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University of Maryland clean energy team on effective messaging

January 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

This guest post from Matt Dernoga provides a perspective on how he and his colleagues / compatriots at UMD for Clean Energy took effective steps in the media/messaging world and how they leveraged student passion to change the community’s politics.

Who said anything about qualifications?
I never thought I’d be writing a piece on media and messaging.
I’m [...]

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Tags: Energy

To Twit Lisa: It isn’t the “Murky Air Act”!

January 13th, 2010 · Comments Off

Senator Lisa Murkowski has been conniving with fossil-fuel lobbyists for a long time, seeking out paths to strip the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Alaska has been called the poster state for global warming. Winter temperatures have already risen 6 degrees. Sea ice that protects [...]

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Tags: Al Gore · Congress · Energy · Global Warming · carbon dioxide · climate change · emissions