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Senate Moving Forward on Climate

October 29, 2009

Posted by Dave Hawkins in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biofuels, CEJAPA, cleanenergy, climateandenergy2009, greenjobs, S.1733

 This has been a busy week for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.  Hearings on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733) began on Tuesday and by the end of the day today, EPW will have...continued

Climate Bill Slanders

September 16, 2009

Posted by Dave Hawkins in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cap2.0, CEI, declanmccullagh, energyandclimate2009, obamaadministration

Climate Bill Cost Claims:  "Correspondent" Falls Down on Job It seems that more and more opponents to action on clean energy and climate protection are succumbing to a virus more virulent than swine flu: the inability to tell the truth...continued

Fossil Fuels 101?

September 9, 2009

Posted by Dave Hawkins in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
cleanenergy, co2emissions, coal, energyandclimate2009, naturalgas, powerplants

Well, my comments in a New York Times piece about natural gas have certainly provoked a lot of reaction, including some who thought I was arguing that coal is a better fuel from a climate standpoint than natural gas.  Not...continued

LIVE COVERAGE of July 7th Senate testimony on clean energy and climate legislation

July 7, 2009

Posted by Dave Hawkins in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ACES, cleanenergy, climatebills, climatechange, congress, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming

NRDC's David Hawkins is among the experts -- along with Energy Secretary Steven Chu, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Agriculture Department Secretary Tom Vilsack -- scheduled to testify on Tuesday, July 7 before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee....continued

I love it when you talk carbon taxes!

February 18, 2009

Posted by Dave Hawkins in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carbontax, globalwarming

In the Odyssey, Odysseus had to be tied to the mast to resist the call of the Sirens, who tried to lure his ship onto the rocks.  These days the siren song of a carbon tax fills the ear of...continued

Cleaner Cars are on the Way!

January 25, 2009

Posted by Dave Hawkins in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
california, cleancars, globalwarming, obama, oil

Less than a week into office President Obama is acting to show the country and the world that the U.S. is back as a leader in the fight to protect the climate by taking on global warming pollution.  The Washington Post...continued

Climate, Congress, and USCAP

January 18, 2009

Posted by Dave Hawkins in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
climatebills, congress, globalwarming, obama, USCAP

Joe Romm posted a pretty scathing comment about the USCAP Blueprint on his Climate Progress blog a couple of days ago.  Here is my response.    Joe, You are and will remain a respected friend.  As an author and blogger,...continued

"A Manifesto for a New Environmentalism" Misses the Mark

September 27, 2007

Posted by Dave Hawkins in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
cleanenergy, cleantech, globalwarming pollution, marketforces, nordhaus, shellenberger, USCAP

Two passionate but confused individuals, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger lead the current issue of The New Republic with "A Manifesto for a New Environmentalism". They lambaste "environmentalists" for being fixated with a "pollution paradigm" that operates by "limiting human...continued

Dave Hawkins
Dave Hawkins
Director, Climate Programs
Washington, D.C.
I’ve only had a couple of jobs in my lifetime. First, I was a...
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