Tag: Greenhouse Gases

Energy and Environment

Kay Hagan presses Senate for climate action

Zack Colman · March 14, 2014 12:00 am

Energy and Environment

Senate Democrat heads to the heartland to push climate change

Zack Colman · March 14, 2014 12:00 am

Rep.ÃÂ Fred Upton, R-Mich.:ÃÂ "Reports confirm that many Medicare Advantage enrollees will see a change in their provider network as a result of the new law. Americans deserve to know why their existing coverage is changing when they were promised otherwise."ÃÂ (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Energy and Environment

House GOP starts investigation on EPA power plant rules

Zack Colman · March 12, 2014 12:00 am

A binder containing climate change talking points and information for Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, sits on a desk before a meeting of the Senate Climate Action Task Force prior to taking to the Senate Floor all night to urge action on climate change on Monday in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Senate Democrats up all night, in for long haul on climate legislation

Zack Colman · March 11, 2014 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

Pentagon warns of climate change ‘threat multipliers’

Zack Colman · March 4, 2014 12:00 am

"Nothing can be agreed internationally until enough is agreed nationally," said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. (AP File)

Energy and Environment

International legislators plan global climate push ahead of 2015 UN talks

Zack Colman · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Large sections of pipe are shown on a neighboring property to Julia Trigg Crawford family farm in Sumner, Texas. (AP/Tony Gutierrez)

Energy and Environment

Internal watchdog: No Keystone XL conflict of interest for State Department contractor

Zack Colman · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Several lawsuits, bundled together into one case, oppose an Environmental Protection Agency program that requires large industrial sources to obtain Clean Air Act permits for their greenhouse gas emissions, which is blamed for global warming.

Supreme Court takes on greenhouse gas emissions case

Sean Lengell · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

The electric grid relies largely on decades-old technology and is in need of upgrades, but it's difficult to find the money, with flat electricity demand growth and increasing volumes of distributed renewable energy. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Utility, environmental group team up to change electricity business

Zack Colman · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal-burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont., on July 1. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

House GOP to push World Bank on climate policy

Zack Colman · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

Federal law requires the EPA to review standards for ozone pollution, which occurs when hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide from power plants, fuel exhausts and other sources combine with sunlight, every five years.

Energy and Environment

States use ALEC-backed bills to kill EPA power plant rules

Zack Colman · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., speaks to witnesses during a hearing to examine the response to Hurricane Sandy, on Capitol Hill in Washington in December 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Energy and Environment

Climate PAC puts Sen. Mary Landrieu in crosshairs

Zack Colman · February 5, 2014 5:00 am