June 17, 2008: Green Labor Fights For Livable Communities. Gore Endorses Obama
Why Is Labor Going Green?: In Wisconsin, the United Steelworkers Union and the Sierra Club talk about the green economy and good jobs. A Steelworker’s local teams up with Save the Dunes Council to protect Lake Michigan. The Minnesota Blue-Green Alliance convened a roundtable to discuss “environmental principles and good-paying jobs.”
Campaign Watch:In the New York Times today, Elisabeth Bumiller writes that when it comes to the environment, John Mccain and President Bush have “strikingly different views,” but David Roberts over at Grist is not so sure. McCain discussed target greenhouse gas reductions at a press conference yesterday morning.
Al Gore endorsed Barack Obama for president yesterday. Taking the stage with Gore at a public appearance in Detroit, Obama said, ““I will be counting on Al Gore to help me lead the fight for a clean energy future.” Below is footage from Gore’s endorsement speech:
The End of Suburbia?: Will rising fuel prices kill suburbia while McMansions “become the new multi-family homes for the poor?” Plus: Over at World Changing, Claude Lewenz asserts that “before suburbia, adults were called Citizens, and they prided themselves in being well informed participants in the greatest democracy the world had every seen. With this new historic age of suburbs, they were rebranded Consumers.”
Addressing the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) talked about renewable energy and new jobs.
IBM is working to develop cheaper solar cells.
–Christopher Greenspan
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