Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Yesterday David Doniger posted an overview based on NRDC’s “first read” of the Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act discussion draft. Here I will delve more deeply into the environmental integrity of the core emission limits in the bill. There is good...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
As Senators Kerry and Lieberman prepare to release the discussion draft of their comprehensive energy and climate bill tomorrow, NRDC is launching a powerful new national TV spot, called “Change,” that makes the case for moving to clean energy. This...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
In previous posts I have argued that it would be an historic mistake if our response to the disaster in the Gulf is limited to plugging the well and cleaning up the spill as best we can, and I have...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Obviously an environmental disaster that graphically demonstrates the dangers of our fossil fuel dependence should makes it easier to pass a comprehensive clean energy and climate bill. Well, not according to an article yesterday in Politico, which declared “spill leaves...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Not too long ago, BP was best known for its efforts to rebrand itself as Beyond Petroleum. Today BP is notorious because of its inability to stem the toxic tide of crude oil gushing from its ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
EPA released an achingly beautiful report today compiling 24 indicators of climate change. Starting with basic data on emissions and the rising concentration of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere the report covers changes in the air, water, land, and ice...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
In my last post, I asked "Can the Senate pass a bill that delivers 2 million jobs, 2 billion tons and $2 trillion?" Tuesday night I'll be joining a panel of experts to discuss that question and more at George Washington...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
On the fortieth anniversary of the first Earth Day there is much to celebrate: Our air is cleaner and our rivers no longer catch on fire. But we can’t rest on our laurels when millions of Americans still breathe unhealthy...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
The Wonk Room over at Think Progress posted an important piece on Friday calculating that comprehensive energy and climate legislation would reduce Iran’s petrodollar receipts by $1.8 trillion through 2050, an average of $100 million per day. That’s a huge...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Larry Summers, the Director of the National Economic Council, used his luncheon speech at today’s Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook Conference to lay out a compelling case for comprehensive energy and climate legislation. The text of his remarks should...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said today that she is putting on hold her effort to block EPA’s determination that carbon pollution is a danger to public health and the environment. This is a strong indication that she doesn’t think a...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
It's been a busy couple months for climate deniers bent on spinning a handful of minor science errors into a web of distortion, misinformation and lies. The Earth, unfortunately, isn't playing along. In January we learned that the 2000s was...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Sen. James Inhofe, (R-Ok), the Senate’s chief spokesman for climate deniers, says so many outrageous things (see his recent interview on Grist) he’s all but lost his power to surprise. Last week, though, the Oklahoma Republican crossed a line that I find...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
This post written with Bob Deans The ongoing assault on climate science orchestrated by anti-regulation ideologues and supported by oil and coal companies has sown seeds of doubt by magnifying minor missteps by climate scientists and distorting the meaning of...
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
The federal budget submitted by the president to Congress each year provides the best overall roadmap of the administration’s priorities. President Obama’s 2011 budget, released yesterday, is no exception. It builds on the message he delivered in his State of...
