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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Arctic ice reaches historic seasonal low
The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished…. “I would argue that, from a practical perspective, we almost have a seasonally ice-free Arctic now, because multiyear sea ice is the barrier to the use and development of the Arctic,” said Barber [Canada’s Research Chair in Arctic System Science at the University of Manitoba]. […]
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House passes landmark health-care bill with one GOP vote
In the first 40 minutes of Saturday’s debate on the landmark bill, representatives from the minority party objected — or threatened to object — no fewer than 75 times, throwing in 35 “parliamentary inquiries” for good measure. The debate was delayed by nearly 90 minutes. Anybody who wondered whether more active involvement by President Obama […]
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Three reasons to follow Climate Progress on Twitter
To follow Climate Progress on Twitter, click here. Here’s why you should: It’s a modern, portable version of a news teletype. I will be in Copenhagen and tweeting. Your (online) neighbors are doing it! Let me elaborate: 1. It’s like a modern news teletype. Some may think Twitter is only for dishing out 140 […]
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Baucus: 'No doubt' that climate change legislation will pass
Contrary to reports from many in the media, the prospects for a climate bill are as good as ever now that the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has finished its work.
