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Krupp responds
EDF chief rejects oil drilling as response to energy woes |
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23 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a guest post from Fred Krupp, head of the Environmental Defense Fund. It is a response to this post. ----- I had the pleasure of appearing on PBS' Charlie Rose last week for a wide-ranging conversation about climate change and how we can reinvent our energy economy with cap-and-trade. As Grist readers know, EDF has been pushing hard for a strong cap on greenhouse gases to fight global warming and help break our addiction to oil. The headlines ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, energy, Environmental Defense Fund, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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Dig it Krupp
On Charlie Rose, EDF leader Fred Krupp endorses domestic drilling for new oil |
David Roberts |
20 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| EDF chief Fred Krupp appeared on the Charlie Rose show yesterday. For the most part, it was the usual stumping for cap-and-trade. However, Rose pushed him on the question of whether, in the short-term, we need to drill for new oil. After quite a bit of dodging and weaving, Krupp, rather startlingly, said we should assess domestic drilling on a case-by-case basis. Rose kept pushing, saying, 'Do we need to be drilling for new oil in the short term?' Says Krupp: 'yes, abs ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, energy, Environmental Defense Fund, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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