World wants tough 2050 climate cuts, split on path
| Imams call for green awareness. Shrinking pristine forests, which bring catastrophe to mankind, came under the spotlight by imams yesterday. In a Friday sermon, imams said Islam stresses the importance of preserving the environment. |
| Emissions-reduction bill passed by Md. House. Maryland would become one of a handful of states to commit on its own to reducing global-warming pollution under legislation approved in both chambers of the General Assembly. |
| A Monumental Day for the San Joaquin River! Ann Hayden is a Senior Water Resource Analyst at EDF.Its been a long time coming for the San Joaquin River, but yesterday marked the beginning of the return of both the river and the salmon runs that it once supported.Congress overwhelmingly approved the project as part of a landmark wilderness bill (sponsored by Senators Feinstein [.] |
| Denvers Climate Plan In-Depth: Incentivize Energy Conservation On May 17, the Mayors Greenprint Advisory Council announced the release of Denver’s draft climate action plan. It offers a set of solutions to bring the city toward a 10 percent reduction in per capita greenhouse gas emissions from the 1990 rate by the year 2012, in conformity with the U.S. Mayors Climate Agreement.We [.] |
| World wants tough 2050 climate cuts, split on path Governments broadly support tough 2050 goals for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions but are split on how to share out the reductions, according to a new guide to negotiators of a new U.N. climate pact. A document to be presented to U.N. climate talks in Bonn from March 29-April 8 narrows down a list of ideas for fighting global warming in a new treaty due to be agreed in December to about 30 pages from 120 in a text late last year. |