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Are Exxon and IPCC both right? If yes, what does this mean for policymakers?

Post author By Jason Wible
Post date April 8, 2014
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Twenty-six years ago, as the average LBJ student was just getting started in life, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed to organize the international scientific community of climate change research. Later that same year, in July 1988, NASA’s Jim Hansen provided a now famous Senate testimony to a sweltering hot chamber. Legend […]

Tags carbon emissions, climate change, energy consumption, ExxonMobil, innovation, Misc, research and development

Energy & Environmental Policy

The Intersection of Climate Change and Recovery

Post author By Kellee Usher
Post date April 13, 2011
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On Friday, April 8, the U.S. Congress dodged a government shutdown by striking a budget compromise, undoubtedly crushing the dreams of the news outlets gleefully throwing countdown clocks and “what if?!” statements around. What the media have largely failed to cover, however, are the follow-up discussions that continue to adjust the budget. One of […]

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