U.S. needs national energy, climate policy: GE CEO
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The United States  needs to develop a national climate change policy, but also  recognize that coal and other fossil fuels will remain an  important energy source for decades, the chairman and chief  executive of General Electric Co. said on Saturday.
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"The risk of the global economy taking a downward turn is increasing"  The United States, China and India must be part of the follow-up treaty to the Kyoto Protocol and agree to cut carbon emissions, Denmark's prime minister said Saturday. Japan's leader offered them a bold strategy for doing it.Climate change returned to the fore at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, where Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda proposed a 2020 deadline for countries to boost their energy efficiency by 30 percent. He added that Japan would try to spread its high-quality environmental technology around the world. Read more
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U.S. scientists say tougher environmental policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions will affect more than the production of cars or light trucks.
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While the political debate over global warming continues, top executives at many of the nation's largest energy companies have accepted the scientific consensus about climate change and see federal regulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions as inevitable.
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The U.N. climate chief predicted Wednesday that the world will reach the goal of cutting greenhouse gases 50 percent by 2050 and said the U.S. economic slowdown should spur governments to take bolder action in confronting global warming.
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James J. Mulva, chairman and chief executive of ConocoPhillips, spoke about his concerns that Congress and the country were not doing enough to meet the publicâs energy needs.
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Governors want to expand state regulation of greenhouse gases in hopes of increasing pressure for federal action on global warming, the chairman of the National Governors Association said Wednesday.
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The head of the United Nations, the governor of California and the star of "An Inconvenient Truth" spoke with one voice on Monday, urging quick global action to stem emissions that heat the planet.
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General Electric Co.  Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt said his "green" ecomagination unit is on track to "blow away" its 2010 sales target of $20 billion as demand for environmental products and services surges.
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The probability of a U.S. economic  recession is growing and high oil prices pose a significant  problem for the world's largest energy consumer, Energy  Secretary Sam Bodman said on Thursday.
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California's landmark effort to set a cap on greenhouse gas emissions is just one step in a long-term strategy by the nation's most populous state to combat global climate change, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in an interview.
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Future energy security will require development of new nuclear power plants, coal that is less polluting and tougher federal requirements on automobile fuel economy, a nonpartisan panel of energy experts says.
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Climate change is a global problem that  requires unity and &quot;multilateral&quot; agreements if it is to be  defeated, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. House of  Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday
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After three years of playing down expectations, General Electric Chief Executive Jeff Immelt has delivered on the most important promise of his tenure by telling analysts and investors exactly what they wanted to hear: GE is back.
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The United States should raise taxes on   gasoline to encourage the development of more fuel-efficient   technologies, the chief of the nation's leading auto retailer   said on Tuesday.
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, said on Friday she wanted Congress to pass mandatory caps on heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions this year.
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One of the world's top scientists on global warming called for the United States to stop building coal-fired power plants and eventually bulldoze older generators that don't capture and bury greenhouse gases.