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| White House plan targets methane emissions Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced a wide-ranging plan Friday aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, landfills and other sources, part of President Barack Obama's strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. Full Story | Top |
| Obama considers new climate regulations for oil, gas sector Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:31 PM PDT  By Roberta Rampton and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it will take a hard look at whether new regulations are needed to cut emissions of methane from the oil and gas industry, part of President Barack Obama's plan to address climate change. The suggestion drew a sharp rebuke from the main oil and gas lobby group. The American Petroleum Institute said its members were already taking steps that will cut emissions and expressed concern that more regulations could put a damper on natural gas drilling by raising costs. But environmental groups said regulations are needed to make sure all players take action to reduce methane emissions. Full Story | Top |
| US to tackle methane in climate change push Friday, Mar 28, 2014 11:21 AM PDT  The White House pledged Friday to clamp down on US emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas produced by cattle and natural gas production that contributes to climate change. The bid is the latest by President Barack Obama's administration to find ways to tackle climate change in the face of staunch opposition by rival Republican lawmakers. The United States is the largest greenhouse gas emitter after China. Full Story | Top |
| Severe Weather Outbreak Friday, Mar 28, 2014 11:03 AM PDT 210PM Below is our CBS 11 HIGH RESOLUTION FORECAST MODEL showing where storms are likely to be located over the next several hours. 2:00PM The cold front is moving thru Tarrant County. Areas east […] Full Story | Top |
| White House releases plan to cut methane emissions Friday, Mar 28, 2014 09:49 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced a wide-ranging plan aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, landfills and other sources. The plan announced Friday is part of President Barack Obama's strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. Full Story | Top |
| White House unveils plan to cut methane from oil, gas sector Friday, Mar 28, 2014 08:50 AM PDT  The White House said on Friday it will take a hard look at whether new regulations are needed to cut emissions of methane from the oil and gas industry, part of President Barack Obama's plan to address climate change. Regulators will start by proposing new rules later this year to reduce venting and flaring from oil and gas wells on public lands, said Dan Utech, Obama's top energy and climate aide. The Environmental Protection Agency is going to study this year whether additional broader regulations are needed for methane emissions under the Clean Air Act, Utech told reporters. Full Story | Top |
| Norway's expert negotiator Stoltenberg to become next NATO chief Friday, Mar 28, 2014 08:14 AM PDT By Balazs Koranyi OSLO (Reuters) - From his youth as an anti-war activist who hurled stones at the U.S. Embassy to his later years as Norway's leading statesman and negotiator, Jens Stoltenberg will take over the reins of NATO with honed skills in both confrontation and compromise. The former prime minister and U.N. climate change envoy will assume the role of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation secretary general from October 1 at a delicate time for the security group over Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region. "If the task for NATO now is to defuse the crisis with Russia over Ukraine, then Stoltenberg will be eminent. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. Tries To Stop India's Solar Policy While Pushing Fight Against Climate Change Friday, Mar 28, 2014 07:57 AM PDT  WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration talks a lot about the need to develop renewable energy around the world to curb climate change. But right now, it's trying to kill India's effort to boost its domestic solar industry. The U.S. wants India to back off a policy that would require local sourcing for solar energy technology, and has sought World Trade Organization enforcement action. Representatives from the two nations reportedly met last week to try to settle the trade battle over India's rapidly developing solar industry, but reached no resolution. U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Weather Is Part of the Story Friday, Mar 28, 2014 07:52 AM PDT  Weather plays a part in each of my books. Though a novel may start in one month and end in a another, the weather is a big factor in each story, often providing delightful plot twists. My first published book, Sea Of Ho Full Story | Top |
| At U.N. climate talks, many seek sterner warnings of GDP losses Friday, Mar 28, 2014 07:31 AM PDT By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, March 28 (Reuters) - Many governments want sterner warnings of probable economic damage from global warming in a draft U.N. report due on Monday, saying that existing estimates of trillions of dollars in losses are only part of the picture. A final draft before talks this week among governments and scientists in Japan projected that warming would cut economic output by between 0.2 and 2.0 percent a year by damaging human health, disrupting water supplies and raising sea levels. But many countries reckon that is an underestimate because it excludes risks of catastrophic changes, such as a runaway melt of Greenland's ice, collapse of coral reefs or a drying of the Amazon rainforest that could cause massive economic losses. Trying to address the objections, an updated draft text from the meeting on Friday, obtained by Reuters, adds that impact estimates "do not yet account for catastrophic changes, tipping points, and many other details." "The quoted figures of 0.2 to 2.0 percent of GDP (gross domestic product) are at best an under-estimate, and at worst completely meaningless," a note by the British government said before the meeting, faulting the draft for omitting many risks. Full Story | Top |
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