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Mar
2008

How Green Is Your Candidate?

Will your Candidate be Green enough? Do you know how they stand on the issues? Here’s a peek…

John McCain

Believes that climate change is real and that greenhouse gases are damaging the environment, but even if the science cannot prove it, doing nothing is not an option.
Introduced Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007 .
Committed to using Nuclear Power, conservation, and new technologies.
Would sign a Global treaty but has to include both India and China.

Hillary Clinton

Would develop new treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, focusing on global deforestation.
New mission for Department of Energy would be to move in the direction of energy independence towards solar, wind, bio-fuels, hydro-power, geothermal, and other renewable sources.
Market based cap and trade system to reduce carbon pollution, including efficiency and fuel economy standards, to lower the U.S. contribution to Global Warming below the 1990 levels by 80%.
Opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Fund new research by taking away subsidies from the Oil Companies and putting that money to work in the Alternative Energy Field.
Believes turning the focus on Green Building and Alternative Energy could create millions of jobs for the American Economy that could not easily be outsourced.

Mike Huckabee

Whether or not Humans have caused Global Warming or not, believes it is our responsibility to leave the planet in better condition for future generations.
Would pursue all areas of alternative energy including Wind, Solar, Clean Coal, and Bio-diesel.
Would put limits on Greenhouse gas emissions.
Supports drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Supports increasing offshore drilling.
Would create a profitable market for alternative energy by making the government the biggest user.

Barak Obama

Would implement an economy wide cap and trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Proposes a new International Global Warming Partnership.
Plans to introduce a National Low Carbon Standards (LCFS), to speed up the introduction of low-carbon non-petroleum fuels.
Create a new Technology Transfer Program within the Dept. of Energy, who’s mission would be to export climate-friendly technologies to developing countries.
Incentives to maintain forests globally and manage them sustainably.
Domestic incentives that reward forest owners, farmers and ranchers for planting trees, restore grasslands and undertake farming practices that capture carbon dioxide.
Believes the cap on emissions would create a market for Clean Technologies.
Reduce our dependency on foreign oil.

February 4th, 2008 at 04:07 pm by bibi in Budget, Energy, Environment, Federal Budget

Bush’s Budget proposal came out today and the verdict is…

Highlights for the Energy Department’s Budget Proposal:

$400million to research and $241million to demonstrate technologies for cost-effective carbon capture and storage for coal fired power plants.
$1.65 billion in investment tax credits and loan guarantees for commercial deployment of technologies central to carbon capture and storage
$242 million for Nuclear Power 2010
$302 million for Advanced Fuel Cycle
$156 million for making Power more competitive by 2015
Supports vehicle technology program: lithium-ion batteries, plug-in hybrids, drive-train electrification
Doubles the capacity of Petroleum Reserves to protect against oil disruptions
Renewable Hydrogen: $209 million for Power Marketing admin and $3.5 billion for Bonneville Power Admin.
$4.7 Billion to the Office of Science for future energy technologies and environmental solutions
$5.5 billion to clean up Nuclear research and weapons productions sites.
$495 million for the Yucca Mountains Nuclear Waste repository
$6.6 billion for the transformation of Nuclear Weapons into smaller, safer , more secure and less expensive
$1.8 billion for the Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation