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President Obama puts clean, renewable power in stark contrast to dirty fuels

February 24, 2009

Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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canada, climatepolicy, dirtyfuels, globalwarming, obamaspeech, oilsands, tarsands

In a forceful speech tonight, President Barack Obama asked America to join him in bringing about a revolution in how we produce and use energy.  Already in his young presidency, he has signaled his desire to regulate greenhouse gases from...continued

Will our leaders rise above the tar pit?

February 12, 2009

Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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climatepolicy, dirtyfuels, oilsands, presidentobama, primeministerharper, tarsands

The President will make his first foreign visit to Canada next week. This is a tradition and historically these meetings have been largely ceremonial. Not so this time. Canada is abuzz with speculation about what directions might be set -...continued

Liz Barratt-Brown
Liz Barratt-Brown
Senior Attorney
Washington, DC
I came to NRDC in 1981 and have worked with NRDC’s International Program for the...
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