August 31, 2009: Health Care Debate Sets Framework For Climate Battle
The climate legislation fight is being shaped by lessons learned from the health care debate.
Many senators spent the August recess drumming up support for a climate bill among their constituents.
A new HBO documentary, The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, explores the far reaching impacts of a factory shut down in Moraine, Ohio. It first airs on Labor Day.
A piece at Green Inc. reflects on the state of oil on the anniversary of the construction of the first oil well.
Molycorp Minerals hopes to take over operations of an open-pit mine in Mountain Pass, California. The mine, “the world’s richest proven reserve of ‘rare earth’ metals,” could become an important domestic source of raw materials needed for wind turbine and hybrid vehicle production.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program (LEED) awards green credentials to buildings constructed with efficiency in mind. The program is reevaluating its award criteria.
Local Green: Lakeshore Technical College’s wind technology associates degree is helping to meet Wisconsin’s growing need for skilled, clean energy workers.
The media is abuzz with opinions on how to deal with Cape Wind - the 130 turbine wind farm proposed for the Cape Cod coast - to which the late Senator Edward Kennedy opposed.
At San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival, Eco Lands offered concert goers green foods and solar phone charging, while volunteers provided information about various green projects.
–Christopher Greenspan
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