Posts Tagged ‘Change Legislation’

Clean energy: It’s not just for wussies and hippies anymore

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
If going green and promoting renewable energy is such a wussy, hippy thing to do, how come the vast majority of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans want the US to adopt Clean Energy Climate Change legislation?

What the Solar Industry Wants in a Climate Change Bill

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
The national mandate to use solar electricity combined with policies to support new electric grid transmission projects and a "green bank" to finance renewable energy projects are on the wish list of the solar industry for the climate change legislation, said Rhone Resch, executive director of the Solar Energy Industries Association. Speaking at the Solar Power International conference in Anaheim, a conference SEIA co-organized, Resch… go to solarfeeds for the rest of this story>&g

The Daily Dig: ‘Rebel Without A Car’ Edition

Monday, October 12th, 2009
“Traffic jams, if they’re managed well, can actually be good for the environment. They maintain a level of frustration that turns drivers into subway riders or pedestrians.” Therefore congestion pricing isn’t necessarily that green. So argues a piece in the Wall Street Journal . John Kerry and Lindsey Graham offer a bi-partisan proposal from climate change legislation. More nuclear, they say. But also they want the US to be “the Saudi Arabia of clean coal.” (Ugh.) And also trade tariffs on st

An Open Letter to Tom Donohue at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Why U.S. businesses should engage in the debate over climate change legislation.read the entire article

Bad Climate Change Bill Could Cost 4 Million U.S. Jobs

Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Industries supporting more than 4 million U.S. jobs could be at risk unless lawmakers include strong provisions in climate change legislation to keep energy-intensive, trade-sensitive manufacturers competitive. A new report says the legislation should include a system of rebates and allowances to help U.S. companies make the transition to lower carbon emissions and a tariff system, or border adjustments, to penalize countries that fail to regulate greenhouse gases in the production of good