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California's AB 1404 Passes!
In a narrow 21-to-19 vote on Saturday, the California Senate passed AB 1404, which would strictly limit offsets in California's...
Western Regional Climate Legislation
As California and the Western US develop their own global warming programs, carbon offsets, and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development...
California's AB 1404 Offsets Bill Hits the Senate Floor
Sometime this week, the California Senate is expected to vote on a bill that addresses the role of offsets in...
U.S. Climate Legislation
On May 21, 2009, the Energy and Commerce Committee approved H.R. 2454, “The American Clean Energy and Security Act” (ACES),...
US Says Yes to Doublecounting
It shouldn't have been a surprise that the world's largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases would make a convoluted argument...
October 21: The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival Comes to San Francisco!
International Rivers and the Women’s Environmental Network are pleased to host the San Francisco screening of the Wild and Scenic...
Boom in Hydropower Pits Fish Against Climate
The Rocky Reach Dam has straddled the wide, slow Columbia River since the 1950s. It generates enough electricity to supply...
NY Times Editorial Highlights Offsets Loophole in ACES Bill
Today the New York Times published an editorial highlighting two major loopholes contained in the climate and energy bill (ACES)...
Bad Deal Cut on Domestic Offsets
In order to secure votes for the climate and energy bill from representatives of agricultural states, Congressman Waxman cut a...
Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
Originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle At the Joseph Farms dairy in Atwater (Merced County), farmers aren’t just transforming...