Posted by Erin Allweiss in Solving Global Warming
The Energy and Commerce Committee is working overtime to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act by Friday. The obstructionist tactics by Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-TX) and his opposition allies are meant to run the clock so it...
Posted by Erin Allweiss in Solving Global Warming
Tonight Barack Obama delivered an inspirational speech to a country in need of hope, something he was not short on throughout the campaign and not short on tonight. It made me hopeful to hear him make clean energy a fundamental...
Posted by Erin Allweiss in Solving Global Warming
It's been quite the week. Last Tuesday President-elect Barack Obama came to the Hill to be sworn in, and yesterday President Obama returned to meet with lawmakers about the much anticipated economic recovery package. NRDC's experts have been weighing in...
Posted by Erin Allweiss in Solving Global Warming
Change has come to DC, and it's not just Barack Obama who is shaking things up. This morning, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) took over the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, the committee that will be responsible for writing global warming...
