Greenhouse cash

By Chris Hamby

Oil, gas and coal money favored Republican campaigns 4-to-1

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"… s now seeking to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. They have donated four times as much to the campaigns of Republicans as …"

"… ton, who has introduced legislation that would bar the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, received just under $150,000 in 2009 and 2010 from the fossil f …"

"… te version of legislation that would strip the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.Spending by both fossil fuel companies and environmental groups …"

"… rimarily Republicans – focusing on blocking the agency’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. While questioning the broad scientific consensus the carbon dio …"

'Clean' natural gas adding to climate change

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

As climate change gases decline, data reveals natural gas increase

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"… ed by the government portray production of the fuel as a growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.The decline in emissions of other gases is making headlines and …"

"… data released Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency in its latest "greenhouse gas inventory" add a new element to a debate already raging over natural …"

"… l-laced fluid into the earth to free up gas deposits.EPA’s assessment of greenhouse gases contributing to climate change also comes as the U.S. Supreme Court …"

"… ady is taking steps against climate change.The EPA inventory shows overall greenhouse gas emissions falling by about 6 percent in 2009 to their lowest level since 1 …"

Geoengineering research, if coordinated, may help curb greenhouse gases

By Laurel Adams

The White House should adopt a strategy for federal agencies’ research into geoengineering, a large-scale alteration of the earth’s climate

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"… report said. Geoengineering should complement — not replace — cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, it said.FAST FACT: In 2009-10, federal agencies spent $100 mill …"

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The politics of energy: Coal

By Bill Dawson

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2003 — Two months after his inauguration, President George W. Bush surprised some supporters by changing his positio

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"… s was a new term. Basically, it is a yardstick for measuring the volume of greenhouse gases that a nation emits per unit of economic productivity.In his proposal, B …"

"… h countries ratifying the Kyoto accord, shared the “goal of reduction of greenhouse gases.” Even before the actual release of his greenhouse-gas intensity plan …"

U.S. greenhouse gases go up, Bush talking point goes down

By Marianne Lavelle

The Bush administration today lost one of its main talking points for defending its approach of relying on voluntary measures to address cli

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"… change. The government’s energy statistics agency is reporting that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased 1.4 percent in 2007 — meaning the slight decrease re …"

"… eased 106.7 million more metric tons of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases than it did the previous year, raising the total to a record 7,282.4 mil …"

"… year used by the countries that have agreed to the Kyoto protocol to limit greenhouse gases, U.S. emissions have increased nearly 1 percent per year for a total inc …"

"… 1990 to 2006.Just as weather was a leading factor in the 2006 drop in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, Mother Nature also caused the increase in 2007. EIA’s energy …"

Obama administration faces heat on cooling, following report on hydrofluorocarbons

By Marianne Lavelle

As if Washington and the rest of the world weren’t having enough trouble dealing with climate change. A new report says global warming won’t

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"… t be solved unless policymakers focus major attention on the super-potent greenhouse gases used to cool both people and food.Hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, are on tr …"

"… carbon dioxide by 2050.In other words, HFCs would then contribute as much greenhouse gas as 2 billion passenger cars — three times the number of all cars now ope …"

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India struggles to confront climate change

By Murali Krishnan

A billion people, a growing economy, and rising emissions

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"… d global warming through this domestic lens, arguing that mandated caps on greenhouse gas emissions would stunt its explosive economic growth and that, in any case, …"

"… cluding debate over how quickly the nation should move to moderate its own greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, although India has never taken an excessively hard-line …"

"… are considerable. India is the world’s fifth-highest emitter of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. The country’s per capita …"

"… ute to climate change. The country’s per capita annual emissions of greenhouse gases are 1.2 metric tons, but are expected to nearly double to 2.1 tons …"

EPA hopes disclosure leads to greenhouse gas reductions

By Chris Hamby

The EPA hopes releasing new data will help reduce emissions of substances contributing to climate change

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"… t awareness would spur reductions, the agency now hopes to do the same for greenhouse gases.For the first time, the EPA on Wednesday unveiled data showing the amoun …"

"… the first time, the EPA on Wednesday unveiled data showing the amounts of greenhouse gases released in 2010 by the nation’s largest power plants, oil refineries …"

"… e data aren’t surprising: Power plants are by far the largest sources of greenhouse gases, accounting for more than 72 percent of all reported releases.  In …"

"… e have great hopes that the information itself will be a strong driver for greenhouse gas reductions,” McCarthy said in a conference call with journalists.Sofia P …"

FACT CHECK: Santorum's opinions on carbon dioxide

By FactCheck.Org

Former senator made waves with his comment on carbon dioxide and plants, but the accuracy is questionable

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"… and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Monitoring Division has measured greenhouse gases for decades at sites around the world. Its latest chart shows …"

"… ld. Its latest chart shows the rise in CO2 since 2008.And CO2, a greenhouse gas, traps heat. The National Library of Medicine says that CO2 “i …"

"… heat. The National Library of Medicine says that CO2 “is a ‘greenhouse gas’ because it absorbs heat in the atmosphere, sending some of the absorbed …"

"… Medicine: Carbon dioxide emissions represent about 80 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Sources of carbon dioxide emissions, which …"

EPA proposes first limit on greenhouse gases

By Chris Hamby

EPA proposes caps for new power plants in rule that could move nation away from coal.

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"… he Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants.The proposal would “move our nation into …"

"… . Five years ago, the court decreed that the EPA had authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Two years later, the agency formally found that emissions of such gases …"

"… nge and threatened public health.Currently there are no national limits on greenhouse gas emissions, and the proposal would affect only new power plants, exempting …"

"… nce.This January, the EPA for the first time released data on emissions of greenhouse gases at specific facilities. Power plants were by far the largest source.Jack …"

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