Mike Bloomberg Going Beyond Coal
July 22, 2011 3 min. read

Good on ya, Mike!  $50 million bucks really means something when it’s being put to good use to phase out coal-fired power plants.  As an old Sierra Club activist, I was very gratified to learn that you had written a stupendous check to support one of the most effective Sierra Club campaigns ever:  Beyond Coal. […]

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Bad News, Good News
November 22, 2010 3 min. read

Or, as my grandmother used to say:  “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.”  So, with that in mind, here are two stories representing the bad and the good. First, the bad news:  2009 carbon emissions fall smaller than expected is the headline from the BBC.  In a letter to “Nature Geoscience,” leading researchers […]

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New York Takes Action Too
November 10, 2010 2 min. read

I’ve been lauding the good folks of California for their progressive views – expressed at the polls last Tuesday – on climate and energy.  I should toot the horn for my own state, New York, too. I worked for 11 years for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and came to have a […]

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