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Talking Climate at Poder Magazine's Oceans Forum

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...continued

The Bright Side of Economic Turmoil

December 10, 2008

Posted by Peter Lehner in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
ashokgupta, climatechange, economy, usclimateactionpartnership

I often find myself trying to explain why next year, despite a worldwide economic slump, will present us with such a good opportunity to achieve our climate and energy security goals. Part of the answer, of course, is a new...continued

No Time for Waste: Building an Environmental Economy

December 5, 2008

Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise

Tags:
apolloproject, economy, environmentaleconomy, renewableenergy, transportation

In electing Barack Obama to be the 44th president of the United States, many important real and symbolic transformations occurred, among them a call for a new green economy. The president elect has promised a $150 billion “Apollo Project,”...continued

Peter Lehner
Peter Lehner
Executive Director
New York City
I am the Executive Director of NRDC. The position is my second at NRDC. Beginning...
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