Energy and Climate Change News

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's new policy requiring a greenhouse gas emissions review for large-scale projects will be included in the state's mandated environmental review process starting in mid-August.

Leaders recognize that the industries that once powered its economy are gone forever and now turn to renewable energy manufacturing and technologies for a new green economy in the midwest.

UN Habitat Director Anna Tibaijuka outlined a new sustainable urban campaign as well as a city and climate change initiative in a keynote address in Jamaica on July 16,2009

Climate Progress reportst that Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has promised the release of her committee's discussion draft on September 8, the first day back from the summer recess.

A 'carbon counter' electronic billboard near Madison Square Garden now displays the world's ongoing greenhouse gas emissions. It is sponsored by Deutsche Bank, which has a Climate Change Advisors group that advises corporate clients on profiting from a low-carbon economy.