Green Options » Liberal http://greenoptions.com/tag/liberal Posts tagged 'Liberal' Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:30:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Obama Gives Clean Energy Speech, Says Naysayers Will Be Marginalized http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/23/obama-gives-clean-energy-speech-says-naysayers-will-be-marginalized/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/23/obama-gives-clean-energy-speech-says-naysayers-will-be-marginalized/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:30:36 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/23/obama-gives-clean-energy-speech-says-naysayers-will-be-marginalized/ President Barack Obama at wind turbine factorySpeaking at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today, U.S. President Barack Obama threw strong support behind clean energy and technology, touting America’s history of innovation and not shying away from the problems it faces.

“We have always been about innovation, we have always been about discovery. That’s in our DNA. The truth is we also face more complex challenges than generations past,” said Mr. Obama to a packed room of MIT students, faculty and other Massachusetts dignitaries.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/23/obama-gives-clean-energy-speech-says-naysayers-will-be-marginalized/feed/ U.S. Chamber of Commerce Changes Position on Climate Change - Hey, Wait a Minute… http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/20/us-chamber-of-commerce-changes-position-on-climate-change-hey-wait-a-minute/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/20/us-chamber-of-commerce-changes-position-on-climate-change-hey-wait-a-minute/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:23:26 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/20/us-chamber-of-commerce-changes-position-on-climate-change-hey-wait-a-minute/ Click here to view the full post.

I’ll show you my business card if you show me yours…

The Yes Men were up to their usual tricks yesterday, impersonating an official from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and supposedly reversing the dogged stance the Chamber has taken on climate change. A call from the Chamber last summer to conduct a “Scopes Monkey Trial of the 21st century” on climate change science (their own characterization) led to an exodus of several prominent members wanting nothing to do with such shenanigans.

It seems that the Chamber didn’t find the prank so terribly amusing. Pity.

]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/20/us-chamber-of-commerce-changes-position-on-climate-change-hey-wait-a-minute/feed/ Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: Does his Climate Change Record Stand up to Scrutiny? http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/10/obamas-nobel-peace-prize-does-his-climate-change-record-stand-up-to-scrutiny/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/10/obamas-nobel-peace-prize-does-his-climate-change-record-stand-up-to-scrutiny/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:33:06 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/10/obamas-nobel-peace-prize-does-his-climate-change-record-stand-up-to-scrutiny/ Yesterday the Nobel Peace Prize Committee awarded President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons… Thanks to Obama’s initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting.”

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/10/10/obamas-nobel-peace-prize-does-his-climate-change-record-stand-up-to-scrutiny/feed/ More CO2 for a Greener World: One From the Tobacco Advertiser’s Playbook http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/29/more-co2-for-a-greener-world-one-from-the-tobacco-advertisers-playbook/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/29/more-co2-for-a-greener-world-one-from-the-tobacco-advertisers-playbook/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:32 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/29/more-co2-for-a-greener-world-one-from-the-tobacco-advertisers-playbook/ In April of 1994 CEO’s from the leading tobacco companies appeared before Congress and said, one by one and under oath, that nicotine was not addictive. That may have been the last dying gasp of organized denial of the dangers inherent in smoking.

What the tobacco industry learned from the early days of “doctor recommended” cigarettes through to that hearing in ‘94, was that all it took to sell the idea that smoking was good for you - or at least not that bad - was a dose of misinformation combined with a perception of scientific legitimacy in questioning established research. By tossing out a reasonable sounding tidbit of information you can keep uncertainty alive in the public’s mind and thwart progress.

Which leads to the obvious conclusion that if plants need CO2 to grow, then more CO2, not less, is what the world needs now.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/29/more-co2-for-a-greener-world-one-from-the-tobacco-advertisers-playbook/feed/ Pacific Gas & Electric Rejects U.S.Chamber of Commerce Position on Climate Change http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/23/pacific-gas-electric-rejects-uschamber-of-commerce-position-on-climate-change/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/23/pacific-gas-electric-rejects-uschamber-of-commerce-position-on-climate-change/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:57:18 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/23/pacific-gas-electric-rejects-uschamber-of-commerce-position-on-climate-change/ San Francisco based power utility Pacific Gas & Electric has announced it will leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in protest over the organization’s “extreme” position on climate change.

