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The article discusses sustainable energy production from biogas and the political obstacles to implementing biogas projects in Great Britain. Agricultural biogas generation and anaerobic digestion are discussed. Also noted are waste incinerators that compete with biogas processing projects. Incinerators are said to be favored by local authorities despite their efficiency disadvantage, carbon dioxide emissions, and contributions to climate change. Technologies that can be used in combination with biogas processing to manage plastics and non-organic wastes otherwise incinerated also are discussed.

The article offers information on the call for bipartisanship in the U.S. parliament by the U.S. president, Donald Trump. Topics discussed include information on offering bipartisanship to the opposition, Democrats on several topics such as sex trafficking and safety from violence at home; discussions on the policies dealing with opioid abuse, AIDS and childhood cancer; and the information on the agenda of Democratic candidates such as gun safety, LGBT equality and climate change.

The article offers information on the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, a government initiative to control climatic changes in Canada. Topics discussed include the emission reduction target according to the framework, target set at climate change conference in Paris, France in 2015, and the fossil fuel industries in the country.

The article discusses the need for Conservatives to create a tenable approach to climate change in order to save the Conservative brand. Topics discussed include an overview of Conservative congressional policies of action, inaction and folly on greenhouse gas emission, and the political challenges to curbing carbon emissions. Also discussed is the Conservative perspective of the political implausibility of carbon tax over cap-and trade schemes as a greenhouse gas abatement policy.

The author disputes the claim by some scientists the climate change is reaching a tipping point of permanent ecological alteration of Earth. He argues that human-induced local and regional ecosystem changes will not cause uniform changes to the entire biosphere, noting that the response to external environmental pressures is not the same across different ecosystems around the world. He argues that the idea of a global tipping point also has a negative impact on climate and ecological policies.

The article discusses the sharp increase in various governments' subsidies on clean energy policies including the U.S., European Union (EU), China, Japan, and Korea. It cites however, that the policy of the government has associated risks of conflict under World Trade Organization (WTO) subsidy disciplines. It states another option for international agreement on cleantech subsidy disciplines as United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiation.

El artículo discute sobre eventos y diversas crisis con significancia a la política extranjera de la Unión Europea que ocurrieron en el año 2009. Las crisis analizadas incluyen el cambio climático, el virus de gripe porcina, y particularmente la crisis global financiera. Se analizan también la respuesta de la UE a la represión política que ocurrió en Irán, y las papeles de países individuales de la UE en la realización de su política extranjera.

The article discusses transportation-related fossil fuel use, associated carbon dioxide emissions and global warming, and technological and political aspects of controlling greenhouse gas emissions from an expanding future global transportation sector. The authors compiled a database of worldwide traffic volume since the 1950s to help envision future changes in transportation. Their model also is said to account for industry and consumer choices regarding transportation. They evaluate these and other factors to discern how transportation should be managed considering that green technologies can be more expensive than continuing to burn fossil fuels.

The author calls the Canadian government's global warming plan as fraudulent. He claims that the Tories' Action Plan to deal with climate change is a recipe for inaction and delay. He outlines the reports issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that summarize the current state of scientific knowledge about climate change. He alleges that the Canadian greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase despite repeated announcements of federal plans to reduce emissions.

The author discusses the climate change policies of Australian politicians including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull who promotes anti-renewable energy agenda and opposed the country's investment in wind and solar. Topics include the adoption of a whole-of-nation approach top disaster management based on community resilience by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), tha call of the Australia Institute for resilient renewbles, and the impact of climatic changes on Indigenous peoples.

The article discusses environmental policy in Canada as of April 2013, with information on the pending approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and government policy in the U.S. on climate change. Topics include Canadian policy on limiting greenhouse-gas emissions; the growth of Canada's oilsands industry; and the oil industry in Alberta, Canada.

The article describes how China is addressing the effects of climate change. Lin and He Jiankun, deputy director of the Committee of Experts on Climate Change, presented data about the impact of climate change on China and claimed that its total agricultural production will decline by 5% to 10% by 2030 if it fails to act with the problem. It emphasizes the need for international cooperation to help China in dealing with climate change issues. China pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40% to 45% per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020.

The author reflects on the impact of Canadian federalism on the country's provinces, within the context of the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federalism policies. An overview of the former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's political leadership is discussed. An overview of the impact of Trudeau's climate change policies on the Canadian Provinces, including in regard to carbon taxes in the provinces, is provided.

The article focuses on dealing with climate change which has been recognized as a global phenomena and countries entered into an agreement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on December 12, 2015, at Paris, France. The developed countries have pledged to reduce global average temperature beginning in their countries and aiding developing countries to achieve this. Also, China, U.S., EU, France, India, and Brazil, launched series of actions.

The article reports on the controversy caused by a study on the economic impact of federal climate change policies in Canada published by the David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute. The study suggests that such policies will not achieve the medium-term emissions targets of the prime minister. Some genuine reasons to question the conclusions of the study which was funded by the TD Bank Financial Group are cited. The article also mentions the positive attributes of the study.

