Loading ...Obama made a big speech in Lansing, Michigan, on our energy dependence and need to move away from foreign oil.
Without a doubt, this addiction is one of the most dangerous and urgent threats this nation has ever faced – from the gas prices that are wiping out your paychecks and straining businesses to the jobs that are disappearing from this state; from the instability and terror bred in the Middle East to the rising oceans and record drought and spreading famine that could engulf our planet.
In response to these challenges, Obama announced his New Energy for America plan, which includes an immediate energy rebate to Americans struggling with high gas prices, the creation of five million new green jobs, and the elimination of our dependence on Middle Eastern oil in ten years.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Reversing Pump Prices: Release of Stored Oil Saved Families Money
Release of Stored Oil Saved Families Money
By Ben Furnas, Daniel J. Weiss | August 4, 2008
Previous releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves helped save American households as much as $125 each over 100 days. Read more here.
What Big Oil Earns Per U.S. Driver
Release of Stored Oil Saved Families Money
July 31, 2008
Record-breaking quarter earnings for ExxonMobil and high profits for other oil companies translate into $236 per American driver. Read more here.
One Trick Ponies: Senate Drilling Champs Opposed CAFE
Release of Stored Oil Saved Families Money
By Daniel J. Weiss, Sam Schiller | August 1, 2008
Senate Outer Continental Shelf drilling champions opposed better fuel economy and then raked in cash from oil companies. Read more here.
FROM THE CENTER OF AMERICAN PROGRESS:
Voters Want Renewable Energy, Not Drilling
By Ruy Teixeira | August 1, 2008
Public opinion data show that voters in four key swing states overwhelmingly favor renewable energy over drilling to solve our energy problems. Read more here.
Obama Gets High Marks for New Energy Plan
By Joseph Romm, Huffington Post
This is the best energy plan ever put forward by a nominee, especially in comparison to the plan by John “Nothing but Nukes” McCain. Read more »
How to Survive the Triple Whammy of Energy, Food and Climate Crises
By John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus
To survive we need to recognize that these threats are not separate problems, and they must be addressed as one major crisis. Read more »
Are Solar’s Problems Solved?
By Eoin O’Carroll, Christian Science Monitor
MIT researches have come up with a discovery that may help to get over one of solar power’s biggest drawbacks: storing energy. Read more »
Obama’s Big Environmental Mistake
By Joshua Frank, AlterNet
With his stance on coal-to-liquid technology, Obama is following a dirty legacy first begun in Nazi Germany. Read more »
Renewable Energy Is More Promising for Jobs than Dirty Coal
By Kevin Grandia, Huffington Post
Transitioning to renewable energy sources promises significant global job gains at a time when the coal industry has been hemorrhaging jobs for years. Read more »
If We Drill in the U.S., We Don’t Get the Oil
By Cenk Uygur, Huffington Post
The oil that comes from offshore drilling will belong to the multinational firm, like Exxon-Mobil and will go to world markets, not us. Read more »