Politics
The most memorable political slogan in recent memory is one that should be applied to the environment in government and politics:
Yes we can.
Every day there are new laws being passed or denied by governments all around the world. But most of the time, we don’t even know what they’re about!
Carbon taxes, cap and trade systems, retrofitting benefits - all of these will have a huge impact on our everyday lives, and ‘yes, we can’ influence how they are decided upon.
Stay informed about the green policies being passed in your political area.
Check out any of the stories below for the latest news in green government and politics.
United Kingdom to Invest 10million to Improve Green Skills
Housing and Planning Minister John Healey has today announced a triple boost for councils tackling climate change by updating planning rules, granting nearly 10 million British Pounds to improve green skills and backing further progress by the â€...
China and India Supports Climate Goal
Both China and India formally agreed Tuesday to join the internationally climate change agreement reached in December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. The two countries, among the largest and fastest-growing sources of g...
Global Warming Getting the Cold Shoulder
After a series of highly publicized error in a landmark report about manmade global warming, and lingering controversy over hacked emails between climate scientist – public confidence is beginning to erode and could result in further stalli...
Thailand Tightens Environmental Regulation
Thailand’s biggest foreign investors have learned to live with a lot in recent years, including mass protests, airport closures and persistent rumblings about military coups. But now there is another issue that has companies such as Ford M...
Indonesia May Join Basic Group on Climate Talks
Indonesia plans to join growing powers Brazil, South Africa, India and China, known as the Basic Group, if it can help bridge the stalled talks on the long-awaited binding treaty on emissions cuts. Agus Purnomo, special assistant to Presid...
EPA Makes Polluters Pay Less
The Environmental Protection Agency is riling many businesses with proposals to regulate greenhouse gases for the first time, but data suggest it has been slow out of the gate under the Obama administration in enforcing existing regulations o...
Climate Experts Express Need for Results
A panel of experts recently gathered and addressed an audience at Yale Law School, calling for an effective strategy to ensure fast action on the climate change. Moderated by Yale Law School Professor Douglas Kysar the panel featured Caleb...
Africa Doubts Promises After Saving Copenhagen Climate Talks
Far too often, African leaders have been unable to present a united front on the world stage. Not this time around. At the Copenhagen climate talks, the continent fielded a single negotiating team, and it paid off. But for many delegates, ...
China Says No Emissions Cap, For Now
China’s top climate change negotiator says the world’s biggest carbon polluter has no intention of capping greenhouse gas emissions for the time being. Su Wei, who led China’s negotiating team at the UN climate change talks in Copenh...
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