There will be many firsts at Tuesday’s Presidential Inauguration, but mentioning the environment in the inaugural address will not be one of them: though pretty darn close.
Obama Could Be Just the Third President in History to Mention the Environment at an Inauguration
January 19, 2009 By 5 Comments
Hansen’s Grim Warning to Obama: You Have Only 4 Years Left to Save the Earth
January 18, 2009 By 7 Comments
Hansen believes the world is “imminent peril” and calls the Kyoto climate treaty “weak tea”. The grandfather of climate change believes carbon trading is greenwashing, and Obama must act within his first administration to halt climate change.
Letterman: Greatest Moments in Presidential Speeches [video]
January 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Obama’s EPA Pick Lisa Jackson Supports California Emission Standards
January 18, 2009 By 5 Comments
Jacksonsays the California waiver on emission standards should be re-reviewed. She is currently New Jersey’s Chief of Staff. New Jersey is one of the 16 states that filed suit along with California.
Inauguration 2009 – The Great American Pilgrimage: On the Ground in Washington
January 17, 2009 By 1 Comment
Of course I knew when I left San Francisco early yesterday morning that I was one of many – thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions – coming to Washington to bear witness to history. But once the journey is begun, I am myself swept up in its tide.
The Case for a Fifty-Cent Increase in the Federal Gasoline Tax
January 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Now is the time for an increase in our national gas tax to fund improvements in our transportation infrastructure and save a dieing manufacturing base.
Massachusetts OKs 10% Wind Power Requirement
January 17, 2009 By 1 Comment
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced a plan to get ten percent of the state’s energy from wind energy by 2020.
US Companies Layout Blueprint to Cut Carbon Emissions
January 17, 2009 By 1 Comment
A group of American companies has unveiled a plan to drastically cut carbon emissions. Now the companies want the Congress to work out an effective climate bill based on that plan to transform America into a low-carbon economy.
Greenpeace, Zac Goldsmith and the Conservative Party: Strange, Green, Bedfellows
January 17, 2009 By 2 Comments
What, I found myself wondering, is Greenpeace doing aligning itself with a Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate? Well, pragmatism, I suppose. But it started me thinking about who is the greenest on the mainstream UK political scene. And about Zac Goldsmith.
