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Join Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Me at a New York City Town Hall

November 16, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
bobbykennedy, cleanenergycommonsense, coalfiredpowerplants, coalindustry, coalmining, fgbbook, globalwarming, kennedy, mountaintopremoval, nuclearpower, townhall

Tomorrow night I have the honor of introducing Bobby Kennedy Jr. at a free event open to the public in New York City. Bobby will be talking about "Our Environmental Future," and I invite you to join us for an...continued

The Senate Stimulus Package: Green Jobs Are Good Jobs

February 10, 2009

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

Tags:
bluegreenalliance, energyefficiency, greeneconomy, greenjobs, liquidcoal, nuclearpower, stimulus

For several months, President Obama has been telling Americans that green energy investment is a path to economic recovery. In the last several days, Washington got the message loud and clear. Not only did the city play host to 2,000...continued

Why Nuclear Power Is Not a Global Warming Solution

June 19, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
globalwarming, gristmill, joeromm, nuclearpower, nuclearproliferation, nuclearwastedisposal, renewableenergy

When people learn that I spend a lot of my working hours battling global warming, one of the first questions they ask is, “What do you think about nuclear power?”This is how I reply: I think it is important to look...continued

Bush's Rose Garden Energy Plan: Deja Vu All Over Again

April 30, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
arcticnationalwildliferefuge, cleantech, economicstimulus, globalwarming, nuclearpower, presidentbush, renewableenergy, renewabletaxcredit, rosegarden

For the second time in two weeks, President Bush returned to the Rose Garden to offer outdated ideas on how to manage America’s energy crisis. On April 16, he trotted out a plan for tackling global warming that was weaker...continued