Senate Democrats on Tuesday (Aug 25) unveiled a plan to tackle climate change that calls for the US government to spend more than US$400 billion a ...
WASHINGTON: Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to tackle climate change that calls for the US government to spend more than US$400 billion a year to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Spokespeople for the Senate's Republican majority leader, Mitch McConnell, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Trump administration has downplayed the risks of climate change and cut regulations on fossil fuels industries. The plan offered by Senate Democrats also calls for reforming lobbying laws to reduce the influence of those industries.Some environmental groups said the plan did not go far enough and called for elimination of subsidies for oil and gas companies.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
US Senate Democrats unveil US$400 billion-a-year plan to tackle climate changeSenate Democrats on Tuesday (Aug 25) unveiled a plan to tackle climate change that calls for the US government to spend more than US$400 billion a ...
Read more »
US House approves US$25b for postal serviceTHE US House of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday to give the postal service a US$25 billion infusion and halt changes that Democrats said threatened the millions of mail-in ballots expected in November's presidential election. Read more at The Business Times.
Read more »
Donald Trump says US and China could decouple, if ‘they don’t treat us right’US President Donald Trump says America would decouple from China if “they don’t treat us right”, as a planned review of the phase one trade deal the two sides agreed in January remains on hold.In a short excerpt from an interview with Fox News set to air on Sunday, Trump said the US was not obliged to
Read more »
Honda to pay US$84.2 million to settle US states' probe over Takata air bagsTwo affiliates of Honda Motor Co have agreed to pay US$84.2 million to settle a probe by most U.S. states into their use of Takata airbags, which ...
Read more »
Honda to pay US$84.2 million to settle US states' probe over Takata air bagsTwo affiliates of Honda Motor Co have agreed to pay US$84.2 million to settle a probe by most U.S. states into their use of Takata airbags, which ...
Read more »
Oil producers cut 84% of US Gulf of Mexico output: US regulatorOil producers cut 1.56 million barrels per day, or 84per cent of the daily output, from U.S. offshore Gulf of Mexico wells ahead of a hurricane ...
Read more »