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Doubling the production of alternative energy in the next three years. Modernizing more than 75% of federal buildings and improve the energy efficiency of two million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our energy bills. Making the immediate investments necessary to ensure ...
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— earthfriendlymoving.com — The First, Zero-Waste Pack and Move Solution in America! The Recopack Will Save You Up To 50%... On Your Move. Why are we cutting down our trees to make a cardboard box that’s used once, maybe twice, to just throw it away in a landfill? It doesn’t make ... (more) rentagreenbox.com

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Green America: Economic Action for a Just Planet
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Green America: Economic Action for a Just Planet
— greenamericatoday.org — Go Solar! News & Features 7 Solutions from the Green Economy Buy Local. Everyone now understands what... Green Americans have known for years the economy is not working for people and the planet. We give you seven green-economy fixes for our world ... (more) Green America: Economic Action for a Just Planet

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jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com - 2/3/2009
Road Trip
— jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com — "We will not apologize for our way of life...." This unfortunate phrase from President Obama's otherwise sturdy... inaugural address, echoed through my mind last week as I cruised the suburban outlands of Montgomery, Alabama. All the usual ... (more) Road Trip

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Obama orders fuel efficiency U-turn
Ecoearth.info Blog — ... implied he wanted to avoid, but also, as the California standard is currently drafted, it is discriminatory against US-made vehicles of the same efficiency as the imports," he warned. More than 12 states, including California, have campaigned for the waiver and vowed to adopt tighter standards if it is granted. The move would mean that almost half of the US auto market would be covered by tighter fuel-efficiency rules than the rest of the country. The president also talked up his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan , currently before Congress, which includes provisions for ...

Gore: Stimulus package will help curb climate change
Environment — ... “We’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that’s got to change,” he said. Gore dismissed concerns that efforts to limit greenhouse-gas emissions would hinder an economic recovery, calling these concerns emblematic of “false choices.” “In fact, the solutions to the climate crisis are the very same solutions that will address our economic and national security crises as well,” he said. He praised the White House’s economic stimulus plan , which calls for doubling the production of renewable energy ...

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