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Carol Browner: Environmental Regulations Create Market Opportunities
Wonk Room — ... upside is phenomenal, more than we can possibly imagine in this room. Watch it: Browner, 52, has continued her leadership on energy and the environment since leaving the EPA. A principal at the Albright Group consulting firm and chair of the National Audubon Society, Browner is a director at the Center for American Progress, Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, and the National Brownfields Association. She is a top adviser ...

Obama’s Green Team
Wonk Room — ... BROWNER Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change BACKGROUND: Browner, 52, ran the Environmental Protection Agency during the entire Clinton presidency. She has continued her leadership on energy and the environment since leaving the EPA. A principal at the Albright Group consulting firm and chair of the National Audubon Society, Browner is a director at the Center for American Progress, Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, the League of Conservation Voters, and the National ...

Is Clean Coal A Reality? The Answer's As Plain As The Nose On This Guy's Face
Hotline On Call Part Deux — Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection and its partners in the Reality Campaign are up with a new anti-coal ad, called simply "Smudge." It's silly -- silly with a heart. Enjoy:

Al Gore to rally action around climate change with new book.
Think Progress — ... As with “An Inconvenient Truth,” Gore will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from his new book to the Alliance for Climate Protection. ...

After Appearing In Gore Ads Last Year, Gingrich Now Decries Green Economy Bill As ‘Path Of Destruction’
Think Progress — ... for former Vice President Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking alongside Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Gingrich said, "We do agree, our country must take action to address climate change," adding, "if enough of us demand action from our leaders, we can spark the innovation we need." Watch it: ...

Trashing Al Gore
The Nation: Top Stories — ... Gore if he knew of "a capital firm called Kleiner Perkins", and feigned surprise when the Vice President called her bluff and said with a chuckle that he is a partner. She noted that the firm had invested $1 billion in 40 companies that would benefit from cap-and-trade, and asked Gore whether he would "personally benefit" from the legislation. Gore reassured her that all profits he receives from investments in a clean economy, his book, the documentary -- all go into his non-profit Alliance for Climate Protection to educate on this issue. "And Congresswoman, if you believe ...

At The 100 Day Mark, Climate Is Losing
LiberalOasis : The Blog — ... cut taxes, and to deregulate industries and to fight unions you don't actually need mass support to do those things. But … to build unions, to create national health care, to provide a more democratic structure for the economy you do need to have deep levels of support, mass popular political activity to accomplish those things. We do have a nascent infrastructure to spark such mass mobilization. Organizations like Powershift, Focus The Nation and Alliance for Climate Protection are helping to prioritize the issue among America's youth. ...

Ingraham and Morano Expose Gore's Global Warming Profit Motive
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... film on global warming. Add it all up, and not only did Gore himself admit last year that he has personal investments in green companies that will benefit from cap and trade legislation, but he apparently has a $35 million investment in "hedge funds and other private partnerships" that invest "in makers of environmentally friendly products." Seems to debunk Gore's claim that his investments in such entities are exclusively through his non-profit organization. And what of those investments? Should they be exempted from press ...

Rogers to Gore
Ben Smith's Blog — McCain press secretary Brian Rogers, who started as research director and survived waves of purges and departures, is starting work as research director for Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection, he emails.

Adopt-a-Senator for ACES Targets Climate Legislation
Daily Kos — ... they’ve been quiet or outspoken on climate and energy issues, whether they sit on relevant committees, whether they are from coal states, whether they are likely to be key players when push comes to shove on the legislation, as well as other pertinent information. Obtaining all this means going to public sources, on and off the Internet, as well as talking with journalists and experts on the legislation in organizations like the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Alliance for Climate Protection and 1Sky. We’re doing this collaboratively, ...

Repower New Mexico Launches Repower Wall with Citizen Voices for Clean Energy and Climate Action
Democracy for New Mexico — ... “New Mexicans have joined thousands of voices from across America on the Repower Wall to express their support for swift action to address climate change and to transition to a new 21st century clean energy economy,” said state director Brandon Pinette in a statement released by the Alliance. “The Repower Wall is becoming a hub for all New Mexicans who want to see our economy grow and to start down a path toward a new energy future for New Mexico and America.” ...