Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
Memo TO: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers, Heritage Foundation and other industry groups predicting the end of life as we know if America takes action on climate change FROM: Natural Resources Defense Council, Political Economic Research Institute/University of...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
America's vets are raising their collective voices in support of the American Clean Energy and Security Act. Pointing to the national security benefits of reducing America's reliance on dangerous foreign oil, VoteVets has been mobilizing its members in support of...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
This is an exciting week in DC. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman circulated his and Congressman Markey's draft climate bill. And you know what? It is an uplifting, inspiring proposal that challenges us to stop talking about a...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
The clean energy money in the stimulus package is already putting people to work, or back to work, in the case of a window factory in western Pennsylvania. Six months ago, Kensington Windows shut its doors when its parent company...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming
President Obama is making great use of his first 100 days, using his time to start moving the United States forward to a future where our economic health and growth is founded on clean energy. But we've only made a...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
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→
Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
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→
Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Van Jones is the nation's leading visionary calling for a social, economic and energy revolution driven by a massive effort to repower America's outdated and broken energy systems. A long-time advocate for helping those on society's lowest rungs to climb...continued→
Posted by Pete Altman in Moving Beyond Oil
How can we address the energy crisis, the economic crisis and the climate crisis in one swoop? By investing in clean energy, according to a new report by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The...continued→
