Climate Damaging Refrigerants with New Rules 0322
Could Russian Sanctions Hobble U.S. Clean Energy Push? 0222
As Climate Change Costs Mount, Biden Seeks to Price Damages 0222
Biden to Allow California to Set Climate Limits on Cars, Influence Rest of US 0222
US Army Plans Microgrids, Electric Vehicle Fleet in 1st Climate Strategy 0222
Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Build a EV Charger Network 0222
States to Get $1.15 Billion from Feds to Plug Abandoned Wells Leaking Methane 0122
Economists Implore Biden to Get Social Cost of Carbon Number Right 0122 - The administration’s initial estimate, released last year—$62 per metric ton of CO2 by 2030—is way too low.
Delays in Undoing Trump’s War on Efficient Appliances, Lights, Furnaces 0122
White House Rolls Out $7.5 Billion Electric Vehicle Charging Plan 1221
New US Energy Standards Would Reverse Trump’s War on Lightbulbs 1221
Oil & Gas Companies Should Pay More to Drill on Public Lands - Interior Dep’t 1121
US Auctions Off Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Drilling Leases after Climate Talks 1121 - Court ordered the Biden administration to do what it wanted not to do. The story is not over.
U.S. ‘Won’t Have Coal’ by 2030, John Kerry Predicts in Glasgow 1121
Biden Administration Plans Wind Farms along Nearly the Entire US Coastline 1021
Biden Administration to Restore Climate Criteria to Landmark Environmental Law 1021
DOE Stirs Up Climate Fight over Building Codes 0921
Biden Launches Plan to Address ‘Silent Killer’ - Extreme Heat 0921
Solar Could Provide 40% of US Electricity by 2035 - 0921 - USDoE analysis
Biden Administration Aims to Cut Costs for Solar, Wind Projects on Public Land 0821
Biden Looks at Climate Change Risks to Financial Markets 0921
OSHA Refuses to Step In as Workers Languish in Extreme Heat 0821
John Kerry on the Stakes of the Next U.N. Climate-Change Conference 0821
Biden Administration Moves to Reverse Trump-Era Showerhead Rule 0721
Biden Administration Backs Oil Sands Pipeline Project 0621
Biden Reappoints Top Climate Assessment Scientist Who Trump Removed 0521
Biden Targets Energy Star Standards, Heat Pumps, Federal Building Emissions 0521
Biden Admin Proposes Phasing Out HFC Refrigerants 0521
John Kerry Warns - ‘Even If We Get to Net Zero, We Need Carbon Removal’ 0421
Transportation Department to Let States Set Own Tailpipe Emission Rules 0421
Kerry Says Private Sector Will Ensure No Future President Undoes Biden’s Work on Climate Change 0421
Electric School Buses in Biden’s Infrastructure Plan 0421
In Asia, John Kerry Urges Bold Action on Climate to Avoid Global ‘Suicide Pact’ 0421
Biden Reversing Harmful Efficiency Rule 0421
Reversing Trump, Interior Department Moves Swiftly on Climate Change 0321
John Kerry Has a Warning for Big Oil 0321 - Embrace clean energy or get left behind. You don't want to be sitting there with a lot of stranded assets.
Climate Chief Gina McCarthy on Mobilizing “Armies of People” to Cut Emissions 0321
Biden Hikes Social Cost of Carbon, Changing How U.S. Tackles Global Warming 0221
John Kerry, Biden’s UN Climate Envoy, Likens Global Inaction to a ‘Mutual Suicide Pact’ 0221
Kerry Vows Aggressive Climate Steps as U.S. Rejoins Paris 0221
Biden Creates New Climate Adviser Role at NASA 0221
Biden Climate Team Says It Underestimated Trump's Damage 0121
John Kerry, Biden’s Climate Czar, Talks About Saving the Planet 1220
How to Better Tackle Climate Change - John Kerry 1120 - Price carbon.
Trump Administration Undervalues Cost of Carbon by 7x 1120
Trump’s FERC Chief Was ‘Demoted for My Independence’ on Climate Change 1120 - allowing electric-grid operators to implement carbon pricing set up by states
What Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Mean for Global Warming 0920
Trump Boosts Deregulation by Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change - GAO 0720
Trump’s Path to Weaker Fuel Efficiency Rules May Lead to a Dead End 0220
Fuel Economy Rollback Plan Would Cost Consumers, Analysis Says 0120
White House Update of Key Environmental Law Would Exclude Climate Change 0120
After 3 Years, Lawsuit, Trump Publishes Efficiency Standards for Big Equipment 0120
U.S. Suspends More Oil & Gas Leases over What Could Be a Widespread Problem 1119
White House to Relax Energy Efficiency Rules for Light Bulbs 0919
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Says Humans Help Cause Climate Change 0719
As White House Questions Climate Change, U.S. Military Is Planning for It 0419
The Rollback That U.S. Automakers Don't Want 0319
Trump Rollbacks for Fossil Fuel Industries Carry Steep Cost 0119
Weather Service Promotes National Climate Assessment 1118
The Trump Administration Has Entered Stage 5 Climate Denial 1018
Trump Administration Shrugs Off Warnings in U.N. Climate Report 1018
Trump Administration Sees a 7° Rise in Global Temperatures by 2100 - 0918
Dire Climate Change Warnings Cut from Trump Power-Plant Proposal 0918
Janet Yellen Calls for US Carbon Tax to Curb Climate Change 0618
NASA Chief Changed His Mind about Climate Change because He ‘Read a Lot’ 0618
NASA Chief Signals Reprieve for Endangered Climate Missions 0618
Vietnam in Test of What Happens When the U.S. Abandons Climate Diplomacy 0518
Trump Administration Joins Fossil Fuel Companies in Climate Fight vs Cities 0518
National Parks Report on Climate Change Finally Released, Uncensored 0518
NASA’s Jim Bridenstein Agrees Humans Are Responsible for Climate Change 0518
Trump Plans to Fight California Car Rules With Twice-Failed Strategy 0518
U.S. Energy Secretary Calls Reducing Fossil Fuel Use “Immoral” 0318
Intelligence Agencies Warn of Climate Risks in Worldwide Threat Assessment 0218
Feds Shelve Required Plans to Put Updates to Appliance Standards 1217
Trump Will Suspend a Rule to Limit a Pollutant Far Worse than CO2 - 1217
Trump’s NOAA Nominee Agrees Man Is Main Cause of Climate Change 1117
How Trump White House Wound Up Releasing Dire Climate Report 1117
Trump Cabinet Calls on Denmark to Help Boost Offshore Wind Output 1017
Trump Pick for Top Environment Post - CO2 Is ‘the Gas of Life' 1017
U.S. Tax Reform Would Leave Renewable Energy Out in the Cold 1017
U.S. Cuts to Energy Star Could Spell Trouble for Canadian Climate Plan 1017
U.S. Energy Secretary Asks Oil Industry to Study Carbon Capture Technology 0917
Rex Tillerson Says U.S. Could Stay In Paris Climate Accord 0917
Failure to Set Cost of Carbon Hampers Trump’s Effort to Expand Fossil Fuel Use 0817
U.S. Energy Department Study Says More Coal, Nuclear Needed to Secure Grid 0817
one of many takes on the same study - like a Rohrscach test
Draft National Climate Assessment Finds Drastic Climate Change Impact on US 0817
Obama Emissions Rules Could Yield $300 Billion Annually by 2030 - 0817
Fears Rise for US Climate Report as Trump Officials Take Reins 0817
Wind, Solar Do Not Harm Power Grid Reliability - Draft U.S. Study 0717
Acting US Ambassador to China Quits over Trump Climate Decision 0617
Trump's Intel Agencies Tell Congress Climate Change Threatens National Security 0517
Tillerson, at Arctic Meeting, Signs Document Affirming Need for Climate Change Action 0517
Will Methane Reductions Continue under Trump? 0417
How President Trump Will Change What You Drive 0417
Made in America - Trump Embracing Offshore Wind? 0417
Don’t Tread on ENERGY STAR 0317 - Trump proposes to eliminate funding for ENERGY STAR.
