Posts Tagged ‘politics’

• Obama says he is serious about energy independence

  In a speech at the Department of Energy yesterday Barack Obama said he and the American people is serious about energy independence. Obama also said his proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan “will begin to end the tyranny of oil …

• Obama: The time for delay and denial is over

  This week Al Gore, Barack Obama and Joe Biden met privately to discuss “energy and climate change and how policies in this area can stimulate the economy and create jobs”. Although it seems Obama did not offer Gore to be …

• Gore and Obama to meet privately in Chicago today

  Photo credit: World Economic Forum Today Al Gore, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will meet privately to discuss “energy and climate change and how policies in this area can stimulate the economy and create jobs”. Obama has earlier said that …

• Video: Al Gore Interviewed by Digg Founder Kevin Rose

  Hosted by Digg’s Kevin Rose, viewers have a rare opportunity to hear from former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore. All interview questions have been selected by the Digg and Current.com communities In the interview Al Gore …

• Green Quote of the Week: Barack Obama

  Photo credit: patrick dentler Newsweek has a good quote from Barack Obama when he was preparing for one of the debates: The debates unnerved both candidates. When he was preparing for them during the Democratic primaries, Obama was recorded saying, …

• Why Barack Obama should be the next President of the United States of America

  The time has come to decide who you will vote for in the 2008 U.S. election. Before I start it should be perfectly clear for everyone that reads this that I am not an American citizen and thus have no …

• Canada re-elects climate wrecker Stephen Harper

  As most of the political spotlight is on the presidential election in USA you might have missed the election in Canada last week. Unfortunately not much changed there. Stephen Harper and his Conservative party remained in power, the Liberals lost …

• Offshore drilling is not the answer to high gas prices

  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 …

• Positive changes in light of increased gas prices in the USA

  Imagine for a second that oil prices in the USA today were at the same levels as those in Europe, and have been from the start. And yes. That means gasoline for $8 per gallon. How would the world look …

• Urge the Press to ask about Global Warming

  We have wondered and discussed where climate change is in the USA primaries, and we have asked ourselves if Al Gore can put pressure on the climate issue during the USA 2008 election. The primaries have come a long way …