The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act (these comments come from the draft https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/ocasio-cortez.house.gov/files/OCASNY_053_xml.pdf but the actual bill has now been filed at … [Read more...]
A Deep Green Future for Boston
Natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy demonstrate that climate change will be a very real priority for the next mayor of Boston. We need all Bostonians to be part of the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, transition to a clean … [Read more...]
Changing the World (Right Now)
If you had a magic wand, and you could wave it and create a world full of light, love, justice and peace, when do you think you would choose to use it? Would you get around to it as soon as you were done with your education? Would you do it … [Read more...]
Connecting for Change
In the mythology of many of the native peoples on Earth, there is a prophesy that when the Earth is most in peril, a spider woman will weave a web connecting people with one another in order for them to do what has to be done to save the … [Read more...]
CLIMATE CHANGE CANNOT WAIT
The petitions, rallies, e-mails and letters from around the country are sending a loud and clear message of broad support. The NRDC Action Fund has worked tirelessly to urge the Senate to stand up for a strong clean energy and climate bill. … [Read more...]
Sarah Palin’s Right: You Should Run on Energy
Palin's full of surprises, but this piece of campaign advice caught me off-guard. After all, a recent poll found that energy is the issue that inspires the most faith in Democratic lawmakers. Since President Obama made clean energy a … [Read more...]
Why Climate Change Deniers Should Still Support Green Energy
The senators claim that because there were some errors included in the IPCC's 2007 report -- for instance, how quickly the Himalayan glaciers might melt -- the entire phenomenon of climate change must now be questioned. I am not a … [Read more...]
POTUS Speak Up
He will ascend the rostrum in front of federal government and the nation and proceed to tell us how our country is doing. Within the first five minutes of the speech, President Obama will say the health of our nation is strong - because … [Read more...]
Numbers Game
I love that the president of the United States is asking us for our opinions. How refreshing is that? You can share your ideas by clicking here. I instinctively knew what I wanted to tell him, right away. In fact, it took much less time to … [Read more...]
Live-blogging the Green Jobs Forum
OK, Mike Festa is starting things off. Thanking Suffolk U. law school for donating the facilities for today's event. And thanking other folks who made the event possible.Festa is now introducing Senator Ben Downing, who is in … [Read more...]