World Wildlife Fund issued the following statement today from Keya Chatterjee, acting director of WWF’s climate program: “We welcome the clear statement from President Obama about the urgency of climate change and the promise that the US will do its part, by providing funding for adaptation and mitigation. We’re encouraged by his statement that [...]

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Senior legislators from the G20 bloc of the world’s biggest economies launched an international commission in Washington Monday to help lay the political groundwork for a global deal on climate change in Copenhagen this December.
The International Commission on Climate Change and Energy Security was established by the Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE), an international alliance of [...]

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California’s top climate change official on Wednesday predicted President Barack Obama’s administration would let the state impose its own tough limits on greenhouse gas emissions from cars by May, in what would be a victory for environmentalists.
California asked the new Environmental Protection Agency chief to revisit the Bush administration’s 2007 decision that denied the state’s [...]

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President-elect Barack Obama’s goals for curbing greenhouse gases to 2020 are inadequate to fight global warming, Chinese and Indian delegates told Reuters at U.N. climate talks on Wednesday.
Developing nations welcomed Obama’s plan for tougher goals than President George W. Bush but said Obama’s target of cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions back to 1990 levels by [...]

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This week ZapRoot is covering…..

1. “Yes, we can change.” Obama wins the presidential election & here are our top 5 green dreams for 2009.

2. Zero Pollutions Motors create the car of the future, and it runs on air.
3. And, check out the lastest in Green Gadgets

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As the U.S. presidential candidates sprint toward the finish line, the Bush administration is also sprinting to enact environmental policy changes before leaving power.
Whether it’s getting wolves off the Endangered Species List, allowing power plants to operate near national parks, loosening regulations for factory farm waste or making it easier for mountaintop coal-mining operations, these [...]

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Barack Obama is promising a $150bn “Apollo project” to bring jobs and energy security to the US through a new alternative energy economy, if his final push for votes brings victory in the presidential election on Tuesday.
“That’s going to be my number one priority when I get into office,” Mr Obama has said of [...]

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In case you missed it, Sarah Palin gave a speech on energy policy yesterday at the Xunlight Corporation in Toledo, Ohio. In the speech she called for a break from the Bush administration’s energy policy. Too bad the break from policy that she and John McCain advocate really doesn’t move us towards a greener renewable [...]

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Sarah Palin gave a 2,585-word energy policy speech today in Ohio, and didn’t breathe the word “climate” or “global warming,” according to the prepared remarks available on the McCain campaign Web site.
She mentioned “energy independence,” “energy security” and similar phrases dozens of times, and repeatedly promised to increase drilling for oil and natural gas, champion [...]

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The presidential election of 2008 marks an important turning point in the history of American climate policy. We aren’t debating whether to limit emissions of greenhouse gases that accelerate global warming; both major candidates agree we need to do so. The current debate is about how best to rein in these emissions.
Sen. Obama offers bolder [...]

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