Pelosi calls for mandatory carbon cap
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Blog: The House speaker, fresh off a visit to Greenland and Europe, says she hopes Congress will enact new restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions by year's end.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi riles Republicans by calling for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions. One opponent wonders, "Is it so bad if it gets warmer?" In 27B Stroke 6.
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Senate Democrats proposed a requirement Wednesday that 15 percent of the nation's electricity be produced by wind, biomass and other renewable energy sources.
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Pointing toward midterm elections, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi promised on Thursday to raise the minimum wage while cutting taxes to spur economic growth and help the middle class.
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The British government proposed bold new environmental legislation Tuesday that would set legally binding, long-term limits on carbon emissions &#151; a move it hopes will prompt the United States, China and India to follow suit.
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Africa is unfairly suffering from global warming and must be able to sell carbon credits to grow in a "green fashion," Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Bill Clinton's philanthropic summit on Thursday.
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House leaders are creating a bipartisan task force on whether to establish an independent ethics panel to police the House, Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
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The best-kept secret on the Hill -- the full membership of the new committee on global warming -- is no longer secret. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has announced the 15 members of the committee, formally known as the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had the same message on Monday at a special session on climate change, urging quick action to stem emissions that heat the planet.
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House of Representatives Speaker Nancy  Pelosi said on Monday President George W. Bush should be open  to plans to fight climate change at a G8 meeting and willing to  move forward in new ways with his partners.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore urged the EU to lead the fight against global warming ahead of a summit that is due to pledge to slash greenhouse gases but leave key ...Comment
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U.S. policy on global warming seems headed for a tipping point, with politicians, business leaders and economists joining environmentalists to call for new laws to limit greenhouse gases that spur climate change.
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By The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 4--California emerged last week as the leading state in the nation  to address greenhouse gas emissions with legislative approval of caps on  carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Gov.
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A Senate blueprint for tackling global warming would require power plants and vehicles to reduce their greenhouse gases by 70 percent. A chief sponsor said President Bush's approach of voluntary action will not meet the goal.
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Britain's Tony Blair must make aircraft pollution a priority in his drive to confront the problems of climate change, an expert parliamentary committee of peers said on Wednesday.
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The EU Commission president urges national leaders to set a landmark in the fight against global warming.
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Britain on Tuesday became the first  country to propose legislation setting binding limits on carbon  dioxide emissions as it stepped up its campaign for a new  global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.