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Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading system.Last November the EU suspended its controversial scheme to force all airlines to buy carbon credits for any flight arriving in or departing from European airspace.The scheme had pitted European states against China, the United States, India and others, who said it violated their sovereignty. The EU said it had to act, after more than a decade of inaction on the environmental impact of aviation.European officials gave the United Nations' agency that governs aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), more time to craft a compromise in the form of a global regulatory regime.They have vowed to bring their own program back into force unless they see real progress by the ICAO assembly, which runs September 24 to October 4. The a...
“Cool It” author Bjorn Lomborg on why the use of fracking has helped the environment by reducing the use of coal to produce electricity.
DOW JONES NEWSWIRESFinnish utility Fortum Oyj (FUM1V.HE) said Tuesday that Russia had approved three of the company's power plant facilities in Russia as "Joint Impl...
German insurance company Allianz SE (ALV.XE)said Wednesday that it is co-financing a set of energy efficiency lightning projects in India.MAIN FACTS:- The investment...
Weather Trends Founder Bill Kirk discusses why Canada has removed itself from the list of countries following the Kyoto Protocol
Rep. Bill Johnson, (R-Ohio), sounds off on the aid being given to boost manufacturing in China.
China's carbon dioxide emissions rose 10.4 percent in 2010 compared with the previous year, as global emissions rose at their fastest rate for more than four decades...
"Red Hot Lies" author Chris Horner on efforts by the Energy Department to regulate refrigerator ice makers.
Deutsche Bank Vice-Chairmen Caio Koch-Weser on company efforts to push green energy.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, (R-UT), discusses President Obama's budget proposal.
Peter Gray of McKenna Long and Aldridge on progress of the cap and trade bill.
'Cool It' documentary takes different view on global warming
U.N. considering oil tax to help revive world economy
ClimateDepot.com Executive Director Marc Morano on calls to fight climate change.
Canada is the only country out of 33 developed and developing nations to have taken a step backward in terms of climate legislation over the past year, ending 2012 w...
Reason Magazine’s Matt Welch on the upcoming debt negotiations.
NRDC Action Fund’s Bob Deans on the rise in China’s coal imports.
Extreme weather is the new normal and poses a threat to the human race, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday as he sought to revive deadlocked global c...
“Cool It” author Bjorn Lomborg on the benefits of fracking for the U.S. energy industry.
Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said Tuesday that the world's top oil exporter would strive to moderate crude prices and will meet demand in the market."We ...
