Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming
In a landmark ruling, the federal court of appeals in New York ruled today in favor of states and private land trusts that had sued America's largest global warming polluters to curb their emissions. The case is called State of...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming
Nine members of Congress, led by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, have introduced a malicious little bill – curiously numbered H.R. 6666 – to block the regulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, and any other...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming
President Bush’s advisors claimed this week that using the Clean Air Act and other existing laws to fight global warming will cause “a regulatory train wreck.” The only “train wreck” we’ll have is if the president’s own engineers and switchmen...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming
So last night I caught the classic film, “A Man for All Seasons,” about Sir Thomas More’s principled refusal to take orders from King Henry VIII. There was a character in there who reminded me of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Solving Global Warming
Want a fun read? Check out EPA’s January 18 letter to Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, explaining why Administrator Stephen Johnson doesn’t want the public to see documents showing why his professional and legal...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
John Adams, our second president, famously said: "Facts are stubborn things." In a 1988 slip of the tongue, Ronald Reagan said: "Facts are stupid things." For the Bush administration, the slip of the tongue has been going on for seven...continued→
Posted by David Doniger in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Seven years ago, incoming President Bush brashly withdrew America from the international effort to stop global warming. Then national security advisor Condaleeza Rice told European diplomats that the Kyoto treaty was dead. That only galvanized the rest of the world...continued→
