UK to increase North Sea drilling inspections after BP oil spill
UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne announced Tuesday that the government will increase inspection of North Sea oil rigs and monitoring of offshore compliance and safety standards in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill ...
JURIST Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler, professor of law at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine, says that climate change will ravage the African continent if its leaders do not urgently assert their peoples' rights... Africa is the richest continent in...
Senate climate change bill delayed as key lawmaker withdraws support
US Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) withdrew support for a comprehensive climate change bill on Saturday, delaying the unveiling of the legislation and casting its prospects for passage into doubt. The bill represents a major part of President...
Polish tragedy brings political uncertainty and chance for better relations with Moscow
Agnieszka Bienczyk-Missala : "On 10 April 2010 one of the most tragic events in Polish post-war history happened. Polish president Lech Kaczyński died in a plane crash on his way to Smolensk in...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Turkmenistan to place a stronger emphasis on human rights . At a joint press conference with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Ban said that he, "called on the government to...
Obama administration issues vehicle fuel efficiency, emissions regulations
The Obama administration issued new regulations Thursday tightening fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for new cars starting in 2012. The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) issued a joint...
Legally-binding climate treaty unlikely before 2011: UN official
Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Yvo de Boer said Wednesday that it is unlikely a new climate change treaty will be concluded until 2011. After the Copenhagen summit (COP15) in December...
Bolivia president urges UN to declare access to clean water a basic human right
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday called on the UN to declare access to safe drinking water a basic human right, marking World Water Day . While addressing the UN General Assembly's High Level Interactive Dialogue...
China and India's agreement on greenhouse emissions must spur further US reductions
William J. Snape, III : "While it is encouraging that China and India now recognize their important role in reducing world greenhouse pollution, neither their current commitments nor the Copenhagen Accord are answers to the...
China and India agreed Tuesday to endorse the non-binding Copenhagen Accord , which calls for self-imposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions . Some 100 countries have already agreed to be associated with the non-binding...