Trump’s Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as National Security Challenge 0317
Pruitt’s CO2 Comments Prompt Voicemail Jam, Rebuke from Scientists 0317
EPA Head Scott Pruitt Denies that CO2 Causes Global Warming 0317
White House - the Clean Power Plan Is Gone, and There's No 'Replace' 0317
Vehicle Standards Are Energy Efficiency at Its Best – Too Valuable to Roll Back 0317
Aggressive Cuts to Obama-Era Green Rules to Start Soon - EPA Head 0217
Scott Pruitt, Longtime EPA Adversary, Confirmed to Lead Agency 0217
Food Security, Forests at Risk Under Trump’s USDA 0217
Republicans Try a New Tack on Climate Change 0217
Trump’s Regulations Freeze Halts 4 Rules to Promote More Energy Efficiently 0117
Trump Nominee Pledges to Shield NOAA Climate Scientists from Intimidation, Censorship 0117
All References to Climate Change Deleted From the White House Website 0117
Interior Nominee Zinke Doubles Down on Coal 0117
New Studies Show Rex Tillerson Is Wrong about Climate Risks 0117
John Kerry Says Clean Energy Will Yield Job Growth, Survival 0117
White House Urges Research on Geo-Engineering to Combat Global Warming 0117
Rick Perry, Trump's Energy Pick, on Climate Change - 'One Contrived Phony Mess’ 1216
Rex Tillerson Views Climate Change as Just an ‘Engineering Problem’ 1216
Why Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson Is the Most Pro-Climate Trump Nominee 1216
White House Releases Climate Change Plan Before Trump Takes Office 1116
'Overwhelming Majority' Back US Climate Action - Sec. State John Kerry 1116
Rule Would Boost Solar and Wind Energy on Public Lands 1116
U.S. to Unveil, in Morocco, a Path to Decarbonize by 2050 - 1016
U.S. Government Just Made Its Biggest Clean Energy Purchase Ever 1016
Obama Requires US Government to Factor Climate into National Security Policy 0916
Sweeping Plan to Use Mojave for Solar, Wind Development Wins OK 0916
From Now On, Every Government Agency Must Consider Climate Change 0816
Obama’s Plan to Line US Roads with Electric Vehicle Chargers 0716
These Fuel Economy Regulations Mean You May Soon Buy an Electric Car 0716
Could Obama’s Signature Fuel Efficiency Standards Stall? 0716
DOE Program Aims for 100% Solar Penetration on the Distribution System 0516
How non-traditional tools like smart inverters, energy storage, 2-way power flows, and dynamic reactive power sources match up against traditional tools like larger conductors, modified circuit impedances, and new transformers. Making solar dispatchable. Grants in 3 rounds, to utility-outsider combinations, look for cost-effective and scalable solutions.
Where Are Climate Goals in EIA Energy Outlook? It’s Complicated 0516
Department of Energy Program Aims to Bump Solar Costs Even Lower 0516
Cheap Federal Coal Supports Largest U.S. Producers 0316
Mining Companies Pay Far Less than They Should for Taxpayer-Owned Coal 0316
Obama Seeks Tighter Rules on Methane Emissions from Oil, Gas Drillers 0316
Federal Coal Sales Moratorium Shakes Industry Stronghold 0216
BLM Rule to Cut Back Methane Waste Draws Quick Fire 0116
Biofuels Will Power Navy’s Next Deployment 0116
U.S. Government Agencies to Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions 41.8% by 2025 - 1115
Defense Department to Congress - Global Warming Is a Security Threat Now 0715
White House Solar Plan Aims at Low- and Middle-Income People 0715
U.S., Mexico, Canada to Collaborate on Climate Adaptation 0515
Obama Tackles Agriculture’s Role in Climate Change - Why That’s a Big Deal 0415
Obama Announces Solar Job Training Initiative, Meets with Utah Officials 0415
FEMA to States - No Climate Planning, No Money - 0315
Obama Orders Cuts in Federal Greenhouse Gas Emissions 0315
Obama Administration Wants More Renewables, Tighter Pollution Controls on Public Lands 0315
John Kerry Slams Climate Skeptics and Fossil Fuels, But Sidesteps Keystone 0315
Urgency Grows for Obama’s Regulatory Agenda 1114
Obama’s Coming Climate Rules Onslaught 1114
Obama Pushes Green Standards for Everything But the Kitchen Sink 0814
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President - Candidates
Chaos Erupts When GOP Candidates Asked if They Believe in Climate Change 0823 - Only Nikki Haley says climate change is real.
DeSantis Dismisses Climate Change, Calling It ‘Politicization of Weather’ 0523
Biden Calls for Major Investments into Carbon Removal Tech 1120
Biden's Novel Approach to Climate Change Could Side-Step a Divided Congress 1120
Biden-Linked Team Rolls Out Climate Plan 1120
Biden Victory Positions America for a 180° Turn on Climate Change 1120
Biden Wants to End Gas Car Sales. He Hasn't Said When. 1020
Biden - Banning Fossil Fuels in 10 Years ‘Not Possible' 1020
Joe Biden’s Campaign Answers 6 Key Climate Change Plan Questions 1020
How Biden Would Use Trade Agreements to Fight Global Warming 1020
How Joe Biden Could Reorient Foreign Policy around ClimateChange 1020
How Biden’s $1.7 Trillion Climate Plan Would Change America after Trump’s Big Oil Presidency 1020
Biden Nets 350’s Progressive Climate Endorsement 0920
Biden Calls Trump's Climate Denial, Disdain for Science & Facts Unconscionable 0920
Biden’s Climate Plan Shows that Net Zero is Now Mainstream 0820
3 Unexpected Ways Joe Biden Plans to Tackle Climate Change 0720 - precision agriculture, micro-mobility, 5Q broadband
Is Biden's 100% Clean Electricity Plan Doable? 0720
Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan Aims to Reframe Debate 0720
The Plan to Unite Biden and Bernie Voters on Climate Is Finally Here 0720 - 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035, net-zero new buildings by 2030, all school buses electric by 2025, 500,000 EV charging stations
Biden Says He's Open to 'Expanding' His Climate Plan to Win Over Young Voters 0420
The 2 Super Tuesday Democrat Survivors on Climate Change Action 0320
Presidential Hopeful Mike Bloomberg Touts Carbon-Cutting Agenda At U.N. Talks 1219
Elizabeth Warren's Blue New Deal is a Green New Deal for the Ocean 1219
‘I Keep My Promises’- Joe Biden Uses Climate Crisis to Appeal to Rural Voters 1219
Pete Buttigieg, Polling High in Iowa, Targets Farmers with Climate Message 1119
Why Climate Change Is a Winning Issue in Landlocked Iowa 1119 - floods, rising rainfall, heat waves - farm impact
With a Nudge from Trump, 2020 Democrats Return to Climate Change 1119
Pete Buttigieg Wants the US to Be Carbon-Neutral by the Time He’s 68 - 0919
Climate Town Hall - Several Democratic Candidates Embrace a Carbon Tax 0919
Andrew Yang’s Plan to Tackle Climate Change, Explained 0819 - decarbonized in stages by 2050, substantial role for thorium, move to higher ground, etc.
Bernie Sanders’s ‘Green New Deal’ - a $16 Trillion Climate Plan 0819
In Iowa, Candidates Talk about Farming and Climate Change like Never Before 0819
Debate’s Attempt to Divide Candidates on Climate Change Finds Unity Instead 0819
CNN Announces Climate Town Hall with 2020 Democrats 0719
Candidates Warn Fed That Climate Change Could Spark a Financial Crisis 0719
The 2020 Candidates' Climate Change Positions and Accomplishments 0619
Watch Out, Big Oil. Jay Inslee Proposes a Greenhouse Gas Fee 0619
Biden & Warren Join inslee & O’Rourke with Aggressive Climate Action Plans 0619
Climate Change Takes Center Stage as Biden and Warren Release Plans 0619
The Most Interesting Answers on Climate Change by 2020 Presidential Hopefuls 0619
Jay Inslee Calls for Accepting ‘Historic Levels’ of Refugees amid Climate Crisis 0519
Our Military Can Help Lead the Fight in Combating Climate Change - Elizabeth Warren 0519
Joe Biden Would Be a Disaster for Climate Change - Opinion 0519 - Obama’s Clean Power Plan & CAFE MPG standards are OK. But “all of the above” - natural gas and fracking - are not.
