Articles by Daniel J. Weiss
Daniel J. Weiss is a Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at American Progress, where he leads the Center's clean energy and climate advocacy campaign. Before coming to American Progress, he spent 25 years working with environmental advocacy organizations and political campaigns.
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Oil companies and special interests spend millions to oppose climate legislation
As the case for climate action grows more urgent, Big Oil and Dirty Coal have redoubled their efforts to block global warming pollution reductions.
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GOP ‘Pledge To America’ is an oath to Big Oil
When it comes to energy policy, the GOP leaders ignore public opinion and science, and instead push the same old ideas flogged by big oil lobbyists.
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Efforts to save coal could end up destroying it
Senators from coal states who are trying to protect big coal companies from the impact of global warming pollution reductions may only hasten the decline of big coal.
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Standing in the way of justice for the BP calamity
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced yesterday that he would scuttle plans to attempt to debate the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Spill Accountability Act, S. 3663, which would remove the ridiculously low liability cap of $75 million for damag
