Schwarzenegger

Yes, we can!

By Jonathan Isham / On November 5th, 2008

Yes we can! - That unforgettable call-and-response, heard again last night in Barack Obama's stunning acceptance speech, echoes today around the world. And I and my fellow climate activists are happy to take all the credit for the President-elect's use of this phrase. Well, not really. But I do feel that there is more than karma in the fact that this declaration was also the organizing theme of Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement. The opening line of Ignition

When Politics Kill

By [node:field_contributor] / On September 16th, 2008

When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed me to serve as the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency in 2003, my first challenge came not from the smoggy skies of Los Angeles or the pesticide-laden drainage from irrigated fields near Fresno, but from a small town in Missouri.

A Level Playing Field

By [node:field_contributor] / On May 11th, 2008

Everyone hates their taxes being spent on subsidies — unless it’s to subsidize their own industry. It’s time for an honest debate about the role of subsidies in a 21st Century economy and, at least, a restructuring to a more level playing field. Examples? When I served in California state government, the Schwarzenegger administration tried for three years to push through a solar incentive package.