Jay Inslee Promised Serious Climate Policy and He Is Delivering 0519
Why Beto’s Climate Plan Is So Surprising 0519
Democratic Contenders Lay Out Climate Visions 0419
Jay Inslee, 2020 Presidential Candidate, on Climate - 'We need to blow the bugle.’ 0219
Next President Could Declare Climate Emergency, GOP Fears 0119
Democrats Go All-in on Clean Energy 1018
Trump Says ‘Nobody Really Knows’ if Climate Change Is Real 1216
Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State? 1216
Trump Tabs Another Climate Denier, This Time for Interior 1216
Leonardo DiCaprio, Trump Talk Climate Change 1216
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Denialist, to Lead E.P.A. 1216
Climate Activists Now Hope Trump Was Just Joking about That China Thing 1116
Trump to Scrap NASA Climate Research, in Crackdown on ‘Politicized Science’ 1116
Trump Admits ‘Some Connectivity' between Climate Change and Human Activity 1116
Trump Insider - New Administration Won't Attack Renewable Energy 1116
Coal and Oil Revival? 6 Ways Trump Could Shift Energy Policy 1116
Trump Win Boosts Coal, Hits Renewable Stocks 1116
Trump Victory Deals Blow to Global Fight Against Climate Change 1116
Trump Win Raises Questions About UN Climate Deal 1116
The Ambitious Clinton Climate Plan Nobody Is Talking About 1016
Leaked Clinton Emails Reveal Thorny Politics of Climate Action 1016
Al Gore and Hillary Clinton Strongly Linked Hurricane Matthew to Climate Change 1016
Hillary Clinton and Al Gore Reunite, Campaigning on Climate Change 1016
Trump’s Energy & Environment Team Leans Heavily on Industry Lobbyists 0916
Could Climate Change Help Clinton Win Millennials? 0916
Climate Change Finally Came Up at the 1st Presidential Debate, but ... 0916
Gary Johnson Wants to Ignore Climate Change, because the Sun Will Destroy the Earth One Day 0916
On Climate Policy, Trump and Clinton Could Not Be More Different 0916
Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Calls for Climate State of Emergency 0816
Jill Stein Just Went Way Overboard on Sea Level Rise 0816
Climate Action a Core ‘Pillar' of Clinton's Economic Message 0816
Republican EPA Chiefs Endorse Clinton, Bash Trump 0816
What Trump Gets Wrong about Energy in America 0816
Clinton Campaign Studying Alternative to U.S. Ethanol Mandate 0816
Climate Change Divide Bursts to Forefront in Presidential Campaign 0816
Clean Energy Groups See Opportunities in Clinton's Jobs Plan 0716
Most Republicans Who Care about Climate Change Skip the Convention 0716
Coal Gets Leading Role in GOP's Energy Platform 0716
Mike Pence’s Loose Grip on Reality Is Almost as Bad as Trump’s 0716
Hillary Clinton Could Run on Strongest Climate Change Platform Ever 0716
Democratic Platform Forsakes ‘All of the Above,' Not Miners 0716
Democrats' Climate Change Conundrum 0716 - On close vote, platform stays away from carbon tax, fracking ban.
Hillary Clinton’s Ambitious Climate Change Plan Avoids Carbon Tax 0716
Why Won't Clinton Support a Carbon Tax? Fear of Trump. 0616
Even George W. Bush's Environment Chief Says Trump's Energy Plan Is Bonkers 0616
Donald Trump Once Backed Urgent Climate Action. Wait, What? 0616
How Bernie Sanders Made Hillary Clinton into a Greener Candidate 0616
Sanders Knocks Trump (and the Media) over Climate Change 0616
NRDC Action Fund Backs Hillary Clinton, in Its 1st Presidential Endorsement 0516
Trump Tells California ‘There Is No Drought’ 0516
5 Things That Made No Sense In Trump’s Big Energy Speech 0516
Trump Calls for ‘Complete American Energy Independence’ 0516
Skeptical Trump Says He Would Renegotiate Global Climate Deal 0516
Meet Donald Trump's New Energy Adviser 0516
The Science of President Trump 0316
Marco Rubio Spouts Every Type of Climate Denial 0316
Bernie Sanders Highlights Climate Change during Minnesota Stop 0216
Top US Scientists Have Some Questions for Tonight's Debate 0216
Clinton Rolls Out Energy Efficiency Plan 0216
Jeb Bush Pins Hopes on ‘Someone in a Garage' to Tackle Climate Change 0116
Republicans Still Hunting a Way Forward on Landmark Climate Deal 0116
Ethanol Lobby Losing Clout in Iowa Caucuses 0116
Republican Presidential Candidates Go Their Own Way on Climate Change 1215
Cruz Says He Would Withdraw U.S. from Paris Climate Accord if Elected 1215
Most GOP Candidates Flunk Climate Science - AP Fact Check 1115
Top Pollsters Agree. Climate Change Is a Winning Issue for Democrats 1115
Green Group LCV Endorses Hillary Clinton, and Feels the Bern 1115
Climate Change Ad to Air During Republican Debate 1015
How Climate Change Became a National Security Problem 1015
Democratic Presidential Debate Reveals Climate Change Chasm with GOP 1015
Bringing Republicans to the Climate Change Table 1015
Democrats Compete over Climate Change 1015
Donald Trump Takes Campaign against Wind Farms to UK Supreme Court 1015
Jeb Bush Goes Heavy on Fossil Fuels 0915
Fiorina Acknowledges Warming, but Blasts Obama's Prescriptions 0915
'America Is Not a Planet' - Republicans Resist Climate Change Action at Debate - 0915
GOP Needs Alternative Climate Policy 0815
Climate Science Denier Presidential Hopefuls Can Forget Winning the Latino Vote 0815
Donors with Fossil Fuel Ties Support Republican Hopefuls with $62 Million 0815
Obama Policy Could Force Robust Climate Discussion From 2016 Candidates 0815
Hillary Clinton Promises to Build on Obama Climate Plan 0815
Ted Cruz Expresses ‘Full Out Denial' of Global Warming during Forum 0815
Friends of the Earth Endorses Bernie Sanders’ 2016 Bid 0815
Jeb Bush Says Humans Contribute to Climate Change 0715
GOP Leaders Shift Subtly on Warming, as Democrats Talk Boldly 0715
Hillary Clinton's Climate Change Plan ‘Just Plain Silly', Says Expert Jim Hansen 0715
Hillary Clinton Unveils Climate Change Policy 0715
GOP Presidential Candidate Believes in Climate Change, But Not in Fixing It 0715
Jeb Bush Calls for an End to Energy Subsidies 0715
Jeb Bush Avoids Criticizing Pope, Acknowledges Global Warming Threat 0615
Hillary Would Charge New Fees for Fossil Fuel Extraction 0615
Jeb Bush Joins Republican Backlash against Pope on Climate Change 0615
That Time When Lindsey Graham Was Almost All-in on Climate Change 0615
Sen. Rubio Doubts Manmade Global Warming, Says Climate Is Always Changing 0415 - out of step with his constituents
Jeb Bush Came So Close to Acknowledging Climate Change Today 0415
8 Things You Need to Know about Hillary Clinton and Climate Change 0415
Marco Rubio Once Believed Climate Science. Now He's Running for President. 0415
Rand Paul’s Risky Bet on Climate Change 0215
At Least 2 GOP Presidential Contenders Accept Climate Science. That Matters. 0115
Chris Christie Veers Right on Climate Change as 2016 Approaches 0914
Hillary Clinton Talks Climate Change, Gas and Exports 0914
Romney’s Goals on Environmental Regulation Would Face Difficult Path 1012
Obama vs Romney on Electricity 0812
GOP Hopefuls Recant on Global Warming 0511
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US - States - Politics (to Harm Climate)
States Don’t Give Cooling Aid to the Poor, Just Heating Aid, as Heat Gets Deadlier 0923
Texas Law Overrides Safeguards like Water Breaks, as Temperatures Rise 0623
- Legislature votes to kill more people, but says it is not it employers' interest to do so.
