Kyoto Protocol extension agreed as parties look to start new talks with US
At the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which ended Saturday in Montreal, states party to the Kyoto Protocol agreed to extend the life of the Protocol and begin a new...
Signatory nations to the Kyoto Protocol meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference in Montreal Thursday agreed to a final protocol provision governing the rules for ensuring compliance with emissions standards. A country...
The Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) , representing Inuit indigenous peoples in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia, has filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) accusing the US government...
Environmental brief ~ James Hardie Ind. to pay $3.2B to Australian asbestos victims
Leading Thursday's environmental law news, James Hardie Industries signed an agreement Thursday with the government of New South Wales to pay $4.5 billion to compensate Australian asbestos victims. Hardie, a building products company,...
UN official says new climate change agreement beyond Kyoto will take years
Acting head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Richard Kinley said Tuesday that parties to the Kyoto Protocol mandating that industrialized nations cut greenhouse emissions in order to curb...
Environmental brief ~ UN climate treaty conference convenes in Canada
Leading Monday's environmental law news, the eleventh session of the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 11) began today with the first session of the meeting of the Parties...
Environmental brief ~ Tribes receive $40M from EPA for environmental projects
In Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Environmental Protection Agency has announced that is will be awarding over $40 million to over 140 American Indian tribes for environmental protection projects. The tribes , mainly...
Nine US states reject Bush policy, contemplate pact on greenhouse gases
Nine northeastern US states are working on a plan to cap and then reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions from power facilities, an agreement which would see the states breaking with President Bush, who earlier this summer rejected...
US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley said Tuesday that President Bush has not changed his position on environmental policy but wants to broaden the debate at the G8 summit on matters beyond the Kyoto...
In a White House interview with Danish television that aired Thursday, US President George W. Bush said that agreeing to the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change would have "wrecked" the US...