Last month the Chamber of Commerce called for a “trial” on climate science as a means to thwart efforts in Congress to pass climate legislation, stymie the EPA’s endangerment finding regarding CO2 emissions, and needlessly continue to sow discord and confusion over the issue. It is an extremist position with which PG&E apparently wants no association. On a company blog post yesterday entitled Irreconcilable Differences, their position was made clear.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/23/pacific-gas-electric-rejects-uschamber-of-commerce-position-on-climate-change/feed/ Federal Appeals Court Allows States to Sue Power Companies for CO2 Emissions http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/22/federal-appeals-court-allows-states-to-sue-power-companies-for-co2-emissions/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/22/federal-appeals-court-allows-states-to-sue-power-companies-for-co2-emissions/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:03:35 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/22/federal-appeals-court-allows-states-to-sue-power-companies-for-co2-emissions/ The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled on Monday that five of the largest power utilities can be called upon to defend themselves in court against allegations that their greenhouse gas emissions create a public nuisance by contributing to global warming.

Siding with a coalition of eight states, three land trusts, and the city of New York, the court made its long awaited ruling, reinstating the lawsuit State of Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co (pdf) brought under federal common law. The suit was rejected by a lower court judge in 2004.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/22/federal-appeals-court-allows-states-to-sue-power-companies-for-co2-emissions/feed/ Duke Energy Pulls Support for Dirty ‘Clean Coal’ Lobby http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/02/duke-energy-pulls-support-for-dirty-clean-coal-lobby/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/02/duke-energy-pulls-support-for-dirty-clean-coal-lobby/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:41:16 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/02/duke-energy-pulls-support-for-dirty-clean-coal-lobby/ coal train

Utility withdraws from the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the troubled coal industry group

Duke Energy, the North Carolina-based electric utility announced on Wednesday it would be leaving the clean coal lobbying group, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), over differences with the organization’s opposition to clean energy and climate legislation being considered by Congress.

Officials from Duke Energy said that “While some individual members of ACCCE are working to pass climate change legislation, we believe ACCCE is constrained by influential member companies who will not support passing climate change legislation in 2009 or 2010.”

Duke said that ACCCE’s position is not consistent with Duke Energy’s work to pass economy-wide and cost effective climate change legislation as soon as possible.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/02/duke-energy-pulls-support-for-dirty-clean-coal-lobby/feed/ Protecting Municipal Green Programs is the Smart Choice, even During the Recession http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/31/protecting-municipal-green-programs-is-the-smart-choice-even-during-the-recession/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/31/protecting-municipal-green-programs-is-the-smart-choice-even-during-the-recession/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:33:17 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/31/protecting-municipal-green-programs-is-the-smart-choice-even-during-the-recession/ As the recession has forced municipal governments all over to tighten their belts, municipally run green initiatives have been some of the programs on the chopping block. While there are no programs that shouldn’t be looked at during these budget exercises, it is important for municipal leaders to ensure that they do not lose sight of the fact that while these programs have up front costs, many of these programs will have positive impacts on tax revenues and/or reducing municipal costs.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/31/protecting-municipal-green-programs-is-the-smart-choice-even-during-the-recession/feed/ U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wants a “Trial” on Climate Science http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/27/us-chamber-of-commerce-wants-a-trial-on-climate-science/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/27/us-chamber-of-commerce-wants-a-trial-on-climate-science/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:15:47 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/27/us-chamber-of-commerce-wants-a-trial-on-climate-science/ Does the U.S. Chamber of Commerce want to hold a witch trial on global warming?The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to force the Environmental Protection Agency to hold a “trial” on climate change. Characterizing it as the “Scopes monkey trial of the 21st century,” the trial would come complete with witnesses, cross-examination, and a judge to “rule” on whether human activity is contributing to dangerous climate change.

