Tag: emissions

By John Stang, Originally published by Crosscut Gov. Jay Inslee is putting a cap-and-trade system and a carbon tax into play as ways to tackle the fallout from global warming in Washington. Those are the two propositions that an Inslee-appointed carbon emissions advisory task force will begin studying today, according to a document posted on the governor’s […]

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By Jake Richardson, Clean Tecnica A recent report shows how Fortune 500 companies are using renewable energy to save hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Collectively, they are saving about $1.1 billion dollars, according to the report put out by Ceres, David Gardiner & Associates, Calvert Investments, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Some of the companies […]

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Originally published by CleanTechnica If climate hawk Governor Jay Inslee gets his way, Washington State may have just taken the next major step toward America’s clean energy and low-carbon future. Citing already-apparent climate change impacts to his state’s economy and environment, Inslee last week signed an executive order designed to cut fossil fuel emissions and boost renewable […]

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This article originally appeared in Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Sustainable Transport 2014. A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) previously estimated that 2% of manmade carbon emissions came from aviation. This was expected to increase to 5% by 2050. Whilst the aerospace industry has made progress, questions remain about whether it […]

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Commentary by Alan Durning and Yoram Bauman, Originally published by Sightline Daily When British Columbia enacted a carbon tax shift in 2008, many thought other jurisdictions would follow soon with their own ways of cashing in their carbon. Seven states and four provinces were working out the details of a huge carbon cap-and-trade market called the Western […]

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The Obama administration will take the next step today in its multi-year effort to cut emissions and reduce oil use by getting better fuel economy from trucks. In action that does not require congressional approval, Obama aims to build on the first-ever fuel standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks that now cover model years 2014-18. […]

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By John Stang, originally published by Crosscut Temperatures are rising on Mars. Jupiter too. And on Triton, the largest of Neptune’s 14 moons. And none of these solar system bodies has any sport utility vehicles driving around on their surfaces. This is what climate change expert Jay Lehr, a physicist with the Chicago-based Heartland Institute, told the […]

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Governor Inslee, Senator Ranker and Representative Fitzgibbon put forth the following recommendations. Click for the full report. SUMMARY 1. Proposed Actions to Meet Washington’s Carbon Pollution Statutory Limits To meet the statutory charge, we propose the following five programs be developed and implemented in Washington: 1) A cap on carbon pollution emissions should be established. It should […]

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