Archive for the ‘Climate Change Skeptics’ category

RGGI, Andrew Jackson, and Danny Webster

April 8, 2011

  Roger Stephenson, APR Vice President for Programs     So the Washington-based Americans for Prosperity is now running radio ads to repeal RGGI in New Hampshire.    Lets review the facts: RGGI proceeds now benefit NH towns, businesses and schools. If repealed, NH people and businesses still pay in, but all the money goes to Connecticut, [...]

Repealing RGGI is not an Option

March 2, 2011

    Roger Stephenson VP for Programs, CA-CP   Resisting a RGGI Repeal The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has come under fire in at least three of the participating states, and at times for good reason. For example, I believe revenue from RGGI should not be diverted into a state’s general fund.  However, ideology [...]

The Arctic is Melting, the Desert is Burning

February 24, 2011

Barbara Elkus Senior Advisor, Clean Air-Cool Planet I recently had the pleasure of working with the Norwegian Ambassador, Wegger Christian Strommen, on several climate events in New Mexico.  “Why do I do these events?” asked the Ambassador at a luncheon for 130 business leaders.  “Because Norway is close to where the action is, the ice is [...]

I have a confession to make. I want the climate skeptics and “deniers” to be right.

September 17, 2010

As the national interest in acting to curb global warming wanes and Mother Nature picks up steam, the divide widens.

It’s hard to take a vacation from climate change…

August 9, 2010

By Ben Lake Climate Fellow, Clean Air-Cool Planet       Ben Lake,  a recent graduate of Bowdoin College and a resident of Portland, Maine, is a Clean Air-Cool Planet Climate Fellow this summer.  He is working on Municipal Energy Efficiency and Cooperative Purchasing Planning with municipalities in the Greater Portland Council of Governments to [...]

Another “Inconvenient Truth”: Partisan Positions on Climate Change

August 4, 2010

By Corey Johnson Climate Fellow, Clean Air-Cool Planet       Corey Johnson is going into his senior year at UNH as a business administration major with a minor in sustainable living. He has collaborated with CA-CP in the past on the development and implementation of the Small Town Carbon Calculator (STOCC). Most recently, he has been involved [...]

Don’t Mention It

July 16, 2010

By Steve Erario, Climate Fellow Clean Air-Cool Planet       Steve Erario, is a Clean Air-Cool Planet Climate Fellow working with Greater Portland Council of Governments and CA-CP staff and to help produce a Maine Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Handbook for communities. A graduate in the Environmental Policy major at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, [...]

What do witch hunts look like in a changing climate?

July 7, 2010

By Bill Burtis Manager of Communications and Special Projects, Clean Air-Cool Planet I came across the article “The Witch Hunt of the Little Ice Age” (by Dr. Promode Kant at the Institute for a green Economy in New Delhi) during a search for science on that period of the planet’s history made famous by climate [...]

Needed: Achievable Climate Goals

June 7, 2010

By Toby Ball, Guest Blogger www.tobyball.com   Three years ago, I was the field organizer for the Carbon Coalition finishing up work on the Climate Change Resolution Campaign. Back then, nobody’d had a strong read on how the town meetings would go. Despite a strong cohort of Carbon Coalition representatives working to pass the resolution [...]

Other Armies

January 19, 2010

By Bill Burtis Manager of Communications and Special Projects Clean Air-Cool Planet “…the industries of the past have armies of lobbyists in place right now; the industries of the future don’t.” – Paul Krugman, “Cassandras of Climate”, New York Times, September 28, 2009. Ross Gelbspan has a great way of talking about what we know [...]


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