the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee approved $20 billion in energy tax credits and related financial incentives as part of the Obama administration’s plan to revive the American economy.
Obama Freezes Pending Bush Regulations, Good News for Wolves
January 22, 2009 By 2 Comments
In one of his first moves upon taking office, President Obama has ordered a freeze on all new or pending regulations from the Bush administration.
Obama Criticizes Bush’s Response to Katrina on New White House Website
January 21, 2009 By 4 Comments
From halting tribunals at Guantanamo Bay to accelerating the drawdown of troops in Iraq, Obama is wasting no time as the United States’ 44th president.
The US Army: Who Knew that it Actually Tried to be Sustainable and Protect the Environment?
January 21, 2009 By 6 Comments
What sort of efforts does the US Army undertake to protect and manage it impacts on the environment? Perhaps surprisingly to some, the legislative muscle behind Army programs to protect the environment is actually quite robust.
Obama Hits the Ground Running: Businesses, Organizations, Activists Deliver Suggestions for Immediate Climate Change Action
January 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In his first full day in office, President Barack Obama was delivered a letter from 97 businesses, organizations and activists outlining recommended first steps for coming to grips with climate change.
Heathrow Plans Slammed by Locals and Airlines
January 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sipson residents are not that down-hearted. They’ve been threatened with Runway 3 before, in 1952, but that time the government ran out of money …
UN Plans to Introduce New Carbon Offsetting Scheme For Saving Rain Forests
January 21, 2009 By 1 Comment
The United Nations plans to introduce a new carbon offsetting scheme to fund preservation and restoration of the fast depleting rain forests but first it must rectify the discrepancies in the Kyoto carbon offsetting mechanism.
Enormous Environmental Challenges Face Obama
January 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The 44th President faces enormous challenges implementing an environmentally-friendly agenda.
Obama Raises the Spectre of a Warming Planet – and the Sun, Wind, and Soil That Will Stop It
January 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
Though President Obama did not utter the word “environment” per se, he spoke both directly and indirectly about the major energy and environmental issues of today; more so than any of his predecessors.
Mean Joe Green #45: Water: Nature’s Wonderdrug (now with wonderdrugs)
January 20, 2009 By 2 Comments
Water has long been called the “best medicine”. Considering that today it is contaminated with some of the pharmaceutical industry’s best (and worst) medicines, I wonder if that title still fits.
