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Obama’s View from Yellowstone: Pines Killed by Climate-Fueled Beetles

August 14, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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ACES, beetles, energyandclimate2009, extinction, forests, globalwarming, infestation, whitebarkpine, yellowstone

President Obama heads Saturday to Yellowstone National Park, where he and his family join the millions of Americans who thrill each year to the sulfureous steam of Old Faithful, the wild domains of bison and elk and the summer splendor...continued

Let's Not Go Backwards on Biofuels: Fixing the Climate Bill's Biofuels Provisions

July 7, 2009

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

Tags:
ACES, agriculture, agriculturedepartment, biofuels, biomass, cleanenergy, forests, globalwarming, renewablefuelstandard, simplesteps

I welcomed the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act last month. It is a good bill that gets us going down the road toward clean energy and climate solutions. But passing the bill in the House required...continued