Below is an interesting commentary by Denis Hayes. Many years ago I had the good fortune to be able to hear Hayes speak in person.
Hat tip to Friends of the Earth (FOE) for alerting me to this commentary. Here is FOE's website section on the Lieberman-Warner bill: http://action.foe.org/content.jsp?content_KEY=3820&t=2007_Global-Warming.dwt This clear thinking illustrates why I have supported FOE for more than thirty years rather than some other environmental organizations that you might hear more about. -- Jim --------------- http://e360.yale.edu/content/print.msp?id=2026 Opinion Climate Solutions: Charting a Bold Course A cap-and-trade system is not the answer, according to a leading alternative-energy advocate. To really tackle climate change, the United States must revolutionize its entire energy strategy. by Denis Hayes More than 30 years ago, President Jimmy Carter called for a daring transition to a new energy future, an effort he likened to "the moral equivalent of war." But the hard truth is that the United States is in far worse shape in the energy realm today than it was when Carter left office. <snip> ABOUT THE AUTHOR Denis Hayes is president of the Bullitt Foundation and board chair of the American Solar Energy Society. He was director of the federal Solar Energy Research Institute during the Carter administration and was national coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970, and he now is chair emeritus of the International Earth Day Network --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
