The Truth About 'Clean' Coal(PDF: 6.45MB)
As the world advances towards a low carbon future, many are debating what the best alternatives are to transition away from fossil fuels in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to solve the climate change crisis. For example, whether or not “clean coal” actually exists. In an effort to delve deeper and expose the facts about this topic, this presentation(PDF: 6.45MB) provides a factual summary explaining both sides of the argument and where we stand on the issue after all the facts are taken into consideration.
State Climate Policy Tracker
Terry Tamminen in collaboration with Seventh Generation Advisors and the New America Foundation has created an online tool to allow state-by-state tracking of hundreds of carbon and energy saving measures now being implemented across the country by U.S. States.
A new version (1/25/2010) of the tracker is now available.
Climate Policy Program Bulletin
As a prelude to a federal policy, the U.S. states are leading the way in building a U.S. climate change and clean energy policy from the ground up.
“Addressing the problems caused by climate change is the greatest environmental challenge of our time and at this summit we heard leaders and experts from around the globe discuss the innovative steps and strategies being championed in the fight against global warming,” -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
100 Voices, 100 Days Check out what Terry Tamminen had to say on Day 20
In the 100 days before international climate change negotiations open in Copenhagen, the British Embassy in Washington DC will highlight the voices of 100 people who feel action must be taken to prevent dangerous climate change and put the world on a path to a low-carbon future.
“The California Experiment” (PDF: 3MB) by Ronald Brownstein
October, 2009 – The Atlantic
Busted budgets, failing schools, overcrowded prisons, gridlocked government – California no longer beckons as America’s promised land. Except, that is, in one area: creating a new energy economy. But is its path one the rest of the nation can follow?