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Although the Copenhagen Accord set no overall emissions targets, the US is bound by law to honor its international committment to emissions-reduction.In 1992 the US signed a UN sponsored treaty intended to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the…

President Obama is a multilateralist and a champion of emissions reductions, but he will not produce a binding agreement at COP15 because of the inaction of the US Senate.The President addressed those that oppose him during his Nobel Peace Prize accept…

External and domestic pressures pushed the ruling Canadian Conservative government to alter their climate change management policy. The Canadian government has indicated that it will harmonize its policy with the US by supporting absolute emissions cap…

With 130 countries represented, this year’s Blog Action Day will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers and this year bloggers around the world are posting about climate c…

With climate change legislation in limbo in the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is acting under The Clean Air Act to curb greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Yesterday the New York Times reported that the EPA has announced a proposed rule t…

There has been a great deal of talk about the “New Normal,” in this post we will review some of the meanings associated with the expression.Before we define the New Normal we should understand the period that preceded it. In the pre-recession period, i…

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is at the center of efforts to manage climate change. Many identify CO2 as the leading cause of calamitous environmental destruction, but how does this naturally occurring substance wreak such havoc on our environment?For over 100 …

Businesses will be the first to be impacted when cap-and-trade becomes law. In response more and more businesses are crafting strategies to increase their efficiency and reduce their carbon emission. The climate change legislation being discussed in th…