Green Options » Red http://greenoptions.com/tag/red Posts tagged 'Red' Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:40:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Real Color Problem of President Obama http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/11/the-real-color-problem-of-president-obama/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/11/the-real-color-problem-of-president-obama/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:40:37 +0000 Susan Kraemer http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/11/the-real-color-problem-of-president-obama/
Oh, they call him a communist. They call him a Red. But the actual problem is that President Obama is too Green. Barack Obama is our first truly Green President.

This is the real reason the fossil industries whose profits are threatened by renewable energy go after him - and stir up emotional opposition groups to threaten him with outlandish attacks. Because he has already implemented or funded an extraordinary string of renewable energy initiatives.

He will likely be remembered as an FDR figure; the president who powered the nation with solar and wind.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/09/11/the-real-color-problem-of-president-obama/feed/ The Lindberg Report: Timothy Hurst of Red, Green, and Blue http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/04/03/the-lindberg-report-timothy-hurst-of-red-green-and-blue/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/04/03/the-lindberg-report-timothy-hurst-of-red-green-and-blue/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:32:41 +0000 Max Lindberg http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/04/03/the-lindberg-report-timothy-hurst-of-red-green-and-blue/ hurst.jpgMy guest today is Timothy Hurst, lead writer for Red, Green, and Blue, Green Options political blog.

In his blog, Tim focuses on applied energy politics, and the global green movement. While continuing his education in graduate school, he’s actively involved in environmental advocacy in his adopted home town in Colorado.

Here’s our interview: This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post.

]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/04/03/the-lindberg-report-timothy-hurst-of-red-green-and-blue/feed/ Red, Green & Blue: Peak Oil and the Coal Conundrum http://shirleysilukgregory.greenoptions.com/2007/10/23/red-green-blue-peak-oil-and-the-coal-conundrum/ http://shirleysilukgregory.greenoptions.com/2007/10/23/red-green-blue-peak-oil-and-the-coal-conundrum/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:36:53 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://shirleysilukgregory.greenoptions.com/2007/10/23/red-green-blue-peak-oil-and-the-coal-conundrum/ Coal-burning power plant (Wikimedia Commons)If you haven’t heard yet, peak oil is here: the Energy Watch Group released an analysis this week indicating that global oil production peaked last year and is now likely to start dropping by several percent annually.

Ironically, on the same day, the InterAcademy Council announced a new report titled, “Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future.” While that report didn’t include the peak oil news, it did emphasize that the world needs to start moving now to ensure both a dependable energy future and a climate that doesn’t tip dangerously into overdrive.

And here’s where the conundrum comes in: coal, the InterAcademy Council report acknowledged, is the most abundant fossil fuel we’ve got … but also the most potentially damaging. Coal-fired power plants, which are springing up in growing numbers around the globe, could help provide the energy safety net we need if the peak-oil analysis is true. But the emissions from coal-burning plants would only speed up today’s rising greenhouse gas levels.

So what’s the solution? Do we throw everything we’ve got at developing safe and cost-effective ways to capture and store the carbon from coal plants? Or do we “Just say no” to coal and invest like mad in renewables research and development? We need an answer in the near future apparently, but which will it be?

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