Daniel J. Weiss
Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy
Daniel J. Weiss is a Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at American Progress, where he leads the Center's clean energy and climate advocacy campaign. Before coming to American Progress, he spent 25 years working with environmental advocacy organizations and political campaigns. Weiss is an expert in energy and environmental policy; legislative strategy and tactics; and advocacy communications. Most recently, he was a senior vice president with M+R Strategic Services, where he oversaw collaborative campaign efforts by 15 major national environmental organizations working to oppose anti-environmental legislation. This included field organizers, grassroots mobilization, earned and paid media, and opinion research.
Prior to M+R Strategic Services, Weiss served for 16 years at the Sierra Club, first as a Washington representative, then as director of the Environmental Quality Program, and for the final eight years as political director. He was chief strategist and lobbyist for legislative campaigns around the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Food Security Act, and budget bills. Weiss also designed and managed the Sierra Club's political action committee, endorsements, and $9 million Environmental Voter Education Campaign in 2000.
A graduate of the University of Michigan with both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Public Policy degrees, Weiss has been involved with presidential, Senate, and House campaigns across the country since he was old enough to vote. In the 1990s, Roll Call named him one of the “Fabulous 50 Political People” and Regardie’s magazine listed him in the "Power 100: 100 Most Influential People in Private Washington." Weiss is married to Sherry Ettleson and has two girls and a boy in elementary school.
Articles by Daniel J. Weiss
- Reasons to Pass the Clean Energy Jobs Act—Part Two, November 5, 2009
- Reasons to Pass the Clean Energy Jobs Act—Part One, November 3, 2009
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Myth vs. Reality on International Climate Change Negotiations,
September 22, 2009
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Waste Not, Watt Not,
September 8, 2009
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Securing America's Future,
August 25, 2009
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The Spiraling Cost of Inaction ,
August 17, 2009
- A Dozen Reasons for Clean Energy, July 20, 2009
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CBO: Pollution Cuts Cost Little ,
June 22, 2009
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What Is a Renewable Electricity Standard?,
May 21, 2009
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Ask the Expert: Action on Clean Energy,
May 19, 2009
- 10 Reasons to Support the Waxman-Markey Energy Bill, May 18, 2009
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Clean-Energy Future: On Your Markup...,
May 18, 2009
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The Road to a Clean-Energy Future Begins Now,
May 14, 2009
- The Hypocrisy Keeps On Coming, April 30, 2009
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“60 Minutes” Confirms that the Clean Coal Smoke Screen Continues,
April 27, 2009
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Big Oil Misers ,
March 31, 2009
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Harvesting Low-Hanging Energy Savings,
March 10, 2009
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Energy Budget Is Sunlight After Eight Years of Darkness,
February 26, 2009
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Recovery Plan Captures the Energy Opportunity,
February 13, 2009
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Clean Energy Decision Time,
February 11, 2009
- An Economic Recovery Double Standard, February 10, 2009
- Exiles From Main Street, February 6, 2009
- The Conflicted Fifty, February 2, 2009
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Energy Investments Power Recovery Packages,
January 29, 2009
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Clean Energy, Clean Jobs,
January 26, 2009
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Re-energizing the Economy ,
January 16, 2009
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Data Analysis for Clean Coal Smoke Screen,
December 22, 2008
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Top 10 Energy and Environment Priorities for the Obama Administration and 111th Congress,
December 22, 2008
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The Clean Coal Smoke Screen,
December 22, 2008
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The Auto Bailout Can Help Create a Clean, Green Economy,
December 9, 2008
- Conservatives Will Determine Auto Bailout Fate, December 8, 2008
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A Bridge Loan to the 21st Century,
December 3, 2008
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A Green Prosperity Path,
November 12, 2008
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The Clean and Clear Winners,
October 23, 2008
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Helping Detroit Go Green,
September 24, 2008
- Drilling and Clean Energy, September 12, 2008
- The True Cost of McCain's Oil Industry Subsidies for Every State, August 11, 2008
- House Defenders of the Big Oil Agenda, August 6, 2008
- Reversing Pump Prices, August 4, 2008
- One Trick Ponies, August 1, 2008
- “None of the Above” Energy Bill, July 22, 2008
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Gore’s Clear Energy Vision,
July 18, 2008
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Oops! He Did It Again,
July 14, 2008
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Eight Reasons to Release Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,
July 14, 2008
- Looking For Oil in All The Wrong Places, July 7, 2008
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Ask the Expert: President Bush's Last G8 Summit,
July 3, 2008
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"Groundhog Day" at the G8,
July 1, 2008
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Bursting the Oil Bubble,
June 13, 2008
- Conservative Leaders Block Global Warming Bill, June 6, 2008
- PACing Away the Climate Security Act?, May 30, 2008
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Excuses, Excuses,
May 30, 2008
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In the Clearing Stands a Boxer,
May 28, 2008
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Up, Up, and Away?,
May 9, 2008
- A Better Solution for Gas Prices, May 1, 2008
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Progressive Relief from High Fuel Prices,
May 1, 2008
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Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me,
April 15, 2008
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The Human Side of Global Warming,
April 10, 2008
- Big Oil’s Favorite Senators, April 9, 2008
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Waitin’ On A Sunny (and Windy) Day,
April 1, 2008
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Incomplete Study Still Shows Affordable Results,
March 18, 2008
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Wrong Again: Business Attacks Climate Security Act,
March 13, 2008
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Unbearable Cost of Oil: Record Prices Require Senate Action,
March 4, 2008
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Renewable Energy Subterfuge: Bush’s Sleight of Hand,
March 4, 2008
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A Broken Crystal Ball,
February 26, 2008
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Investments for Renewable Energy, Not Loopholes for Big Oil,
February 25, 2008
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Record Oil Prices: Americans Pay, Big Oil Collects ,
February 20, 2008
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Big Oil Feasts on Economic Woes,
February 5, 2008
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Bush v. Reality: Speech Obscures His Real Record on Energy,
January 29, 2008
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Lofty Rhetoric on Energy,
January 24, 2008
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Time to Diversify Energy Resources as Oil Hits $100 a Barrel,
January 3, 2008
- Senate Conservatives Vote to Keep United States Hooked on Oil, December 13, 2007
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Big Oil Profits Dwarf Closed Loopholes,
December 7, 2007
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A New Day for CAFE in Congress: New Standards Mean Consumer Savings,
December 4, 2007
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The Gas Grinch That Stole Thanksgiving,
November 19, 2007
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Learning the Worth of Water,
November 13, 2007
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Fire on the Mountain,
October 24, 2007
- Cap and Trade in Congress: Warner and Lieberman Offer a Plan, October 18, 2007
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President Bush is Absent Without Leadership on Global Warming,
September 28, 2007
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Forecast: Storm Warnings,
August 27, 2007
- Big Oil’s Favorite Representatives, August 22, 2007
- Oil Contributions to Represenatives in 2006 Close Races, August 22, 2007
- Oil Contributions to All Representatives, August 15, 2007
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Money Guzzlers: Big Oil Prepares to Announce Profits,
July 23, 2007
- Big Oil’s Favorite Senators, June 25, 2007
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Flex-Fuel Bait and Switch,
June 18, 2007
- Memo on Pending Energy Legislation, June 11, 2007
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Response to President Bush's Remarks on Global Warming and the G8 Summit,
May 31, 2007
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Americans Urgently Want Action on Energy Independence and Global Warming,
April 18, 2007
