Each year The Green Market reviews the top environmental news stories of the preceding year. In 2011 governments around the world were in the news for what they did or did not do in support of the green economy. Here is “Governments” the fourth part of a five part series reviewing the 25 biggest environmental news stories of 2011.
1. Republican Assault on the Environment
Republicans are Playing Scrooge this Christmas
Republicans Use Blackmail to Gain Support for the Keystone XL Pipeline
Defend Clean Air and Oppose the TRAIN Act
Stop the Republicans Anti-Environment TRAIN
Republican Assault on the Environment
EDF Campaign Opposing US Anti-Environment Bill
Environmental Implications of the Credit Ceiling Agreement
Republican Obstructionism on the Debt Ceiling Risks Global Environmental Collapse
Republicans Undermining Climate Legislation
Supreme Court Decision Undermines Climate Change Legislation
Protecting the Planet from Corporate Influence
Republican Opposition to Obama’s Clean Energy Standard
Republican Cuts Target Green Jobs
Republicans Dethrone Czars and Defund Environmental Initiatives
Republican’s Fail in their Bid to Defund the EPA
Chu Video: The Worst Anti-Environmental Bill
Gerry Connolly Video: Climate Disasters and GOP
Blumenauer Video: ‘The Jihad Against Climate Change’
Republican Obstructionism on the Debt Ceiling
EDF Campaign Opposing US Anti-Environment Bill
Republican Assault on the Environment
2. US Green Initiatives
America’s New Fuel Efficiency Standards
US Government’s New Car Ratings
America’s New Car Ratings: Consumer Concerns
New Rules for US Trucks and Buses
New Rules for US Cars and Light Trucks
Working Cooperatively to Improve Fuel Efficiency in the US
Supreme Court Recognizes EPA Role in Carbon Pollution Protection
Highlights of Obama’s 2011 State of the Union Address
Legal Challenge Seeks to Force US Government Action
on the Environment
EPA’s New Clean Air Rules
The EPA Proposes Cleaner Air
EPA’s Proposed Rule to Regulate Emissions
Zotos Earns a Place on the EPA’s Top 20
EPA’s Top 20 On-Site Power Generation List
Winners of the 2011 Green Chemistry Awards
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Policies Contributing to More Robust
EPA’s New Mileage Estimates for the Volt
Video: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
The Environmental and Economic Implications of a Government Shutdown
EPA Proposes Standards for the Airline Industry
3. China’s Green Leadership
China Poised to Challenge Global Auto Giants
The Greening of China
China Wants a Global Climate Change Treaty in 2011
China Powers Ahead in Green Technologies
China’s Green Investments and Growing Economic Preminence
China’s Rare Earth Minerals Powering the Green Economy
Green Investment Opportunities in China
China’s Most Recent Five Year Plan
China can School the US About Green Growth
Video: China Leading the Green Economy
China’s Green Laws for Business
The Chinese Government is Investing in Clean Energy China’s Green Innovation and the Challenge for America
Video: Chinese Sustainability Initiative Targets Students
4. Canada’s Environmental Assault
Canadian Conservatives Repudiation of the Environment
Canadians Support Efforts to Combat Climate Change Canadian Conservative Government Rejects Kyoto
Canadian Animals and Plants in JeopardyCanada on Track to be a Dirty Energy Superpower
Canadian Federal Provincial Energy Conference on Resource Exploitation
Federal Provincial Energy Conference Sponsored by Big Oil
Video: The Alberta Tar Sands Dirty Oil
Lack of Canadian Co-ordination in Efforts to Reduce GHGs
Canada Lags Behind in Protected Land
Canadian Conservatives Disregard for the Environment
Resistance to Cuts at Environment Canada
Conservatives Cut Budgets and Slash Jobs at Environment Canada
Canadian Conservatives Slash Environmental Assessment
Canadian Conservatives Slash NRC Budget
Canada is Increasingly One of the World’s Worst GHG Emitters
Canada is a World Leader in GHG Emissions
WWF’s Canadian Living Planet Report
The State of Canada’s Environment
Canada Officially Withdraws from the Kyoto Protocol
Video: One South African Asks Why Canada is Silent on Climate Change
Canada is a Pariah at COP 17
The Costs of Canada’s Failure to Act on Climate Change
Canada on Track to be a Dirty Energy Superpower
Canadian Federal Provincial Energy Conference on Resource Exploitation
Federal Provincial Energy Conference Sponsored by Big Oil
Canadian Conservatives Dirty Priorities
Canadian Conservatives Disregard for Canada’s Environment
Video: The Alberta Tar Sands Dirty Oil
Lack of Canadian Co-ordination in Efforts to Reduce GHGs
Canadian Government at Odds with the Public on Climate Change
Conservatives Ignore Canadians While Jeopardizing the Environment and the Economy
Canadian Conservative Government Rejects Kyoto
Canada’s Government Opposes Kyoto and Hampers Progress at COP16
World Urges Canada to Do More to Manage Climate Change
Conservative Budget: No Green for Canada
The Impact of a Climate Change Deal on Canada
Canadian Global Warming Denial
5. Canadian Elections
Environmental Issues in the 2011 Canadian Federal Election
Environmental Platforms of Canada’s Federal Parties
No Reprieve for the Canadian Environment as Slacktivists Hand Elections to Conservatives
Ontario’s Green Energy Investments
Ontario’s Green Energy Act is Leading the Green Economy
Ontario Urged to Stay with Green Energy Act
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