Green Options » presidential race http://greenoptions.com/tag/presidential-race Posts tagged 'presidential race' Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:13:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Democratic Convention Organizers See Green http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/27/democratic-convention-organizers-see-green/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/27/democratic-convention-organizers-see-green/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:13:52 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/27/democratic-convention-organizers-see-green/ Sascha Brück at Wikimedia Commons under a GNU Free Documentation license to publish.)Organizers of the Democratic National Convention now in full swing in Denver have taken a lot of steps to reduce both the event’s carbon footprint and its overall impact on the environment. In fact, they say their mission is to produce "the most environmentally sustainable political convention in modern American history."

Among the green innovations presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama, Democratic leaders and and delegates are encountering:

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/27/democratic-convention-organizers-see-green/feed/ Obama: Blame the Iraq War for Lack of US Climate Change Leadership http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 13:01:04 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/14/obama-blame-the-iraq-war-for-lack-of-us-climate-change-leadership/ Barack Obama shooting poolOh, I admit it; I’ve fallen hard for Obama. Perhaps it is his handsome face or eloquent manner of speech, or perhaps it is because he is the first viable candidate (sorry Kucinich and Nader) to speak the truth. First, Obama opposed the gas tax holiday, designed to distract Americans from the bigger picture of our energy usage. Now, he is blaming the Iraq war for America’s utter failure as a climate leader.

Shortly after last week’s primaries, Obama stated:

I think the way we have run this war in Iraq has lessened our ability to move our allies. It has led us to ignore the critical needs for us to focus on a sound energy policy in this country. It has left us unable to lead on critical global issues like global warming. And it has led us to neglect what ultimately is the most important thing to keeping America safe, and that is having an economy that is the envy of the world and that gives us the resources and the power to project ourselves around the world.

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