Obama climate plan ignites Washington
Environmentalists hailed President Obama’s plan to force existing power plants to reduce C02 emissions,as a long overdue, just-in-time action to stop global warming now expected to easily cross the 2...
View ArticleRepublicans: Obama climate plan is “anti-American” war on energy
Leading Republicans were using phrases like “anti-American” and “war on American energy” to describe President Obama’s new plan to combat climate change, escalating the rhetoric even before the...
View ArticleBay Area residents lobby Congress on climate
While President Obama was at Georgetown arguing for command-and-control regulations on coal-fired power plants, several Bay Area residents and members of Citizens Climate Lobby spent the week on...
View ArticleHouse passes amendment banning carbon tax
House Republicans, with help from 12 Democrats, on Friday passed an amendment to ban a carbon tax, despite zero chances that such a policy would be enacted any time soon, and public statements by the...
View ArticlePlanet continues to warm to “new normal”
The 23rd annual State of the Climate report finds the earth continues to warm, with a record set last year on sea level rise and significant melting of the Arctic Ocean and Greenland ice sheet....
View ArticleNew solar plant nears approval in California desert
Despite serious environmental concerns, the California Energy Commission has given a preliminary green light to a second big solar project in the California desert by BrightSource Energy of Oakland....
View ArticleCalifornia desert plan set for release Tuesday
An unprecedented federal blueprint to determine where to build utility-scale solar and wind power plants in the California desert is scheduled for release Tuesday after more than five years of...
View ArticlePope Francis getting early buzz on climate change
Catholic environmental activists said Thursday that they expect Pope Francis to issue his call to action on climate change the week of June 23, saying the papal encyclical is generating intense...
View ArticleEnvironmental activist Tom Steyer: Pope’s climate message may be “most...
Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer says that Thursday’s much-anticipated encyclical from Pope Francis on climate change could be the single “most important” and impactful statement made on...
View ArticleBrown to Trump: Let’s cooperate, but you first
The nation’s leading Democrats, including President Obama and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, are dutifully wishing President-elect Donald Trump success and promising cooperation. Gov. Jerry...
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