The article focuses on countries and their environmental policies with regard to climate change and atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions. They include the Europeans who are mentioned as being environmentally friendly, but who have had difficulty meeting climate change targets from the Kyoto talks in 1997. The slow progress of the U.S. climate bill denotes the country's difficulties in addressing causes of climate change. Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal.

The article examines a report by Great Britain's Committee on Climate Change, an independent committee created to advise the government on climatic change prevention policies. The report found that market-based policies had done little or nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emission and urged stronger regulation of energy industries.

The article reports on the approval of four legislative bills by the Senate committees in December 2007 in the U.S. The bills, focusing climate change issues, include the Climate Security Act, Climate Change Adaptation Act of 2007, Global Change Research Improvement Act of 2007 and Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act. The Climate Security Act establishes a cap-and-trade system for emissions reduction of greenhouse gases while the Climate Change Adaptation aims to develop necessary tools to adapt to climate change. Global Change Research Improvement Act restructures the federal Climate Change Science Program and requires a new 10-year strategic plan. Lastly, the fourth bill determines an acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The article reports on the new governor of Florida, Charlie Crist. Embraced by Republicans and Democrats alike, Crist is fighting against global warming, for expanding stem cell research, and introducing paper ballots to deal with Florida's now perennial election scandals. He also support reenfranchising former inmates.

The article discusses how a small number of dissenters in the United States have drawn attention away from a consensus on the reality of climate change. Whereas most governments have acknowledged the problem of climate change and are exploring policy options, a small group of skeptical, dissident scientists--aided by a fair amount of media attention--successfully influences U.S. policy and public opinion. Their most recent effort is an article by Ross McKitrick and Patrick J. Michaels in the journal "Climate Research," published by the German scientific institute Inter-Research. Scientists from around the world constantly review and revise Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) temperature findings to eliminate the data bias of non-climate-related influences, such as artificially high temperature readings from densely populated urban hot spots. The IPCC's three assessments to date offer strong evidence of humans' role in accelerating climate change. Using a selective sample of the IPCC's surface temperature records from 1979 to 2000 (a short span for measuring global temperature trends), McKitrick and Michaels adjust the temperatures to reflect their own assumption that data from countries with lower gross domestic product and literacy rates are less quality-assured. Despite real or perceived conflicts of interest, the arguments of scientists such as McKitrick and Michaels have gained traction among conservative legislators. Their arguments also found a receptive audience in U.S. President George W. Bush's administration, which withdrew from Kyoto Protocol discussions without proposing or discussing any alternatives for cooperation.

The article announces that Australia's Nothern Territory government has joined South Australia in implementing container deposit legislation (CDL) in 2012 as part of its Climate Change Policy aimed at reducing street litter, increasing recycling and reducing recyclable goods entering landfill.

The article reports on the implications of greening the energy sector in Canada through carefully planned labour and climate change mitigation policy. It states that the Canadian energy policy focuses on delivering environmental and labour outcomes than considering its long-term climate change improvements. It also notes that public policy that focuses on the planning and training of an organized labor in advancing green jobs in the sector reinforces reliance on traditional employment practices.

The article presents the author's response to the criticisms drawn at his article on polemical tricks used to deride the applicability of an expert advice in the consideration of public policy on climate change. The author contradicts the claim that scientific consensus with any doubt is irrelevant to politicians or atmospheric scientists. He also examines the adequate level of consensus to be considered as adequate to allow precautionary measures against a climate disaster.

The article offers information on the efforts of Canada and the U.S. to integrate climate change policy. It mentions that Canada matched the conditional commitment of the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) by 17% below 2005 levels by 2020. It was proposed that the American Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) should include a provision that allows the U.S. government to impose tax by 2020 on imported carbon-intensive products from nations that do not have comparable GHG emissions regulations.

The article reports on the plan of the Australian government to provide financial incentives to industries to reduce carbon emissions. The plan of the government is neither economically efficient nor environmentally effective. It notes that the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is a giant churn machine offering little environmental gains. According to Coalition climate change adviser Danny Price of Frontier Economics, the action plan is a short-to medium-term stopgap measure.

The article offers information on carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, a climate change policy of the Canadian government. It says that the government is showing a keen interest in the CCS project and is investing 650 million dollars in developing the project. It informs that the climate program which aims to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, might also be a way to promote the tar sands corporations. The government is also investing huge money to promote its oil and gas industry.

The article discusses the major hurdles for the energy policies of U.S. President Barack Obama. His energy policies tackle two top priorities which is making the U.S. more energy independent and slashing greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and trucks. He has a 10-year goal of reducing oil consumption by more than the amount the U.S. now imports from the Middle East and Venezuela combined. The administration vows to combat climate change by slashing U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 80 percent by 2050.

Reports on the dispute between Canadian provinces and the federal government over the ratification of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Withdrawal of Alberta from the discussions; Reason for the withdrawal; Alternative proposal of Alberta on greenhouse gas reduction measures.

Reports that the United States Accounting Office (GAO) has criticized the administration's plan to combat rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Why Congress members have attacked the plan; Defenders of the administration's climate change plan.