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In Wake of Oil Spill, Most Americans See Need for Clean Energy and Climate Legislation

May 7, 2010

Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
cleanenergy, climate, climatelegislation, globalwarming, gulfspill, whitehouse

This week, NRDC has been making the case that the Gulf Oil spill is a disaster that should shock the Congress into acting on a big scale to reform our energy system and get moving on clean energy and climate...

ACES Puts US and World On Safer Temperature Path

June 26, 2009

Posted by Pete Altman in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
americancleanenergyandsecurityact, climatechange, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, globalwarmingsolutions, waxman, waxmanmarkey

Duke University just released an analysis of the impact that ACES will have on global temperature, factoring in the impact that US leadership will have on the rest of the world. As many recognize, the only way to get serious...

ACES Will Help Create More Jobs and Opportunities for Low-Income Families

June 26, 2009

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

Tags:
ACES, americancleanenergyandsecurityact, cleanenergy, climatechange, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, globalwarmingsolutions, greenjobs, waxman, waxmanmarkey

The American Clean Energy and Security Act will help spur $150 billion in clean energy investments, which will create 1.7 million good-paying jobs throughout the United States. Clean energy jobs are labor intensive, and clean energy investments create more jobs...

Americans Save on Fuel Bills Under ACES

June 26, 2009

Posted by Pete Altman in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ACES, americancleanenergyandsecurityact, climatechange, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, waxman, waxmanmarkey

The American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act allocates funding to produce the next generation of clean, fuel-efficient vehicles in the United States, and when combined with clean vehicle performance standards adopted by the Obama administration, the American on-road fleet...

Pete Altman
Pete Altman
Climate Campaign Director
Washington, D.C.
As Climate Campaign Director for NRDC, my job involves finding ways to help move the...
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