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Tax cuts instead of public transportation in Obama’s stimulus package

26 January, 2009

Just days after his inauguration it seems we will see the first letdown from President Barack Obama. In the stimulus package, proposed by Obama, which is designed to ease the financial crisis only 18% of the money will go to … Continue reading

Obama on 60 Minutes: “We go from shock to trance and that has to be broken”

18 November, 2008

In his first interview since the election Barack Obama talked with 60 Minutes about the economy, energy and about the failing auto industry in USA. In the interview Obama said that “the challenges that we’re confronting are enormous” and many, … Continue reading

“The solution to the climate crisis will also help us solve the economic crisis”

2 November, 2008

Photo credit: bunnicula Al Gore writes that the next President of USA “must take immediate steps to deal with” climate change: In one week Americans will go to the polls and elect our next President. Whoever wins, (and I certainly … Continue reading

UN says that the current financial crisis could hasten green growth

24 October, 2008

Yvo de Boer, who heads the Bonn-based U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, is a bit more optimistic about the current financial crisis than George Monbiot is. Yvo de Boer says that the current financial crisis could “hasten” countries efforts to create … Continue reading

Offshore drilling is not the answer to high gas prices

5 August, 2008

There have been a lot of discussions about the high gas prices in USA the past months and what exactly should be done to curb this trend. Some politicians, like McCain, Bush, and Gingrich, are taking advantage of the situation … Continue reading

31% of Men Believe “Global Warming is a Myth Invented by the Hippies”

4 August, 2008

31% of men believe climate change “is a myth invented by the hippies.” At least that is the case if you take a look at the results from the 2008 great male survey from AskMen.com, one of the most comprehensive … Continue reading

George Monbiot: “The pale green political consensus looks unlikely to hold”

16 July, 2008

George Monbiot talks about oil-dependent countries focusing all their powers on “growth at all costs” while the world slides into recession, over at the Guardian. “If the world is sliding into recession, it’s partly because governments believed that they could … Continue reading

Can Al Gore put pressure on the climate issue during the USA 08 election?

4 January, 2008

Do you remember, when Al Gore said he would do everything in his powers to influence the American people and politicians to value the climate issue much higher, placing it among the other top issues that would be heatedly discussed … Continue reading

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