An Indefinite, Yet Global Movement on Climate Change
After staunch denial that climate change was an occurring phenomenon during the Bush Administration, change has finally come to the international climate change debate.
After staunch denial that climate change was an occurring phenomenon during the Bush Administration, change has finally come to the international climate change debate.
A majority of the inhabitants of a town in rural Australia, Bundanoon, agreed July 8 at a town meeting to ban bottled water, the Associated Press reported July 9. Approximately 2,500 people reside in the small town 100 miles south of Sydney. It could well be the first town in Australia, and possibly the world, to ban bottled water.
South Korea announced July 6 it will invest 107 trillion won ($85 billion) in promoting green industries throughout the country, Reuters reported the same day. The stimulus package is roughly 2 percent of South Korea’s entire gross domestic product, and will last the next five years.
U.S. power plants have witnessed a steep drop in greenhouse gas emissions lately, and operators say the bad economy cannot take all the credit, Reuters reported July 7.
As the G8 Summit, to be held July 8-10 in L’Aquila, Italy, nears, Oxfam International has taken the opportunity to report that climate change will amplify hunger and poverty.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on June 30 granted funding under the Recovery Act up to $32 million for augmenting existing hydropower capabilities.
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill last week that mandates the creation of renewable sources of energy, including the cap-and-trade requirement that will introduce a market for excess carbon emissions.
Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis announced a new series of grant competitions that promote green jobs. These programs will use federal stimulus money to help energy efficiency and renewable energy industries at the state and local levels, nationwide.
The United States has the highest emissions of greenhouse gases per capita in the world, according to a survey of the G8 countries’ efforts on clean energy and reducing pollution by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and German-based financial services company Allianz SE.
As of July 1, California will require ships to use cleaner fuels, following a ruling by U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, denying a legal challenge by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA). U.S. Judge Morrison C. England Jr.