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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U.S. Open at Bethpage Black hit by “global warming type” of record rainfall
They called this year’s U.S. Open “Bathpage.” And yes, Tiger Woods lost, even though I called him an “all-climate player” after he won “the brown British Open” at drought-stricken Royal Liverpool in 2006 and the “Hottest Major of All Time.” In fact, I had predicted “No doubt he’ll some day win the ‘wettest major of […]
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Sierra Club and 28 other NGOs weigh in on the house; LCV puts it foot down
The League of Conservation Voters has sent an “unprecedented letter” to House members stating (emphasis in original): In light of the tremendous importance of this legislation, LCV has made the unprecedented decision that we will not endorse any member of the House of Representatives in 2010 election cycle who votes against final passage of this […]
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Health care reform is tougher than climate action
I realize that in the blogging world you get no credit for claiming things after-the-fact. But what has been obvious to some of us for a while is now I think becoming painfully obvious to the White House and Congressional Democrats: A serious climate bill is politically easier than a serious health care bill. The […]
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Waxman, Peterson announce agreement on cap-and-trade bill paving way for final vote this week
From a scientific perspective, the deal Waxman made with the aggies is not optimal. From the perspective of consequences in the real world, however, I just don’t see how this deal changes any of the major outcomes of the bill much, if at all. UPDATE: I’ve added comments on the deal from Dr. Michael MacCracken, […]
