(Bridges Weekly)
United States Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman introduced new draft climate legislation on Wednesday, ten months after the House of Representatives passed its own bill to cut US emissions of greenhouse gases.
Senators Kerry, a Democrat, and Lieberman, an Independent, are the chief sponsors of the nearly 1,000-page piece of legislation, which aims to bolster the U.S. contribution to addressing climate change while spurring economic growth and creating jobs at home. The bill is in line with the United States’ official international position to cut its emissions of carbon dioxide to 17% of 2005 levels by 2020. Read more here. An official 21-page summary of the bill is available here: here.
Showing posts with label Climate Change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climate Change. Show all posts
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
China Exports to U.S. May Be Cut by Climate Plan, Report Finds
(Bloomberg – Mark Drajem)
Legislation pending in the U.S. Congress to cut greenhouse-gas emissions may reduce imports of Chinese goods by 20%, a World Bank study said. The provision, included in the measure passed by the U.S. House in June, would tax imports from countries that don’t enact curbs on carbon-dioxide emissions. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Representative Sander Levin of Michigan, both Democrats, say any legislation in the U.S. to limit pollutants must include the so-called border measures to tax imports. The Senate hasn’t yet acted on the greenhouse-gas measure.
“People haven’t thought through the full implications of those measures,” Aaditya Mattoo, a World Bank economist and one of the paper’s authors, said in an interview. Read more here.
Legislation pending in the U.S. Congress to cut greenhouse-gas emissions may reduce imports of Chinese goods by 20%, a World Bank study said. The provision, included in the measure passed by the U.S. House in June, would tax imports from countries that don’t enact curbs on carbon-dioxide emissions. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Representative Sander Levin of Michigan, both Democrats, say any legislation in the U.S. to limit pollutants must include the so-called border measures to tax imports. The Senate hasn’t yet acted on the greenhouse-gas measure.
“People haven’t thought through the full implications of those measures,” Aaditya Mattoo, a World Bank economist and one of the paper’s authors, said in an interview. Read more here.
Climate Conference Targets Will Lead to New Era of Transport Demand Management
(Transport Intelligence – John Manners-Bell)
What is being billed as the largest and most important UN climate change conference in history has opened in Copenhagen, with diplomats from 192 nations warning that this could be the last chance for a deal to protect the world from global warming.
The transport industry, as a major contributor of greenhouse gases, will be under considerable pressure to reduce its emissions. Although much has been done, progress has been considered too slow if the EU is to meet existing overall greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by 2020. If the EU commits to further reductions at Copenhagen, governments will have to find new ways in which to constrain transport demand. […]
The EC has already stated that emissions from the transport sector will be subject to binding targets at Member State level including the use of biofuels. However it has concluded that existing targets can only be met by a reduction of total transport demand (passenger and freight). This could be through pricing measures or other types of ‘demand management tools’. Read more here.
What is being billed as the largest and most important UN climate change conference in history has opened in Copenhagen, with diplomats from 192 nations warning that this could be the last chance for a deal to protect the world from global warming.
The transport industry, as a major contributor of greenhouse gases, will be under considerable pressure to reduce its emissions. Although much has been done, progress has been considered too slow if the EU is to meet existing overall greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by 2020. If the EU commits to further reductions at Copenhagen, governments will have to find new ways in which to constrain transport demand. […]
The EC has already stated that emissions from the transport sector will be subject to binding targets at Member State level including the use of biofuels. However it has concluded that existing targets can only be met by a reduction of total transport demand (passenger and freight). This could be through pricing measures or other types of ‘demand management tools’. Read more here.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Obama Opposes Trade Sanctions in Climate Bill
(New York Times – John M. Broder)
President Obama on Sunday praised the energy bill passed by the House late last week as an “extraordinary first step,” but he spoke out against a provision that would impose trade penalties on countries that do not accept limits on global warming pollution.
“At a time when the economy worldwide is still deep in recession and we’ve seen a significant drop in global trade,” Mr. Obama said, “I think we have to be very careful about sending any protectionist signals out there.” He added, “I think there may be other ways of doing it than with a tariff approach.”
The passage of the House bill on Friday night was an important, if tentative, victory for the president, becoming the first time either chamber of Congress had approved a mandatory ceiling on the gases linked to global warming. Read more here.
President Obama on Sunday praised the energy bill passed by the House late last week as an “extraordinary first step,” but he spoke out against a provision that would impose trade penalties on countries that do not accept limits on global warming pollution.
“At a time when the economy worldwide is still deep in recession and we’ve seen a significant drop in global trade,” Mr. Obama said, “I think we have to be very careful about sending any protectionist signals out there.” He added, “I think there may be other ways of doing it than with a tariff approach.”
The passage of the House bill on Friday night was an important, if tentative, victory for the president, becoming the first time either chamber of Congress had approved a mandatory ceiling on the gases linked to global warming. Read more here.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Exports at Risk from U.S. Climate Change Bill
(Globe and Mail – Shawn McCarthy)
Proposed U.S. legislation could slap import levies on a range of Canadian products – from steel and cement to paper and ceramics – if Washington deems Canada is lax in fighting global warming. The climate change legislation also includes low-carbon standards that could drive up the cost of imports from the Alberta oil sands.
Leading Democrats in the U.S. Congress this week introduced a bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions that would require the administration to impose tariff-like fees on importers whose own governments don’t have regulations, reporting rules or enforcement mechanisms that are as tough as those laid out in the legislation.
The proposals in the bill have wide Democratic support and stand a good chance of becoming law.
U.S. President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are promising to move quickly on measures to combat climate change – from emission caps on industry, to low-carbon standards for transportation fuel, to renewable energy portfolios for utilities. Read more here.
Proposed U.S. legislation could slap import levies on a range of Canadian products – from steel and cement to paper and ceramics – if Washington deems Canada is lax in fighting global warming. The climate change legislation also includes low-carbon standards that could drive up the cost of imports from the Alberta oil sands.
Leading Democrats in the U.S. Congress this week introduced a bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions that would require the administration to impose tariff-like fees on importers whose own governments don’t have regulations, reporting rules or enforcement mechanisms that are as tough as those laid out in the legislation.
The proposals in the bill have wide Democratic support and stand a good chance of becoming law.
U.S. President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are promising to move quickly on measures to combat climate change – from emission caps on industry, to low-carbon standards for transportation fuel, to renewable energy portfolios for utilities. Read more here.
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