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Washington Feels Like a New City

March 3, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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browner, cleanenergy, climatelegislation, globalwarming, jackson, obama, obamaspeech, stateoftheunion

Last week I traveled to Washington for the first time since the inauguration, and returning was a revelation. It is almost impossible to describe the changed atmosphere there and to absorb the impact of the shift in administration. People are...continued

The Environmental Appointments: Obama Means What He Says

December 11, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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browner, cabinetappointment, chu, energyefficiency, globalwarming, globalwarmingsolutions, greentransition, jackson, obama, ports, richardson, sutley

President-elect Obama's choices for top environment posts reveal something very important: they tell us that Obama means what he says. He means it when he says he wants to protect the planet and tackle global warming. Plenty of politicians say...continued