Environmental Politics News

5:54 PM
21-March
2010 EU Commissioner Predicts Clean Nations Set To Rule PoliticallyIt is time for the U.S. to act or left behind in tackling climate change, warned European Union's top official on Climate Change strategy, adding that in future energy efficient nations will also rule politically.
Topics: renewable energy, environmental issue, environmental politics, global warming, United States

2:39 PM
18-March
2010 Proposal Fails To Ban Trade In Atlantic Bluefin TunaA proposal to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna failed to gain support at a meeting of a United Nations-backed international organization on Thursday. Only three of the 175 member nations supported an outright trade ban.
Topics: politics, environmental issue, environmental politics, international organization, World

8:23 PM
9-March
2010 EPA Administrator Jackson Predicts Congress Passing Cap-Trade BillCongress will pass a Cap and Trade bill cutting carbon emissions through industrial trade-offs, announced Lisa Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a Luncheon event at the National Press Club on Monday.
Topics: environmental cleanup, environmental issue, environmental politics, global warming, United States

8:12 AM
23-February
2010 People Now Permitted To Pack Pistols In National ParksA new law enacted Monday permits park-goers to carry guns inside U.S. national parks. However, firing a gun in national parks still remains illegal.
Topics: lifestyle and leisure, environmental issue, environmental politics, outdoors, United States

2:02 PM
15-February
2010 Anti-Whaling Activist Boards Japanese Whaler To Arrest CaptainAn anti-whaling activist boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean Tuesday and tried to make a citizen's arrest of the captain.
Topics: international law, environmental issue, environmental politics, crime, law and justice, World

   

3:17 PM
10-February
2010 Philippine Environment Secretary Replaced A Month After Taking OfficeMalacañang has appointed a new Environment secretary a little over a month after an undersecretary, Eleazar Quinto, was sworn in to the post. The administration has refused to confirm if Quinto was replaced because of controversy over his reshuffling of the department.
Topics: politics, environmental issue, regional authority, environmental politics, World

6:23 PM
3-February
2010 Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean CoalPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday outlined strategy of his administration "to enhance American energy independence while building a foundation for a new clean energy economy, and its promise of new industries and millions of jobs."
Topics: Environmental Politics, Environment

8:07 PM
25-January
2010 Environment Ministers From BASIC Countries Meet In IndiaMinisters from BASIC countries met in India recently to take forward the agreements reached at Copenhagen. The second meeting of ministers of the four BASIC Group countries underlined the Copenhagen Accord as a political agreement. They said it represents a high level of political understanding among the participants on some of the contentious issues of the climate change negotiations.
Topics: World, Politics, Environmental Politics, Environment

6:27 AM
11-January
2010 Scientists Call For Halt In Mountaintop Mining PermitsA group of American scientists, including several from the National Academy of Sciences, is calling on the federal government to halt all mountaintop mining permits because of public health concerns.
Topics: Environmental Politics, Health