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US to go to Copenhagen summit with proposed target on carbon emissions

The proposals on emissions cuts are still below those put forward by the EU. Photograph: EPA The White House said today it would go to the Copenhagen climate change summit with a proposed target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after facing ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Environmental Protection Agency,  Gordon Brown,  Angela Merkel

Obama ready to offer target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions

President Barack Obama is considering setting a provisional target for cutting America's huge greenhouse gas emissions, removing the greatest single obstacle to a landmark global agreement to fight climate change. The Observer has learnt that ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  White House,  World Resources Institute,  U.S. House of Representatives

US evangelicals warm to climate change science in Capitol Hill campaign| Suzanne Goldenberg

Ultimately, we believe that such collaboration will capture the imagination of people worldwide who will recognise the urgency of our concerns about the environment and be moved by our willingness to put aside whatever differences we may have to work ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Richard Cizik,  Harvard Medical School

Q&A: Mounting pressure in the lead-up to the Copenhagen conference

What is the state of play for Copenhagen now? Copenhagen is now viewed as the stage on which the rich nations, the rapidly emerging economies, and poor countries will commit to specific action on dealing with climate change – but will leave negotiators ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, Guardian Unlimited,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Ban Ki-moon,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. House of Representatives

Democrats make progress on climate law bill's future remains uncertain

Democrats on a key Senate committee took a small step forward on a US climate change law today - but also inflamed Republicans to a degree that could ultimately defeat efforts to pass legislation to reduce America's greenhouse gas emissions. Barbara ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  Environmental Protection Agency,  Barbara Boxer

US puts climate debate on hold for five weeks despite plea by Merkel

International negotiators lost one of the key elements to a successful deal on global warming today after Democratic leaders in the US Congress ruled out passing a climate change law before 2010. In the latest obstacle on the road to the UN summit in ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, VNUNet.com,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. House of Representatives

Gore's spiritual argument on climate

Al's Gore's much-anticipated sequel to An Inconvenent Truth is published today, with an admission that facts alone will not persuade Americans to act on global warming and that appealing to their spiritual side is the way forward. Instead, Gore tells ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, The Observer,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al Gore,  Newsweek,  White House,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party

Climate change denier Lord Monckton meets Glenn Beck

Lord Monckton, the Guardian's favourite climate change sceptic, is seen at his home in Scotland. Photograph: Murdo Macleod So you can imagine he must have been at least a little disappointed to find out that his signature tune on his tour - that a ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, Guardian Unlimited,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Glenn Beck,  George W. Bush,  United Nations,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama

US thirst for oil 'poses security threat'

America's thirst for oil is a gathering threat to its national security – and the risk will grow further as the world's population touches 7 billion, a military adviser to the Pentagon told the Senate today. In a second day of debate on energy, ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, Guardian Unlimited,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  The Pentagon,  White House,  Al-Qaeda,  Barack Obama

Senate Democrats push for climate bill ahead of Copenhagen

The epic confrontation about how America will power the economy of the future formally got underway yesterday amid stark warnings from the Obama administration of the costs of inaction on energy reform. Yesterday's hearing, the first of three ...

From SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, VNUNet.com,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  White House

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