The European Union reached a landmark agreement to cap emissions from aircraft, raising the stakes in an increasingly ferocious battle with the United States over how to regulate global greenhouse gases. 

Bush Votes Down Climate Bill President Bush weighed against a Senate bill that would require dramatic cuts in climate-changing greenhouse pollution, cautioning senators "to be very careful about running up enormous costs for future generations of Americans. 

Biofuel Agreement The European member states are to set tougher sustainability criteria for biofuels made from agricultural crops in a bid to avert negative environmental side-effects linked to their mass production.  

Russia Joins International Motor Insurance Certificate Green Card System Russia may enter the International Motor Insurance Certificate Green Card system at the beginning of next year. Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov signed an order naming the Russian Union of Auto Insurers the national insurance bureau for the international system to send the appropriate application to the UN Economic Commission for Europe and the international green card bureau. 

Obama promises to help Detroit 3 U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama made it clear that he will help the Detroit 3 and the economy in general. Obama’s plan is to increase spending in the construction and environmental industries, and help create millions of new jobs and a need for pickup trucks and SUVs. At the same time, Obama vowed to help the domestic auto industry to a more fuel-efficient future.