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The article reports on the United States' climate-change policies. According to the article, about 13 bills have been introduced in the U.S. Congress that take varied approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions such as tax on fossil fuels and a mandatory system in which carbon dioxide emissions are capped. A group of senators has introduced the America's Climate Security Act that combines elements of 12 previous climate-change proposals.

Reports on the issue of global climate changes. Nations' agreement on the Kyoyo Protocol, requiring industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; Refusal of the United States to sign the agreement; Intensification of climate issues in the U.S.

The article reports on the promise of U.S. House leaders who oversee energy and environmental issues to investigate and eliminate regulations which they claim have resulted to job cuts. A letter was written by Representative Fred Upton (R-Michigan) for Energy Secretary Steven Chu which criticized the stimulus spending of the administration of President Barack Obama. Upton emphasized that their top environmental priority is to challenge the plan of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to control industrial emissions of greenhouse gases.

Focuses on the lack of coordination on the implementation of climate policies in the U.S. Anticipation of greenhouse gas reductions from implementation of the policy; Controversy on the legislation for regulation of carbon dioxide emission from plants; Plan of the administration on coal generation.

Details the discussion which transpired between corporate and state officials in Washington, D.C., focused on their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the government policies that could aid or hinder their efforts. Conference sponsors; Actions revealed by some companies to address climate change including Motorola, Entergy Corp. and DuPont.

The article reports on the new reporting system set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for industrial plants regarding their greenhouse gas emissions. It states that facilities with 25,000 metric tons release of carbon dioxide should file reports of their 2010 gas emissions in 2011. The new rule covers industrial plants, motor vehicles manufacturer and companies that supply chemicals. It also cites the support of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) on the new reporting system.

The article reports on U.S. President George W. Bush's May 31, 2007 speech explaining the country's agenda for the G-8 summit. He outlined a strategy for setting worldwide goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He claims that each country would establish midterm national targets and programs that reflect its own mix of energy sources and future energy needs.

The article cites key research findings indicating a 0.8% decline in the greenhouse gas emissions of 15 countries in Western Europe that make up the original European Union between 2004 to 2005. This has resulted to total greenhouse gas emissions dropping to 1.5% below the 1990 levels among the Western European nations.

Reports on the opposition of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to the nonbinding provision in the Senate version of the law that calls on Congress to enact mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Negative impact of mandatory controls on greenhouse gases on energy prices; Implications of reducing the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions for the country's economy.

Reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has rejected the petitions of several states and environmental organizations to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as air pollutants. Ruling of the court that the Agency has acted properly when it denied a petition in 2001 that sought to compel the Agency to order reductions in carbon dioxide and other green house gas emission from new motor vehicles; Discretion of the Agency on the matter; Disappointment of Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly to the decision of the court.