Category archives: Politics

Thomas Friedman wrote an OP-ED piece yesterday titled “And Then There Was One”. He says that Barack Obama is the only remaining green candidate. “With his choice of Sarah Palin, John McCain has completed his makeover from the greenest Republican to run for president to just another representative of big…

Presidential nominee Barack Obama’s energy plan will invest $150 billion over 10 years to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial-scale renewable energy, invest in low-emissions coal plants, and begin the transition to a new digital electricity grid….

Former Vice President Al Gore gave a speech yesterday focusing on changing our entire electricity sector to carbon-free wind, solar and geothermal power within 10 years and to use that power to fuel a new fleet of electric vehicles. Watch the video below or read the full transcript here.

The Libertarian candidate for President, Bob Barr doesn’t seem to have a government energy plan. He said in a GQ interview on 6/30/08 that he would eliminate the Department of Energy as well as many other departments. His campaign’s website doesn’t have a section about the energy or the environment….

sRalph Nader agrees with the Apollo Alliance’s “Ten-Point Plan for Good Jobs and Energy Independence. It calls for a $313.72 billion dollar federal investment over the ten years, Apollo progressively shifts the burden of American energy consumption away from fossil fuels and onto domestic renewable energy markets such as the…

John McCain will reform federal government research funding and infrastructure to support the cap and trade emissions reduction goals and emphasize the commercialization of low-carbon technologies. Emissions Permits Will Eventually Be Auctioned To Support The Development Of Advanced Technologies. A portion of the process of these auctions will be used…