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Healthy economic growth under cap and trade, per detractors

April 8, 2009

Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
climatechange, economy, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, globalwarmingsolutions, smears

I've blogged before about the dog and pony shows that some groups have been involved in to forecast economic disaster in the event Congress passes climate legislation. One study used to prop this point of view up was commissioned by...continued

After the election: What clean energy can do for America

November 3, 2008

Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
changeinwashington, cleanenergy, economy, greenrecovery

You can't  miss the fact that both Time and Newsweek chose the week of the Presidential election to run pieces on how the economic downturn will affect efforts to solve global warming.  Yes, most eyes are on the election through Tuesday night...continued

Global warming solutions: Just the stimulation we need

October 30, 2008

Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capandtrade, climatechange, economy, financialcrisis, greenjobs, greenrecovery

One of the most bizarre arguments made by the "let's not solve global warming" crowd is that doing so will hurt the poor (about whom, mysteriously enough, these voices seem to remain pretty unconcerned when almost any other topic is on...continued

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Pete Altman
Climate Campaign Director
Washington, D.C.
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