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After a week-long debate, a cloture vote was held at the US Senate today to determine the future of the Lieberman-Warner bill. Unable to reach the 60 vote mark that was needed to invoke cloture, the bill was defeated, 48-36. The bill - in favor of a carbon cap-and-trade

Social entrepreneurs star at World Economic Forum

Chairman Markey's closing statement at "Pumping up Prices: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Record Gas Prices" hearing in which he calls onPresident Bush to use oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to offset rising fuel prices.

Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee, discusses the solutions Democrats haveoffered for rising gasoline prices, and denounces Republican efforts to block them.

A summary and analysis of recent news and turmoil regarding the EPA, including Congressional anger at key EPA libraries being closed (or access being limited), cases where EPA scientists have been ignored by management, the recent case where the Bush White House over-ruled its own figurehead leader if the EPA, cases where the federal government is not following federal court orders, conservation efforts and pollution prevention efforts being hindered, the Endangered Species act being ignored, and more, all with lnks to the apporpriate sources.

 Dr. John Marburger, Science Adviser to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), outlines the planthe Bush Administration is pursuing to minimize climate change and achieve energy security, emphasizing the development of newtechnologies like carbon sequestration and the importance of an international framework that holds all countries accountable.

The CEO of Masdar, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, presents Bush with a comprehensive display outlining the six business units of the initiative, including plans for Masdar City, the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city, and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), the region's first graduate-level academic institution focused on energy and sustainability and developed in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT).

Flanked by congressional Democrats and Republicans, Bush signs 2007 energy legislation at Department of Energy headquarters. The new law increases vehicle fuel economy standards, boosts biofuels and mandates better appliance and lighting efficiency among other provisions.

United Nations climate change summit held in Bali went past its deadline yesterday. American and European ministers tried to reach a deal on Washington’s opposition to mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions.