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House to Vote on American Clean Energy and Security Act

June 10, 2009

Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming

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carboncaps, cleanairact, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, waxmanmarkey

The House of Representatives will soon vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454).  This will be the most important clean energy and climate protection vote that Congress has ever cast.  The ACES bill passed the Energy...continued

When In A Hole, Stop Digging

May 20, 2009

Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming

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congress, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, obama administration, uscap, waxmanmarkey

As the urgency of global warming increases, old divides are breaking down and old adversaries are starting to cooperate.    Fortune 100 companies have come together with leading environmental organizations in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which produced a Blueprint for...continued

The American Clean Energy Security Act - Quick Survey of Changes from the Discussion Draft

May 17, 2009

Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming

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energyandclimate2009, energysecurity, globalwarming, greenjobs, oildependence, waxmanmarkey

On Monday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will begin a week-long marathon to pass long-overdue clean energy and climate legislation.  After more than a month of extensive negotiations among members of the committee, Chairmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey...continued

"Degree of Difficulty" - How to Judge the Waxman-Markey Carbon Reduction Targets

April 30, 2009

Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming

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energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, waxmanmarkey

                                                                 This post written with Dan Lashof In Olympic diving, the judges score each dive based on a mutually-agreed "degree of difficulty."  So too in evaluating proposed carbon emission reduction targets for 2020, the judges - in this case the...continued

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David Doniger
Policy Director, NRDC Climate Center
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I'm the policy director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) Climate Center, and our...
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