Tag Archives: politics
Obama Halts New Smog Standards
President Obama on Friday delayed new air quality standards for smog, bowing to pressure from industry groups and Republicans who want to curtail the regulatory actions of the Environmental Protection Agency. Obama requested that EPA administrator Lisa Jackson withdraw the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards, which would have limited ground-level ozone to between 60 [...]
Obama: Writing off Greenines?
Dear President Obama, Three years ago I was so inspired by your message and by you that I did something I’d never done before: I knocked on doors for a presidential candidate, about 350 or so, here in the key swing state of Colorado. You won Colorado – and several other important swing states — [...]
How Green Is President Obama?
We all know that President Obama is a proponent of green jobs and lessening our impact on the earth. Sure he struck a deal with automakers to increase the fuel efficiency standard to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. He’s constantly speaking of the importance of protecting the earth; he pulled the Environmental Protection Agency [...]
Why We Need a National Renewable Energy Standard
Over the past two years I’ve spent working on the book, the most frequent question I’ve gotten from friends, family, and the occasional curious blog reader goes something like this: “is renewable energy for real, or is it just another hippie fad.” It’s a legitimate question, because for many people, renewable energy is something they [...]
Why Are Taxpayers Giving $12M to the Oil Industry?
According to an article at E&E News, “The Department of Energy is spending $12.4 million on research projects designed to reduce the environmental risks of unconventional oil and gas production, such as shale gas production and hydraulic fracturing.” These projects include: *”A GE Global Research project to remove naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) from the [...]