Opponents to the idea assert the idea all but abandons the scientific method, upon which modern civilization depends, in favor of what Brenda Ekwurzel, a climate scientist for the Union of Concerned Scientists says is reminiscent of “the Salem witch trials, based on myth.”

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/27/us-chamber-of-commerce-wants-a-trial-on-climate-science/feed/ Possible Coal Industry Link to Forged Letters http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/06/possible-coal-industry-link-to-forged-letters/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/06/possible-coal-industry-link-to-forged-letters/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:42:45 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/06/possible-coal-industry-link-to-forged-letters/ Details continue to come out regarding fraudulent letters sent to Congress urging a vote against the Waxman-Markey energy and climate billLast week we reported on a series of forged letters sent to freshman Congressman Tom Perriello, purportedly from constituent groups, but in reality from an employee for “grassroots” lobbying firm Bonner & Associates. The letters urged Perriello to vote against the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

A total of 12 forged letters, sent to three House Democrats, have thus far been uncovered. As well, as Perriello, who voted for ACES, Kathy Dahlkemper and Chris Carney of Pennsylvania also received letters claiming authorship from community organizations. Dahlkemper and Carney voted against ACES.

The task now is unraveling the extent of the connection between the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the forged letters, and Bonner & Associates.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/08/06/possible-coal-industry-link-to-forged-letters/feed/ Lobbyists Forge Letters Urging Vote Against Waxman-Markey Climate Bill http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/31/lobbyists-forged-letters-urging-vote-against-waxman-markey-climate-bill/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/31/lobbyists-forged-letters-urging-vote-against-waxman-markey-climate-bill/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:00:19 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/31/lobbyists-forged-letters-urging-vote-against-waxman-markey-climate-bill/ Lobbyists forge letters urging vote against Waxman-Markey billFreshman congressman Tom Perriello, a Democrat representing the 5th district of Virginia, had a hard decision to make in voting for the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). His hard fought seat and freshman status left him vulnerable to Republican attacks vehemently opposed to the bill, yet he voted for the legislation nonetheless, believing it the right thing to do.

The decision to do so was made even harder after he received five letters from local constituency groups, including a Hispanic advocacy group and a local chapter of the NAACP, opposing the legislation. Or so he at first thought. According to an investigation by DailyProgress, it turns out those letters weren’t what they appeared to be and were in fact forged by Washington DC-area lobbyists.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/31/lobbyists-forged-letters-urging-vote-against-waxman-markey-climate-bill/feed/ House GOP Hopes to Hobble Clean Air Act Regulation of Greenhouse Gases http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/28/house-gop-hopes-to-cobble-clean-air-act-regulation-of-greenhouse-gases/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/28/house-gop-hopes-to-cobble-clean-air-act-regulation-of-greenhouse-gases/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:31:21 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/28/house-gop-hopes-to-cobble-clean-air-act-regulation-of-greenhouse-gases/ House GOP hopes to blog EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissionsHouse Republican Representatives Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Michael Conaway of Texas hope to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act - come hell or high water.

In the spring of 2007 the Supreme Court ruled the Clean Air Act provides the authority for the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas pollution. The ruling cleared the way for the EPA to consider scientific evidence to determine if greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to public health, and if so, should be regulated. Despite that decision, little headway was made under the Bush Administration and then-EPA administrator Stephen Johnson.

The stage was set for change when the Obama administration took office, and the GOP immediately set out to block the EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in anticipation of action from the EPA finally moving forward and acting on the court’s ruling. Here’s how it has played out:

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/28/house-gop-hopes-to-cobble-clean-air-act-regulation-of-greenhouse-gases/feed/ Greenpeace Protests G8 Inaction on Climate Change http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/08/greenpeace-protests-g8-inaction-on-climate-change/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/08/greenpeace-protests-g8-inaction-on-climate-change/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:08:47 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/08/greenpeace-protests-g8-inaction-on-climate-change/ 25 Greenpeace activists occupy the Marghera coal power plant as part of nationwide actions targeting four coal power plants in Venice, Italy- July 8 2009. Greenpeace demands the G8 leaders starting their meetings in L'Aquila after the urgent action needed to tackle climate change.Greenpeace activists in Italy and the U.S. staged protests today as leaders of the eight richest nations began the latest G8 summit in L’Aquila Italy.

