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Obama Seeks Climate Accord Without Congressional Approval

Obama Seeks Climate Accord Without Congressional Approval

written by Yale Environment 360

The Obama administration is aiming to forge a legally binding, international agreement that would cut fossil fuel emissions and direct funds to poor nations dealing with climate change, without ratification from Congress, The New York Times reports.

The agreement would combine legally binding updates to an existing 1992 climate change treaty — allowing Obama to sidestep the constitutional requirement that treaties be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate — with voluntary pledges for specific emissions targets and aid to help poorer countries adapt to climate change. Nations would then be legally required to report progress toward their emissions targets at international meetings that would “name and shame” countries making slow or no progress, the Times reports.

Lawmakers from both political parties say that no climate agreement requiring congressional approval could be reached in the near future. Republican leaders are expected to oppose the agreement being worked on by the administration and say it would be an abuse of authority; leaders from poor nations are also expected to oppose the deal because they fear that wealthy countries will not abide by voluntary aid pledges.

A draft of a U.N. climate report to be released in November, leaked yesterday, stresses the urgency of international action to mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Times.



August 28, 2014 1 comment
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CO2 Emissions in 2010 Show Biggest Increase Ever Recorded

written by Yale Environment 360

Global carbon emissions soared 5.9 percent in 2010, the largest increase ever recorded, according to the Global Carbon Project, an international collaboration of scientists that tracks carbon emissions.

The increase comes after a short-lived decline in emissions in 2008 and 2009 and is a sign that global

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December 6, 2011 0 comment
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Reducing Soot Emissions Key to Saving Arctic Sea Ice

written by Tom Schueneman

The best way to slow the rapid decline in Arctic sea ice is to reduce soot emissions from burning fossil fuels, wood, and dung. This is the conclusion of a Stanford University study published today in the Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres).

The paper, authored by Mark Z. Jacobson,

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August 2, 2010 1 comment
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