New Stimulus Bill Includes $35.2 Billion for New Energy Initiatives 1220
Stimulus Deal Includes Raft of Provisions to Fight Climate Change 1220
Conservative Utah Leaders Voice Support for Climate Action 1020
Florida GOP Has Added ‘Climate Change' to Its Vocabulary and to Legislation 0220
Idaho Governor - Climate Change Is Real, and It Must Be Reversed 0119
California Bill Seeks Ban on Fossil-Fueled Vehicles by 2040 - 0118
Blue Wave Seen as a Rebuke to Trump's Climate Views 1117
Climate and Energy Becoming Focal Points in State Political Races 0917
As Irma Closes In, Miami’s Republican Mayor Blasts Trump for Ignoring Climate Change 0917
California Sues Donald Trump Again. Your Car’s MPG Might Be the Reason. 0917
Montana Governor Says Ignoring Climate Change Is 'Shortsighted And Dangerous' 0817
2 GOP Governors Urge Perry to Help Keep U.S. in Paris Climate Pact 0517
EPA Should Not Be Allowed to Dodge Clean Power Plan Ruling, Cities and States Tell Court 0417
Washington Voters Reject Carbon Tax Initiative 1116
20 States Ask Supreme Court to Block EPA’s Mercury Air Pollution Rule 0216
In the Heart of Coal Country, Calls for Carbon Trading 0116
U.S. States, Cities Seek to Defend Obama's Carbon Rule in Court 1115
Coal States - EPA Moved Our Goal Posts 0815
Outrage over EPA Emissions Regulations Fades, as States Find Fixes 0715
World Is on a Collision Course with Fossil Fuels, Gov. Jerry Brown Says 0715
The Tide Is Turning Against ALEC In The Renewable Energy Battle 0615
Oklahoma Governor Rules out State Plan for EPA Carbon Pollution Regulations 0415
Scott Walker Appointee Suggests Volcanoes as Real Cause of Global Warming 0415
China Sees Through Its Coal-Fired Haze What Alabama Cannot 0315
Florida Governor Denies Environmental Agency Banned Term ‘Climate Change’ 0315
Renegade Regulators Group Takes Aim at EPA Advisers, Regs 0115
Mississippi Groups Attack CO2 Limits 0115
California Governor Brown’s Plan - Divest from Coal to Fight Global Warming 1214
ALEC Looks to Shred EPA Regulations 1214
Wyoming PSC Chairman - EPA's CO2 Rules Unrealistic 1114
Greens Grow into Electoral Powerhouse 1014
Florida Politicians Battle Rhetoric, as Seas Rise amid Warming Worries 1014
A Kansas Twister - Wind Energy Politics Complicate Governor’s Race 0914
Greens Take 2014 Fight to States 0914
Tom Steyer Considers Taking on Democratic Candidates 0814
One Democrat's Gamble on Climate Change 0814
Charlie Crist Delivers Perfect Response to Rick Scott on Climate Change 0714
States Against EPA’s Carbon Pollution Rule Would Gain Most 0714
Evangelicals in Florida Turn, Call on Gov. Scott to Act on Climate Change 0514
In California, Climate Issues Moved to Fore by Governor 0514
Miller Pushes Senate Opponents on Climate Change 0514
Election Day 2013 - Fossil Fuels Take Hits from Virginia to Washington State 1113
EPA Supporter Edges 'War on Coal' Candidate to Be Virginia Governor 1113
In Sunny Arizona, a Battle Over Solar Power 1013
Mayors Leading an Urban Revolution 1013
Governors Agree to Disagree on Climate, Focus on Energy Strategies 0613
Missouri GOP Leaders Challenge EPA on Coal & Climate 0613
Climate Is a Hot Topic in the Kansas Legislature 0313
Climate Change Hit Republican States Hardest 1112
ALEC Targets State RPS Repeals 1112
Governors Endorse Action on Climate 1009
US - States & Local - Actions (to Help Climate)
Renewable Portfolio Standards are an important part of the US electricity landscape.
They require significant amounts of renewable energy, as shown in an earlier diagram, below. Most of that renewable energy has come from wind. Note that Oklahoma and Indiana added goals since then, while West Virginia converted its goal into a standard.
New York City to Require More Zero-Emission Cars for Ride-Sharing 0823
California’s Gavin Newsom Inked Another Climate Pact, but the US Has Not 0823
A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River from Going Dry, for Now 0523
NYC Skyscrapers Turn to Carbon Capture to Lessen Climate Change 0523
Utah State Education Board Votes to Keep Climate Change in Science Curriculum 0523
Washington State Passes Climate Goals for Crypto and Data Centers 0523
Florida and Louisiana Must Borrow Many Millions to Pay Insurance Claims 0523
New York Set to Pass 1st Statewide Law Banning Gas in New Construction 0423
Washington State Starts Cap and Trade Market 0323
California Greenlights > 800 MW of Storage + Solar, to Bolster Grid Reliability 0123
New York City Buys 900 EVs to Replace Government Fleets 0123
New York Landlords Try Carbon-Sucking Towers to Comply with Climate Law
Colorado May Create Last-Resort Insurance for High Wildfire Risk Homes 1222
New York Adopts Cap and Trade as a Pillar of Climate Action 1222
California Reduces Subsidies for Homes with Rooftop Solar 1222
California Climate Plan Scraps New Gas Plants, Expands Fossil Fuel Carbon Capture 1122
As Rio Grande Shrinks, El Paso Plans for Uncertain Water Future 1022
N.Y. Echoes California as It Eyes 100% Clean Car Rules 1022
California Gives PG&E $1.4-Billion Loan to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Open 0922
Washington State to Ban Sales of New Gas Cars by 2035, Following California 0822
California to Cover Canal with Solar Panels, to Counter Drought, Climate Change 0822
California Votes to Ban New Gasoline Car Sales by 2035 - 0822
Massachusetts Just Passed a Massive Climate and Clean Energy Bill 0822
California Sets Ambitious Offshore Wind Power Goal 0822
Washington State to Require Electric Heating in Building Code Update 0422
New York Plans 22 Renewable Energy Plants to Reach Climate Goals 0622
California Adopts Emergency Water-Use Rules as Drought Worsens 0522
California Reveals Its Plan to Phase Out New Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035 - 0522
Florida Governor Vetoes Solar Crackdown 0422
Los Angeles to Electrify City’s Entire 10,000-Vehicle Fleet 0422
Boston to Replace School Buses with Electric Ones by 2030 - 0422
Electric Buses, E-Bikes and Clean Trucks in Colorado Plan to Clear Its Dirty Air 0322
Drought-Struck California Wants to Pay Farmers to Cut Plantings 0322
North Carolina Will Fall Short on 2025, 2030 Climate Goals, Says EDF Study 0322
Washington State Sets Target to End Gasoline Car Sales by 2030 - 0322
Wyoming Bills Would Shift CO2 Storage Liability to State and Force Carbon Capture 0222
California Lowers Electric GHG Target, Seeks over 40 GW of Clean Energy 0222
Gov. Youngkin Aims to Remove Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative 0122
New York to Double Energy Storage Target to at Least 6 GW by 2030 - 0122
How 6 States Could Transform the U.S. Trucking Industry 0122 - From California standards, manufacturers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks must increase their zero-emission truck sales in those 6 states to 30-50% by 2030, and 40-75% by 2035.
N.Y.C.’s Gas Ban Takes Fight against Climate Change to the Kitchen 1221
California to Change Net Metering from Retail to Wholesale Pricing 1221
Can New York Really Get to 100% Clean Energy by 2040? 1121
Ann Arbor, Michigan Offers New Model for 100% Clean Power 1121
Ithaca to Be 1st US City to Decarbonize Every Single Building 1121
Los Angeles Aims to Be 1st Major Carbon-Free U.S. City 1021
Florida Is Ditching Palm Trees to Fight the Climate Crisis 1021
Oregon Has a New Plan for Cutting Climate Pollution 1021
Landmark Illinois Climate Bill Passes, in Boon for Nuclear, Renewables 0921
L.A. Approves 100% Clean Energy by 2035, a Decade Ahead of Prior Goal 0921
Pennsylvania’s Carbon-Pricing Plan at Last Regulatory Hurdle 0921 - join RGGI for electricity
California’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Raise Costs 0821
Bipartisan Support for Clean Energy Appears to Be Growing in NC 0821
Washington’s Whatcom County Is 1st in US to Ban New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure 0721
Connecticut Legislators Set 1 GW Energy Storage Target for End of 2030 - 0621
Washington State Finally Passes a Cap on Carbon Emissions 0421
Louisiana's Governor Wants the Oil And Gas State to Go Carbon Neutral 0521
California Proposal Embraces All-Electric Buildings but Stops Short of Gas Ban 0521
Hawaii to Become the 1st State to Declare Climate Emergency 0421
Washington Joins Oregon, California, B.C. in Passing Low-Carbon Fuel Standard 0421
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee Signs 'Landmark' Climate Act 0421
What You Need to Know About the New Massachusetts Climate Law 0321 — 1. GHG emissions (from 1990) -50% by
2030, -75% by 2040, -100% by 2050. 2. Targets by sector: electricity, transport, homes, industrial process, non-residential buildings, gas distribution. 3. Stretch builing code extends to net-zero. 4. Utility commission to target reducing GHG emissions. 5. Renewable portfolio standard rises 3% a year. 2.4 GW more offshore wind. 6. GHG emission goals for munis. 7. Energy efficiency move homes from fossil fuels to electric. 8. Adopts California appliance efficiency standards. 9. Creates EV and charging station targets.
