United States News
The latest news from and about U.S. issues.Monday, May 12, 2008
Advances in Oil and Gas Leasing, Drilling and Production Continue in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Subsea World, May 11, 2008 - “With approximately 72 percent of the Gulf of Mexico’s oil production coming from wells drilled in 1,000 feet (305 meters) of water or greater, advancement into deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) continues as offshore operators meet the challenges presented in exploring and developing this energy frontier.” Read more.
Company plans major oil pipeline.
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, May 9, 2008 - “TransCanada Corp. plans to build a 36-inch underground pipeline through eastern Montana and five other states to carry Canadian crude down to U.S. refineries along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The 1,940-mile pipeline project must first obtain land easements and approval from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. No formal announcement has been made yet, but Gov. Brian Schweitzer said this week that TransCanada wants to finish the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline by the end of next year.” Read more.
Virtual Border Fence To Hit Texas.
PimpinTurtle, May 10, 2008 - “Sections of Texas’ border with Mexico eventually could be secured by the same kind of high-tech ‘virtual fence’ that’s been deployed in Arizona, key legislators said Friday after touring the state-of-the-art surveillance network. The comments by two subcommittee chairmen with the House Homeland Security Committee — Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, and Christopher Carney, D-Pa.— followed an inspection tour Friday of the $20.6 million virtual fence near Sasabe, Ariz. The project links high-tech surveillance towers, cameras, radar, ground sensors and unmanned aerial drones along a 28-mile section of the 1,947-mile international border.” Read more.
Friday, May 09, 2008
International Joint Commission Sets Meeting Dates.
The Seaway Channel, May 8, 2008 - “The International Joint Commission (IJC), a bi-national commission established under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 between the United States of America and Canada has announced a number of meetings that may be of interest to those who care about the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River and other U.S. Canada boundary waters.” Read more.
Monday, May 05, 2008
A Primer on Plan Mexico.
Americas Program, May 5, 2008 - “On Oct. 22, 2007 President Bush announced the $1.4 billion dollar ‘Merida Initiative,’ security aid package to Mexico and Central America. The initiative has fatal flaws in its strategy; instead of leading to a stable binational relationship and peaceful border communities, its military approach will escalate drug-related violence and human rights abuses. Mexico and the United States face a joint challenge in decreasing transnational organized crime and they must cooperate to strengthen the rule of law and stop illegal drug and arms trafficking over the border. This misguided policy will result in an inability to achieve its own goals and will waste taxpayers’ money. It will also seriously undermine the U.S.-Mexico relationship and Mexican stability.” Read more.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Governors to plot climate fight at Yale meeting.
Reuters, April 15, 2008 - “Governors from across the United States who bypassed the Bush administration by introducing laws to cut greenhouse emissions are slated to meet this week to broaden their fight against climate change. At least five governors including Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger from California and Democrats Rod Blagojevich from Illinois and Jon Corzine from New Jersey will meet at Yale University on Friday to discuss uniting the developing markets for trading of credits representing carbon emission reductions.” Read more.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Bush prepares global warming initiative
Washington Times, April 15, 2008 - “President Bush is poised to change course and announce as early as this week that he wants Congress to pass a bill to combat global warming, and will lay out principles for what that should include. Specifics of the policy are still being fiercely debated, but Bush administration officials have told Republicans in Congress that they feel pressure to act now because they fear a coming regulatory nightmare. It would be the first time Mr. Bush has called for statutory authority on the subject.” Read more.
Monday, April 14, 2008
RFF’s Nigel Purvis makes case for executive agreement on domestic, int’l policy.
E&E TV, April 14, 2008 - “In his new paper, “Paving the way for U.S. Climate Leadership: The Case for Executive Agreements and Climate Protection Authority,” Nigel Purvis, a former U.S. climate negotiator and current visiting scholar at Resources for the Future, explains why he believes the United States should negotiate a congressional-executive agreement on climate instead of a treaty.” Listen to/watch the interview.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Climate Change Talks Begin
The Press Association, March 31, 2008 - “Negotiators have opened their first talks on forging a devilishly complex global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol. They face wide divisions between rich and developing countries over how to slash greenhouse gases.” Read more.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Looming water wars foreshadow big problems.
EarthNews, March 10, 2008 - “Adaptation, or the matter of adjusting to climate change, is sometimes called a cheaper, easier way to deal with some of the consequences of a warming world. But consider the battle between the United States, Mexico and Canada that was triggered here amid the vegetable farms near the California border. For more than 60 years the family of Geronimo Hernandez has raised watermelons, peppers and other crops in the rich, irrigated soil of Mexicali Valley, but within the next five years it could begin to dry up.” Read more.
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