The New York Times' Felicity Barringer takes a look today at California's new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Acting on a 2006 law, the state seeks to reduce carbon emissions to 1990 levels through a cap-and-trade system involving state utilities and ...

Yesterday likely GOP Presidential nominee John McCain unveiled his plan to fight global warming. The New York Times’ Elizabeth Bumiller and John Broder report that it includes mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

That means that no matter who becomes president, the Environmental Protection Agency of the past ...

A number of environmental groups have sued Interior Dept. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne for his delay in deciding if the polar bear is an endangered species. As Mother Jones’s Daniel Schulman reports, many more groups could sue when that decision is made.

The Dept.’s Fish and Wildlife Service could ...

A U.S. district judge in California ruled yesterday that the Bush administration has until May 15 to decide whether or not to put the polar bear on the endangered species list. The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin notes that the decision goes against ...

President’s Bush declared yesterday that the U.S. will halt the increase in greenhouses gases by 2025 and China and India should follow suit. Why, with nine months left in his Presidency, did Bush make this announcement?

The New York Times’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports ...

Interior Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne promised 15 months ago that in a year he would determine whether the polar bear is an endangered species. The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin notes that he still hasn’t and environmental groups are suing because of it.

Yesterday, Kempthorne was ...