By Peter Hoffmann In a few days, President Bush will be hosting a climate summit in Washington, and Congress will begin what promises to be a long series of deliberations on climate legislation. At long last, there’s basic agreement that we have to get serious about fighting global warming.
Book Review: Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How Reviewed by Richard Engel At 81, S. David Freeman is the elder statesman of public power in the U.S. To hear him tell it, he seems to have held about two hundred different public sector jobs in the energy field over the past half-century, including head of the Tennessee Valley Authority, The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and the California Power Authority. Trained as an engineer and attorney, he has also helped to shape national energy policy as an advisor to both Democratic and Republican administrations.
