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Author: David Doniger is the policy director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Climate Center. Before that, he was the director of climate-change policy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and, before that, he was counsel to the head of the EPA's clean air program.
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Analysis of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
On September 30th Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. This important step toward enacting effective and sustainable climate and energy policy will help power our economic…
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It's Hard To Hide An Oil Refinery Behind a Donut Shop
Today the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to curb carbon pollution from big power plants and other big polluters under the Clean Air Act, while at the same time assuring the millions of mom and…
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Senate Gets Rolling with American Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer kicked off the Senate's effort to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation today by introducing the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. The Environment and Public Works Committee,…
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Climate Week: Check the Highlight Reel
The G-20 meeting will conclude later today here in Pittsburgh, but we can say already that for climate policy, this has not been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon. Here's my highlight reel for the…
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Court Holds Power Companies Accountable for Their Carbon Pollution
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…
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Three Amigos Move on Super Greenhouse Gases
The United States, Canada, and Mexico today announced a joint proposal to phase down a class of powerful global warming pollutants, called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), under the Montreal Protocol, the treaty adopted more than 20 years…
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Wall Street Journal Outfoxed
Grrr... You can almost hear the teeth grinding in the editorial board room of the Wall Street Journal. That pesky EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has outfoxed us again! In an editorial called "Terms of 'Endangerment'"…
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Getting the “Brown Dogs” to Yes
Last week 10 moderate Democratic Senators sent President Obama a letter outlining provisions they need to see in climate legislation to address the concerns of states that are heavily dependent on energy-intensive manufacturing and coal-fired electric…
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A Super Solution for Super Greenhouse Gases
All eyes are focusing on the climate change negotiations coming to a head in Copenhagen in December, as more than 190 nations try to hammer out an effective regime to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) and…
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California Dream Come True
Today the Environmental Protection Agency will give California the long-awaited green light to enforce its landmark standards to cut global warming pollution from new motor vehicles. This is a major step in implementing the clean…