Issues
In Aid Filing, G.M. Reduces Fuel Economy Estimate
Feb. 27, 2009
By John M. Broder and Micheline Maynard
…Environmentalists said they were not happy with any sign that G.M. might be backtracking.
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Our Mission
The goal of the Safe Climate Campaign is to fight global warming by slashing greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve this we run a tough advocacy campaign to accomplish three broad, mutually reinforcing interim goals:
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A Safe Climate for All of Us
Earth to Washington
By David Corn
Higher CAFE standards loom as Detroit 3 fight for survival
By Harry Stoffer
Nov. 17, 2008
…One such advocate, Dan Becker, said he has been lobbying congressional offices to require any aid recipient’s vehicles to average 40 mpg by 2015 — nearly 60 percent higher than today.
"That’s my benchmark," said Becker, formerly of the Sierra Club and now director of the advocacy group Safe Climate Campaign….
A Power Duo, Dingells Battle on Two Fronts
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By John M. Broder
Nov. 15, 2009
…A few outsiders, however, are willing to speak up. Dan Becker, an environmental lobbyist who has spent 30 years trying to force Detroit to build cleaner and more fuel-efficient cars, said his single biggest obstacle in that time had been Mr. Dingell….
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Obama selects his team on environment
By John M. Broder
Dec. 11, 2009.
…Browner, a lawyer, is well known in Washington and around the country as a forceful environmental advocate and experienced capital player. She is married to Tom Downey. a former New York congressman.
"She was a really strong administrator in really tough times," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign, an environmental group….