States that have set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have yet to implement sufficient policies to meet their pledges, an EDF said.

New York held its final hearings on its proposed emissions standards under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

The New York State Climate Action Council approved an advisory panel on waste emissions to be established by Department of Environmental Conservation staff.

Methane emissions might be reduced by making them part of the carbon markets, panelists said at a forum hosted by The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.

The IPCC climate change report had a sobering effect on the Horizon 18 conference, where New England clean tech companies met with other stakeholders.

Climate change could have catastrophic effects sooner than previously thought, according to a new report by the U.N.’s IPCC.