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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Exclusive: Have China and the U.S. been holding secret talks aimed at a climate deal this fall?
For those of us who believe that maintaining a livable climate pretty much depends on a U.S.-China deal on greenhouse gas emissions (see here), the Guardian’s story Monday was a bombshell: China and US held secret talks on climate change deal • Negotiations began in final months of Bush administration • Obama could seal accord […]
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Memo to NBC’s Chuck Todd: Energy and climate shake up the traditional political categories
Now that energy and global warming have leaped into the political mainstream, lots of reporters who aren’t knowledgeable on either subject are writing and blogging on it. And that means we can expect a lot of dubious sloppy suboptimal reporting by people who are more interested in the personality drama and traditional politics than in […]
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Opponents continue to obstruct clean energy jobs push in Energy & Commerce Committee debate
You can follow the continuing markup of the Waxman Markey bill on C-SPAN3 here. I am reprinting below a daily update from the Center for American Progress Action Fun: Here’s what to look for as markup moves in to its second day WASHINGTON, DC—Yesterday brought few surprises as opening statements began in the House Energy […]
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NOAA: Fifth warmest April on record
NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center reported last month: Based on preliminary data, the globally-averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the fifth warmest on record for April, and the January-April year-to-date period tied with 2003 as the sixth warmest on record. lt is worth noting “the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) transitioned from a cold […]