Governor Baker Signs Landmark Massachusetts Climate Bill into Law 0321
Nearly Half of Pennsylvania Government Electricity to Be Solar Powered by 2023 - 0321
Maryland Senate Passes Climate Act by Wide Margin 0321
Puget Sound Energy Plan Sets Conflict over Gas 0321
Natural Gas Battle over Climate Change Is Boiling Over on the Home Front 0221 - kitchen, water and space heating
New York Outlines Path to Reach Storage, Renewables Goals 0121
Massachusetts Becomes the Next State to Set a Ban on Gasoline Cars 0121
Philadelphia Aims to Be Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 0121
N.Y. Announces Offshore Wind 'Game-Changer' for Renewables 0121
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Vetoes Sweeping Climate Change Bill 0121
Deal on Massachusetts Climate Change Bill with 40% Renewable kWh by 2030 - 0121
Massachusetts to Require All New Cars Sold to Be Electric by 2035 - 1220
Plan by Eastern States to Cap Tailpipe Emissions Gets Off to a Slow Start 1220
Many U.S. States Are Behind on Their Own Climate Milestones 1220
Arizona’s Net-Zero Plan Unites Democrats and Republicans 1120
Nevada Voters Seal Renewable Energy Goals in Their State Constitution 1120
Gov. Whitmer’s Executive Order Aims for Carbon-Neutral Michigan by 2050 - 0920
California Plans to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in 15 Years 0920
States, Cities, Businesses Are Making Progress on a Climate-Friendly Future 0920
Montana Climate Change Plan Urges Carbon Neutrality by 2050 - 0920
California Locks in Vehicle Emission Deals with Major Automakers 0820
Northeast US Climate Initiative, RGGI, Has Made Children Healthier 0720
15 States Take Historic Action on Transportation Pollution 0720
More than a Dozen States Unite to Boost Electric Trucks 0720
Conference of Mayors Resolution Urges Fossil Fuel Divestiture 0720
California Targets 500,000 Electric Trucks by 2040 - 0620
New Jersey Is 1st State to Put the Climate Crisis in Its K-12 Curriculum 0620
States Sue to Block Trump from Weakening Fuel Economy Rules 0520
Virginia Becomes the 1st Southern State with a Goal of Carbon-Free Energy 0420
Oregon Governor Brown Issues Sweeping Climate Executive Order 0320
Virginia Lawmakers Pass Major Renewable Energy Legislation 0220 - electricity: join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap & trade market and go 100% renewable by 2045; block new fossil-fuel generators; 5,200 MW of offshore wind; battery incentives. It could raise home bills $23 a month, but the cost of doing nothing is staggering.
New Jersey Outlines Sweeping Plans to Achieve 100% Clean Energy by 2050 - 0120
Miami Aims for Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 0120
24 States Want to Keep America’s Broken Climate Promise 1219
California to Stop Buying from Automakers That Backed Trump on Emissions 1119
California, 22 States Sue Trump Administration, to Set Fuel-Efficiency Standards 1119
Northeast States Take 1st Step in Effort to Reduce Transportation Emissions 1019
Pennsylvania Is Joining a Multi-State Effort to Price Carbon Emissions 1019
Virginia Gov. Northam Orders 100% Carbon-Free Power by 2050 - 0919
California to Fight Trump Revoking Its Clean-Air Rules Authority 0919
4 Big Automakers Strike a Deal With California, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule 0719
New York's Climate Plan Will Drive Big Changes, if It Works 0719
New York Awards Offshore Wind Contracts in Bid to Reduce Emissions 0719
24 Governors Call on Trump to Halt Rollback on Rules for Clean Cars 0719
New York Commits to Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040 and Energy by 2050 - 0619
New York City Declares Climate Emergency 0619
Illinois Is Taking Another Step Away from Its Dirtiest Electricity Source 0619
Virginia Beach Wants to Require Developers to Factor in Sea Level Rise for New Projects 0519
Republican-Led Maryland Commits to Sweeping Clean Energy Standards 0519
L.A. Mayor Garcetti’s ‘Green New Deal’ Would Phase Out Gas-Fueled Cars 0419
Colorado Dem Lawmakers Tackle Climate Change with No GOP Backers 0519
L.A. Takes Climate Change fight to the Streets, by Pouring Cooler Pavement 0419
New York City Sets Ambitious Climate Rules for Its Biggest Emitters - Buildings 0419
New Colorado Oil & Gas Rules Emphasize Safety & Environment over Production 0419
Legislature's Energy Plan - a Coal-Free Washington by 2025 - 0419
Puerto Rico Passes 100% Renewable Energy Bill as It Aims for Storm Resilience 0319
Amid 19-Year Drought, States Sign Deal to Conserve Colorado River Water 0319
Governor Sisolak Announces Nevada Is Joining US Climate Alliance 0319
As Seas Rise, Hawaii Considers Perils and Opportunities of Managed Retreat 0319
Massachusetts House Speaker Introduces $1 Billion Green Infrastructure Plan 0219
4 More Dem Governors Join Alliance to Uphold Paris Climate Goals 0219
Puerto Rico Energy Plan Calls For Huge Solar And Storage Investments 0219
New Governors Target Climate Change from Day 1 in Great Lakes Region 0119
Gov. Wolf Targets Slashing Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Pollution 80% by 2050 - 0119
9 Northeast States, Soon 11 or 12, Vow to Cut Transportation Emissions 1218 - cap & trade for fuel distributors
New D.C. Law Mandates 100% Renewable Power by 2032 - 1218
New York Sets 3 GW Storage Target, Doubles Efficiency Goals for Utilities 1218
New York Gov. Cuomo Pledges 100% Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040 - 1218
California Requires New City Buses to Be Electric by 2029 - 1218
Ballot Measures Aimed at Climate Change, Fossil Fuels Fall Short 1118
Governors Could Drive the Next Wave of Climate Change Action 1118
Puerto Rico Moves to Run on Completely Green Energy by 2050 - 1018
How Fighting Climate Change Will Raise California Gas Prices Even Higher 1018
Cleveland Sets 100% Renewable Electricity Goal 0918 - It joins some 80 other US cities and towns, such as Atlanta, Denver, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, St. Petersburg Florida, Columbia SC, Spokane, and Norman Oklahoma.
California, New Mexico Sue over Trump Methane Pollution Rollback 0918
Maryland Is Taking the EPA to Court over Air Pollution from Upwind States 0918
17 Bipartisan Governors Vow to Fight Climate Change—and President Trump 0918
California Gov. Brown Signs 100% Zero-Carbon Electricity Bill 0918
Massachusetts Can Legally Limit CO2 Emissions from Power Plants, Court Rules 0918
California Lawmakers Set Goal for Carbon-Free Electricity by 2045 - 0818
California Moves to Safeguard Vehicle Emissions Rules from Trump Rollback 0818
11 States Sue Trump Administration over Hydrofluorocarbons Used in Cooling 0618
Atlanta Charts a Path to 100% Renewable Electricity 0618
Colorado Should Set Its Own Emission Standards 0618
Massachusetts Senate Votes to Put a Price on Carbon, with National Grid Support 0618 - It goes to the House now. It punts choice of tax or cap & trade (and details of either) to the Governor. Tool to meet -40% (1990 base) by 2030 and 80% by 2050. Starts for transport, business, and residential in consecutive years. State’s largest utility strongly supports it, plans electrification of transport and home heating (heat pumps), continued decarbonization of electricity, etc.
