Insurance Journal » greenhouse gas emissions http://www.insurancejournal.com Insurance Journal delivers the latest business news for the Property/Casualty insurance industry Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Will Supreme Court Enter Climate Change Debate? http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/05/16/292161.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 12:36:41 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=292161 With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other industry groups, along with …

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]]> Climate Scientists Struggle to Explain Warming Slowdown http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2013/04/16/288496.htm Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:18:38 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=288496 Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. Often focused on century-long trends, most climate models failed to predict that the temperature …

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]]> UN Report Finds World Climate Change Goal at Risk as Emissions Surge http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2013/04/15/288328.htm Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:42:02 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=288328 A global goal for limiting climate change is slipping out of reach and governments may have to find ways to artificially suck greenhouse gases from the air if they fail to make deep cuts in rising emissions by 2030, a …

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]]> Court to Review Mississippi Coastal Landowners’ Climate Change Suit http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2013/04/09/287746.htm Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:14:16 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=287746 A federal appeals court has agreed to review a three-judge panel’s ruling that a group of Mississippi coastal landowners can sue energy and chemical companies on allegations that linked greenhouse gas emissions to Hurricane Katrina. The lawsuit alleges that greenhouse …

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]]> Washington Governor, Senators Differ On Climate Proposal http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/03/07/283956.htm Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:53:11 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=283956 Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday insisted Washington state is poised to lead the fight against climate change and urged lawmakers to help him move quickly on the issue. The governor advocated for his inaugural climate change bill in the House …

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]]> Davos Strives to Make Climate Talk More than Hot Air http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2013/01/25/278768.htm Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:33:51 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=278768 Climate change is back on the global agenda, with debate in the corridors at Davos given fresh impetus by U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon both highlighting it as top priority this week. Yet business leaders are …

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]]> In Inaugural Address, Obama Vows to Tackle Climate Change http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/01/22/278104.htm Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:57:02 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=278104 President Barack Obama said on Monday he will confront climate change in his second term in office, an unexpected vow that puts the politically charged issue among his domestic priorities alongside gun control and immigration reform. Linking climate change to …

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]]> UK’s Met Office Sees 2013 as Likely to be One of Warmest on Record http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/12/21/274937.htm Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:45:20 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=274937 Global temperatures are forecast to be 0.57 degrees [1.026°F] above the long-term average next year, making 2013 one of the warmest years on record, Britain’s Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, said on Thursday. “It is very likely that …

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]]> Despair after Climate Conference Inaction, but UN Still Offers Hope http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/12/10/273302.htm Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:32:03 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=273302 At the end of another lavishly-funded U.N. conference that yielded no progress on curbing greenhouse emissions, many of those most concerned about climate change are close to despair. As thousands of delegates checked out of their air-conditioned hotel rooms in …

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]]> California to Vote on New ‘Clean Car’ Regulations http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/01/27/233007.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:40:33 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=233007 California, whose greenhouse gas emissions standards lead the U.S., is poised to vote on pushing them further. The new rules, if approved, would require automakers to build cars and trucks by 2025 that emit about three-quarters fewer smog-producing pollutants and …

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