At least 100 activists in Italy occupied four coal-fired plants to demand action from world leaders to avert the worst consequences of global warming.

Greenpeace said that G8 leaders must “stop putting the interests of polluting industries such as coal ahead of the climate.”

“The sort of action G8 leaders are putting on the table regarding climate change would lead to more greenhouse gas- polluting power stations like this one,” Greenpeace protester Julien Vincent said by phone from a platform about 650 feet up a chimney at a coal plant in Brindisi, Italy where “carbon dioxide is belching out” at an alarming rate.

Vincent refers to backtracking from the commitment of major nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2050.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/07/08/greenpeace-protests-g8-inaction-on-climate-change/feed/ Senator Inhofe Vows a “Full Investigation” into “Suppressed” EPA Report on Climate Change http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/30/senator-inhofe-vows-a-full-investigation-into-suppressed-epa-report-on-climate-change/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/30/senator-inhofe-vows-a-full-investigation-into-suppressed-epa-report-on-climate-change/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:08:54 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/30/senator-inhofe-vows-a-full-investigation-into-suppressed-epa-report-on-climate-change/ Inhofe points the wrong direction to obfuscate the issue of global warmingOklahoma Senator James Inhofe is known to most outside his home state as a leading denier of anthropogenic global warming, going as far as calling it the “greatest hoax ever perpetrated on mankind.” Wow, them’s fightin’ words. So not surprisingly, Inhofe has come out swinging in the wake of the recent passage in the House of Representative of the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill.

What is a little surprising is how Inhofe doesn’t appear to learn any lessons from his past adventures in list building, scandal and fear mongering, and character assassination. Inhofe is either really not very bright, or purposely and cynically deceitful. Either option isn’t pretty.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/30/senator-inhofe-vows-a-full-investigation-into-suppressed-epa-report-on-climate-change/feed/ Democrats Host Green Jobs Summit http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/29/democrats-host-green-jobs-summit/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/29/democrats-host-green-jobs-summit/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:52:34 +0000 Ruedigar Matthes http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/29/democrats-host-green-jobs-summit/

On an historic day which proved America’s spirit during the Revolutionary War, the spirit of America was again proved. As news came that Nevada’s unemployment rate hit a record high of 11.3 percent, Senate majority leader Harry Reid addressed the people whose roles are instrumental in helping America survive: CEOs of renewable and clean energy businesses from around the country, several Fortune 500 company leaders, labor union representatives, environmental leaders, renewable energy trade association representatives, and community college presidents.

While the opposition may have changed from the battle at Bunker Hill, the spirit of revolution remains. America is looking forward. Tired of the oppressive reign which the world of oil has had, we are beginning, now more than ever, to fight back, to free ourselves.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/29/democrats-host-green-jobs-summit/feed/ Mean Joe Green #65: Infant Offers Insight on Climate Change http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/17/mean-joe-green-65-infant-offers-insight-on-climate-change/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/17/mean-joe-green-65-infant-offers-insight-on-climate-change/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:42:21 +0000 Joe Mohr http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/17/mean-joe-green-65-infant-offers-insight-on-climate-change/ Poor kid must’ve gotten a peak at the recent government report on how climate change will affect the U.S.