Hawaii Just Passed a Law to Make the State Carbon Neutral by 2045 - 0618
Missouri Utility’s Ambitious Wind Energy Plan Facing Pushback 0518
‘Impossible to Ignore’ - Why Alaska Is Crafting a Plan to Fight Climate Change 0518
California to Become 1st US State Mandating Solar on New Homes 0518
17 States Sue EPA Over Auto Emissions Standards Rollback 0518
Pittsburgh Powers Up Small Electric Vehicle Fleet with Solar Charging Stations 0418
New Jersey Takes a Big Step Toward Renewable (and Nuclear) Energy 0418 - 50% by 2030, + keep 3 of 4 nukes
New Jersey to Join Clean Car Initiative, as EPA Eases Fuel-Economy Standards 0418
California Bans Climate-Warming HFCs in New Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration 0318
36 Vermont Towns to Take Up Climate Change Resolution 0318
Washington Carbon Tax Clears Hurdle, Heads for State Senate Vote 0218
Idaho Senate Committee Keeps All Climate Change References In New Science Standards 0218
100s of US Mayors Collectively Oppose Trump Reversal of Clean Power Plan 0218
Portland, 1st U.S. City to Ban Fossil Fuel Expansion Offers Roadmap for Others 0218
Vermont Lawmakers Forge Ahead with Carbon Tax Plan 0218
9 States Buck Trump Administration, Move toward Price on Carbon Pollution 0118
New Jersey to Rejoin East Coast Carbon Market, Virginia May Be Next 0118
California Governor Pushes for 5 Million Zero-Emission Cars 0118
Colorado Governor Releases Its Plan for 1 Million Electric Vehicles by 2030 - 0118
Can Gov. Inslee Deliver America's 1st Carbon Tax? 0118
9 Northeast States Accelerate Carbon Pollution Reduction 1217
California and North Carolina Did It. Can Minnesota Government Go Green? 1217
4 Takeaways from a Gathering of Mayors on Climate Change 1217 - 45 mayors commit to 26-28% less CO2 by 2025
Boston Begins Effort to Become Carbon Neutral by 2050 - 1117
Atlanta Passes Infrastructure Ordinance to Support EV Charging 1117
Florida Gov. Scott’s Funding Request to Address Sea Level Rise Is a Turnaround 1117
Virginia Launches Plan to Join East Coast Carbon Market, Cut Emissions 30% - 1117
Gov. Jerry Brown and EU Leaders Agree to Work to Combat Climate Change 1117
Miami Voters Just Sent Their Climate-Change-Denying Governor a Message 1117
Alaska Governor Signs Order on Climate Change Strategy 1017
Alaska Orders Review of All North Slope Oil Wells after Spill Linked to Permafrost 1017
12 Cities Plan for Emissions-Free Neighborhoods 1017
4 a.m. Chats Persuaded Miami’s Republican Mayor to Care about Sea-Level Rise 1017
Western Governors Take the Lead on Climate Change 0917
14 States - We’re on Track to Meet Paris Climate Goals, Despite Trump 0917
Austin Energy Targets 65% Renewables by 2027 - 0817
US Cities Starting to Expand Transportation Options for Low-Income Residents 0817
Orlando Commits to 100% Renewable Energy City-Wide by 2050 - 0817
50% Rise in Renewable Energy Needed to Meet Ambitious State Standards 0717
California Legislature Extends State's Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program 0717
Court Says Californians Will Keep Paying to Fight Climate Change 0617
US Mayors Back 100% Renewable Energy, Vow to Fill Climate Leadership Void 0617
New Best Friends - GOP Governors and Renewables 0617
Nevada Reinstates Key Solar Energy Policy 0617
Even Republican Mayors Are Rejecting Trump’s Energy Policies 0617
4 Cities Lead Fight against Climate Change in the Trump Era 0617
Hawaii Becomes 1st State to Pass Law Committing to Paris Climate Accord 0617
Bucking Trump, These Cities, States & Companies Commit to Paris Pact Reports 0617
Carbon Cap Rule in Washington State Faces Legal Challenge 0517
California Climate Program Has Struggled. Why the Billion-Dollar Rebound? 0517
Why Some Republicans Are Warming to Climate Action 0517
Local Conservation Officials in Vermont Push Lawmakers for Carbon Tax 0417
New York, Other States Take on Trump over Energy Efficiency 0417
California Adopts Strictest Methane Rule in the U.S. 0317
Trump Plan to Shelve MPG Rules Invites Fight with California 0317
Carbon Tax Floated as Possible Replacement to Inslee's 'Clean Air Rule’ 0317
Cities Shop for $10 Billion of Electric Cars to Defy Trump 0317
California Bill Aims for 100% Renewable Energy by 2045 - 0217 - electricity only
Will Oregon Regulate Carbon Emissions? 0217
After Veto Override, Maryland Renewable Energy and Maybe Electric Bills to Rise 0217
Mass. Legislators Propose 100% Renewable Energy Mandate 0117
On Climate Change, Even States in Forefront Are Falling Short 0117
Wyoming Bill Would Prevent Utilities From Using Clean Energy 0117
Cities Unite to Seek 'Record Breaking' Electric Fleet 0117
Benefits of State Renewable Energy Policies Far Outweigh Costs 0117
States Will Lead on Climate Change in the Trump Era 1216
Ohio Governor Kasich Breaks with GOP, Keeps Renewable Energy Standards 1216
MA DEP Releases Rules to Curb Emissions under Global Warming Solutions Act 1216
Don’t Freak Out about the Future of Clean Energy under Trump 1116
Note 29 RPS standards, CA & RGGI cap & trade, falling solar & wind prices, etc.
States May Drive U.S. Climate Policy under Trump 1116
California's Electric-Car Rebates Jump for Lower-Income Buyers, Vanish for High Earners 1016
New England Says No to Natural Gas, Yes to Renewables 1016
How Gov. Scott Quietly Stole Florida's Future 1016
California - Taking the Economic Temperature 10 Years after A.B. 32 - 0916
Massachusetts State Report Recommends 600 MW Energy Storage Target 0916
California Governor Signs Law Regulating Cow, Landfill Emissions 0916
Most States on Track to Meet Emissions Targets They Call Burden 0916
Washington State Limits Carbon Pollution from Large Sources 0916
California Assembly Approves Climate Change Law 0816 - 40% GHG reduction by 2030, from 1990
Who Owns the Wind? We Do, Wyoming Says; It's Taxing Those Who Use It. 0816
Dairy Groups Blast Methane Reductions - Cows Expel Gas so They Don’t Explode 0816
California Issues 1st-in-U.S. Compliance Plan 0716
Massachusetts' Ambitious Clean Energy Bill Jolts Offshore Wind Prospects 0816
NY Approves Plan for 50% Renewable Electricty by 2030 - 0816
Nuclear Subsidies Are Key Part of New York’s Clean-Energy Plan 0716
New York Bill Would Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050 - 0516 - Description is a stretch.
Washington to Force State’s Biggest Carbon Polluters to Cut Emissions 0616
In Iowa, a Bipartisan Push to Become Leader in Wind Energy 0616
Red States Are Leading the Way in Renewable Energy 0516
San Francisco to Become 1st City to Require Solar Panels on New Buildings 0416
Oregon Governor Signs Landmark Anti-Coal Bill Into Law 0316
Seattle Mayor Wants to Cut Vehicle Emissions, Add Electric Cars 0316
Oregon Passes Bill to Boost Renewables, Exit from Coal 0316
Washington Puts Gov. Inslee's Carbon Rules on Hold 0216
Washington Lawmakers Consider Putting a Price on Carbon 0216
San Diego Vows to Move Entirely to Renewable Energy in 20 Years 1215
New York Gov. Cuomo to Increase Renewable Electricity to 50% by 2030 - 1115
Despite Risks, Governor Cuomo Bets on Solar Power to Lift Buffalo 1015
Massachusetts Mulls an Economy-Wide Price on Carbon 1015
States Begin to Comply with Clean Power Plan, Even While Planning to Sue 1015
New York City Stores Must Keep Doors Closed if Air-Conditioning Is On 1015
California’s New Climate Change Law to Spur Renewables, Efficiency Standards 1015 - Governor signs bill outlined below.
California Air Board Aims to Cut Methane, Black Carbon, Refrigerant Emissions 1015
California Lawmakers Pass 50% Renewable Energy Standard, Efficiency Package 0915
Chinese Cities Pledge Early Carbon Emissions Peak under Deal with U.S. 0915
Alabama Adds Evolution Requirement, Climate Study for Schools 0915
California Passes Bill to Divest Largest Pension Funds from Coal 0915
$2.2 Billion from CA Cap & Trade Begins Flowing, to Rail, Housing, Clean Cars, etc. 0815
Outrage over EPA Emissions Regulations Fades, as States Find Fixes 0715
Maryland Utilities Ordered to Boost Energy-Saving Efforts 0715 to > 2% of annual use, like Massachusetts & Rhode Island
States Cut Power Plant CO2 Emissions Ahead of New EPA Rule 0715 - 42 of 50 states cut CO2 since 2008. States that cut more than 20% include Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina & Tennessee; 7 northeast states, and Iowa & South Dakota. In the southeast states, a switch to natural gas was key. In the last 2, a switch to wind.
