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In a presidential memorandum to the Secretary of Energy, President Obama has ordered the DOE to come into compliance with three decade-old energy efficiency laws, starting this year with nine categories of products, including ovens, vending machines, microwave ovens, dishwashers and light bulbs.
Money flowing into Canada’s government to protect the environment may actually never be going there… and nobody would know any better.
The Economic Stimulus Package passage is needed immediately, according to President Barack Obama; however, partisan politics is interfering as usual and the environment is taking the heat. Consider the Barrasso NEPA amendment proposed by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), who has confirmed his opposition to the package.
The Barrasso amendment would exempt any project funded by the Economic Stimulus Plan from a normal National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) review.
Spending in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on environmental projects being debated in Congress right now already includes $100 billion in ‘green stimulus.’ But because of the stated preference for so-called ‘shovel-ready’ infrastructure projects, long-term infrastructure projects like mass transit and a smart grid may suffer.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin released an energy plan for Alaska that looks a lot more like an abdication of state responsibilities’ than it does a document of executive leadership.
Department of Interior cancels Bush controversial administration oil & gas exploration leases in Utah. Much of the land was adjacent to treasured Utah national parks and monuments.
Hippy types’ who once wanted to live in partnership with nature find that the partnership isn’t so enticing when nature just ate your entire winter vegetable supply!
What will become of the Republican Party when Democrats lead us out of this financial crisis?
After Tom Daschle withdrew himself from consideration today as Barack Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services because he failed to pay $130,000 in back taxes for a driver and a car, this old Daschle campaign is a bit ironic.
The major problem with corn ethanol doesn’t come in its emissions while a car is in motion; it comes from the energy-intensive process used to make it in the first place, and the fertilizer needed to grow corn.
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