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Liability Alert: Chevron Leads in Greenhouse Gas Production
Chevron Corp. has produced more greenhouse gases than any other fossil-fuel company, according to a study released as global climate talks continued today in Lima. Chevron edged out state-owned Saudi ...
Numbers Skewed in Debate Over Greenhouse Gas Regs: Economists
The Environmental Protection Agency calls its carbon rules an economic winner that will deliver more than $10 in benefits for each dollar spent on compliance. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says the ...
Shift to Hotter Climate Expected by 2047: Study
Billions of people could be living in regions where temperatures are hotter than their historical ranges by mid-century, creating a "new normal" that could force profound changes on nature and ...
U.S. Appeals Court Rejects States’ Challenge Over Climate Rules
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a legal challenge by Texas and Wyoming to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. A three-judge panel of the ...
President Obama Speech on Climate Policy Expected Tuesday
President Barack Obama is likely to roll out a number of measures on climate policy, potentially including a strategy to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, in a speech on ...
CO2 Milestone Reached; Experts Forecast Upward Trends Ahead
The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief greenhouse gas was measured last Thursday at ...
U.S. Pragmatic Approach Leads U.N. Climate Talks: Wynn
A U.S. submission to U.N.-backed negotiations shows how a scaled-down global climate deal that falls short of a full treaty can be agreed in 2015. Much will depend on the United States, as the ...