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Senate Moving Forward on Climate

October 29, 2009

Posted by Dave Hawkins in Solving Global Warming

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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

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

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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

"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

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Dave Hawkins
Director, Climate Programs
Washington, D.C.
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