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Bill Would Pave Way For Green Taxi Fleets

Posted by Environmental Leader on 01/10/2009

New legislation would allow cities to create local regulations mandating energy efficiency and emissions standards for taxi fleets.Previous efforts by cities, including New York City, to require conversion of taxi fleets to hybrids, for instance, were disallowed based on 1970s-era environmental r ...

Automotive Efficiency Emissions Fossil Fuels Government Policy & Law Transportation U.S. Green Taxis Act of 2009 Hybrid law NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Representative Jerrold L. Nadler of Manhattan Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand taxi fleet

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Global Climate Negotiations Resemble High Stakes Poker Game

Posted by Environmental Leader on 21/09/2009

A historic moment will unfold Sept. 22 at the United Nations headquarters, as U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao speak to top world leaders, each offering specific proposals for reducing pollution from greenhouse gases that are affecting the global climate.Despite the spe ...

Climate Emissions Global Government Guest Column Policy & Law # Yvo de Boer Executive Secretary of UNFCCC # U.S. President Barack Obama # Chinese President Hu Jintao and 23 other world leaders # U.S. Sen. John Kerry # U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton # Todd D. Stern Global Climate Negotiations Resemble High Stakes Poker Game Kevin Tuerff CEO Green Canary Sustainability Consulting U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change

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Cambodia: AIDS Colony Violates Rights

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 27/07/2009

The Cambodian government should urgently address dangerous conditions in a de facto AIDS colony it has created and immediately stop sending HIV-affected families there, more than 100 international HIV/AIDS and social justice organizations and experts said in a joint letter delivered on July 27, 2 ...

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Cambodia: Political Pressure Undermining Tribunal

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 22/07/2009

(New York) - Pronouncements by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that the UN-backed tribunal on Khmer Rouge atrocities should not prosecute additional suspects call into question the court's independence, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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Cambodia: End Assault on Opposition, Critics

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 14/07/2009

(New York) - The Cambodian government of Prime Minister Hun Sen should end its campaign of harassment, threats, and unwarranted legal action aimed at consolidating its rule by silencing the political opposition and peaceful critics, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

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