Peter Lehner

Peter Lehner is the Executive Director of NRDC

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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Costly Oil Subsidies Drag Us Down; Clean Energy Investments Will Build a Healthier Economy
In the prolonged showdown over the "fiscal cliff," Democrats and Republicans claim to agree on two goals – reducing the deficit, and doing so in a way that builds a stronger economy in the long run. A sensible approach toward energy would contribute to those outcomes by saving money, creating good, middle class jobs, and reducing pollution that impacts the health of our communities and our pocketbooks.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
GOP Tries to Turn Solyndra into a Climategate, But It Can't Hide Clean Energy's Success
In the absence of a real jobs plan of their own , GOP leaders continue using Solyndra’s demise to attack the Obama Administration’s clean energy and green jobs policies. One bad company, they say, means the whole enterprise is doomed.
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