by Associated Press Published: April 8,2013
Tags: appeal, case, climate, climate change, destruction, flooding, global warming, greenhouse gas, hurricane, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, rain, storm surge, trial, tropical, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A federal appeals court has agreed to review a three-judge panel’s ruling that a group of Mississippi coastal landowners can sue energy and chemical companies on allegations that linked greenhouse gas emissions to Hurricane Katrina. The lawsuit alleges that greenhouse gas emissions from energy and chemical companies contributed to global warming, [...] [...]
Declaring “our journey is not complete,” President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term before a crowd of hundreds of thousands Monday, urging the nation to set an unwavering course toward prosperity and freedom for all its citizens and protect the social safety net that has sheltered the poor, elderly and [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is proposing a new agency to study and report on the changing climate. Also known as global warming, climate change has drawn widespread concern in recent years as temperatures around the world rise, threatening to harm crops, spread disease, increase sea levels, change storm and drought patterns and cause polar [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), has released “The Effects of Climate Change on U.S. Ecosystems.” The report provides a summary of findings contained in a U.S. scientific assessment project commissioned by the USGCRP and released [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, yesterday cautioned the Senate about creating new programs, whether for healthcare, climate change or education, that are funded through automatic mandatory spending. In a speech to the Senate, Cochran addressed congressional spending practices, and stressed that the Congress could better control [...] [...]
JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour has notified Mississippi’s Congressional delegation about his concerns on “how current energy policy and climate change proposals would raise costs for working Americans and put American businesses at a competitive disadvantage globally.” The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill, would raise taxes [...] [...]
Loading ...