…Poor kids.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/17/mean-joe-green-65-infant-offers-insight-on-climate-change/feed/ Mean Joe Green #64: Newt Gingrich Admits to Being an Alien http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/11/mean-joe-green-64-newt-gingrich-admits-to-being-an-alien/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/11/mean-joe-green-64-newt-gingrich-admits-to-being-an-alien/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:28:20 +0000 Joe Mohr http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/11/mean-joe-green-64-newt-gingrich-admits-to-being-an-alien/ A lot of things make much more sense now. I wonder what planet he comes from. And, more importantly, I wonder why so many republicans cheered when he announced that he is not of this world. How long have they known?!?!
…I’m scared.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/11/mean-joe-green-64-newt-gingrich-admits-to-being-an-alien/feed/ A Bit of Advice on Waxman-Markey: Beware the Lobbyists http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/19/a-bit-of-advice-on-waxman-markey-beware-the-lobbyists/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/19/a-bit-of-advice-on-waxman-markey-beware-the-lobbyists/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 22:06:07 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/19/a-bit-of-advice-on-waxman-markey-beware-the-lobbyists/ Money and lobbyists exert undue influence on Waxman-Markey billThis advice doesn’t come from me personally, I am only passing it on from a lead official within the German Emissions Trading Authority, the American counterpart of which is still a gleam in the eyes of Henry Waxman, Ed Markey, and supporters of their proposed American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 now slowly taking shape in Congress.

He made clear that his advice comes from experience, expressing the hope that the Americans, who need to get up to speed quickly, could learn from the German’s first stumbles initiating their own cap and trade program, as was Germany’s first-round of emissions trading (Germany’s first round of trading, the “learning by doing phase”, lasted from 2005 to 2007. The second round of trading, the “stabilization and refinement phase” is in place until 2012.)

The advice? Beware the lobbyists and the excessive pressure they exert on the process.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/19/a-bit-of-advice-on-waxman-markey-beware-the-lobbyists/feed/ New Fuel Limits by 2016? http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/18/new-fuel-limits-by-2016/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/18/new-fuel-limits-by-2016/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 18:47:11 +0000 Alan Smith http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/18/new-fuel-limits-by-2016/

Politico.com is reporting that Obama plans to announce a national Fuel-Economy and Greenhouse Gas standard for automobiles that will finally get everyone on the same page.

This is something that Bush had promised to do, even going as far as citing a federal regulation as a reason that individual states couldn’t up their own auto emission standards… but he never seemed to get ’round to setting the numbers.   The announcement, set to go public tomorrow (according to the Politico.com source, and now NPR) will have the backing of many of the industries big movers and shakers.  Arnold Schwarzenegger is planning on attending the event, a big deal when one considers that California was leading the charge against Bush’s EPA to get the ability to set higher standards themselves.  Hopefully, this means that the 13 states and D.C. legislation can go by the wayside, and we can get down to the business of actually building better more efficient cars.

From NPR’s story:

Officials said Tuesday’s announcement moves toward the 30 percent goal by 2016, starting with model years 2011 and beyond.

Obama’s move also would effectively end litigation between states and automakers, who sought to block state-specific rules. The new federal rules would prompt automakers to drop their lawsuit. Two car companies that have been part of the litigation — General Motors and Chrysler — have received billions in government loans during a dramatic downturn in car sales and weakened economy.

Sounds like things have been happening behind the scenes (isn’t that always the sense you get from Obama?  “Look over there at the abortion issue while I get things done over here”):

In secret conversations, the Obama administration has lined up support from many state governments and a huge array of domestic and foreign automakers, including GM, Ford, Chrysler, BMW and many more.

Perhaps we are reaping the rewards of the Socialism of the Car Industry faster then we all thought possible!

Image from flickr user: Guilherme Kardel under Creative Commons License

]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/18/new-fuel-limits-by-2016/feed/ Municipal Solar Financing: The Biggest Revolution that You’ve Never Heard Of http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/15/municipal-solar-financing-the-biggest-revolution-that-youve-never-heard-of/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/15/municipal-solar-financing-the-biggest-revolution-that-youve-never-heard-of/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 01:29:26 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/05/15/municipal-solar-financing-the-biggest-revolution-that-youve-never-heard-of/

The whole thing is happening without flashy ad campaigns, so it’s not surprising if you’ve never heard of municipal solar financing. But the financing program, also known as property tax financing, is a veritable underground solar revolution.

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