February 9, 2010: Yale Poll Finds Support For Strong Climate and Clean Energy Efforts
A poll conducted by Yale and George Mason Universities found strong bi-partisan support for clean energy and climate legislation.
Legislation that auctions off — rather than gives away — CO2 allowances may be the most politically feasible way to introduce a cap-and-trade system in America’s increasingly populist atmosphere, argues a piece at Grist.
Yesterday’s Digest reported that Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had introduced legislation that would help create 10 million rooftop solar energy systems. Congressmen Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., and John Yarmuth, D-Ky., introduced similar legislation in the House of Representatives.
The United States risks falling behind in the global race for clean energy jobs, warns a piece at the Huffington Post, but the well-funded Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) gives America an important scientific advantage - at least for the moment.
ExxonMobil has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past several years to think tanks that regularly host seminars stacked heavily with climate change deniers.
Meteorologists Dr. Jeff Masters explains how record snowfalls in the Northeast are consistent with global warming theories that predict moisture-driven extreme weather (via ClimateProgress).
French energy giant Avera purchased U.S. solar start-up Ausra.
Local Green: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that will allow home and business owners to finance clean energy and energy efficiency projects through the city’s Property Assessed Clean Energy program.
–Christopher Greenspan
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