Senate report says Canadians won't cut greenhouse gases until it costs them
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(CP) - It's time for Canadians to stop paying lip service to climate change and start paying cash in the form of higher bills to tank up their cars and heat their homes, says a Senate report released Thursday.
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A new report from the Congressional Budget Office confirms one of the most depressing facts about climate change: The best policy is the one that's going nowhere in Washington. The CBO report concludes that a tax on carbon emissions "would be the most efficient incentive-based option for reducing emissions and could be relatively easy [...].
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Politicians in the nation's capital have been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dioxide pollution that is expected to warm the planet by 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit during the next century, citing uncertainty about the severity of the threat. But that uncertainty may have shrunk somewhat with the release last week of two scientific reports suggesting that global warming is not just a hypothetical possibility, but a real phenomenon that has already started transforming especially sensitive parts of the globe.
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As the UN climate conference meets in Argentina, a new report questions the economic sense in tackling greenhouse gases so vigorously now.
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The Bush administration contends that the long-term benefit from the Kyoto climate treaty won't be worth the immediate economic cost.
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Manufacturers are still worried about energy prices having seen costs jump 30% in the past year, a report says.
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This week's Senate battle over the energy bill heralds a longer fight on climate change, some analysts say.
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Climate change is in the news again, with the Senate having held hearings and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change having issued its fourth five-year report in Paris.  It makes us wonder whether more worrywarts will be propelled by guilt into buying absolution.
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Authors of 'think the unthinkable' report on green policies deny pressure from leaders to dilute plans.
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Global warming has had little noticeable impact in Washington, DC Politicians in the nation&#39;s capital have been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dioxide
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Asia-Pacific countries will not agree on binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at a major summit this week, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday.
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But the tougher work of cutting greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol remains.
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Science & environment: Chief green advisers say fight against climate change will be hindered by government decision
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Under pressure to reduce greenhouse gases, top Canadian officials are pushing for the government to follow California&#39;s sweeping plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks.
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The world's chief climate scientist on Tuesday disputed the U.S. government contention that cutbacks in carbon dioxide emissions are not yet warranted to check global warming.
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Global warming has had little noticeable impact in Washington, D.C. Politicians in the nation's capital have been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dioxide pollution that is expected to warm the planet by 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit during the next century, citing uncertainty about the severity of the threat.
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Global warming could strain the Northeast's power grid, farms, forests and marine fisheries by the next century unless carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by 3 percent each year, according to a report released Wednesday.