N.Y. Orders Power Plants to Cut Emissions
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Citing what they called a public health emergency, New York officials on Tuesday ordered power plants to reduce emissions blamed for acid rain.
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Six U.S. senators, including  potential 2008 presidential contenders from both major parties,  unveiled legislation on Friday that would force power plants  and industry to curb heat-trapping greenhouse gases, seeking to  cut emissions to one-third of 2000 levels by 2050.
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Global warming has emerged as a top New York environmental issue, with accumulated scientific data showing a hotter atmosphere and projecting more radical changes over the next century from automobile and power plant emissions, according to a report issued Wednesday.
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Environment secretary calls on US to agree to binding goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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New Jersey became the third state in the nation to enact a comprehensive greenhouse gas reduction law Friday, requiring the Garden State to significantly cut emissions of global-warming gases.
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Some in the utility industry are arguing that it will take decades of investments and innovation to get substantial reductions in their emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Governors of 20 US states must slash levels of tiny particles spewed by power plants, cars and other sources by 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday.
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BOXBERG, Germany  - As Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks to convince world leaders to cut greenhouse gases at a G8 summit this week, one of the biggest brown coal-fired power plants ever built is taking shape in this depressed town.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice challenged the world's biggest polluters Thursday to "cut the Gordian knot of fossil fuels" by shifting toward energy sources that will reduce global warming &#151; without harming their economies.
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By Kevin Mayhood, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 8--The Gen. James M. Gavin power plant in southeastern Ohio won't change how it operates, but it has agreed to notify neighbors when the plant emits more sulfuric acid than normal.
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The United States proposed  new regulations on Friday that would slash diesel particulate  emissions, linked to lung cancer, from trains and ships by 90  percent over the next several years.
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Science & environment: European commission to tell member states what they have to do to meet its plan to cut emissions
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Jun. 12--VICTORVILLE -- When it comes to a new power plant north of the city, California Energy Commission officials are most concerned with air and water quality.
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The president announced that the U.S. would gather together the worldâs largest emitters of greenhouse gases to seek a long-term global reduction in emissions.
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A government and industry research project to learn ways to burn coal without emitting global warming gases is taking a major step forward Tuesday with an announcement on where the futuristic power plant will be built Â in Texas or Illinois.
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While high-tech companies have lined up behind the stateÂs recent pledge to curb carbon emissions, some in basic industries say it will force energy-intensive businesses out of state.
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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.