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The article focuses on the efforts of nine U.S. states to cut emissions of power plants. Several public officials have reached into a preliminary agreement to freeze power plant emissions at their current levels and reduce them by 10% by 2020. The cooperative action came after the decision of the government not to regulate the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Significantly, the regional initiative would set up a market-driven system that would control emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, from various electric generators in the nine states. On the other hand, various city mayors have signed to meet the emissions reductions standards.

The article focuses on the decision of the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) to tackle the environmental consequences of modern living in Australia. The key goal of EPHC was to get manufacturers involved in recycling their products. Significantly, ministers reported strong progress in the recycling of tires, televisions, mobile phones, and newspapers. Furthermore, the EPHC emphasized the need to reduce their plastic bag use. Moreover, the EPHC has adopted clearer application trigger for the National Environment Protection Measure which supports the National Packaging Covenant. A National Action Plan on dioxins was adopted by Ministers to address dioxin emissions.

The article features the United Nations Climate Change report which suggested increased greenhouse gas emissions in Australia. The report have indicated that the country's greenhouse gas emissions have risen 23.3% on 1990 levels. Spain topped the list of emission increases over the 1990-2003 time period. Overall, greenhouse gases is down 5.9% in 2003 compared to the 1990 levels in the industrialized countries. Major reductions of greenhouse gas emissions occurred in central and eastern Europe which resulted from economic restructuring. Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell contended that the emissions figure was misleading since it failed to take into account changes in land use.

The article focuses on the results of the ambient air quality NEPM (National Environment Protection Measure) initiated by the National Environment Protection Council (NEPC) in Australia. The overall purpose of the NEPM review is to evaluate the performance of the current NEPM in achieving the desired environmental outcome of the measure. Significantly, the next step in the process will involve the development of a range of Discussion Papers by the Project Team on proposed ways to address specific issues. The next step in the NEPM process will involve the preparation of a draft of the variation and an Impact Statement.