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  • Blogging the science and policy of global warming

    The voices of a new clean energy future – June 4th, 2010

    Posted: in Climate Change Legislation, News

    Written By

    Rebecca Rasch
    Rebecca Rasch

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    Huffington Post – “The Gulf Spill as a Breach to Our Environmental Security

    Steven Cohen, executive director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

    NY Times columnist Tom Friedman recently wrote that this a crucial moment for President Obama to provide leadership on the movement to alternative energy and off of fossil fuels. And so it is, but we need to do much more than simply shift the energy base of our economy. We need to develop the capacity to both manage and police our use of technology.”