Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
The Senate has started debating the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, and in just a few weeks, the United Nations climate meetings in Copenhagen will begin. I have chosen this moment to release my first book, Clean...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
Last week, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said, "The green economy is coming. We can either follow or lead." The senator was explaining why he supports the clean energy and climate legislation that is currently before the Senate. His words...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
I love the title of Al Gore's new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. Not only does it broadcast the fact that global warming can be solved, but it also reminds us that the decision to...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
I have read plenty of briefings about the national security risks posed by climate change, but it is far more powerful to hear about them from people who have seen the grave consequences of our oil dependence first hand: veterans...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming
In Washington, lawmakers often talk about global warming as something that will affect us sometime in the future. In the Arctic, people don't have that luxury any longer. Life is already changing rapidly for the First Nations people living around...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Like many Americans, I feel a sense of measured optimism these days. Yes the economy is in collapse and we live on a "planet in peril," but we also have an environmental advocate headed toward the White House. In his...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
Over the weekend, as I reflected on the Senate’s failure to pass Climate Security Act--our most promising piece of global warming legislation to come along in five years--I was reminded of an experience I had last summer. I had flown...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
Will the US Negotiators in Bali Listen to the Global Civil Society? It is day 6 for me in Bali, and the next 24 hours will be definitive. Will there be a Bali roadmap to guide the way to a...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
Bali is one of those places that you might dream about but don’t really expect to visit, at least not for serious work! But here I am, with thousands of others, having assembled from all over the world at the...continued→
