Memoirs Of An Aging Hippie

The Environment

• Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy. […]
• Obama wants climate bill passed this year: Senator
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama still wants Congress to pass a climate bill this year, Republican Senator Susan Collins told reporters on Tuesday after meeting with the president. […]
• U.S. "cap and trade" rebranded "pollution reduction"
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name "cap and trade" and rebrand their product as "pollution reduction targets." […]
• Chanel muses on global cooling with iceberg show
  PARIS (Reuters Life!) - An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them. […]
• China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal
  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States. […]