Category: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Carbon Caps and Emissions Trading Programs, Climate Leadership Council, Exxon Mobil Corp, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Taxation

Exxon Mobil Lends Its Support to a Carbon Tax Proposal

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Spread the loveTweet The proposal also says companies that emit greenhouse gases should be protected from lawsuits over their contribution to climate change. Photo The theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is…


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Energy Department Closes Office Working on Climate Change Abroad

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Spread the loveTweet The office is the only one in the Energy Department to have “climate” as part of its name. The Trump administration has scaled back the federal government’s…


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Carbon Caps and Emissions Trading Programs, Democratic Party, Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Koch Industries Inc, Koch, Charles G, Koch, David H, McCain, John, Murray Energy Corp, Pruitt, Scott, Republican Party, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science

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Spread the loveTweet “Most Republicans still do not regard climate change as a hoax,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist who worked for Senator Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign. “But the…


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Alternative and Renewable Energy, China, environment, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Obama, Barack, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States, United States International Relations, Xi Jinping

Can China Take the Lead on Climate Change? That Could Be Difficult

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Spread the loveTweet With Washington now ceding global leadership on climate change and at least temporarily halting its partnership with Beijing, China may find it hard to fill the vacuum.…


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Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron Unite Behind Paris Accord

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Spread the loveTweet And officials around the world said that they would press for the climate agreement to be respected regardless of the American decision. “I can assure you, France…


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Air Pollution, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Trump, Donald J, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The Paris Climate Deal: What You Need to Know

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Spread the loveTweet The idea of the Paris climate accord was that every country, rich and poor, would set goals to curb carbon emissions in an effort to avert the…


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Budgets and Budgeting, Energy and Power, Energy Department, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

Trump Budget Proposes Deep Cuts in Energy Innovation Programs

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Spread the loveTweet The budget would significantly scale back public financing for federal energy research. The Energy Department focuses on the next generation of energy technologies — from advanced nuclear…


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Australia, Carbon Dioxide, Global Change Biology (Journal), Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nagelkerken, Ivan, Oceans and Seas

Matter: To Simulate Climate Change, Scientists Build Miniature Worlds

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Spread the loveTweet Between these two extremes, Dr. Nagelkerken and his colleagues have tried to create a happy medium. They filled 12 pools with 475 gallons of seawater apiece and…


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Carbon Dioxide, Environmental Defense Fund, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oceans and Seas

The Climate Issue: Is It O.K. to Tinker With the Environment to Fight Climate Change?

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Spread the loveTweetIt still strikes him as a moral hazard, to use a term he borrows from economics. A planet cooled by an umbrella of aerosol particles — an umbrella…


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