Poll: Action on climate will lift economy, jobs (10:23 a.m. 12/15/09)

By Dina Cappiello
AP Writer
Washington — More Americans believe steps taken to reduce global warming pollution will help the U.S. economy than say such measures will hurt it. It’s a sign the public is showing more faith in President Barack Obama’s economic arguments for limiting heat-trapping gases than in Republican claims that the actions would kill [...]

News from around Wisconsin (11 p.m. 12/2/09)

Neb. company poised to lose organic certification
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Promiseland Livestock will lose its organic certification for four years unless it appeals a ruling issued last month because the company kept inadequate records and refused to let USDA inspectors review the records it did have.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture filed a formal complaint against [...]

‘Twilight’ publisher announces green goals (12:14 p.m. 11/30/09)

By HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Future sales of Stephenie Meyer’s novels should be green in more ways than one.
The Hachette Book Group, whose authors include Meyer and Malcolm Gladwell, is the latest publisher to announce a broad range of environmental goals. The new policy features promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions by [...]

Warming’s impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto

Published: November 22, 2009
Tags: Arctic, Bush, carbon dioxide, climate, climate change, glacier, global warming, Gore, greenhouse gas, Kyoto, Obama, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, U.S. Geological Survey, Weaver
Comments: 1

By SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
As the world has talked for a dozen years about what to do next, new ship passages opened through the once frozen summer [...]

EPA to hold hearing on greenhouse gas emissions (1:21 p.m. 11/18/09)

CHICAGO – The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on the proposed greenhouse gas emissions thresholds as they apply to new or existing industrial facilities.
The program would cover almost 70 percent of nation’s total GHG emissions from stationary sources. The nation’s largest facilities - including power plants, refineries and cement production facilities - [...]

News Briefs

Published: August 31, 2009
Tags: Baker Hughes Inc., BJ Services Co., Brazil, European Commission, European Union, greenhouse gas, light bulbs, oil, petroleum

Economy squeezes home-building projects by Wausau Habitat for Humanity
Wausau (AP) — A builder of homes for low-income families in Wausau that relies on donations is feeling the downturn in the home-building industry.
Wausau Habitat for Humanity says its largest donor — Wausau Homes — has reduced its donation of construction materials for three local high [...]

Commentary: Contractors, property owners beware

Published: August 21, 2009
Tags: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill

George S. Van Nest
Dolan Media Newswires
Rochester. N.Y. — On June 25, the U.S. House narrowly passed the Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill — H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.
As the Senate considers the issue, the proposal warrants a close look.
Key provisions of the House bill include an emission cap [...]

Nations seek common ground on climate

Published: July 7, 2009
Tags: climate change, Copenhagen, emissions, G-8 summit, greenhouse gas, Italy, Kyoto Protocol, L'Aquila

Arthur Max
AP Writer
Amsterdam — Developing countries with big polluting industries are joining the world’s wealthiest nations at the G-8 summit this week, trying to unblock troubled climate negotiations just five months before a deadline on limiting global carbon emissions.
The presidents and prime ministers gathering in Italy are expected to consider committing to a firm [...]

Governors set greenhouse gas goals

Published: June 9, 2009
Tags: cap-and-trade, emission, greenhouse gas
Comments: 1

Elizabeth Dunbar
AP Writer
Minneapolis — The group charged by six Midwestern governors to come up with an emissions cap-and-trade system is recommending aggressive reduction goals that could bring big changes to a region that relies heavily on coal and manufacturing.
The plan calls for a nearly 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by [...]