Local representatives blast energy bill The Lima News Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) Ă¢" In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nationĂ¢s first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a | House Approves Climate Change Bill WITN 7 North Carolina Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:36 PM PDT House Democrats pulled off a big win Friday evening -- passing a Climate Change and Energy bill. | (AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-27 01:56 UPDATE 1-San Diego utility to pay $700 mln in fire claims Interactive Investor Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:30 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 (Reuters) - Sempra Energy's San Diego Gas & Electric Co will pay insurers $686 million to settle claims related to wildfires that blazed through San Diego county in October 2007. Wildfires devastated California in 2007, burning more than half a million acres from Malibu to the Mexican border, destroying more than 3,000 homes and killing 7 people in two weeks in October. ... | Major provisions of House climate and energy bill AP via Yahoo! Finance Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:28 PM PDT Highlights of climate bill approved passed by the House: -- Reducing greenhouse gases by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050 through a cap-and-trade program that allows pollution permits to be bought and sold. | UPDATE: House Passes Landmark Climate & Energy Bill 219-212 Nasdaq Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A landmark climate bill - which would transform the way the nation uses energy by forcing refiners, power plants and other businesses to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions - passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday. | House passes major energy-climate bill Birmingham News Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:24 PM PDT Legislation would require U.S. to cut carbon dioxide and other emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. | Solar incentives bill has House support The Yuma Sun Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:22 PM PDT Legislation before the state House meant to entice renewable energy firms to locate or expand their operations in Arizona "is the best tax credit we've ever done" and one that likely will benefit the Yuma area, said a local lawmaker. | | |
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