March 04, 2010
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Air & Climate Newsletter March 04, 2010 |
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Senator Graham: US cap-and-trade plan is `dead`
Proposals for a national emission cap-and-trade scheme look set to be dropped from the latest draft of the US climate bill, after a Senator working on a compromise version of the legislation said the emissions trading element of the bill was `dead`. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been working with Democrat Senator John Kerry and independent Joe Lieberman, confirmed this week that the controversial cap-and-trade element of the bill would be dropped when the group present their proposals, potentially as early as this week. `The cap-and-trade bills in the House and Senate are ... |
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UN proposes WTO-style environment watchdog
A global environmental watchdog modelled on the powerful World Trade Organisation (WTO) could be formed as part of any international climate change treaty, according to environment ministers meeting in Bali last week who agreed to form a new working group to investigate proposed reforms to environmental governance procedures. Speaking to reporters at the close of the meeting, Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), signalled there was growing support for the formation of a new World Environment Organisation (WEO). `The status quo... is no longer an option,` ... |
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