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May 14, 2010
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- airpollution, cleanairact, climatelegislation, newsourcereview
There is much to commend in Senator Kerry’s and Senator Lieberman’s just-released comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation, beginning with solid core carbon pollution limits. These emission limits tighten every year and will drive investments in clean energy that create...
March 25, 2010
Posted by Peter Lehner in Solving Global Warming
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- climatechange, climatelegislation, energyandclimate, jobs
I just came back from the premier of a very powerful movie, Clean Energy for a Strong USA. which tells the stories of clean energy workers around the United States. The film makes clear what the environmental community, organized labor...
March 16, 2010
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
, Solving Global Warming
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- centerforamericanprogress, cleancars, cleanenergy, economy, EPA, fuelefficiency, globalwarming, jobs, UAW, vehicles
Today, NRDC with the UAW and the Center for American Progress released a new report that demonstrates that fuel efficiency can go hand in hand with creating tens of thousands of high quality, clean energy manufacturing jobs. This is a...
January 28, 2010
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- eisenhower, highspeedrail, obama, SOTU, stateoftheunion, trains
Last night, I wrote that I was excited to hear President Obama lay out plans to recover the economy, enhance our energy security, and cut pollution by investing in an efficient, 21st-century high-speed rail network. But I had no idea how...
January 27, 2010
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- eisenhower, highspeedrail, obama, SOTU, stateoftheunion, trains
As I watched President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight, I was excited to see the President connect the nation’s most pressing priorities with his vision of a modern high-speed rail network, following in the footsteps of President Dwight...
December 15, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Solving Global Warming
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- energyefficiency, globalwarming, greenbuildings, greenergreaterbuildingsplan, mayorbloomberg, newyorkcity, nyc, planyc, speakerquinn
While our world leaders gather in Copenhagen to address climate change on a global scale, here at home, New York City tackled the number one contributor to its own carbon footprint – its buildings. New York City firmly established itself...
November 19, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Solving Global Warming
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- capewind, congressmanmarkey, copenhagen, kategalbraith, nantucketsound, nytimes, renewableenergy, secretarysalazar, windturbines
Today in the NY Times, there's an exciting article about efforts to develop deepwater, floating wind turbines. The article makes it clear that there are still engineering and major costs hurdles, but I'm hopeful that one day floating wind farms...
October 27, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
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- cleanair, cleantrucks, dieselpollution, mayorbloomberg, pollution, portoflongbeach, portoflosangeles, sierraclub
This post was co-written with Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club. NRDC and Sierra Club are members of the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports, supporters of the clean truck program. "Cancer alley." That's what many Southern Californians...
September 23, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, Solving Global Warming
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- copenhagencountdown, costarica, enforcement, FUNDECOR, governance, nicaragua, rainforest
Few seem willing to address the issue openly, but one of the toughest issues to address when delegates gather in Copenhagen in December for the global conference on climate change will be governance. Many developing nations attending have stressed and...
August 26, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Reviving the World's Oceans
, Solving Global Warming
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- ACES, acidtest, carbondioxide, carbonemissions, cleanenergy, climatechange, coral, economy, globalwarming, greatlakes, obamaadministration, oceanacidification, oceans, plankton, poder, presidentialmemorandum, presidentobama, shellfish
In addition to places of wonder and beauty, our oceans are vital economic engines. The U.S. ocean economy contributes more than $230 billion to the nation's GDP annually, providing more more jobs and more economic output than the nation's entire...
August 25, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- allianceforclimateprotection, bluegreenalliance, cleanenergy, cleveland, jobs, leegeisse, madeinamerica, ohio, rallies, steelworkers, tomconway, tour, wind
A ferocious storm provided an electrifying backdrop for the recent kick-off of the Made in America Jobs Tour, the first of 22 rallies across the country to promote the job creating potential of a new clean energy economy. This tour...
June 20, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
, Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- EPA, housing, jackson, lahood, partnershipforsustainablecommunities, transportation, urban
President Obama reached across the political aisle when he selected Representative Ray LaHood, a Republican from Illinois, as his Transportation Secretary. The appointment was met by some skepticism: LaHood's resume on transportation issues was decried as very thin. But Secretary...
June 18, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- ACES, ARRA, cleanenergy, energyefficiency, greenforall, greenjobs, PERI, publictransit, simplesteps
According to an assessment by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the world is going to invest more than $16 trillion in energy by 2030. There are two ways that we can invest this money: a smart way and a dumb...
April 16, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Solving Global Warming
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- APTA, highspeedrail, jimoberstar, obamaadministration
Standing in front of an audience of members of the transportation industry, policymakers local and state officials as well as NRDC staff (including Deron Lovaas, our transportation specialist, and me as representatives of the environmental community), President Obama this morning...
February 6, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- cleanenergy, climatechange, globalwarming, greeneconomy, greenjobs, legislation, publictransit, transportation
I had the pleasure of speaking at the national Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference in Washington, D.C. yesterday. This was a truly remarkable event that brought together thousands of people -- from steelworkers to business leaders to students to environmentalists. The...
