Earth Equity News

Cap-and-Trade Advocates Defend Climate Tactics. By Darren Samuelsohn, Politico, August 5, 2010. "Environmentalists went with an all-or-nothing strategy for the 111th Congress. Nothing won. Now, green groups licking their wounds after spending tens of millions of dollars to pass a cap-and-trade bill must answer serious questions about whether they are capable of playing another round of hardball. But D.C. environmental groups aren't looking to clean house. Activists at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, Union of Concerned Scientists and Clean Energy Works said leading officials won't be fired because President Barack Obama isn't signing a climate bill into law. Steve Cochran, who ran EDF's national climate campaign, actually got a promotion to run the entire global warming team, including state and international efforts... 'I think the general view within the environmental community is consistent with mine: We ran a very effective, well-coordinated effort,' said Dan Lashof, director of NRDC's climate center. 'We fell victim to much broader politics that were beyond our control that really didn't have to do with the specifics of either the issue or the campaign,' Lashof added... Bill McKibben...co-founder of the advocacy group 350.org [said]… 'The environmental movement needs a radical overhaul if Congress is ever going to pass a climate bill."