An exclusively clean energy bill will have great results for relatively little cost, and will be very popular as well. It reduces our dependence on foreign oil, helps prevent more disasters like these, creates jobs, and, if a … [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...]
When You Add 2,400 Businesses And Lose Three, You’re Winning
Two weeks ago, BP America, Caterpillar Inc. and ConocoPhillips decided not to renew their membership in the US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), an alliance of major businesses and environmental groups calling for federal regulation to … [Read more...]
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