Climate Change and Clean Energy
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The U.S. Senate approves an energy bill that has a key focus on reducing energy use and addressing global warming. The legislation concentrates mostly on oil conservation in the transportation sector. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid says in a statement that the legislation "starts America on a path toward reducing our reliance on oil by increasing our use of renewables and for the first time in decades significantly improving the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks." (complete text)
G8 Countries Agree on Process To Address Global Warming
Leaders of the Group of Eight countries agree on an accelerated process that eventually can lead to "substantial" cuts in emissions that contribute to global warming. "We are … committed to taking strong and early action to tackle climate change," they say in a declaration issued in Heiligendamm, Germany. Calling climate change an "urgent challenge," the leaders called on the countries that are heavy users of energy and emitters of greenhouse gases to establish by the end of 2008 a new global framework for dealing with emissions of these gases. Such a framework would serve as a basis for reaching, by the end of 2009, a broader global agreement under the auspices of the United Nations that would replace the Kyoto Protocol once it expires in 2012. (complete text)
Leaders of the Group of Eight countries agree on an accelerated process that eventually can lead to "substantial" cuts in emissions that contribute to global warming. "We are … committed to taking strong and early action to tackle climate change," they say in a declaration issued in Heiligendamm, Germany. Calling climate change an "urgent challenge," the leaders called on the countries that are heavy users of energy and emitters of greenhouse gases to establish by the end of 2008 a new global framework for dealing with emissions of these gases. Such a framework would serve as a basis for reaching, by the end of 2009, a broader global agreement under the auspices of the United Nations that would replace the Kyoto Protocol once it expires in 2012. (complete text)
United States, Brazil Seek a Central America Driven by Biofuels
With the help of the United States and Brazil, three Central American countries and one Caribbean nation could become less dependent on oil imports by switching their economies to biofuels, according to U.S. and Brazilian officials. "We seek to promote the democratization of energy in the Americas, increasing the number of energy suppliers, expanding the market and reducing supply disruption," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says. (complete text)
With the help of the United States and Brazil, three Central American countries and one Caribbean nation could become less dependent on oil imports by switching their economies to biofuels, according to U.S. and Brazilian officials. "We seek to promote the democratization of energy in the Americas, increasing the number of energy suppliers, expanding the market and reducing supply disruption," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says. (complete text)
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