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The White House Climate Meeting: Obama Reassures Swing Voters

May 7, 2009

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

Tags:
carboncaps, climatelegislation, climatenegotiations, copenhagencountdown, globalwarming, markey, obama, waxman

For the first time ever, the president of the United States invited a group of House Democrats to the White House on Tuesday to urge them to agree on draft climate legislation. The meeting achieved some concrete results, but more...continued

Five Reasons We Need a Senate Climate Vote Now

May 20, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carbonallowances, carboncaps, globalwarming, globalwarmingpollution, liebermanwarner

There is a solid global warming bill making its way through the Senate right now, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. Some people say it may have a hard time getting the needed 60 votes in the Senate. Some people say...continued

DOE Says We Can Have Carbon Caps and Economic Growth

May 2, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carboncaps, cleantech, departmentofenergy, globalwarming, greenjobs, liebermanwarner, markettransformation

You have heard me talk about the economic benefits of passing a global warming law. Now you can get the news from the Department of Energy itself. This week, the DOE’s Energy Information Agency released a report showing that we...continued

The Most Important Fight of My Career: the Lieberman-Warner Bill

April 29, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carboncaps, carbonfootprint, globalwarming, globalwarmingsolutions, liebermanwarner

I have been working to protect the environment for more than 30 years, and I feel like I am facing the most important fight of my career: passing the Lieberman/Warner climate change bill, which will be up for a vote...continued