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In Obama's Team, 2 Camps on Climate
Ecoearth.info Blog —
... Date: January 3, 2009 Byline: John M. Broder Original URL In the fall of 1997, when the Clinton administration was forming its position for the Kyoto climate treaty talks, Lawrence H. Summers argued that the United States would risk damaging the domestic economy if it set overly ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions. Mr. Summers, then the deputy Treasury secretary, said at the time that there was a compelling scientific case for action on global warming but that a too-rapid move against emissions of greenhouse gases risked dire and unknowable economic consequences. ...
Obama's Advisors May Brawl Over Climate
Green Daily —
... Okay, okay, there's no actual evidence that full-on fistfights will break out in the White House over questions of carbon capping (though at least that would be an improvement from the previous administration, because it would mean that somebody cared). But the New York Times ran an interesting and worrisome article yesterday which forecast some serious issues that key figures in the new administration may have with each other when it comes to climate policy. ...
Choosing A Priority
Energy Outlook —
... , and with renewable power sources looking much more viable and sustainable than current-generation biofuels, focusing on climate change and the gradual and systematic de-carbonization of the economy now seems like a better priority than "energy independence," which has remained unattainable for more than a generation. It will be hard enough for the Obama administration to determine how aggressively to pursue climate policies in the current environment, without the distraction of a gas-tax debate. And while energy security remains vitally important, in its broader definition, it ...
An Anti-Regulation Regulatory Czar — Obama’s first unforced environmental error?
Climate Progress —
... the Senate. After all, he is a long-time friend of the President-elect from their faculty days at the University of Chicago law school. Even so, it would seem vital for senators to quiz Sunstein closely at upcoming confirmation hearings and meetings. Does he still hold those views on pollution and risk? (And could he become part of a White House faction — along with Larry Summers, incoming director of the National Economic Council, and incoming national security adviser James Jones — opposing aggressive action on global warming ?) He shouldn’t get a pass just because he was ...
Is Larry Summers a voodoo economist on climate and does it matter?
Climate Progress —
... high a carbon or gasoline tax he has in mind, then it is impossible to view his policies as a serious addition to the debate or know if he is really serious at all. He is just another mainstream economist opining on a subject that he has not bothered to become knowledgeable enough on to make a useful contribution. But does it matter that a MEOW, in this case a very clever kitty, is the head of the president’s powerful National Economic Council? The NYT says it does matter a lot in “ In Obama’s Team, Two Camps on Climate ,” which pits Summers against Carol Browner, who will ...
Is Larry Summers a voodoo economist? Does it matter?
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... But does it matter that a MEOW, in this case a very clever kitty, is the head of the president's powerful National Economic Council? The New York Times says it does matter a lot in "In Obama's Team, Two Camps on Climate," which pits Summers against Carol Browner, who will oversee Obama's energy and climate policy, and which ignores the rest of his amazing Cabinet. ...
