Home » bill gilbert

Senate Climate Bill May be Reshaped by Coal States

Posted by Environmental Leader on 13/11/2009

Senators from states heavily reliant on coal-fired electricity want the climate bill to apportion more free carbon permits to their states, reports Reuters.Without such changes, electricity consumers in certain states would have to pay unfairly higher rates, a group of 14 Democratic Senators stat ...

Carbon Footprint Carbon Offsets/RECs Clean Energy Climate Emissions Government Policy & Law Utilities Carbon Permits climate bill Coal Electricity Rates Senate

---

Philippines: Clinton Should Press Arroyo on Killings

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 09/11/2009

(New York) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should press President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines to prosecute military members responsible for politically motivated killings, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

Press release Anti-Torture Bill Asia Davao City Davao Death Squad Death Squads extrajudicial killing New Peoples Army Philippines President Arroyo

---

Uganda: Bill Threatens Progress on HIV/AIDS

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 06/11/2009

(Kampala) - A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control ...

Press release Africa Health HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Bill HIV/TB Uganda WHO

---

One Committee Down for Senate Climate Bill, Five More to Go

Posted by Environmental Leader on 05/11/2009

All seven Republicans in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee boycotted voting on the Senate climate bill, allowing the bill pass to pass 10-1 in the morning hours of Nov. 5.Sen. Max Baucus, (D-Mont.) was the lone “no” vote. Now, the bill must wind its way through five ot ...

Climate Emissions Feature Government Policy & Law U.S. boycott climate bill Max Baucus Republicans Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

---

Partisan Bickering Puts Climate Bill in Jeopardy

Posted by Environmental Leader on 03/11/2009

A key U.S. Senate panel, controlled by Democrats, will begin debating a climate change bill this week despite a planned boycott by minority Republicans who demand more study of the issue, including economic costs on utilities, factories and oil refineries, reports Reuters.Senator Barbara Boxer, t ...

Carbon Finance Carbon Finance & Offsets Carbon Offsets/RECs Climate Emissions Financial Government Policy & Law Spending U.S. carbon emissions Climate Bill Boycott Climate Change Bill Democrats environmental protection agency global warming Pollution Credits Republications Senate Panel

---