WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday the U.S. government would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent by 2020 as the result of an executive order he issued to set the example on fighting climate change.
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Business executives and policy officials said a U.S. cap and trade scheme must give way to a clean energy law, after U.S. President Barack Obama favored “green jobs” in his State of the Union Address.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he wants to advance a climate bill that has been stalled in the U.S. Senate, but he did not say it had to include a cap-and-trade market for emissions blamed for warming the planet.
Failure to Extend the Biodiesel Tax Incentive has put 23,000 Green Jobs in Immediate Jeopardy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Tonight, President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver his first State of the Union Address. Though the …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two key U.S. senators on Wednesday renewed their commitment to passing a climate change law backed by President Barack Obama, saying they would continue to seek a compromise cap-and-trade bill this year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Wednesday, he is expected to promote alternative energy as a way of tackling global warming problems and creating more domestic jobs.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The four-letter word that will dominate President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Wednesday — jobs — could be the savior for faltering climate control legislation, or at least that’s environmentalists’ latest hope….
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California has issues with federal attempts to weaken new vehicle pollution standards, but the state backed away on Wednesday from a report that it was threatening to pull out of a deal with U.S. President Barack Obama’s admin…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama earned a B-plus grade for his handling of climate and energy issues but could do more to forge a global agreement to curb climate change, the League of Conservation Voters said on Tuesday.