National Clean Energy Project
After opening remarks by several participants, policy makers and energy industry leaders spoke about building a modern electricity grid and reducing reliance on foreign oil. Among the topics…
1,037 viewsAfter opening remarks by several participants, policy makers and energy industry leaders spoke about building a modern electricity grid and reducing reliance on foreign oil. Among the topics…
1,037 viewsThe guests talk about ballot measures in California and Washington to promote alternative energy sources. California’s Proposition 87 would tax oil production in order to create a fund to de…
104 viewsFormer Democratic presidential candidate Governor Dean and others talked about progressive politics and the Democratic Party.
112 viewsOn Earth Day 2004, Sierra Club executive director, Carl Pope, talks about his new book, Strategic Ignorance, which is about the Bush administration’s environmental record. He also responded …
52 viewsOn the second day of public hearings regarding proposed regulation of “527” political groups the Federal Election Commission heard testimony from representatives of groups expressing their v…
160 viewsEnvironmental activists and others spoke to reporters about their opposition to the nomination of Gale Norton as secretary of the interior. Among the issues they addressed were her tendency …
111 viewsPanelists discussed environmental issues in the upcoming elections. Among the issues discussed were water pollution and global warming. They discussed if and why these issues are still impor…
103 viewsActivists and union leaders met before a march to protest the World Trade Organization. They said that the protest was designed to peacefully interrupt the conference in order to protest unf…
288 viewsParticipants announced the results of a study on suburban growth. The report examined several solutions to the problems of suburban “sprawl.” They also urged communities to adopt and implem…
201 viewsEnvironmental activists and lobbyists talked about the important issues facing the 105th Congress in regards to environmental policy. They outlined their agenda and the issues they would lik…
22 viewsA summit was held in which participants discussed the importance of understanding and preparing for the weather phenomenon known as El Nino. Officials from government, business and community…
267 viewsParticipants debated the need for stricter clean air standards, which the EPA recently proposed. They made opening statements, took questions from a panel of journalists and each other and m…
64 viewsRepresentatives of several environmental groups briefed reporters on their perspectives on new clean air standards which the EPA proposed in November. These new regulations are intended to r…
64 viewsThe Executive Director of the Sierra Club, Mr. Carl Pope, discussed how environmental issues influence the political process. He pointed out that the more educated people are, the more conce…
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