Sentences with phrase «warming legislation»

Mar blocked Maryland global warming Bill Alberta's representative in Washington DC Gary Mar helped stop a piece of global warming legislation in the State of Maryland in 2009.

For background info see: Democrats Face «Ferocious Infighting» Over Global Warming Legislation Marc Morano

The take - home messages are that global warming legislation needs to cap CO2 emissions from power plants and include strong efficiency standards for building shells and the appliances and heating and cooling equipment inside them.

Even as Senate Republicans blocked Democrats» attempt to move forward with global warming legislation today, other approaches to federal climate action have already begun to percolate.

«Some supporters of global warming legislation believe that the division in the once - monolithic oil and gas industry, as well as other splits among energy producers, could improve the prospects for the legislation.»

Second, the story quote «Opponents of CA's landmark global warming legislation AB32 — led by Texas oil giant Valero and other out - of - state oil interests — recently spent nearly $ 2 million dollars...» shows that oil companies themselves are getting involved with legislation that regulates electricity generation.

Companies that are avid supporters of «cap & trade,» such as Duke Energy (see list), do not care about the climate, they just want to assure they can pass 100 % of all global warming legislation costs onto the consumer.

The study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Tufts University comes as Congress is set to take up controversial global warming legislation next month.

Once the legislation is finalized, Mexico will be only the second country after the United Kingdom to have domestic global warming legislation in place, activists said.

As written about in The Shocking Analysis of Lie - berman - Warner, Environmental Defense Fund has a great little gag site (Get America Working) that provides a tool for learning of false industry statements on Global Warming legislation with counters from EDF.

Imagine a Hill fight in the Fall of 2009, perhaps over global warming legislation.

Congress is still far from passing any bill since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said in January 2007 that global - warming legislation would be a top priority.

PNM Resources CEO Jeff Sterba said the institute's approach would «cushion the economic impact» of global warming legislation on electricity customers, especially low - income families and energy - intensive businesses and industries.

President Obama's top climate diplomat acknowledged today that Capitol Hill delays over global warming legislation will likely push international negotiations to work beyond a December summit in Copenhagen on a new treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.

According to the A.P. «Bush is not going to outline a specific proposal, but he'll lay out a strategy for «realistic» emission reduction targets and «principles» he thinks Congress should follow in crafting global warming legislation.

Congress should take the lead in passing comprehensive global warming legislation.»

Note: This an October 2014 blog post about an oil industry PR campaign against the implementation of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, part of California's global warming legislation.

Climate activists don't have much to rally around now that Congress is shunning global warming legislation.

Goldman Sachs is lobbying for global warming legislation and is a part owner of the Chicago Climate Exchange, where carbon credits from cap - and - trade legislation would be traded.

The impact of the Climategate story on the public discourse over global warming legislation is an interesting tale that will be in flux for the foreseeable future.

Waxman and Markey are drafting global warming legislation they hope will clear the committee by Memorial Day.

«New Mexico's Democrats / Liberals Push Global Warming Legislation: Oops, New Mexico Is Cooling At -5.1 ° Per Century Rate Main Liberals / Democrats Stunned To Learn Glaciers Started Melting 100 + Years Before 1980: Not Aware of Little Ice Age End!»

If pollution is a problem, and I sincerely think that it is to some, maybe a good extent, then fight pollution with anti-pollution legislation — not with global warming legislation and political agenda.

«Any one of the several new or likely regulatory initiatives for CO2 emissions from power plants — including state carbon controls, E.P.A.'s regulations under the Clean Air Act, or the enactment of federal global warming legislation — would add a significant cost to carbon - intensive coal generation,» the letters said... Selective disclosure of favorable information or omission of unfavorable information concerning climate change is misleading.

Dealing with Congress and federal agencies, Mr. Bookbinder helped lead efforts on both global warming legislation and greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act, and has testified in front of House and Senate committees on these issues (and may be the only person ever invited by both Barbara Boxer and James Inhofe).

Their pledge, which took place in a rare joint appearance before Congress, marked a significant step forward for the new Democratic majority on Capitol Hill, which aims to draft America's first national global warming legislation in the next few months.

On Wednesday, sportsmen's groups including Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership will join the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus and environmental groups to call for Congress to pass global warming legislation that includes increased funding for natural resource protection.

The administration has resisted until now delivering a firm pledge on emissions reductions because Congress has not yet acted on global warming legislation.