CLIMATE CHANGE: European Union make $150 billion deal

A STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION EU leaders on Friday agreed that developing nations will need 100 billion euros per year by 2020 to tackle climate change, but failed to put a figure to Europe’s own contribution amid sharp east-west differences. “We have an agreement,” said Swedish Prime Minister...

October 30th, 2009 | GO GREEN | Read More

GREEN ENERGY: $3.4 billion in clean energy funds

ALTERNATE ENERGY IS ANSWER Top Democrats put the issue of climate change back in the spotlight Tuesday, debating legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions while announcing $3.4 billion in new clean energy funds. A key congressional committee began hearings on a “cap-and-trade” bill requiring...

October 27th, 2009 | GO GREEN | Read More

RENEWED PLEDGE: TO Clean Energy sources, Obama

President Obama joined other world leaders Tuesday in calling for immediate and substantive steps to combat climate change, saying failure to act now would bring “irreversible catastrophe.” Speaking to a special summit on climate change at the United Nations, Obama pledged the full commitment...