Articles by Joseph Romm
Joseph Romm is the editor of Climate Progress and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
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Senate GOP propose 25% ‘Do-Nothing’ energy tax
MEMO TO THE MEDIA: The nation’s energy and climate problems have reached the point where obstructionist politicians cannot be given a free pass to simply criticize those attempting to solve those problems while offering no credible alternatives or business-as-usual policies. At 11:30 ET, Senators Boxer and Kerry (and others) will introduce the Clean Energy […]
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Kerry on Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
The Senate climate bill has a name: The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Okay, it�s not a clever acronym, like the House�s American Clean Energy and Security act or ACES. The key point is jobs and American power.
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Kerry-Boxer clean air, clean water, clean energy jobs bill sharply departs from House
The final bill will not be unveiled until tomorrow, but Senators Kerry and Boxer (and their cosponsers) have managed to put together a bill that I believe is environmentally, economically and politically stronger than the House bill. The Washington Post reports: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will unveil a bill Wednesday that aims […]
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UK Met Office: Catastrophic climate change
Finally, some of the top climate modelers in the world have done a “plausible worst case scenario,” as Dr Richard Betts, Head of Climate Impacts at the Met Office Hadley Centre, put it today in a terrific and terrifying talk (audio here, PPT here). No, I’m not taking about a simple analysis of what happens […]
