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“By my best calculation, June 8 will be the day when Treasury can’t pay its bills,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. He and other economists testified before the Senate…

The Environmental Protection Agency held the first in a series of public hearings on its proposed Clean Power Plan. The plan would cut carbon pollution from existing fossil-fuel power plants…

Panelists talked about the future of energy policy and U.S. energy independence. The presidents of the Shell Oil Company, the Environmental Defense Fund and former EPA Administrator Christin…

Senators Kerry and Lieberman unveiled their energy and climate change legislation. The bill seeks to reduce carbon emissions at the country’s biggest polluters including power plants, heavy …

This was the third of several Energy and Public Works hearings on global climate change legislation. Among the topics addressed were development of a clean energy economy, transportation, al…

Witnesses testified on climate change, emerging energy technology, and America’s role in clean energy. In the second of 2 panels, witnesses talked about “cap and trade” provisions of propose…

Vice President Joe Biden convened the first meeting of the Middle Class Task Force, with a focus on a green jobs as a pathway to a strong middle class. Panelists focused on provisions of an …

Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn talked about their co-authored book Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming published by W. W. Norton. In their book, Mr. Krupp and …

Corporate leaders and environmental advocates called for federal action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adopting climate-friendly technology. Among the topics they addressed were re…

Witnesses testified about proposals to limit greenhouse gas emissions, global climate change, and regulations that would create mandatory limits on all sectors of the economy.

Participants and committee members spoke about various measures to be included in the Democratic Party platform. Among the issues addressed were gun control, the economy, health care and the…

On Earth Day, politicians, celebrities and activists held a rally on the Mall to raise awareness of environmental issues.

Secretary Madeline Albright and others and several foreign policy experts discussed the upcoming international conference on environmental issues in Kyoto, Japan in December. They examined h…

In their second meeting, council members talked about how to promote economic development while preserving the environment. This 25-member council is made up of business leaders and cabinet …

Senators Max Baucus (D-Montana) and John Chafee (R-Rhode Island) called a news conference of environmental leaders in support for the North American Free Trade Agreement and its environmenta…

John Shanahan, scholar at the Heritage Foundation, discussed the results of the United Nations Conference for Environment and Development. Mr. Shanahan spoke on the conservative perspective …

The representatives of several U.S. environmental groups held a news conference in Rio de Janeiro during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, better known as the Ear…

Witnesses testified on the proposal to make the Environmental Protection Agency a cabinet level post.

Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government sponsored a panel discussion on environmental protections and methods of funding those protections. Environmental Protection Agency Administ…

President George H. W. Bush unvieled his Clean Air Package before an audience in the East Room at the White House. He outlined 5 points of a new environment philosophy. The last 25 minute…