Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
The Planning and Conservation League (PCL) on September 10 announced its opposition to controversial “reforms” of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) approved by the Legislature. This legislation to eviscerate CEQA is on its way to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk.
This sounds like yet another opportunity for corporate interests to greenwash their projects in order to short-circuit CEQA environmental protections.
In a victory for opponents of the controversial Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative and champions of open and democratic process in California, the Office of Administrative Law on September 2 disapproved the marine protected areas (MPAs) for the Southern California coast that were originally slated to go into effect on October 1, 2011.
Ed: It’s good for consumers when solar cell prices go down, but it makes it harder for solar manufacturers to turn a profit. With solar prices dropping 30% in the current recession, solar company Solyndra, a recipient of a large chunk of stimulus cash, nevertheless went bankrupt last week… and now House Republicans want to [...]
Here’s an overview of the details of President Obama’s jobs bill.
There isn’t much that has a green component… Some are more directly green, such as money to renovate schools that will include energy-saving insulation. Some of them are more of a stretch…
Some of you sincerely believe that the only solution to our economic challenges is to simply cut most government spending and eliminate most government regulations.
…We shouldn’t be in a race to the bottom, where we try to offer the cheapest labor and the worst pollution standards. America should be in a race to the top. And I believe that’s a race we can win.
Tonight President Obama will present his plan for putting Americans back to work. He’s got no small task in front of him. There aren’t any easy answers for how to create jobs in this dismal economy.
But there is one bright spot that’s likely to get short shrift tonight on both sides of the aisle, so let me shine a bright light on a corner of our economy that is actually growing jobs: clean energy.
I’m not sure which is worse: How little Rick Perry knows about science, or how little he seems to care.
During the debate tonight for the 2012 Republican Presidential candidates, he stood out as particularly ignorant and mean-spirited in a field of ignorant Scrooges.
How did the New York Times prove green jobs aren’t good for the economy? By ignoring the finding that there’s explosive growth in the sector and instead completely misquoting and distorting their sources to conclude green jobs are a pipedream.
In a surprise move, president Obama calls a halt on planned EPA regulation tightening ground-level ozone standards, delighting his opponents while mystifying his environmental supporters.
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