U.S. to Spend &#36;5.8 Billion on Climate Change in 2005
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The United States, which refused to participate in a United Nations-backed global plan to slow global warming, said on Tuesday it will spend nearly &#36;5.8 billion in 2005 on research and programs addressing climate change.
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By Dan Vergano  The human and economic cost of global warming will move to center stage when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases the second and third installments of its report this spring, experts say.
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The White House unveiled a long-term strategy on climate change on Thursday, with plans to gather the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases and to cut tariff barriers to sharing environmental technology.
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Some key provisions include: ÃÂ· Using 36 billion gallons of biofuels yearly by 2022
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Climate change is expected to raise the repair and replacement cost of thousands of infrastructure projects as much as $6.1 billion for a total of nearly $40 billion from now to 2030, the study says.
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The White House will project that this year's federal deficit will hit &#36;427 billion, a senior administration official said Tuesday, a record amount partly driven by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Global banking giant HSBC donated 50 million pounds (73.5 million euros, 98.8 million dollars) Wednesday to set up a &quot;green task force&quot; to tackle climate change worldwide.
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President George W. Bush unveiled a  long-term strategy on climate change on Thursday, with plans to  gather the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases and  set a global emissions goal.
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The president's proposed $2.9 trillion spending plan includes a nice boost for the space program, but cuts environmental protection. Maybe we can move to Mars. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.
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Corporations and shoppers in the United States spent more than $54 million in 2007 on carbon offset credits, but where exactly is that money going?
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The Bush administration will ask Congress to increase funding to &#36;867 million in fiscal year 2006 for a plan to help reduce the risk of wildfires in federal forests, a senior administration official said on Thursday.
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By From news reports  Trying to tighten the budget, the U.S. government on Wednesday proposed to reduce farm payments by $18 billion over the next five years.
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The Bush administration yesterday laid out a long-term "strategic plan" for using technology to curb the impact of global warming, reiterating its position that basic scientific research and voluntary actions can curb greenhouse gases linked to climate change.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States offered reassurance on Wednesday that its plan for fighting climate change would not undermine U.N. efforts but ruled out agreeing deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at a G8 summit.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Wednesday, aiming to put an end to the debate over whether  global warming is actually occurring, passed legislation  recognizing the &quot;reality&quot; of climate change and providing money  to work on the problem.
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If everyone on Earth generated the 20 tons of carbon dioxide emitted by each United States citizen yearly, the global tally now would be 134 billion tons a year, instead of 29 billion. That's a lot of billions.
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People are responsible for the spike in global warming in the last 30 years, says a new US government report. The verdict, long accepted by most scientists, has encountered resistance from the Bush administration