Environmental Law

In Other News (May 14)

By Dennis Pfaff and Kevin Livingston, Editors

• The U.S. House of Representatives passes a new five-year farm bill, including provisions relating to renewable fuels tax credits, by enough votes to overcome a presidential veto, reports Bloomberg.
• A committee of Nigeria's Senate is set to open debate on a bill to establish a National Climate Commission that would have responsibility for the strategic planning and co-ordination of national policies in the field of climate, according to Lagos' This Day.
• Biotech companies "see a silver lining in climate change," asserting that farmers cannot win the battle against an altered climate without genetic engineering, says an article in Asia Today, reprinted from Foreign Policy in Focus.
• Peter Darbee, chairman and CEO of Northern California's PG&E Corp., warns that the entrepreneurial efforts of renewable energy developers "may be stillborn" if Congress doesn't pass vital production and investment tax credits, in a commentary appearing in the San Francisco Chronicle.
• As Republican Sen. John McCain tries to reach out to independent voters in his campaign for the White House, global warming is the issue that sets him most apart from his predecessor, argues Time Magazine.

Full post as published by Climate Law Update on May 14, 2008 (boomark / email).