September, 2009

Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Foreign Relations Committee Chair John Kerry (D-MA) unveiled the Senate's version of comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation on … Read more

The Treasury Department awarded $550 million to American companies that manufacture renewable energy equipment, part of the stimulus package signed into law by President Obama in February.   "This is a … Read more

Efforts to stall action on global warming and block enforcement of the Clean Air Act failed when Senators reached agreement to move forward on an appropriations bill without taking up amendments designed … Read more

Chinese President Hu Jintao promised to work toward curbing his country's carbon emissions by a significant margin by the year 2020 in an address to the U.N. General Assembly last week.   … Read more

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a proposed strategy for guiding agency-wide efforts to react to global warming impacts to the nation's natural resources.   "The U.S. Fish and … Read more

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized plans for a system that will require large sources of carbon emissions to report their emissions.   EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson called the new rule … Read more

Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) introduced H.R. 3644, a bill to bolster the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) environmental and conservation education programs.   The new bill would authorize a national … Read more

Sam Hamilton, new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the South is among the most at-risk regions for global warming effects, with wildlife habitats hit especially hard.   … Read more

According to a new report, glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica are melting more quickly than previously thought. Experts at the British Antarctic Survey said glaciers have been worn down by warming … Read more