Environmental Law

In Other News (April 17)

By Dennis Pfaff and Kevin Livingston, Editors

• Congressional Quarterly writes about a new package of tax incentives, including some for energy programs, sponsored by Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. The statement from Baucus and Grassley notes the package includes extending credits for renewable electricity and refined coal production (see text here).
• The New York Times reports on serious drought in Australia and the possible implications for a world facing climactic change.
• Reuters covers the run-up to an international meeting in Paris at which developing nations object to possible curbs on greenhouse gases produced by industries such as steel or cement.
• The Times looks at the possibility that air regulators in the San Francisco Bay Area may impose a greenhouse gas fee on businesses; see Climate Law Update story on this subject last month here.  
• Nature publishes a book review in which a critic muses on parallels between Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps and modern calls for the creation of new "green jobs" to address global warming (subscription required for full article). 
• Vanity Fair examines the new  "Arctic oil rush" in an era of rising prices and shrinking ice caps, as well as the resulting competition among nations. 

Full post as published by Climate Law Update on April 17, 2008 (boomark / email).