Subject: Climate Change is not a hoax. Not so Sure about the Senate. And other news from Dan Lashof, NextGen Climate America
From: Daniel Lashof <[email-masked]>
To: Lauren Terrazas <[email-masked]>
Cc: Daniel Lashof <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:29:08 +0000

In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night President Obama called out politicians who ignore what scientists are telling us about climate change.
On Wednesday half of the United States Senate ignored what scientists are telling us about climate change.
The Senate did vote 98 to 1 that climate change is not a hoax. Is that progress?  Here's my take:
https://nextgenamerica.org/climate-change/climate-change-is-not-a-hoax-not-so-sure-about-the-senate/

For more on climate change in the State of the Union see coverage from my friends at NextGen Climate Action
https://nextgenclimate.org/blog/

In other news, the International Council on Clean Transportation has a new report out today examining the potential to supply the West Coast with lower-carbon transportation fuels. Colin Murphy describes the key findings:
https://nextgenamerica.org/climate-change/new-report-shows-big-potential-for-low-carbon-fuels/

In California, robust policies to curb carbon pollution are already in place. And they are working: The economy is up. Pollution is down. Aaron Burgess describes the success story:
https://nextgenamerica.org/climate-change/an-unprecedented-success/

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