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Arctic ice melts to second lowest level on record
- Santa Fe New Mexican (new window)
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8/26/2008 |
| Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. | |
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Pope Moves to Green the Vatican
- National Catholic Reporter
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7/27/2007 |
| One could say that summer 2007 is when the Vatican decided to go green. First came an announcement in June that more than 1,000 photovoltaic panels will be installed atop the Paul VI Audience Hall, allowing the building to utilize solar energy for light, heating and cooling. A month later, the Vatican became the first state in Europe to go completely carbon-neutral, signing an agreement with a Hungarian firm to reforest a sufficiently large swath of Hungary's Bükk National Park to offset its annual CO2 emissions. | |
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Governor Bill Richardson Urges U.S. EPA to Approve California Clean Car Program
- Office of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (new window)
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5/22/2007 |
| On May 22, Governor Bill Richardson urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow states to require greenhouse gas emissions reductions from cars and SUVs. As part of EPA’s public hearing process, Governor Richardson submitted comments in support of California’s request for a waiver under the Clean Air Act to allow the clean tailpipe standards to take effect. | |
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| 4/21/2007 | |
| The Southwest Energy Alliance will be organizing a renewable energy fair in Las Cruces, New Mexico Thursday May 10 through Saturday May 12, 2007. The event will include speakers, including Environment New Mexico's Lauren Ketcham, exhibits, food and live music. | |
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Albuquerque can expect severe weather, experts say
- Albuquerque Tribune (new window)
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12/04/2007 |
| The headlines say it all: • "Wettest July ever ends with deluge" • "Duke City storms lead to inevitable flooding" • "Record rain washes out arroyos this morning" | |
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Report examines cost of cleaner, greener vehicles in New Mexico
- Albuquerque Tribune (new window)
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10/30/2007 |
| New Mexicans could save nearly 214 billion gallons of gas and help reduce global warming if the state joins the Clean Cars Program, according to a report released this morning by Environment New Mexico. | |
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Governor Richardson and 13 Other Governors Issue Letter to EPA Administrator Expressing Dissatisfaction over Refusal of Clean Car Waiver
- Office of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
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1/24/2008 |
| Governor Richardson and the governors of 13 other states today sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator expressing disappointment in the administrator’s dismissal of a waiver that would allow states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars. | |
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Research: Southwest Is Drier Already
- Albuquerque Journal (new window)
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08/24/2008 |
| Human-caused climate change is already drying out the Southwest during late winter and early spring, new research by a team of Arizona scientists suggests. | |
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| 08/05/2008 | |
| The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging Congress to pass a law that would stop U.S. EPA from enacting greenhouse gas regulations through the Clean Air Act. | |
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Emission Capping Plans Unveiled
- Albuquerque Journal
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08/04/2008 |
| Many New Mexico companies, especially power producers and the oil and gas industry, would have to begin reducing greenhouse gas emissions or pay a price beginning in 2012 under a plan being developed by seven Western states and four Canadian provinces. | |
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| 07/29/2008 | |
| Three Senate Democrats today asked the U.S. attorney general to investigate whether the head of U.S. EPA lied to or misled members of Congress during testimony about EPA's denial of California's request for a waiver to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. | |
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| 07/22/2008 | |
| President Bush played a key role in his administration's decision last December to turn down California's request to control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, a top former U.S. EPA official told Congress today. | |
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Select Committee Investigation: Oil Industry Behind White House Switch on Global Warming
- Select Committee Press Release
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07/18/2008 |
| An investigation by the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming has found that members of government at the highest levels, including the office of President George W. Bush’s Chief of Staff and numerous heads of Cabinet departments, had decided to use the Clean Air Act to regulate global warming emissions not only from vehicles, but also from power plants, refineries, and other so-called stationary sources – but reversed their decision in the face of strong opposition from ExxonMobil and others within the oil industry, as well as from at least one senior adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney. | |
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Governor and Attorney General Press EPA to Follow Federal Law on Desert Rock
- Office of Governor Bill Richardson Press Release
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07/14/2008 |
| The New Mexico Environment Department and the state Attorney General's Office filed comments today opposing a proposed consent decree between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Desert Rock Energy Co. that will require EPA to make a decision on the air quality permit for the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant by July 31. | |
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EPA Won't Act on Emissions This Year
- Washington Post
