Featuring:
Fred Krupp, President
Steve Cochran, Director, National Climate Campaign

Getting Climate through the Senate

Following our victory in June, when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the landmark American Clean Energy and Security Act, we are now fully engaged in the push to reach sixty votes in the Senate.  We’re up against opponents who are tougher, more partisan, and better funded than ever.

With that in mind, Environmental Defense Fund partnered with others to create Clean Energy Works, an unprecedented coalition of more than 60 environmental, civil rights, faith, labor, and veterans organizations working together to pass climate legislation.

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Date: Thursday, January 15th, 2009, 4:00 p.m. EST

Featuring:
David Yarnold, Executive Director
Mark Brownstein, Managing Director of Business Partnerships
Elizabeth Thompson, Legislative Director

Listen to breaking news regarding the U.S. Climate Action Partnership—news that we believe could be a game-changer in Environmental Defense Fund’s efforts to pass strong and effective climate change legislation.

United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) is a group of businesses and leading environmental organizations that have come together to call on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Date:
Monday, December 15, 2008 – 1pm ET

Featuring:
David Yarnold, Executive Director
Peter Goldmark, Program Director, Climate & Air
Jennifer Haverkamp, Managing Director, International Policy & Negotiations

More than 10,000 participants from over 190 countries gathered in Poland to continue to lay the groundwork for the next global climate agreement. Environmental Defense Fund had a strong delegation there, with staff from both our international and national climate teams. Read our blog.

How is the new political climate in the U.S. affecting international negotiations on climate change? What will be the impacts of the global financial turmoil on the global warming dialogue? Hear the inside story on what happened at the Poland talks and to discuss the implications for the ongoing global negotiations.

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President-elect Obama is committed to taking action on Climate Change, but there are many competing priorities on the agenda. It will be a heavy lift, but at Environmental Defense Fund, we see an opportunity of a lifetime to address global warming in ways that will benefit the environment AND the economy.

Date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, 1:00 p.m. EST

Featuring:
Fred Krupp, President
Steve Cochran, Director, National Climate Campaign

Steve Cochran updates EDF members on the prospects of passing global warming legislation this year, outlines what activists can do to help, and answers questions. On this first activist conference call, more than 100 people participated. Sam Parry, Manager of Online Membership and Activism, moderates.

This call was held on Friday, March 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM Eastern.

Featuring

• Steve Cochran, National Climate Campaign Director

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The Energy Bill of 2007 mandates the production of 36 billion gallons of alternative fuels by 2022. What does that mean for the environment? Will food costs skyrocket? And how about our greenhouse gases? As Environmental Defense presses for effective national climate legislation, how will the politics of biofuels impact the legislative battle?

This call was held on Monday, March 3, 2008 at 1:00 PM Eastern.

Featuring

• David Yarnold, Executive Director
• Robert Bonnie, Co-Director of Land, Water & Wildlife Program
• Steve Cochran, National Climate Campaign Director

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Key committee members voted to report the Climate Security Act to the Senate floor — a big step forward in tackling global warming. President Fred Krupp and Climate Campaign Chairman Steve Cochran discuss the latest developments.

The call was held on Monday, December 10, 2007 at 1:30 PM Eastern.

Featuring

• Fred Krupp, President
• Steve Cochran, Director of Strategic Communications

Learn More

• Overview of Climate Security Act from our Climate 411 blog
• Comparison chart of all climate bills in the 110th Congress

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This is the second in the series of weekly teleconference calls with Fred Krupp and key program staff on the rapid movement of meaningful national legislation on global warming. The call was held on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 1:30 PM Eastern.

Featuring

• Fred Krupp, President
• Elizabeth Thompson, Legislative Director

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• Podcast of our first call of Lieberman-Warner updates
• Overview of Climate Security Act from our Climate 411 blog
• Comparison chart of all climate bills in the 110th Congress

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The Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) has scheduled Dec. 5 as the date for the "mark-up" and vote on America's Climate Security Act, so the next three weeks mark a critical juncture in our nation's march to enacting meaningful climate legislation.

This is the first in a series of weekly teleconference updates focusing on our efforts to make sure there are sufficient votes to report this bill to the full Senate. Of unique interest on this call is an update on Fred Krupp's testimony on November 15—the date of the committee's last hearing before the "mark up" and vote.

The call was held on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 1:30 PM Eastern.

Featuring

• Fred Krupp, President
• Steve Cochran, Director of Strategic Communications

Learn More

• Overview of Climate Security Act from our Climate 411 blog
• Comparison chart of all climate bills in the 110th Congress

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Going Global on Climate Change

The recently introduced Climate Security Act changes the dynamics of America’s role in worldwide global warming negotiations. Our National Climate Campaign Director Steve Cochran filled us in on the breaking news on the bill, which is in Congressional hearings right now. The bill, introduced by Senators Lieberman (ID-CT) and Warner (R-VA), is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions nationwide by 18% by 2020, using the cap-and-trade market mechanisms we have been advocating.

Fred Krupp led the discussion on how these latest developments in Washington fit into Environmental Defense plans for the upcoming Bali meeting on the next international global warming agreement (post-2012 when the Kyoto Protocol expires.) International Counsel Annie Petsonk and International Program Co-Director Steve Schwartzman shared those strategies and responded to questions from the audience.

Featuring

• Fred Krupp, President
• Steve Cochran, Director of Strategic Communications
• Annie Petsonk, International Counsel
• Steve Schwartzman, Co-Director, International Program

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• Our international climate work