by Lynn Floyd | May 15, 2014 | Market News
Reuters: California emissions inch up 2 percent California’s greenhouse gas emissions rose about 2 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year as more natural gas was burned to compensate for the closure of a nuclear plant and a drop in hydro-electricity due to a...
by Lynn Floyd | May 13, 2014 | Market News
What Oregon can learn from states with carbon pricing 0.7 degrees Celsius. That’s how much the temperature of Earth has risen since before the industrial revolution. It’s been enough to get us talking: Did climate change cause Hurricane Sandy? Typhoon Haiyan?...
by Lynn Floyd | May 13, 2014 | Market News
USA Today: Obama touts energy plans President Obama promoted new plans Friday designed to boost solar power and promote energy efficiency, saying both will reduce the environmental threats from climate change. “There are cost-effective ways to tackle...
by Lynn Floyd | May 6, 2014 | Market News
CNN: White House sets out looming climate risks for U.S. Washington (CNN) — Flooded rail lines. Bigger, more frequent droughts. A rash of wildfires. Those are some of the alarming predictions in a White House climate change report released Tuesday, part...
by Lynn Floyd | May 1, 2014 | Market News
Washington Governor Issues Order for Carbon Market Gov. Jay Inslee signed a major executive order Tuesday morning that sets up a task force to design a carbon-trading market and kicks off other efforts to reduce carbon pollution, which he paints as a threat to the...