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07/11/2008 |
| The Bush administration has decided not to take any new steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions before the president leaves office, despite pressure from the Supreme Court and broad accord among senior federal officials that new regulation is appropriate now. | |
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Groups Ask Court to Help "Clear the Air" on Clean Cars Case
- Public News Service Feed (new window)
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07/10/2008 |
| They're running to the defense of cleaner, more efficient cars for New Mexico. More than a dozen environmental, public health and consumer groups have asked a federal court to let them help defend the state's "Clean Car" standards, which were adopted last year. | |
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Coalition challenges a challenge of tougher car emission standards
- The New Mexico Independent (new window)
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07/10/2008 |
| Car dealers in New Mexico last November filed suit in federal court to prevent the state and the city of Albuquerque from enacting stricter pollution controls on new cars. Now a coalition of New Mexico environmental, consumer protection and health groups has intervened in the case, siding with the two governments. | |
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Senator Bingaman Issues Statement on Global Warming
- Senate Energy and Natura Resources Committee Statement
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07/09/2008 |
| Finding the Path Forward on Climate Legislation Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) July 9, 2008 | |
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Cheney wanted cuts in climate testimony
- Associated Press
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07/08/2008 |
| Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases, a former EPA officials maintains. | |
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Georgia Judge Cites Carbon Dioxide in Denying Coal Plant Permit
- New York Times
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07/01/2008 |
| A judge in Georgia has thrown out an air pollution permit for a new coal-fired power plant because the permit did not set limits on carbon dioxide emissions. | |
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White House Tried to Silence EPA Proposal on Car Emissions
- The Washington Post (new window)
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06/26/2008 |
| White House officials last December sought to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from submitting a proposed rule that would limit greenhouse-gas emissions on the grounds they pose a threat to public welfare, agency sources said yesterday. And upon learning that EPA had hit the "send" button just minutes earlier, the White House called again to demand that the e-mail be recalled. | |
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EPA: Dems say Johnson is a puppet for White House
- E & E Daily
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05/21/2008 |
| U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and House Democrats clashed again yesterday over White House interference in agency decisions. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)said Johnson is EPA administrator in name only. "My concern, Administrator Johnson, is you've become essentially a figurehead,"Waxman told Johnson at a hearing yesterday. "At EPA when you try to follow the law and science, you are overridden." | |
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| 04/28/2008 | |
| Two pro-industry plans are emerging as the Senate gears up for a June floor debate on a major piece of global warming legislation, but there are few takers thus far. | |
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San Juan County outranks major metro areas in carbon emissions
- Farmington Daily Times (new window)
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04/27/2008 |
| San Juan County is ranked No. 6 on the nation's Top 20 Worst Offenders for Carbon Dioxide Emissions list in research published by a Purdue University professor. | |
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Governor Bill Richardson and 11 other States Blast Federal Rulemaking on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cars
- Office of Governor Bill Richardson Press Release
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04/24/2008 |
| Governor Bill Richardson and the governors of 11 other states sent a joint letter to President Bush today expressing dissatisfaction with the Administration’s attempt through a proposed rulemaking to preempt states working to control greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. | |
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Subsidizing Growth on Fringes of City Wrong Policy
- Albuquerque Journal
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04/21/2008 |
| Many decisions guiding Albuquerque's transportation and land use trends over the past several decades have contributed to sprawl, loss of open space, global warming and poor air quality. | |
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Bush prepares global warming initiative
- The Washington Times
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04/14/2008 |
| President Bush is poised to change course and announce as early as this week that he wants Congress to pass a bill to combat global warming, and will lay out principles for what that should include. | |
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Carmakers fight fuel rules state by state
- Detroit News
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04/03/2008 |
| Automakers are taking their battle against even tougher | |
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18 states going to court against EPA
- Santa Fe New Mexican (new window)
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04/03/2008 |
| Officials of 18 states are taking the EPA back to court to try to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush administration for inaction on global warming. | |
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B.C. FIRST PROVINCE TO LEGISLATE CAP AND TRADE
- British Columbia Ministry of the Environment
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04/03/2008 |
| The government of British Columbia is moving forward in the fight against climate change by introducing the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act, Environment Minister Brry Penner announced today. | |
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