March 2012

Covering Carbon

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Fri, Mar 2 2012 - 12:00pm

Covering Carbon Felicity Barringer, Reporter, The New York TimesMarc Lifsher, Reporter, Los Angeles TimesCalifornia’s scheme to reduce carbon pollution is forging ahead even though Washington DC and other states have hit the brakes on similar efforts. How is the state’s main climate law (AB 32) holding up in a national political environment hostile to any environmental regulations? How well is the mainstream news media covering the complex and murky world of carbon trading? Read more »

Russell Feingold

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Thu, Mar 1 2012 - 6:00pm

Russell Feingold
SOLD OUTFormer U.S. Senator (D-Wisconsin); Author, While America Sleeps: A Wake-up Call for the Post-9/11 Era
Christopher Edley, Jr., Dean, Berkeley Law School, University of California -- ModeratorWidely known for his efforts to spur campaign finance reform during his 18 years as a U.S. senator, Democratic Feingold was the only senator to oppose the Patriot Act of 2001 and the first to propose a concrete timetable for the dissolution of American troops in Iraq. Read more »