Nevada’s New Regulations Pave the Way for Solar Energy 0715
New York Formalizes Ban on Fracking, Ending 7-Year Review 0615
Report Details Clean Energy Path for West Virginia 0615
California Moves to Restrict Water Pumping by pre-1914 Rights Holders 0615
Kentucky May Accidentally Comply With EPA's Clean Power Plan 0515
Climate Change Could Overwhelm California, Obama Adviser Says 0515
Washington Governor Declares Drought Emergency 0515
Vermont Energy Bill Shifts Focus to Renewables, Electricity 0515
California’s New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target Far Exceeds US Target 0415
Burlington, Vermont Goes All Renewable. Keep Wood in the Mix? 0415
Beyond Almonds - a Rogue's Gallery of Guzzlers In California's Drought 0415
Mayor Unveils 'Ambitious' Plan to Make Los Angeles Greener 0415
Gov. Brown Orders California's 1st Mandatory Water Restrictions 0415
These Florida Republicans Are Busy Protecting Their Coasts from Sea Level Rise 0315
Fort Collins, Colorado Vows to Be Carbon Neutral, Defying Partisan Politics 0315
Georgetown, Texas Goes All In on Renewable Energy 0315
Exelon Seeks Low-Carbon Standard to Aid its Illinois Reactors 0215
Why States Rejecting EPA's Clean Power Plan Could Face Bigger Rate Hikes 0215
West Virginia Moves to Repeal Renewable Mandate 0115
West Virgina State School Board Reverts to Original Climate Change Standards 0115
California Gov. Brown's Renewable Energy Plan Could Boost Solar, Wind Industries 0115
Jerry Brown Seeks New Green Regulations in Historic 4th Term 0115
States Work to Meet New Renewable Energy Standards 0115
Building Toward a Goal of Reducing 80% Emissions in New York City 1214
Washington Gov. Inslee - Make Big Polluters Pay for Transportation Projects 1214
Changes Needed to Meet Vermont’s Renewable Energy Goals 1214
California Could Boost Renewable Energy Mandate Past 33% by 2020 - 1214
Regulators - Michigan Energy Saving Programs Work 1114
Florida Approves Plan to Gut Energy Efficiency, End Solar Power Rebates 1114
Climate Plan Faces Test in Montana Coal Country 0914
New York Requires Agencies to Consider Extreme Weather 0914
We’re Watching You, Wisconsin Public Service Commission 0914
Texas Proposes Rewriting School Textbooks to Deny Manmade Climate Change 0914
Blue and Red States Going Green on Energy Policy 0914
Oregon Blocks Another Coal Export Terminal Plan – Will Feds Help? 0814
Climate Change Debate Is Settled in Europe, but Lively in Kansas 0814
Coal-Dependent Arkansas Faces Stiff Emissions Target and a Running Clock 0814
Bad News for Big Coal - Oregon Rejects Proposed Export Terminal 0814
Texas Law Lets Developers Ban Solar Panels While Subdivisions Are Growing 0814
Columbia Gorge Commission Sounds Alarm on Coal, Oil Transport 0814
As Oysters Die, Climate Policy Goes on the Stump 0814
A Dozen States File Suit Against New Coal Rules 0814
South Carolina Legislature Gives 2 Thumbs Up to Wind Energy 0614
Texas Says Judge is Wrong to Say It Must Protect Atmosphere 1013
9th Circuit Upholds California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard 0913
Debate on Science Textbooks in Texas Heats Up Again 0913
Connecticut Plugs into Multi-State Push for More Electric Cars 1013
State Renewable-Energy Laws Are Incredibly Hard to Repeal 0813 - ALEC is ineffective.
Kansas, Kentucky and Others Will Teach Climate-Change Science 0713
Group Opposes Nebraska PPD Spending on Wind, Efficiency 0513
California's Sweeping GHG Curbs 1208
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EPA Proposes Rules to Dramatically Slash Power Plant Greenhouse Gases 0523
Biden Plans to Slash Planet-Warming Pollution from Power Plants 0423
EPA to Unveil Tough Limits on Auto Emissions 0423
EPA Tightens Mercury Emissions Limits at Coal Power Plants 0423
EPA Approves California Rules Phasing Out Diesel Trucks 0323
New EPA Plan to Deal with Wandering and in-State Air Pollution 0323
EPA’s Risky Methane Gambit - Let Outsiders Look for Leaks 0323
EPA Restores Obama-Era Mercury Rules for Power Plants 0223
EPA to Regulate Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas to Fight Climate Change 1122
EPA to Further Slash Emissions from Climate Super-Pollutants 1022
The Inflation Reduction Act Legally Defines Greenhouse Gases as Pollution 0822
Automakers Side with EPA in Court Case over Car Emission Rules 0322
E.P.A. to Tighten Tailpipe Rules for the Biggest Polluters on the Road 0322
EPA Seeks to Prevent 1,000s of Early Deaths from Power Plant Air Pollution 0222 - up to 11,000 deaths a year
New Biden EPA Rule Cutting CO2 Emissions from Cars and SUVs Reverses Major Trump Rollback 1221
EPA Head Says He'll Act on Climate, Even if Congress Doesn't 1021
EPA to Slash Use of Powerful Greenhouse Gases in Grocery Freezers 0921
EPA Proposes Ban Soon on Most Potent Hydrofluorocarbon Greenhouse Gas 0521
Biden Administration Revives EPA’s Climate Change Web Page Deleted by Trump 0321
EPA Looks at CO2 Standards for States 0321
EPA to Jettison Obama Clean Power Plan, as Biden Eyes a Bigger Push 0221
EPA Races to Draft Interim Auto Standards for CO2 0221
Trump EPA Prohibits Future CO2 Regulation from Non-Power Stationary Sources 0121
EPA Finds Fuel Efficiency Dropped, Pollution Spiked for 2019 Vehicles 0121
EPA Finalizes 1st-Ever Airplane Greenhouse Gas Regulations 1220
E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas 0820
EPA Staff Warned that MPG Rollbacks Had Flaws. Trump Officials Ignored Them. 0520
E.P.A. to Roll Back Regulations on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas 0819
Trump EPA Finalizes Rollback of Obama’s Clean Power Plan 0619
Trump Replacement for Obama Climate Plan Worse than Doing Nothing 0119
EPA Rolls Back Coal Rule despite Climate Change Warnings 1218
States Begged EPA to Stop Cross-State Coal Plant Pollution. It Refused. 0918
Cost of New E.P.A. Coal Rules Is Up to 1,400 More Deaths a Year 0818
Trump Administration Proposes Rule to Relax Carbon Limits on Power Plants 0818
Fuzzy Math Could Doom Trump’s Attack on Obama Climate Rule 0818
EPA Allows Use of Larger Amounts of Climate-Friendly Coolants 0818
EPA Reverses Course, Will Enforce Stricter Pollution Limits for Glider Trucks 0718
Trump Replacement for Obama Climate Plan Moves Forward 0718
Scott Pruitt, Trump's Embattled EPA Chief, Resigns amid Ethics Scandals 0718
EPA Used Disavowed Research to Justify Putting Dirtier Slider Trucks on the Road 0518
Here’s What Scott Pruitt Freezing Fuel Economy Standards Would Do 0518
Google Joins Apple in Condemning the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan 0418
The Myth of Scott Pruitt’s Rollback 0418
Changing regulations takes 2-4 years, but EPA is short-staffed to do it. Then, there’s the court appeals.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Says Climate Change Could Benefit Humans 0218
Trump’s EPA Starts Process for Replacing Clean Power Plan 1217
EPA Proposes Reversing Stricter Pollution Rules for Heavy-Duty Trucks with Older Engines 1117
Even Trump’s EPA Says Obama’s Climate Plan Would Save 1,000s of Lives a Year 1117
Clean Power Replacement Worse than Nothing, Costs over 3,500 Lives and $33 Billion Yearly 1017
New EPA Document Has Sharply Lower Estimate of Climate Change Cost 1017
The Myth That ‘Business’ Hated Obama’s Clean Power Plan 1017
EPA’s Pruitt Announces Withdrawal of Clean Power Plan 1017
EPA's Climate Rule Withdrawal Will Include Big Changes to Cost Calculations 1017
Trump Faces Next Climate Hurdle - Endangerment Finding 0917
Trump May Replace Obama's Big Climate Rule — Not Just Repeal It 0917
Industry to EPA - We Want Clean Power Plan ‘Fixed, Not Just Gone' 0817
Court Rejects Trump Administration Move to Delay Methane Regulation 0717
Energy CEOs Tell Pruitt They Want Carbon Regulation 0617
U.S. EPA Extends Delay of Oil, Gas Rules to 2 Years 0617
Is Trump White House Blinking over California’s Clean Air Rules? 0617 - EPA to grant standard waiver for cleaner cars.
