News about Carbon Weights, Carbon Footprints and Climate Change (aka Global Warming)

(7/23/08) Finland Joins Methane to Markets Partnership. News release and more information.

(07/15/08): EPA announces Proposed Rule on Geologic Carbon Sequestration. News Release and more information on the Proposed Rule and geologic sequestration.

(07/11/08): Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act. More information and a News Release.

(04/15/08): 2008 "Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks" is available. More information and a News Release.

(03/28/08): Draft "National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change" is available for comment. Public webcast on 05/08/08. More information.

(03/14/08): EPA delivers analysis of Senate Bill S. 2191 "Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008". More information.

(11/19/07): Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change completes Fourth Assessment Report on state of knowledge on Climate Change. More information.

(10/19/06): News Release - EPA's Climate Change Site replaces EPA's Global Warming Site. An archive of the Global Warming Site is available.

EPA Climate News Releases

• Region 7 Staff Reap Financial and Environmental Savings from Participation in 2008 Alternate Transportation Program – January 26, 2009
• Something New to Look for at the Auto Show SmartWay: EPA's Logo for Fuel Efficient Vehicles – January 23, 2009
• EPA Releases Report on Sea Level Rise – January 16, 2009
• Monmouth University Strives to Reduce Carbon Footprint Through Agreement with EPA – January 16, 2009
• Winning Projects Fight Climate Change by Harnessing Valuable Energy from Landfill Gas – January 13, 2009
• New Set-top Boxes Signal Reductions and Savings – January 12, 2009
• North Texas, TCEQ Awarded $2 Million for Clean Diesel Projects – January 9, 2009
• Cushman and Wakefield to Green Real Estate Through Landmark Agreement with EPA – January 6, 2009
• $7M in Grants to Fuel Innovation in Methane Reduction and Clean Energy – December 22, 2008
• Blue Mountain School District recognized as Energy Star Leader - Saving Energy and Reducing Greenhouse Gases – December 18, 2008
• Stepping it Up: Measures Taken to Help Accelerate the Phase Out of Ozone Depleting Chemicals – December 12, 2008
• From Muskogee to Manhattan: Energy Star Leaders Grow in Savings and Numbers – December 11, 2008
• Success Travels: The SmartWay to Reduce Transportation Emissions Goes Global – December 9, 2008
• Red Goes Green: St. John’s University Strives to Reduce Carbon Footprint – December 5, 2008
• $490 Million Pledged in the Fight to Protect the Ozone Layer – December 3, 2008
• U.S. Stimulates Global Market for Methane Recovery and Use as Fuel - The Way to Go Clean, Green and Fight Climate Change – December 1, 2008

Other Climate News Releases

• Media Advisory: Managing Water Resources in a Changing Climate – January 28, 2009
• New Study Shows Climate Change Largely Irreversible – January 26, 2009
• Secretary Clinton Announces Appointment of Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern – January 26, 2009
• U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel Sets Sail for Science Sea Trials – January 26, 2009
• The Orbiting Carbon Observatory and the Mystery of the Missing Sinks – January 23, 2009
• Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems Workshop – January 22, 2009
• Tree Deaths Have Doubled Across the Western U.S. -- Regional Warming May be the Cause – January 22, 2009
• NASA Tracks Changes to Earth's Green-Covered Regions – January 22, 2009
• NOAA Prepares to Launch New Polar-Orbiting Satellite for Climate & Weather – January 22, 2009
• Conference Features Climate Change, Predatory Jellyfish, Other Hot Topics in Marine Science – January 21, 2009
• Satellites Confirm Half-Century of West Antarctic Warming – January 21, 2009
• Slight Changes in Climate May Trigger Abrupt Ecosystem Responses – January 16, 2009
• Arctic Heats Up More than Other Places – January 16, 2009
• Report Calls Aerosol Research Key to Improving Climate Predictions – January 16, 2009
• Scientific Assessment Presents Best Practices for Characterizing, Communicating and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making – January 16, 2009
• USDA Approves First Ever Guaranteed Loan for Commerical-Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant – January 16, 2009
• January Science Picks -- Leads, Feeds and Story Seeds – January 16, 2009
• NASA Debuts Global Hawk Autonomous Aircraft for Earth Science – January 15, 2009
• DOE Announces Publication of Three Reports by the DOE Electricity Advisory Committee – January 15, 2009
• NASA Climate Scientist Honored by American Meteorological Society – January 14, 2009
• NOAA: 2008 Global Temperature Ties as Eight Warmest on Record – January 14, 2009
• NOAA Grants Endangered Species Status to Black Abalone – January 14, 2009
• Alaska to Receive Grants to Protect Coastal Wetlands – January 13, 2009
• The Human Factor: Understanding the Sources of Rising Carbon Dioxide – January 13, 2009
• S'COOL Kids Still Have Their Heads in the Clouds for NASA Science – January 12, 2009
• USGS Unlocks New Discoveries to Help Protect Endangered and At-Risk Species – January 12, 2009
• TRB's 88TH Annual Meeting to Highlight Transportation, Energy, and Climate Change – January 9, 2009
• NSF, NASA Successfully Flight-Test New Balloon Over Antarctica – January 8, 2009
• NOAA: 2008 Temperature for U.S. Near Average, was Coldest Since 1997; Below Average for December – January 8, 2009
• Crimes to Climate History: Tiny Diatoms Offer Big Clues – January 7, 2009
• Scientists Take off on Historic Mission to Measure Greenhouse Gases That Have an Impact on Climate – January 7, 2009
• ENERGY STAR Residential Water Heaters to Save Americans Up to $823 Million in the Next Five Years – December 31, 2008

Source: EPA - Updated to highlight the most recent climate news. EPA climate news will consist of news released within the last 60 days from the agency itself. Other climate news will consist of news releases and announcements also released within the last 60 days from U.S. government and Intergovernmental organizations of which the U.S. is party.

 

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