Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
The US Department of the Interior reports that they will start spending the stimulus money granted them in February, and among the $140 million-worth of projects is $15.2 million for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s favorite activity: volcano monitoring!
The carbon footprint of the President has been estimated at 41,000 tons per year, equal to the annual amount emitted by about 2200 American households. As the new champion of green energy and energy efficiency, should President Obama’s office be looking for ways to reduce his carbon footprint?
In response to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s recent comments that the offshore wind energy resource in the U.S. could potentially provide 25% of our electricity and replace the need for coal-fired power plants, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal balked, telling reporters: “Ain’t going to happen.”
On Thursday, the U.S. Government established a streamlined process by which Interior’s Minerals Management Service and the FERC will lease, license and regulate all renewable energy development activities on the OCS.
The stimulus package approved in February contains items aimed at making everyone an environmentalist. Well, let’s say practical environmentalist.
By California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi: At an event last month, I joined environmentalists and California Assembly members to promote a package of bills that will help provide a model the rest of the country can follow. If the bills pass the legislature and are signed into law, California will once again demonstrate trailblazing environmental leadership, phasing out the production of disposable plastic bags, polystyrene packaging, endocrine disruptor bisphenol-A, cigarette butts, and removable bottle caps, all of which blight our coastlines, pose a public health risk, and kill thousands of marine animals in California every year.
The Obamas recently installed a new playground on the White House lawn. But one environmental group says the mulch they used will be harmful for their children.
The Environmental Protection Agency has launched the National Cell Phone Recycling Week as part of the month-long Earth Day festivities. If all 100 million unwanted phones were recycled now it would save enough energy to power 18,500 homes for one full year.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom struck hard at The Big Three for killing their electric vehicle programs and lacking the vision to move beyond hybrids.
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