EPA Halts Obama-Era Rule on Methane Pollution 0517
E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board 0517
EPA Purges Pages That Highlight Climate Change From Its Website 0417
This Time, Congress Is Not Helping Trump Destroy the Planet - Methane Regs 0417
EPA Halts Inquiry into Oil and Gas Industry Methane Emissions 0317
Scott Pruitt Is Seen Cutting the E.P.A. With a Scalpel, Not a Cleaver 0217
EPA under Scott Pruitt Could Add Billions to U.S. Health Care Costs 0117
EPA Affirms Vehicle Standards, Despite Automaker Misinformation 0117
Reversing Course, E.P.A. Says Fracking Can Contaminate Drinking Water 1216
Obama Administration Will Keep Tough Fuel Economy Standards in Place 1116
EPA Sets New Biofuel Targets, Which Could End Up on Trump’s Chopping Block 1116
EPA Aims to Finish Climate Rules; Decisions Fall to Trump 1116
Most States on Track to Meet Emissions Targets They Call Burden 0916
EPA Emerges from Clean Power Plan Court Hearing with the Edge 0916
EPA Clears the Way for Greenhouse Gas Rules on U.S. Airlines 0716
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Obama Mercury Air Pollution Rule 0616
EPA Begins Crackdown on Methane Emissions 0516
EPA’s Case for Climate Action – Improve Public Health 0516
EPA Doubles Down on Mercury Rule; More Litigation Likely 0416
Obama Administration Defends Climate Rule as ‘Eminently Reasonable’ 0316
EPA Asks Volkswagen to Make Electric Cars in U.S. 0216
Move to Cleaner Power Is Proceeding, regardless of Supreme Court’s Ruling 0216
Supreme Court Halts Clean Power Plan 0216
Obama's Climate Change Rule Stays Alive in Courts, for Now 0116
EPA Proposes Tougher Downwind Pollution Rule 1115
Environmentalists, Energy Companies Lobby on Coming Methane Rule 1015
U.S. Announces New Moves to Limit Super Greenhouse Gases 1015
EPA Hears Widely Different Views on Methane Emission Threat 0915
E.P.A. Announces New Rules to Cut Methane Emissions 0815
Mighty Optimistic Wind Estimate Fuels EPA’s CO2 Rule 0815
EPA (Obama) Orders Steeper CO2 Cuts from Existing Power Plants 0815
North Texas Methane Emissions Underestimated 50% by EPA 0715
Supreme Court Mercury Ruling Won’t Stop Climate Rules - EPA 0615
Coal Industry Scores a Win, but Fate of Plants Still in Air 0615
Supreme Court - EPA Should Have Considered Costs to Start Mercury Rule 0615
Decisions on Climate Change Will Affect Economic Future of US - EPA Official 0615
Inaction on Climate Change Would Cost Billions, Major EPA Study Finds 0615
US Plans New Truck Emission Rules 0615
Court Rejects, as Premature, Bid to Block EPA CO2 Power Plant Standards 0615
U.S. EPA Moves toward Regulating Aircraft Emissions 0615
Report - U.S. Can Make Good on Climate Pledge — Barely 0515
Kentucky May Accidentally Comply With EPA's Clean Power Plan 0515
EPA Carbon Emissions Plan Could Save 3,000 Lives per Year 0515
States Give Senate an Earful on EPA Greenhouse Gas Plan 0315
What if States Just Say ‘No’ to Climate Rule? 0315
EPA Just Ripped California's Big Renewable Energy Plan 0215
EPA’s McCarthy Defends Carbon Capture Technologies to House Energy Panels 0215
EPA Considers Delaying Carbon Deadline After Utilities Object 0215
Ameren (St. Louis+ Electric Utility) Report Outlines Issues with Carbon Rules 0215
EPA Keystone Review Links Oil Sands to Carbon Emission Jump 0215
Could Forests Help States Offset Coal Plant Emissions under EPA Rule? Probably Not 0115
EPA Delays Regulations on Cutting Carbon at Coal Power Plants 0115
Mercury Challenge Could Undermine Industry’s Attack on EPA Climate Rule 1214
National Grid Joins 200 Companies to Support EPA’s Carbon Regulations 1214
EPA Flooded with Climate Rule Comments 1214
EPA Power Plant Mercury Rule Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review 1114
EPA Rejects Texas Clean-Air Plan, Orders Pollution Upgrades on Big Coal Plants 1114
Obama’s Coming Climate Rules Onslaught 1114
NERC Urges Delay in Obama Carbon Rules to Shield Electric Grid 1114
States Suing to Stop CO2 Cuts Prep For Them Anyway 0914
EPA May Force Drillers to Cut Methane Leaks, Chief Says 0914
Proponents, Opponents Stage Rallies Over EPA’s Proposed Rules 0814
EPA Climate Rule Economically Feasible, Study Says 0714
States Against EPA’s Carbon Pollution Rule Would Gain Most 0714
EPA Climate Rule, % CO2 Reduction by State 0614
Supreme Court Rules the EPA Can Regulate CO2 Emissions 0614
For First Time, E.P.A. Proposes Reducing Ethanol Requirement for Gas Mix 1113
Legislative Glitch Could Doom Rules for Existing Power Plants 1013
Challenges Await Plan to Reduce Emissions 0913
EPA Moves to Limit Emissions of Future Coal- and Gas-Fired Power Plants 0913
EPA to Revise New Power Plant CO2 Rule, Require CCS for Coal 0913
EPA Orders Air Pollution Controls for Fracked Gas Wells 0813
EPA Sends Climate Rule to White House 0713
Obama Readies Power Plant CO2 Emissions Limits 0613
How Green Groups Make the EPA Issue New Rules 0613
Coal Mines’ Methane Curbs Fall Victim to EPA Budget Cuts 0513
EPA Criticizes Environmental Review of Keystone XL Pipeline 0413
EPA Will Delay Rule Limiting Carbon Emissions at New Power Plants 0413
EPA Issues Power Plant Mercury Rules 1211
EPA Declares Greenhouse Gases Public Health Threat 1209
EPA's Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding 1209 - PDF, 284 pp
EPA Proposes BACT for GHGs 0909
EPA Declares GHGs a Health Hazard 0409
EPA to Regulate GHGs Under Clean Air Act 0309
Massachusetts et al. v. EPA et al. - Supreme Court 0407 - PDF, 66 pp
The EPA is required to regulate pollution from cars and trucks if it found that they endangered public health or welfare.
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Non-government interaction of investors with climate change is covered on the “Tons, PPM, $" page.
Peabody [Coal] Energy Agrees to Greater Disclosures of Financial Risks 1115
When Legally Liable, Coal Companies Don't Dispute Global Warming 0315
Solyndra Program Vilified by Republicans Turns a Profit 1114
Insurers Emerge from White House Worried by More Extreme Weather Events 0914
Insurance Industry, Republicans Split on Climate Change 0713
SEC May Require Climate Change Disclosure 1009
SEC Looks at Climate Disclosure 0709
SEC Votes for More Climate Risk Disclosure 0109
US - Other
Republicans Want to Plant a Trillion Trees. Scientists Are Skeptical. 0823
A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy- More Drilling, Less Clean Energy 0823
Who's Still Fighting Climate Change? The U.S. Military 0217
How US Climate Plan Can Follow China and Europe - or Not 0815
Health Groups Praise Obama Plan on Coal, Saying It Will Save Lives 0815
Weather Channel Confronts Republicans on Climate Change 0615
‘Stand-up Economist’ Turns to Humor to Help Save the Planet 0115
In 2014, US Climate Movement Grew in Grassroots, But Lost Ground in Congress 1214
Texas ‘Miracle' Fuels Economic Boom - & Climate Change That May End It 1214
Faith Groups Divided over God’s Role in Climate Change, Natural Disasters 1114
Pacific Command Won't Wait on Politics to Plan for Climate Change Challenges 0814
Religious Conservatives Embrace Pollution Fight 0714
Court Ruling May Reverberate on ‘Social Cost’ of Carbon 0714
WV Editorial - Climate Change Deniers Ignore Real Devastating Dangers 0714
Climate Science Drops the Crystal Ball 0514
U.S. Says It Won’t Back New International Coal-Fired Power Plants 1013
Evangelical Scientists Urge Congress to Reduce Carbon Emissions 0713
Letter to Congress on Climate Change, by Evangeical Scientists 0713
Fast Food Chains Pursue Repeal of Renewable Fuel Mandate 0613
One Meteorologist's Conversion on Climate Change 0613
Climate Change Could Burn a Hole in the Government’s Finances - GAO 0213
Defense Secretary Panetta Stresses Security Threat of Climate Inaction 0312
Energy Policy Act of 2005 - a summary
US - Science in Politics
The National Climate Assessment Is Nearly Done. Trump Won’t Like It. 0318
How Do Meteorologists Fit into the 97% Global Warming Consensus? 1213
National Assessment Details Growing Impacts of Climate Change 0113
138 Iowa Scientists Link Drought to Warming 1112 - PDF
Cato Prepares Fraudulent Climate Report 1012
National Academy of Sciences Urges Swift Climate Change Action 0510
National Academy of Sciences: Official Statement on Climate Change 0510
Obama's Science Adviser on Climate Change 0409 - Interview
Statements on Science
Hansen to Retire from NASA 0413
Climate Change Science to Enter US Curriculum 0313
UK Science Advisor Warns 2°C Unattainable 0812
John Holdren on Climate Change 0409
National Academies on Climate Change 0608
UN Chief Says Maybe Too Late on Climate Change 0907
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