A US attempt to establish a system of caps and tax relief to cut carbon emissions has been blocked in Congress. BBC News - 6 June 2008 Original URL Carbon producers would have been able to trade emissions allowances The bill was backed by most senators, but did not get the 60 votes needed to stop a delaying tactic - a filibuster - used by the bill's opponents. Even if it had succeed
After coming to the Senate floor this week with a wave of publicity behind it, the Climate Change bill appears to be going out with a whimper. While the bill itself is an amalgam of ways to encourage alternative energy sources and limit greenhouse gases, it has also become the focal point where the debate about whether or not Global Warming is a fact or conspiracy. Hannah McCrea asked in an earlie
Deborah Zabarenko Planet Ark - 3/6/2008 Original URL WASHINGTON - Even before debate began Monday on the first comprehensive climate change bill to reach the Senate floor, the White House said President Bush would veto it in its current form. Bush himself slammed the bill, saying it would cost the US economy $6 trillion. His estimate drew quick denials from those who support the legislati
This certainly is good news. It looks like the cap and trade climate change bill is going to die a slow death in the senate….at least for now. It sounds as if it will be tabled until next year, when coincidentally either McCain, Clinton, or most likely Obama will be president and will be in [...]
Christian Aid has said it will push for a follow-on agreement to the Kyoto Protocol that will include “the provision of massive support” for developing nations from the industrialised world when the UN Climate Change Conference convenes in Bali next week. The international development agency is sending a small team to lobby at the December 3 – 14 conference, which includes Political Relations Advisor Nelson Muffah and Campaigns Manager Sarah Spinney.Christian Aid said it hoped that the Bali conference would lead to the agreement of an internationally agreed long-term goal to reduce emissions.Christian Aid is to co-host a panel discussion in Bali on greenhouse development rights, an economic model that sets out one possible way to portion up the bill for the developed world country by country, according to each country’s historic responsibility for carbon emissions, and taking into consideration their capacity to pay.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com
Great Britain is poised to leap into the international lead in addressing global warming in the coming months. The UK's Environment Secretary David Miliband has unveiled a new draft Climate Change Bill that calls for legally binding carbon reduction targets as a prime part of a strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2050.Unlike the debate on this side of the Atlantic, the proposed legislation is being welcomed by opposition parties, with the major criticism being that it does not go far enough in ensuring government accountability. Miliband's plan calls for an independent panel to set ministers a "carbon budget" every five years. However, opposition parties and environmentalists are calling for yearly reduction targets to ensure success and accountability.As posted here a couple months back, both timelines are likely extreme. Yearly targets do not allow proper flexibility in the cases of extreme weather events, and could unduly restrict policy, whereas 5 year targets pla
