September 9, 2008: Energy Efficiency Is A Move Toward Independence
Switchboard argues that energy efficiency measures could save 10 million barrels of oil a day in the U.S.- the same amount it imports daily.
At a press conference yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid attacked Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s energy strategy, saying the Senator was “part of the Bush conglomerate to do nothing about energy but talk about drilling.”
A New York Times op-ed looks at Senator McCain’s energy strategy.
Anchorage, Alaska’s National Public Radio affiliate KTOO recently aired a piece about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s environmental record.
American Rights At Work launched an ad campaign to build support for the Employee Free Choice Act:
Earlier this summer, The Nation released a full issue focusing on America’s growing income inequality.
Local Green: Forbes.com looks at offshore wind projects that are in the works for Delaware, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.
One energy specialist reports that California’s proposed high speed rail system could be a zero emissions project.
Two bills passed by the California Legislature favor the expansion of residential solar power projects.
A Wisconsin school district embraces geothermal power.
Missouri voters will decide the fate of the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative in November.
Business Roundup: Morgan Stanley is now the largest shareholder in the tidal turbine making operation Atlantis Resource Corporation.
Google filed a patent for a floating data center that would use wave motion to power computers.
–Christopher Greenspan
Tags: California High Speed Rail, Geothermal Energy, Missouri Clean Energy Initiative, Offshore Wind Energy, Wisconsin