Obama Adviser: Prefers CO2 [Swindle] Rules Come From Congress, Not EPA - EasyBourse actualité

By Mark Peters Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BOSTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. climate czar Carol Browner said Monday she strongly prefers regulations on greenhouse gas come from the U.S. Congress, while seeing a climate-change policy as essential ahead of a world meeting in December.
Speaking at a conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Browner said she's confident Congress can move forward with climate policy, citing hearings scheduled later this month on a sweeping legislation proposed by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass. Browner added the legislative approach provides greater options to combat climate change instead of a regulatory approach by the Environmental Protection Agency.

District cuts costs by curbing energy use > Castle Rock

Douglas County School District energy manger Lee Smit has a motto: "Every dollar we choose to send to the utility companies is one less dollar we have to spend on students."

With this in mind, Smit works to introduce energy-saving measures throughout the district, a practice that is especially important due to the budget shortfall, Smit said.

"It's not about being political, I don't talk about global warming," he said. "Instead of spending money on utilities, let's put it somewhere else, like textbooks."

reportonbusiness.com: West rejects Ottawa's emission plan

OTTAWA, CALGARY -- Alberta and Saskatchewan are rejecting a "one-size-fits-all" federal plan for climate change regulations, insisting on the need for intensity-based rules even as Ottawa reconsiders that approach in the face of U.S. pressure.