Washington Preps for Global Warming Debate in 2009
October 10, 2008

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Carbon Regulation: Washington preps for global warming debate in 2009
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Amid the ongoing financial crisis, Washington is preparing for the expected [...]

(CSRwire) PEORIA, Ill., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Caterpillar Inc.
(NYSE: CAT) has pledged to reduce its total absolute global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 3 percent from 2006 to 2015. The company has committed to the reduction goal as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Climate Leaders program, which Caterpillar joined in 2003.
“The rise [...]

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
Published: August 28, 2008, NY Times
ALBANY — One of the country’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants will give investors detailed warnings about the risks that global warming poses to its business under a deal with New York’s attorney general.
The agreement Wednesday between the attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, and the company, Xcel [...]

Source: Bradley Woods, NY, NY.
Democratic aides for the House Energy Committee are working on a major global warming bill.

Aides for House Energy Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) would not say whether the draft measure will be circulated among lawmakers or released for public comment in the near future.
Prospects for action on a carbon regulation measure remain [...]

By MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: July 16, 2008, NY Times
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Tuesday a first draft of a rule that will govern injecting carbon dioxide into underground storage.
Development of such a rule is essential before companies can build power plants that will capture and store their carbon dioxide to limit the [...]

(CSRwire) COHOES,NY,. - June 19, 2008 - Continuing its commitment to sustainable practices, Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. has again joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Leaders program, successfully completing EPA base year reporting requirements.

“EPA applauds Mohawk Fine Papers for joining the Climate Leaders program. We look forward to working with them to further [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act died in the U.S. Senate last week after Democrats failed to muster enough votes to bring it to a final vote.

The bill, which was the most expansive climate change-related bill to ever make it to the Senate floor, received 48 votes, 12 votes shy of the 60 [...]

Pew Center for Climate Change

June 6, 2008:

This morning, June 6, 2008, for the first time, a majority of the United States Senate signalled its support for mandatory climate action and, in particular, greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade.

Specifically, the Senate voted on whether to end debate (i.e., to “invoke cloture”) on the Boxer substitute to S.3036, the [...]

DENVER (AP) - Climate change is increasing the risk of U.S. crop failures, depleting the nation’s water resources and contributing to outbreaks of invasive species and insects, according to a federal report.

Those and other problems for the U.S. livestock and forestry industries will persist for at least the next 25 years, said Tuesday’s report, which [...]

SACRAMENTO, CA - U.S. and Canadian investors praised California Senate leaders for approving a measure which will result in the nation’s first state standard for voluntary climate risk disclosure by corporations. California Senate Bill 1550, “Corporations: climate risk disclosure”, was approved on the floor of the California State Senate today and now moves to the California Assembly for consideration.