Climate Policy

... on hold and ending its cooperative agreement with the US Energy Department, one of its partners on the project to advance the technology to commercial scale, pointing to the uncertain status of US climate policy and the continued weak economy. ...
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The rejection of the resolution is not going to have a direct impact on the EU climate policy because it is only a political initiative that the Parliament uses to set out its view. However, it is a sign that momentum for climate change policies is ...
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"The EU emissions trading scheme could help meet US commitments," said Keya Chatterjee, director of international climate policy at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, DC Ms. Chatterjee said that the Obama administration "has been vocal about ...
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Such programs have come under increasing pressure amid continued economic difficulties in many states and a lack of consensus in Washington over whether and to what extent the US should establish a climate policy. Companies in RGGI states that can't ...
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"Uncertainty around climate policy is a significant source of portfolio risk for institutional investors to manage over the next 20 years," notes the study by global consultancy Mercer. The economic cost of potential climate policy to the market could ...
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By JESS BRAVIN And STEPHEN POWER A battle over whether states can use nuisance laws to curb greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants will come to the Supreme Court Tuesday in a case that puts a twist on the debate over climate policy. ...
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By JESS BRAVIN And STEPHEN POWER A battle over whether states can use nuisance laws to curb greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants will come to the Supreme Court Tuesday in a case that puts a twist on the debate over climate policy. ...
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Connecticut, a case that asks whether America's climate change policy can be designed and managed by the federal courts. The answer should be a resounding no. Hoping to force congressional action that would severely restrict greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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By TENNILLE TRACY WASHINGTON—The Obama administration's top environmental regulator and House Republicans sparred Wednesday over climate policy in the ...
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Conservative investors should trim their Treasury and gilt holdings as monetary policy is making them relatively unattractive "from both a risk and a reward ...
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