An international forum says countries should make sure their push for economic growth includes all members of society, including the poor.
The appeal was issued Friday at the close of a 2-day Global Human Development Forum in Istanbul, ahead of a U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in Brazil in June. Known as Rio+20, it will be a follow-up to the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio that galvanized the global environmental movement.
The United States and the European Union plan to negotiate settlements with China for the import of cheaper Chinese solar panels into Western markets, The New York Times reports.
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case from an Alaskan village arguing it should be allowed to sue energy companies for climate change damages, Reuters reports.
Business and policy groups including the Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce called on the Senate to approve the Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency bill, The Hill reports.
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell told the Interior Department his administration is willing to invest up to $50 million in an assessment of oil reserves of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomberg reports.
Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee called on the EPA to suspend rulemaking for stormwater runoff until the agency opens the process to small businesses.
