Despite Controversy, SF Supes Vote to Study Congestion Pricing
(San Francisco–Casey Miner, KALW News) It's a controversial plan, but the city of San Francisco is pushing ahead anyway: this morning, the board of supervisors voted to continue studying several...
View ArticleSupreme Court Slaps Down Climate Suit by Attorneys General
The Supreme Court has handed a firm rebuke to eight state attorneys general — including New York's — in a case that touched on climate change and business.The high court ruled 8-0 that states don't...
View ArticlePutin faces a a growing Russian protest movement, Xi Jinping visits...
Gideon Rachman and FT correspondents in Moscow, Washington, Beijing, and Brussels discuss how Vladimir Putin will react to Russia’s growing protest movement, Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington and...
View ArticleBREAKING: Court Upholds EPA's Emissions Rules
(photo by Josh Koonce via flickr)A federal appeals court Tuesday said the Environmental Protection Agency was "unambiguously correct" in using existing federal law to limit greenhouse gases blamed for...
View ArticleCalifornia Greenhouse Gas Law Faces Challenge
(photo by Kevin Dooley via flickr)(KALW - San Francisco) The future of California’s landmark greenhouse gas emissions law is being called into question.Implementation of the law was delayed earlier...
View ArticleKrulwich Wonders: The Big Apple's Mayor Makes A Very Scary Video
I didn't know what to make of this when I saw it. I live in Manhattan, in a city where people bike, take buses, subways, trains, live and work in towers where they share elevators, share water, share...
View ArticleEPA Seeks Ideas for Carbon Emissions Regulations
Clean air advocates are supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's controversial efforts to curb carbon emissions from power plants.Members of the Obama administrationbegan an 11-city listening...
View ArticleOklahoma Pushes Back Against EPA Emissions Regulations
Oklahoma, a state with deep ties to coal and oil, is asserting its right to resist new regulations on carbon dioxide emissions. It's a squabble that escalated after President Obama outlined the...
View ArticleCoal Country Responds to President Obama's Carbon Cuts
This week, President Obama proposed one of the most substantial federal plans to cut carbon pollution in U.S. history. The new proposal seeks to cut coal-fired carbon emissions from U.S. power plants...
View ArticleUS and China taking climate change seriously
Gideon Rachman is joined by Pilita Clark, environment correspondent, and Richard McGregor, Washington bureau chief, to discuss renewed efforts to tackle climate change. The Obama administration appears...
View ArticleEPA Head: States Hold the Power to Reduce Emissions
Earlier this month, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a plan to cut power plant emissions by 30 percent over the next 16 years—that's the equivalent of taking two-thirds of...
View ArticleNYC Unveils Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan for the city to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas by 2050, starting with efforts to make the city's buildings more energy efficient.De...
View ArticleA breakthrough in the fight against climate change
The US and China surprised the world last week with an outline agreement in which both countries agreed to limit emissions of greenhouse gases. Gideon Rachman is joined by Pilita Clark, FT environment...
View ArticleCoal Industry's Future Hangs in Balance Before the Supreme Court
Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case against the Environmental Protection Agency. The state of Michigan, along with members of the coal and power industries, are suing the EPA over new...
View ArticleBarack Obama's climate plan
President Barack Obama this week unveiled America's most far reaching action so far on climate change by imposing stringent emissions cuts on the power sector. Orla Ryan asks Pilita Clark and Barney...
View ArticleWhat Volkswagen Can Learn from GM and Chrysler
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Deceptive software that has been used to cheat on emissions tests was used in at least 2.1 million Audi vehicles, the luxury car from Volkswagen....
View ArticleThe Myth of Cheap Oil
Click on the audio player above to hear the full interview.Has oil become an unwanted commodity? Plunging prices suggest that something is going on.While diplomats in Paris hash out a legally binding...
View ArticleOil and Gas Industry Auctions Move Online to Avoid Public Attention
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.A key tactic used in protecting public lands from energy exploration may soon be obsolete.Congress and the Obama Administration are making it...
View ArticleFacing charges, Volkswagen agrees to pay $4.3 billion in emissions cheating...
A flag flutters in the wind above a Volkswagen dealership in Carlsbad, California. Photo by REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoVolkswagen has agreed to a plea bargain and $4.3 billion in fines as a result of...
View ArticlePutin faces a a growing Russian protest movement, Xi Jinping visits...
Gideon Rachman and FT correspondents in Moscow, Washington, Beijing, and Brussels discuss how Vladimir Putin will react to Russia’s growing protest movement, Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington and...
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