Posted by Frances Beinecke in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Tomorrow President Obama is traveling to Canada. Most American presidents head to Ottawa on their first state visits, using the trip to our northern neighbor as an easy transition to the world stage. But this time, in addition to the...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
I am an environmental advocate. That means sometimes I travel to Washington to lobby Congress on behalf of the issues NRDC cares about. Big Oil companies dispatches lobbyists to the Hill as well. Last week we covered the same ground:...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I just got back from an extraordinary trip to the Arctic North of Norway, and I am left feeling exhilarated and alarmed at the same time. I knew before I went that the Arctic was the epicenter of global warming,...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
Right now, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act is fighting for survival. The same industries who brought us high gas prices are also trying to kill the bill. Why? Because the Climate Security Act will wean us off gas and bring...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
I recently called on Senators McCain, Clinton, and Obama to return to their day jobs long enough to actively support the global warming bill that will likely come to a Senate vote next week. Now a New York Times editorial...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
For the next four days, New York City will host the first annual World Science Festival. This isn’t a middle-school science fair for grown ups. It is an engaging effort to bring complex scientific notions--green innovation, neuroscience, species extinction--into the...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
Last week, Senator John McCain gave a prominent speech about global warming. I was glad to see him, like the other two remaining candidates, outlining what he might do to combat global warming if he were elected president. But the...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
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→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming
Many of the issues we work on take decades to get the results we want. But at other times, things begin to fall into place with surprising speed. That’s happening now with dirty coal.Over the past year, one after another...continued→
