Green Options » climate initiatives http://greenoptions.com/tag/climate-initiatives Posts tagged 'climate initiatives' Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:38:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Al Gore’s Words Bring Hope For Ecopreneurs http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/11/09/al-gore-words-bring-hope-for-ecopreneurs/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/11/09/al-gore-words-bring-hope-for-ecopreneurs/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:38:56 +0000 mcmilker http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/11/09/al-gore-words-bring-hope-for-ecopreneurs/

An op-ed piece in the New York Times, The Climate For Change, by über environmentalist, Al Gore, outlines for President-Elect Obama changes we need to make to both improve the economy and decrease climate change.

Much of what he recommends is good news for ecopreneurs.

1…. incentives for the construction of concentrated solar thermal plants, wind and advanced plants in geothermal hot spots .

2… planning and construction of a unified national smart grid for the transport of renewable electricity from the rural places to cities

3…. help America’s automobile industry (not only the Big Three but the innovative new startup companies as well) to convert quickly to plug-in hybrids

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