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Signposts to Mexico

January 20, 2010 by Mildred Fernandes
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The IPCC’s Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the IEA and UN suggest what’s next after Copenhagen “What Copenhagen proves is that the world’s power balance has changed. This was not a negotiation of the G8 or white Anglo-Saxon males. When you have India, China and South Africa coming together, that reflects a new political reality.”  Day... [read more]

Game changer 8: Tim Wirth and John Podesta on Natural Gas, A Bridge Fuel for the 21st Century

August 13, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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Previous posts in this series (see links below) have focused on how the unconventional natural gas opportunity changes the game for low-cost climate action.  This post, by former Senator Tim Wirth and CAP CEO John Podesta, first published here, offers a variety of proposals for tapping this new resource in an environmentally... [read more]

Game changer 4: Tim Wirth delivers must-read “extreme words” to natural gas execs: “You don’t have the right to sit back and do nothing” about climate change. “We are in very deep trouble, the edge of catastrophe, and you can help.”

July 15, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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I have been running a multipart series on how new unconventional natural gas supplies may be a game changer for low-cost climate action over the next two decades.  But natural gas may be a game changer for climate politics much sooner.  In fact, if a serious climate bill passes the Senate in the next several months — and I... [read more]