The Obama administration moved for the first time Friday to stop energy companies from releasing unwanted natural gas from oil wells drilled on federal lands, a practice that environmentalists say Continue Reading
The Interior Department proposed rules Friday to cut methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations on federal lands, the latest move in President Barack Obama ’s climate change agenda. Continue Reading
A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to temporarily block a key Obama administration environmental rule to limit carbon emissions from power plants, rejecting requests by states and companies that Continue Reading
A massive natural gas leak in southern California that has forced thousands of residents from their homes is giving momentum to the Obama administration’s plan to clamp down on methane Continue Reading
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Milan is banning cars, motorcycles and scooters for six hours a day over the next three days. In Rome, cars with odd-numbered plates have been banned for nine hours on Continue Reading
Thick layers of toxic smog often blanket the skies in Hanoi, limiting visibility to less than a mile away. When the pollution gets really bad in Beijing , children are Continue Reading
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China and the United States account for a bulk of the total global emissions, but China’s per-capita rate far exceeding the rest of the world. File photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI PARIS, Nov. 4 (UPI) — More than half of all global emissions came from 10 countries, with China and the United States leading the pack, the International Energy Agency said. Analysis published Wednesday by the IEA, which has headquarters in Paris, said emissions of carbon dioxide related to the energy sector increased globally by 2.2 percent in 2013, compared with a 0.6 percent increase the previous year. Data show that about 60 percent all of emissions generated in 2013 came from 10 countries. China and the United States accounted for the bulk of the emissions, with 26 percent and 16 percent of the total, respectively. Per-capita emissions, meanwhile, increased globally by 16 percent between 1990 and 2013. China in […]
WASHINGTON—A group of 18 states is expected to ask a federal court on Wednesday to intervene in support of Obama administration greenhouse-gas regulations that require significant emissions cuts from hundreds of U.S. power plants. The move will mean most states in the nation are taking sides in a legal battle over a top Environmental Protection Agency initiative on reducing carbon-dioxide emissions. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who is leading the coalition seeking to let the EPA’s new rules, called the Clean Power Plan, stand, said they are “a critical step forward in responding to the threat of climate change.” Mr. Schneiderman said the intervening states were committed to joining the EPA in defending the regulations aggressively. Mr. Schneiderman said in a written statement that the regulations were “firmly grounded in science and the law” and incorporated strategies that his state and others were using to cut power-plant pollution […]
