Articles by Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson is the political director of Climate Hawks Vote.
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Rep. Ralph Hall attacks his own badly designed clean energy standard
Ralph Hall.Photo: vexroboticsCross-posted from ThinkProgress Green. Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas), the science-denying chairman of the House science committee, says a federal clean energy standard would be an “expensive new electricity […]
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Top Obama official warns of consequences of Arctic drilling
Photo: NASACross-posted from ThinkProgress Green. Jane Lubchenco, a top marine ecologist and senior Obama administration official, is concerned that opening the Arctic to oil and gas development brings unknown risks […]
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Obama rips GOP defeatism: ‘I’m not going to surrender to other countries’
Republicans are using Solyndra as an excuse to dismiss clean energy manufacturing in the U.S. Obama doesn't give up so easily.
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Economists say coal is incredibly costly
An analysis compares the "gross external damages" of six major pollutants with their value added to the economy, and coal comes out the biggest loser.