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Jake Schmidt

Jake Schmidt

Jake is the international climate policy director at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) where he is helping to develop the post-2012 international response to climate change and the actions in key regions of the world to deliver on that agreement. He participates in all the international climate negotiations and provides regular commentary on the international happenings on his NRDC blog.

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Climate Legislation Advances in 16 major countries: Says new study

Posted 4/27/11

A new study released by GLOBE international found that: “climate change is featuring prominently on the legislative agenda across the 16 major economies.“

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Congress Passes a Budget That Invests in International Efforts to Curb Global Warming (but still not enough)

Posted 4/19/11

The long drama of whether or not the US Congress would invest in international efforts to curb global warming pollution or gut these investments is finally over.

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Developing Countries Outlined Details on Their Commitments to Reduce their Global Warming Pollution

Posted 4/7/11

Following from Cancun, both developed and developing countries reaffirmed their commitments to reduce emissions.

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China and Germany race ahead of the U.S. in clean energy investments: Alarm bell is ringing

Posted 3/29/11

China invested $54.4 billion on clean energy in 2010, according to the latest report from Pew Charitable Trusts and Bloomberg New Energy Finance released today.

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President Obama's Trip through Latin America is an Important Opportunity to Advance Action on Global Warming

Posted 3/28/11

President Obama will be traveling through Latin America March 19-23, 2011 with stops in Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador.

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Congressional Members Ring Alarms on Cuts Int'l Investments for Global Warming

Posted 2/22/11

In the midst of the House of Representatives efforts to completely gut US international investments in addressing carbon pollution, two leading Members of Congress highlighted how the US would lose out from these draconian cuts.

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Obama's International Climate Budget Proposal Would Make Key Investments

Posted 2/15/11

Schmidt takes a look at President Obama's 2012 budget request and where it will invest in global efforts on pollution and clean energy.

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House Appropriator Proposes Major Cuts to US Foreign Assistance: Will int'l climate funding be cut?

Posted 2/7/11

Schmidt discusses if cuts to US budget will affect climate funding.

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Race to Innovate the Clean Energy Future Heats Up After the President's Address

Posted 1/28/11

Schmidt writes about President Barack Obama's annual State of the Union address which called for new economic growth based on clean energy and innovation.

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US-China: Global Warming Work Ahead on Heels of Presidential Summit

Posted 1/18/11

Schmidt lays out what China and the U.S. need to work on as President Hu Jintao visits the U.S.

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What's New

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World’s Oldest Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down Today

Today, in the UK, the world's oldest nuclear power plant shut down.

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Shocker! California Tops US Renewables List

The U.S. led the world in clean energy investment in 2011, but China retained the top spot in the latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index from Ernst & Young.

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Morning News Roundup – February 29, 2012

Today's morning news roundup - all the energy and climate coverage you need to read.

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