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Obama: the Post-Environmental President
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... all ideological stripes agree on the need for stimulus spending. Energy security, however abused a concept, has taken on ever-greater salience in a time of war and high oil prices. And the evidence for man-made climate change is now incontrovertible. At this singular moment, Obama, like few other politicians, seems to grasp the big picture while also getting the little details right. This is most evident not in his speeches, but in his detailed, off-the-cuff remarks to journalists. From a recent interview with Joe Klein: The biggest problem with our energy policy has been to ...
I look for Petraeus to eventually quit the Obama administration
Crooks and Liars —
... Read the full interview. I love the fact that Obama stood up to the mighty Petraeus and said if I'm the President, I make the calls in the end and not you. Bush used the good General to take the heat off himself for the disaster that is named Iraq and Afghanistan so that anyone disagreeing with Bush was actually attacking Petraues and by extension the military. ...
Obama responds to Pollan's open letter
Green Daily —
... Obama spoke with Klein about these topics he clearly understood how these subjects were interconnected as well as how they fall under a larger umbrella of how we use and produce energy and its impact on our wallets and the environment. Energy is a massive undertaking but it's about time we change our ways. This is why Obama has made it his first priority (after straightening out the market, of course) to address this country's energy use. Read the full Obama interview here. Obama responds to Pollan's open letter originally appeared on Green Daily ...
Voodoo economics reporting, Part 6: The NYT magazine doesn’t understand renewables, efficiency, energy prices or green jobs
Climate Progress —
... reporters, he is both poorly informed and thoroughly confused about clean energy — and most every other aspect of energy, as his extended discussion of green jobs makes clear: Sometimes a project can give an economy a lift and also lead to transformation, but sometimes the goals are at odds, at least in the short term. Nothing demonstrates this quandary quite so well as green jobs, which are often cited as the single best hope for driving the post-bubble economy. Obama himself makes this case . Consumer spending has been the economic engine of the past two decades, he has ...
Voodoo economics reporting, part 6
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... Sometimes a project can give an economy a lift and also lead to transformation, but sometimes the goals are at odds, at least in the short term. Nothing demonstrates this quandary quite so well as green jobs, which are often cited as the single best hope for driving the post-bubble economy. Obama himself makes this case. Consumer spending has been the economic engine of the past two decades, he has said. Alternative energy will supposedly be the engine of the future -- a way to save the planet, reduce the amount of money flowing to hostile oil-producing ...
The Food System and Public Policy
The Oil Drum —
... Fortunately, there are signs that at the very highest level, people are seeing the systemic connections and necessary policy shifts. As a key example, I conclude with a quote by Barack Obama from Time magazine, Oct. 2008: ...
