Washington (Platts) -- 2Jun2008 -- Landmark legislation to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions 71% by
mid-century with a multi-trillion-dollar carbon trading market is scheduled to
come up for a crucial vote later Monday, the first time...
US Senate climate bill to take center stage late Monday
US Senator McCain to call for mandatory GHG cuts in Monday speech
Washington (Platts) -- 12May2008 -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain is scheduled on
Monday to outline a proposal for mandatory reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions that appears similar to a global warming bill that...
Key US Senate Republican says climate bill unlikely to pass
Washington (Platts) -- 23Apr2008 -- Legislation that would cut US greenhouse gas emissions 70% by 2050 is
unlikely to pass the Senate this summer unless the measure is "dramatically"
amended, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, the senior...
US House Democrats float plan to cut US GHG emissions 80% by 2050
Washington (Platts) -- 22Apr2008 -- Three US House Democrats have begun circulating among colleagues a set of
principles for a climate-change bill that would require the US to cut
greenhouse gas emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 and...
US House panel gives EPA until Wednesday to answer subpoena
Washington (Platts) -- 14Apr2008 -- A US congressional committee that subpoenaed the US Environmental
Protection Agency over documents related to regulations on greenhouse gas
emissions has now given the agency until Wednesday to turn over...
US corporations, green groups urge action now on climate change
Washington (Platts) -- 18Jan2008 -- A group of major US corporations and environmental organizations
supporting a national cap on greenhouse gas emissions Friday said Congress can
take immediate and cost-effective steps to reduce GHG gases...
