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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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Mark of the Beast
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…
Look, Hu's Talking
I just returned from a week of talks with Chinese experts and officials in Beijing on global warming. They are intensely interested in how American climate policy may change under a new president next year. …
See No Email
So today we learned an odd new twist in the White House's refusal to let EPA regulate global warming pollution under the Clean Air Act. Felicity Barringer reports in the New York Times today that…
Heavens Open on U.S. Capitol While Senate Stalls on Global Warming Bill
It’s Wednesday afternoon at 3:15, and looking out my window in downtown Washington, I am watching a huge thunderstorm buffet the city. The sky grew dark. Lightning, thunder, wind, and rain. Tornado warnings -- very…
The Phony “Train Wreck”
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…
April Fools, Plus One
UPDATE: A link to our filing is here. One year ago today, on April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court slapped down the Bush administration’s legal strategy for doing nothing to curb global warming. In a landmark…
A Man for All Seasons
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…
The Truth Is Chilling
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…
Facts Are Stupid Things
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…
The Great Galvanizer
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…