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A Clean Energy Bargain

September 17, 2009

Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
ACES, cap2.0, carboncaps, co2, energyandclimate2009

Earlier today NRDC released a Policy Brief summarizing economic analysis of clean energy and climate protection legislation that we have been working on for more than a year. We know that the Senate debate on this legislation will turn largely...continued

Build Up of Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide is Accelerating

September 27, 2008

Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carbondioxide, co2, emissions, fossilfuel

Despite two decades of talking about slowing global warming the actual rate at which heat-trapping carbon dioxide is building up in the atmosphere is accelerating according to new data released yesterday. Juliet Eilperin's story on this research made page 2...continued

Danger Zone

March 27, 2008

Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carboncaps, climatechange, climatefeedbacks, co2, globalwarming, globalwarmingscience

Jim Hansen, NASA’s top climate scientist, put global warming on the policy agenda with his 1988 Congressional testimony that he was 99% confident that a long term global warming trend was underway and that heat-trapping gases were probably to blame....continued

Prius v. Vegan

December 10, 2007

Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
CAFE, carbonfootprint, co2, vegan, vegetarian

No, this is not the title of a WWE title bout (or even a WWF fact sheet). Its a question I was asked by someone wanting to know which would make a bigger difference in lowering his personal carbon footprint....continued

Cheap at Twice the Price (but chances are it will cost half as much)

July 24, 2007

Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carboncaps, co2, economy, energy, EPA, globalwarming pollution, globalwarmingcosts, mccain-lieberman, S.280, so2

The debate on global warming in Washington has turned decisively from "Is it a problem?" to "What are we going to do about it and how much is it going to cost?"The EPA weighed into that debate today with an...continued

Dan Lashof
Dan Lashof
Director, Climate Center
Washington, D.C.
I am the director of NRDC's climate center. My main focus is solutions to global...
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