Western States Agree to Cut Greenhouse Gases
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Five Western governors agreed yesterday on a plan to cut their states' emissions of gases linked to global warming and to establish a regional carbon-trading system, though they stopped short of saying how drastically they will seek to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Governments of almost 200 countries have agreed to speed the elimination of a major greenhouse gas that depletes ozone, U.N. and Canadian officials said Saturday, describing a deal they said was a significant step toward fighting global warming.
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Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement Friday on rough targets aimed at getting some of the world's biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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California regulators yesterday approved the nation&#39;s first limits on greenhouse gas produced by automobiles, requiring an average 30 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from new cars and light trucks by 2016.
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A compromise deal with the US for a new international climate change agenda was agreed at the UN summit in Bali today
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S commitments to greenhouse gas reduction were well ahead of major emitters who had signed up to the Kyoto climate change protocol, federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell said today.
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California is expected this week to order automakers to cut &quot;greenhouse gases&#39; from passenger cars, trucks and SUVs, becoming the first state in the nation to try to combat global warming.
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.
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LOS ANGELES - California has adopted the world's first rules to reduce greenhouse emissions for autos, taking what supporters see as a dramatic step toward cleaning up the environment but also ensuring higher costs for drivers.    The rules may lead to sweeping changes in vehicles nationwide, especially if other states opt to follow California's example...
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SUNNYVALE, California  - California Gov. Arnold   Schwarzenegger and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg agreed   on Thursday to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions   because the Republicans said they cannot wait for the Bush   administration to take action on climate change.
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The EU and US reach a compromise after marathon talks over post-Kyoto steps to combat climate change.
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The agreement imposes the most sweeping controls on carbon dioxide emissions in the nation.
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VIENNA - Industrial nations agreed yesterday to consider stiff goals for cutting greenhouse gases in a step toward a new global climate treaty to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020. About 1,000 delegates at a United Nations climate conference set a nonbinding guideline that would cut emissions to between 25 and 40 percent below 1990 levels. Officials from 158 nations ...
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Europe and the United States reached a compromise at the UN climate change conference on future efforts to reduce harmful greenhouse gases, according to a draft text of the deal obtained by AFP.
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Leaders of 21 Pacific Rim nations, including the U.S. and China, agreed on Saturday to a âlong-term aspirational goalâ of reducing greenhouse gas emissions â but without binding targets.
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The $53 million pact will develop methods to gather gas emissions and sell them as energy. By Michael Janofsky. WASHINGTON -- The United States and 13 other countries signed an agreement Tuesday to explore ways to capture methane gas emissions.
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.Comment