“The Department of Energy heralded the greenhouse gas reductions from its furnace efficiency standards, yet omitted the value of climate protection in actually developing the foundation of the rule,” Roberts said. “By relegating the benefit of a stable climate to window dressing, the Agency may have missed important and efficient opportunities to reduce global warming pollution.”
March 2009 Archives
Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Tuesday, March 17 2009Environmental Group Supports Solutions to Save Sea Turtles and Fishing Communities
Tuesday, March 17 2009Press Release Environmental Group Supports Solutions to Save Sea Turtles and Fishing Communities (Austin, TX – Dec. 9, 2008) The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hear public comments this week regarding preliminary federal observer data that show an increase of endangered loggerhead sea turtle interactions with grouper fishermen’s longline fishing gear off the [...]
Environmental Defense Fund and Greening Corporate Fleets
Tuesday, March 17 2009Press Release Environmental Defense Fund Provides Roadmap on Greening Corporate Fleets New report highlights success of PHH GreenFleet program (Sparks, MD – December 8, 2008) Environmental Defense Fund has released a five-step framework to help companies minimize the environmental impact of their corporate fleets while protecting the bottom line. The new report, “Greening Fleets: A [...]
Environmental Group Supports Bipartisan Transportation Bill
Tuesday, March 17 2009The bill proposes to take 10 percent of the revenue from a future cap-and-trade climate program and use it to fund a Low Greenhouse Gas Transportation Fund. The fund would finance planning and implementation of environmentally friendly transportation projects to cut congestion and increase travel options. For many years, transportation has been the second largest and among the fastest-growing contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in America.
NY Senate Proposal “Gives Drivers a Free Pass”
Tuesday, March 17 2009“No lasting solution can give drivers a free pass while businesses and transit riders suffer,” said Mary Barber, managing director of Living Cities for Environmental Defense Fund. “Any real solution must address transit’s true financial needs, must not burden next year’s transit rider with this year’s problem, and must be fair. We hope the Senate’s next proposal is a lasting solution.”
Endangered Species Rule
Monday, March 9 2009“The President’s decision fits squarely within his authority to direct federal agencies to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (NFMS) on all projects that may affect endangered species, a practice customary in previous administrations. With this action Mr. Obama has restored the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NMFS to their rightful authority as scientific advisers…
Cleaner Cars Protect Human Health
Monday, March 9 2009Former EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson denied California”s request for the waiver in March 2008, despite the unanimous recommendation of EPA”s career staff that it should be approved. Prior to that denial, EPA had granted more than 50 waiver requests over the past thirty years. On January 26th, President Barack Obama issued a Presidential …
New Report for State Action on Groundwater
Monday, March 9 2009“Groundwater is the lifeblood of Texas” future,” said Laura Marbury, Texas Water Projects Director for Environmental Defense Fund and co-author of the report, “Now that many parts of the state are in a drought of record, Texans are finally starting to wake up to the limitations of the resource.”
Bryan Brooks
Monday, March 9 2009Nearly a decade of experience in the Legislature of Wisconsin has seen Bryan Brooks successfully crafting and enforcing both policy and media strategies for legislation and public relations. A member of the Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists, Bryan Brooks brandishes extensive legislative and political experience, the full breadth of which includes serving as liaison to the Governor, among other public offices from state down to local levels. Furthermore, Bryan Brooks has experience in communications strategies; the result of gigs in election campaigns as senior consultant. He is also credited for organizing several grassroots efforts with legislative ends.
Alan Macleod
Monday, March 9 2009Alan MacLeod is a principal of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek Government Affairs (WHDGA), a subsidiary of the law firm Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. He is in charge of the operations in the WHDGA Washington DC office. A native of Washington, D.C. area, Alan has more than twenty years of experience in public affairs. His sharp understanding of Washington politics and his experiences in various positions in education, non-profit organizations and the government has earned for him a comprehensive network of former associates and professional contacts.