June 3rd, 2009
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The Waxman-Markey Climate Bill is making its way through Congress, and stirring up controversy within the environmental movement between those who support it as a necessary first step, and those who think it’s fatally flawed. Sea Change Radio talks with both sides. Joe Romm, editor of the ClimateProgress.org blog and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, favors passing the Bill. Carroll Muffett of Greenpeace says the bill fails to address key issues in solving the climate crisis.
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January 28th, 2009
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Today, Dada Maheshvarananda meditates on the alternative economic model of
Progressive Utilization Theory, or PROUT. Joe Romm of
Climate Progress analyzes the climate resolve of the Obama Administration. Lisa Woll of the
Social Investment Forum proposes an Office for Innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility to the Obama Administration. And auto and environment expert
Jim Motavalli comments on the significance of President Obama’s
executive order directing the EPA to reconsider its refusal to grant California a waiver allowing it to regulate greenhouse gases from autos.
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January 28th, 2009
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Joe Romm
In his first week in office, President Obama seemed to hit the ground running on climate change policy and support for a greener economy. But some say that while his efforts are a good first step, they’ll have to be followed up with much stronger measures to really do the job. We caught up with Joe Romm of the blog
Climate Progress for some perspective on Obama’s first week. In addition to giving an overview, Romm also talked about
an important–and frightening–new study from the NOAA that underscores the urgency of Obama’s moves.
Joe Romm worked on environmental policy under the Clinton Administration and is the author of HELL AND HIGH WATER: Global Warming, the Solution and the Politics
. His blog Climate Progess is a project of the Center for American Progress.
November 12th, 2008
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What’s behind the rise in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s? Lifetime exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment such as fossil fuel pollution, as it turns out. This according to a new report from the Science and Environmental Health Network and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. Today, CWR co-host Francesca Rheannon speaks with the report’s lead author, Jill Stein, who heads the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities. Dr. Stein also ran for governor of the commonwealth in 2002 on the Green-Rainbow ticket, as well as Secretary of State in 2006.
Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities
Report: Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging
Jill Stein
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CWR Headlines:
Today’s CWR Headlines feature an interview with ClimateProgress blogger Joe Romm of the Center for American Progress.
–Bush Deposits a Parting Gift on the Environment’s Doorstep
–Democrats Go to the Mat on Control over Energy and Commerce Committee
October 29th, 2008
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We reported last week that Barack Obama will regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act if elected. Not so for John McCain. Today writer and scientist Joseph Romm wrote on his blog Climate Progess, that a McCain-Palin administration would use a voluntary or incentive-based approach, one that “has never worked in any country to restrain emissions growth.” Today, we talk to Joe Romm about how Barack Obama and John McCain differ on their approaches to the climate crisis and alternative energy. Romm is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he maintains its blog, Climate Progress. It was named one of the top 15 green websites by Time Magazine. Romm is also the author of the 2006 book Hell and High Water: Global Warming–the Solution and the Politics–and What We Should Do. He was Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy during the Clinton Administration.
Joe Romm
Climate Progress blog
CWR Headlines:
–BPA is OK — According to a Chemical-Friendly FDA
–Scientists Blast FDA report on BPA Safety
–Phthalate-Laden Toys Flooding the Market
–The Other Debt Crisis — How we’re Overspending Our Ecological Budget
