Montana is a cold state with so many natural resources that it exports electricity to other states. Why then is its governor so passionate about championing renewable energy and fighting greenhouse gases linked to climate change? ...more

December 19, 2007

The European Union said today that it supported a compromise proposal on upcoming negotiations for a new global warming pact, bringing the contentious talks nearer to resolution. ...more

December 15, 2007

Nobel laureate Al Gore said Thursday that the United States is "principally responsible" for blocking progress at the U.N. climate conference, and European nations threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington compromises on emissions reductions. ...more

December 14, 2007

Handing a major defeat to the auto industry, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that California can regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. ...more

December 13, 2007

A relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated summer sea ice would be gone in five years. ...more

December 12, 2007

The United States will come up with its plan to cut global-warming gases by mid-2008, and won't commit to mandatory caps at the United Nations' climate conference here, the chief U.S. negotiator said Saturday. ...more

December 9, 2007

We have read the science. Global warming is real, and we are a prime cause. We have heard the warnings. Unless we act, now, we face serious consequences. Polar ice will melt. Sea levels will rise. A third of our plant and animal species could vanish. There will be famine in Africa and Central Asia. ...more

December 5, 2007

Gov. Charlie Crist has a grand vision for Florida's energy future. It includes solar panels dotting the rooftops of homes and businesses, wind turbines whipping the sky and new nuclear reactors sending clouds of steam into the air. ...more

December 4, 2007

World powers meeting at a United Nations climate change conference in Indonesia this week will be unable to craft a meaningful plan on global warming without cooperation from the United States, top greenhouse gas emitter, the U.N. climate chief said Sunday. ...more

December 3, 2007

Support Proposed Landfill It has come to my attention that Pasco County is considering two different means of managing the county's increasing quantities of municipal solid waste (MSW). One is to expand the waste-to-energy facility (WTE). The other is to construct a materials recovery facility (MRF) and a bioreactor landfill for the residues. ...more

December 3, 2007