If you look at any of the 24X7 news shows or even the Today Show, you will see everyone proclaiming that there is an anti-incumbent mood spreading across America. There is good reason to say that as evidenced by the size of Tea Party … [Read more...]
National Tragedy Demands Real Response
Shared national experiences are pretty powerful things. Although one can't really compare a terrorist attack on our nation to a mechanical failure that causes catastrophic loss, the experience of communal mourning is still … [Read more...]
CLIMATE CHANGE CANNOT WAIT
The petitions, rallies, e-mails and letters from around the country are sending a loud and clear message of broad support. The NRDC Action Fund has worked tirelessly to urge the Senate to stand up for a strong clean energy and climate bill. … [Read more...]
Not Again: The Fringe Right Takes Aim At Climate Change Before Seeing the Bill
Wow. Really? An entire destructive operation dubbed "American Energy Solutions Group" to take down a bill no one has seen? What kind of "solution" is that? On April 26, a bipartisan group of forward-leaning … [Read more...]
Sarah Palin’s Right: You Should Run on Energy
Palin's full of surprises, but this piece of campaign advice caught me off-guard. After all, a recent poll found that energy is the issue that inspires the most faith in Democratic lawmakers. Since President Obama made clean energy a … [Read more...]
Will the Real Scott Brown Please Stand Up
Many lawmakers are declaring their support. And thousands of businesses have already signed up to support passing a bill. But we still need a handful of key undeclared senators to get on the bandwagon in support of passing a … [Read more...]
Next Up: A Climate Bill
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the undecideds are starting to vocally call for Congress to consider a bill. Earlier this week, Senator Tom Udall lead a group of 22 moderate Senators in calling on Senator Majority Leader Reid … [Read more...]
5 Reasons the Climate Bill is Not Dead
As one experienced senator recently told an NRDC trustee: "I have never seen an important piece of legislation get passed that wasn't declared dead several times before." All the big bills flirt with death. Why? Because it is really, … [Read more...]
Why Young People Must Call Congress About Climate – Repeatedly
This weekend, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that kind of thinking could get the G.O.P. in trouble with young people. Indeed, he said one of the central reasons he is reaching across the aisle on clean energy and … [Read more...]
DC Hubbub and What it Means For the Climate Bill
So far, I am hearing the Republicans say "start over" and Democrats say "we can't wait" ad nauseum. I say, "Lock them in the room, get out a piece of paper and pencils, and start writing." But despite the discouraging aspects of this … [Read more...]