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Talk of Carbon Tariff Flatly Rejected by China, Prompts 'Protectionist' Charges
One day after China’s top climate official, Li Gao, requested that his country’s export sector be exempt from greenhouse gas emissions reductions, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the possibility of levying a carbon tariff on countries that do not match US greenhouse gas emissions restrictions.
Newly Released House Energy and Climate Legislation Contains More Aggressive Measures than Obama Plan
Senior US Representatives Henry Waxman (D-Calif) and Ed Markey (D-Mass) released draft cap-and-trade legislation on Tuesday that would reshape US energy and climate policy through drastic cuts in emissions in the next 20 years and significant increases in renewables by 2025.
China's Emissions Trading Plan Puts Weight on Countries' Cumulative GHG
China appears to be backing out of global efforts to address climate change, intensifying pre-Copenhagen debate.