Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming
Today the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to curb carbon pollution from big power plants and other big polluters under the Clean Air Act, while at the same time assuring the millions of mom and pop businesses across the country...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming
In a landmark ruling, the federal court of appeals in New York ruled today in favor of states and private land trusts that had sued America's largest global warming polluters to curb their emissions. The case is called State of...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming
Grrr... You can almost hear the teeth grinding in the editorial board room of the Wall Street Journal. That pesky EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has outfoxed us again! In an editorial called "Terms of 'Endangerment'" (hey, that was the title...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming
Join David Doniger, NRDC's chief global warming attorney, at 1 p.m. Eastern today, April 20, for a special online chat. Doniger will take questions on Friday's official determination by the EPA that global warming pollution endangers public health, and the...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming
At long last, the Environmental Protection Agency today officially recognized that the carbon pollution from our cars and power plants leads to killer heat waves, stronger hurricanes, higher smog levels, and many other direct and indirect threats to human health. ...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming
Today the Environmental Protection Agency takes another step towards finally giving California the green light to enforce its landmark standards to cut global warming pollution from new motor vehicles. The Bush administration had blocked California last year by denying the...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
A few days ago, on the eve of the auto companies' submittal of their latest restructuring plans, I wrote about what to look for in terms of commitments to meet higher standards for global warming emissions and fuel economy. Now...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
General Motors and Chrysler are expected to submit "restructuring plans" later today under the terms of the multi-billion dollar loans from the outgoing Bush administration under the "troubled asset relief program" (TARP). The loans were provided to enable the companies...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Just a short time ago, the nation's biggest automakers - including General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler - had Washington tied up in knots and California bent around the axle. But last week President Obama put the nation on a new...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
So today we learned an odd new twist in the White House's refusal to let EPA regulate global warming pollution under the Clean Air Act. Felicity Barringer reports in the New York Times today that last December officials of the...continued→
