The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives wants to spend almost $7bn in the coming year to reduce the nation’s enormous carbon footprint, reports the Independent. This has put it on a collision course with the White House, which still remains in denial about climate change.
A major clash is expected between the White House and Congress in […]

Today, over 30 U.S. environmental, development and faith-based organizations sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives (Acrobat .pdf) calling on Members to support the End Oil Aid Act.
“The U.S. can play a critical role in fighting our addiction to oil, alleviating global poverty and combating climate change as we move toward a clean […]

A statement released June 1 by the US Government Accountability Office (the “investigative” arm of Congress), finds that “the US federal government receives one of the lowest government takes [from oil and gas development] in the world.”
The testimony, delivered to Congress on May 1 but only publicly released last Friday, indicates that while there are […]

A coalition of about 30 U.S. development and environmental NGOs called on President Bush today to stop standing in the way of a landmark deal on climate change at the upcoming G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.
The coalition, which includes Oil Change International, Friends of the Earth U.S., Oxfam America, the Sierra Club, Action Aid USA […]

British Member of Parliament, Michael Meacher, has introduced an “early day motion” that calls on the British aid agency, the Department for International Development, to stop subsidizing oil companies through development agencies like the World Bank.
Other Members of Parliament are invited to endorse the motion, which will stay open until November. A similar motion […]