WASHINGTON - The effect of greenhouse gases on the Earth's atmosphere has increased 20 percent since 1990, a new government index says. The Annual Greenhouse Gas Index was released Tuesday by the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory in Boulder, Colo.
THE CLEAN AIR ACT'S PREEMPTIVE EFFECT ON THE FEDERAL COMMON LAW OF NUISANCE Until the Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA ("Massachusetts II"),2 legal scholars disagreed as to the CAA's preemptive effect on interstate nuisance actions involving greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide.3 This debate was important to public interest groups and private citizens wanting to bring an interstate nuisance action under the federal common law.4 If the CAA preempted the federal common law for interstate nuisance actions involving greenhouses gases, then their cases would be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. "11 In the early twentieth century, these specialized areas of federal common law became extremely important in interstate pollution disputes in order to protect the natural res...
KYOTO, Japan - The Kyoto global warming pact went into force today, seven years after it was negotiated, imposing limits on emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases scientists blame for rising world temperatures, melting glaciers and rising oceans. The landmark agreement, negotiated in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto in 1997 and ratified by 140 nations, targets carbon dioxide and five other gases that can trap heat in the atmosphere, and are believed to be behind rising global temperatures that many scientists say are disrupting weather patterns.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The effect of greenhouse gases on the Earth's atmosphere has increased 20 percent since 1990, a new government index says. The annual Greenhouse Gas Index was released by the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory in Boulder, Colo.
DURBAN, South Africa - A U.N. climate conference reached a hard- fought agreement Sunday on a complex and far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change for the coming decades. The 194-party conference agreed to start negotiations on a new accord that would put all countries under the same legal regime enforcing commitments to control greenhouse gases. It would take effect by 2020 at the latest.
Soon after the projector starts rolling on An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, former VP and star of the global warming documentary, laments that he tried to tell this story for a long time but failed to get the message across. Later in the film, which is based on a slide show Gore delivers around the world, he takes a swipe at Congress for its long-standing indifference to the problem of climate change caused by human activities. Critics say the White House deliberately creates confusion about global warming in order to avoid making politically unpopular decisions to address it. The natural greenhouse effect is a real and essential component of the planet's climate process. Without greenhouse gases, the temperature on Earth would be too cold to support life as people know it. The administr...
When laws curbing the release of greenhouse gases take effect, it's likely that only the cheapest and most efficient coal-fired power plants can continue operating at a profit. Judged by those criteria, the mammoth plant in Rockport, Ind., stands a good chance of being around far into the future, said a representative of the plant owner on Thursday.
TOKYO (AP) - Two centuries after the dawn of the industrial age, the world today takes its first concerted step to roll back the emission of "greenhouse gases" believed linked to climate change with the enactment of the Kyoto global warming pact. The agreement, negotiated in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto in 1997 and ratified by 140 nations, calls on 35 industrialized countries to rein in the release of carbon dioxide and five other gases from the burning of oil and coal and other processes.
DURBAN, South Africa - A U.N. climate conference reached a hard- fought agreement today on a complex and far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change for the coming decades. The 194-party conference agreed to start negotiations on a new accord that would put all countries under the same legal regime enforcing commitments to control greenhouse gases. It would take effect by 2020 at the latest.
The League of Women Voters of the United States has studied the deleterious effect of greenhouse gases on the environment. After study and consensus, we believe that we must " preserve the physical, chemical and biological integrity of the ecosystem, with maximum protection of public health and environment." In addition, we believe that we should " promote public understanding and participation in decision making as essential elements of responsible and responsive management of our natural resources. Following through with such direction, I am taking this opportunity to let local residents know that they can go on record with the EPA and members of Congress to advocate for strong laws against greenhouse gases and positive movement toward limitations of those environmental gases tha...
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