Carbon emissions

May 8, 2008 -- SAN DIEGO -- California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that the San Diego Airport is taking “a key leadership role” in the fight against global warming by agreeing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its major airport expansion.

San Diego Airport: Photo by teachandlearn (CC)    » read more »

May 7, 2008 -- “FPL’s proposal to modernize its power plants would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by millions of tons and help address the serious challenge of global climate change. This move continues FPL’s strong leadership role on the environment.

“FPL already has the lowest emissions profile of any utility in the state, and one of the lowest nationwide. Their leading position in wind and solar power is well known. I look forward to the state of Florida continuing its partnership with FPL to secure an even better environmental future for our children.”

Source: Florida Governor

Senator Feinstein will continue to oppose any preemption efforts

April 23, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today stated that the Administration’s effort to preempt the right of California, and any other state, to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes is “contrary to Congressional intent” and to the Supreme Court ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA.

Los Angeles smog: Photo by Ben Amstutz (CC)    » read more »

Schwarzenegger praises Massachusetts for adopting California’s approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuel, based on Task Force recommendation

April 23, 2008 -- BOSTON – Wednesday, April 23, 2008 – Seizing an opportunity to make Massachusetts a national leader in alternative fuels and clean energy policy, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi today announced their support for developing a Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which would set limits on greenhouse gas emissions without mandating the use of specific technology or fuels, and encouraging neighboring states in the Northeast to do the same.    » read more »

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April 22, 2008 -- LOS ANGELES -- California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today attacked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s new fuel economy rules, calling them “a covert assault” on California’s landmark tailpipe greenhouse gas regulations.

Old car exhausts: Photo by frumbert (CC)

“This fuel economy plan, while attractive on the surface, is a shameful and unlawful assault on California’s landmark vehicle emissions standards,” Attorney General Brown said.    » read more »

April 22, 2008 -- Today on Earth Day, three Congressional leaders on climate and energy issues laid out principles for any effective legislative solution to the challenge of global warming. Chairman Henry A. Waxman, Chairman Ed Markey and Rep. Jay Inslee released “Principles for Global Warming Legislation,” which are designed to provide a framework for Congress as it produces legislation to establish an economy-wide mandatory program to cut global warming emissions.

Reps. Waxman, Markey, and Inslee are inviting their colleagues to join them in supporting these principles and conveying their support to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has made enacting legislation to address global warming a top priority for Congress.    » read more »

Governor Gregoire’s power-saving initiative showing results

April 21, 2008 -- OLYMPIA – On the eve of Earth Day, Washington Governor Chris Gregoire today announced that state agencies have begun using new energy saving software that will save thousands of taxpayer dollars while reducing greenhouse emissions by millions of pounds annually.

The effort is in response to the Energy Conservation Priorities challenge Gregoire made to state agencies.    » read more »

4/16/2008 -- The Bush Administration has spent most of the last 8 years censoring scientists, pretending that global warming is a problem that doesn't exist, and standing in the way of solutions.

Now that the Administration has been forced to acknowledge global warming as a problem, they have put forward a proposal that looks like it was written by Dick Cheney's energy task force.

Hillary Clinton: Photo by Marc Nozell (CC)    » read more »

April 16, 2008 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell will welcome governors from across the country on Friday to a conference on global warming and to sign a Declaration on Climate Change. The historic conference and signing will take place at Yale University in New Haven on Friday, April 18.

Global warming protest signs: Photo by Casey Bisson (CC)    » read more »

April 15, 2008 -- AUGUSTA – Maine Governor John E. Baldacci today ceremonially signed LD 2126, An Act To Minimize Carbon Dioxide Emissions from New Coal-Powered Industrial and Electrical Generating Facilities in the State. Bill sponsor Rep. W. Bruce MacDonald (D-Boothbay) was in the Governor’s Office for the ceremony, as were other co-sponsors and supporters of the legislation.

A coal-fired power plant: Photo by Steev Hise (CC)    » read more »

Lessons learned will help shape cap and trade program in Oregon

March 31, 2008 -- (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) — Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski began his business development mission today with a meeting with APM Terminals executives in Amsterdam to advance the container terminal development project in Coos Bay, and then traveled to Brussels to meet with European Union (EU) officials and industry representatives to discuss carbon cap and trade.

“This meeting was a good opportunity to learn first hand the successes and challenges of the EU cap and trade program,” the Governor said today following the meeting. “These lessons learned will help us as we shape a better program for Oregon that works for industry and the citizens of our state.”    » read more »

March 19, 2008 -- OAKLAND--Tomorrow, California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. will meet with more than two hundred local officials, challenging them to “take the lead” in the fight against global warming.

“Climate change threatens our way of life," Attorney General Brown said. "In the absence of national leadership, local government must take the lead in bringing about a low-carbon future.”

At the request of Attorney General Brown, scientists, local planners and elected officials will convene a one day workshop at the State Office Building at 1515 Clay Street in downtown Oakland to discuss specific steps that can be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California.    » read more »

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Calling the state’s effort to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for carbon capture and sequestration “groundbreaking,” Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal today signed House Bill 89 and 90 (HEA 18 and 25) in a formal signing in the Capitol Rotunda.

“We have surveyed through both the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, as well as other sources, and it is clear that these two pieces of legislation are the most comprehensive, most thorough pieces passed by any legislature in the country,” Freudenthal said.    » read more »

MI, WY, IL, NV, OH, PA, TX, IA, KY, LA, GA, NM and NC Are States With Largest Number of At-Risk Dirty Power Plants; At Stake: Health of Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Children.

WASHINGTON (February 28, 2008) -- The prospects for 32 coal-fired power plants in 13 states have been shaken up in the wake of a February 8, 2008 federal appeals court ruling that requires each new coal-fired power plant in the U.S. to adopt stringent toxic air pollution control measures meeting the most rigorous standards under the Clean Air Act, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).    » read more »

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., February 12, 2008 -- Green Freedom™ for carbon-neutral, sulfur-free fuel and chemical production

Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a low-risk, transformational concept, called Green Freedom™, for large-scale production of carbon-neutral, sulfur-free fuels and organic chemicals from air and water.

Currently, the principal market for the Green Freedom production concept is fuel for vehicles and aircraft.    » read more »