Tamminen: Beware of Coal Pushers in Cancun - CNBC
The US is not alone pushing the carbon drug — according to recent reporting in the "New York Times," Canada, Australia and South Africa, are all doing the same thing. Indonesia and Colombia are both asking developed nations to pay them not to cut down rainforests in an effort to curb carbon emissions — but they are also selling coal to China that will exacerbate the problem. Adding insult to injury, each ton of coal has a greater carbon footprint than resources mined in China, because of the fossil fuels burned to deliver it half way around the planet.Terry Tamminen | Overview | CAA Speakers
Nor are flooded villages in Pakistan and drought-stricken farmers in sub-Saharan Africa the only victims of this carbon drug addiction.
“Arnold Schwarzenegger may have signed the world's toughest anti-global-warming law, but it is Terry Tamminen, his environmental adviser, who is emerging as the state's real [global warming] Terminator.” (TIME Magazine, April 9, 2007). “Terry Tamminen...is probably the most brilliant guy around when it comes to the environment,” says Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,Pegasus Capital Advisors :: Resource Center
Pegasus Operating Advisor Terry Tamminen was interviewed on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on April 15, 2008, concerning the environmental impact of record fuel prices.Pegasus Capital Advisors :: Sustainable Business Solutions
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