Clean Skies News reports on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to delay a decision to increase the ethanol blend in gasoline. The ethanol industry is hoping for a favorable decision to re-open idled plants.
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Charles Territo of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers reacts to the EPA's ruling to put off a decision until 2010 on increasing an ethanol blend in gasoline. Territo says more testing is needed.
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In a move that Salazar says is proof that the Obama administration is pursuing a balanced approach to energy production, the Bureau of Land Management will hold oil and gas lease sales in a dozen states.
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President Obama hosts India's prime minister Manmohan Singh. The two talk energy ahead of the next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen.
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Andrew Light is in the Clean Skies News studio to discuss today's announcement from the White House that President Obama will travel to Copenhagen during the first week of the two week event to assure the world that whatever the US puts on the table is "downpayment" for a full agreement in the upcoming months. ... Politics International "Clean Skies News" "Susan McGinnis" "Andrew Light" "carbon cuts" "carbon emissions" China "Clean Energy" Copenhagen "emissions reductions" "emissions ...
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Reykjavik Energy's Head of Innovation and Development discusses the CarbFix program, an international project to store carbon emissions in rock, and the role a major geothermal plant is playing in the effort.
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China is on board to cut its carbon emissions. Jennifer Turner of the Woodrow Wilson Center tells Clean Skies News how this announcement could impact the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.
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David Waskow is the Climate Change Program Director for Oxfam. He talks about the need for parties to move beyond effort and into implementation, and explains the political importance behind the negotiating tactics of the Africa Group. He also explains why the US needs to commit to emission targets prior to the Copenhagen talks. ... Politics International "Clean Skies News" "Susan McGinnis" "David Waskow" adaptation "Africa group" Barcelona "carbon markets" "carbon targets" "Climate Change ...
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The last formal world climate talks before Copenhagen continue this week in Barcelona. Today Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said that slow Senate progress will be to blame if a full treaty is not signed in Copenhagen next month. Margaret Ryan provides updates from the conference.
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Brookings Institution's Charlie Ebinger examines the carbon emissions forecast from the International Energy Agency's largest outlook and whether it could affect the outcome of some of the "low carbon energy revolution" climate talks in Copenhagen. ... Politics Air Agencies Environment "Clean Skies News" "Tyler Suiters" "Charles Ebinger" "carbon emissions" CO2 Copenhagen "emission drop" IEA "international energy agency" "low carbon energy revolution" "The Brookings Institution" UNFCCC "World ...
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